这场戏：牌桌上讲三次失恋
第 12 章 · 共 15 章 · 3'42"
圣诞夜，弗兰在巴克斯特的公寓打牌，一边出牌一边讲自己的恋爱史：她自嘲 I was jinxed from the word go（从一开始就倒霉），还说总爱上 the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time（错误时间地点的错误的人）。想学怎么用英文半自嘲地讲感情经历，这段又好笑又心酸。
总在 the wrong place at the wrong time（时间地点全不对）爱上错的人
from the word go 从一开始threw me over 把某人甩了the wrong place at the wrong time 时间地点全不对what you mean 懂你的意思
❝ 独白 · 7 句 弗兰怎么进了电梯
从投奔姐姐讲到打字没过，最后一句轻描淡写落到电梯，把命运说成偶然。
他一口咬定：No doubt about it（毫无疑问）
for one thing 一来、首先hand me 把……递给我you bet 当然、那还用说
圣诞夜，弗兰待在巴克斯特的公寓里，两人一边打金罗美一边聊天。弗兰半自嘲地说自己 I was jinxed from the word go（从一开始就倒霉），第一次被亲还是在墓地；她的本事就是 falling in love with the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time（在错误的时间地点爱上错误的人）。她讲完三个男人，想到给谢尔德雷克太太写信摊牌，巴克斯特劝她别写，先说 she can't spell（不会拼写），再补一句你真写了自己会 hate yourself（恨自己）。想学用英文轻描淡写地讲伤心事、又劝人别冲动，这段全是范例。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“Why do people have to love people, anyway?”
人干吗非得爱上别人呢？
把一段感情的苦用一个天真的问题问出来，越简单越戳人。
Why do people have to ...?
对亲近的人感叹感情时用；正式讨论或安慰刚失恋的人时别这么问。
Why does love have to hurt so much? ／ Why do we fall for the wrong people?
口语
have to 连读成 haf-ta，anyway 轻轻收尾。
Why do people have to grow apart, anyway? 人干吗非得越走越远呢？
“I was jinxed from the word go. First time I was ever kissed was in a cemetery.”
我从一开始就倒霉。第一次被人亲还是在墓地里。
用墓地这样一个黑色细节给「倒霉」作证，自嘲里全是无奈。
be jinxed from the word go
自嘲一直不顺时用；对正走背运的人说会像在盖棺定论。
I was doomed from the start. ／ Bad luck followed me from day one.
口语
from the word go 连读，cemetery 重音在首音节。
That project was jinxed from the word go. 那个项目从一开始就不顺。
“...with the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
……在错误的时间、错误的地点爱上错误的人。
三个 wrong 排比，把感情里所有的不合时宜一次说尽。
the wrong X at the wrong time
总结一段错过的感情时用；当面指责对方就是另一回事了。
Right person, wrong time. ／ Everything about it was wrong.
中性
三个 wrong 逐个加重，time 放慢收尾。
It was the right idea in the wrong place at the wrong time. 想法没错，只是地点和时间都不对。
“I don't like myself very much anyway.”
反正我自己也不太喜欢我自己。
轻描淡写地泄气，越是平静越让人心里一沉。
I don't like ... very much anyway.
自嘲或低落时对信任的人说能用；对同事或初次见面别说这么重的话。
I'm not that fond of myself either. ／ Truth is, I don't think much of me.
中性
don't like myself 连读，anyway 轻读，带一点叹气感。
I don't like my cooking very much anyway. 反正我自己也不太喜欢我做的菜。
So I came to New York and moved in with my sister and her husband, a cab driver. They sent me to secretarial school and then I applied for a job at Consolidated. But I flunked the typing test. - Too slow? - No. I can type up a storm. I just can't spell. So they gave me a pair of white gloves and stuck me in an elevator. And that's how I met Jeff.
于是我就来纽约，搬去和姐姐还有她丈夫住，他是个出租车司机。 他们送我去读秘书学校，然后我应聘了联合公司的工作。 可我打字考试没过。 ——太慢了？——不。我打字飞快。 我就是不会拼写。 于是他们给了我一双白手套，把我塞进电梯里。 我就是这么认识杰夫的。
下一章 · 13can't say no不会拒绝人这场戏：煤气泄漏后讲膝盖糗事意思是「从一开始」。原句 I was jinxed from the word go，就是「我打从一开始就倒霉」，go 在这里指发令起跑那一刻。
说 throw someone over。原句 he threw me over for a drum majorette，就是「他为了一个军乐队女指挥把我甩了」，threw 是 throw 的过去式。
意思是「打字飞快」，字面像「打得风生水起」。弗兰说自己 can type up a storm，可她 flunked the typing test，不是慢，是不会拼写。
说 fouled up。原句 Oh God, I'm so fouled up，就是「天哪，我真是搞得一团糟」，形容生活、感情全乱了套。
意思是「有胆量做某事」，常带点责备。弗兰说 Maybe he does love me, only he doesn't have the nerve to tell his wife，就是怪他没胆告诉太太。
