这场戏：给姐姐排练说辞
第 11 章 · 共 15 章 · 5'01"
弗兰在巴克斯特的公寓里养伤，一边给姐姐排练说辞，一边被邻居太太数落。巴克斯特劝她先 talk it over（把事摊开商量），弗兰却承认 He doesn't give a damn about me（他才不在乎我），最后一句 The worst part is I still love him（最糟的是我还爱着他）。想学怎么把难堪的事说出口，这几句很真实。
「最糟的是我还爱着他」：The worst part is I still love him
talk it over 把事摊开商量figure it out 想明白、弄清楚doesn't give a damn 根本不在乎
❝ 独白 · 5 句 「你下半辈子就想对着鸡汤面哭？」：the rest of your life
the rest of your life 余生、下半辈子settle down 安定下来、成家good-time Charlie 寻欢作乐的男人
弗兰自杀未遂后，留在巴克斯特的公寓休养。她想打电话告诉姐姐，巴克斯特劝她先 talk it over（把事摊开商量），两人就一句句排练说辞：昨晚在哪、朋友叫什么、什么时候能回家。可说着说着，弗兰还是泄了底，先说 He doesn't give a damn about me（他才不在乎我），再补上 The worst part is I still love him（最糟的是我还爱着他）。邻居德雷福斯太太来送鸡汤面，一边骂巴克斯特，一边劝弗兰 settle down（安定下来），别为 good-time Charlie（寻欢作乐的男人）哭。想学怎么把难堪的事说清楚、又怎么当面劝人，这样的对话很有用。
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“The worst part is I still love him.”
最糟的是，我还爱着他。
把最不体面也最真实的一句坦白放在最后，一句话推翻前面所有谎。
The worst part is ...
向朋友吐露难堪的真心话时用；对不熟的人说会显得交浅言深。
The hard part is I still care. ／ What hurts most is that I still love him.
中性
worst part 稍顿，still love him 放慢压低。
The worst part is I still haven't started. 最糟的是，我到现在还没开始。
“You take a girl out just for laughs and she thinks you're serious marriagewise.”
你把姑娘带出去只当闹着玩，她倒以为你是认真要娶她。
一句就把男女之间那种错位的期待说穿，marriagewise 这个生造词尤其传神。
You do X and she thinks Y.
背后吐槽感情里的误会时用；当着当事人说会很难听。
You treat it lightly and she reads it as serious. ／ One of you is joking and the other is not.
口语
take a girl out 连读，marriagewise 重音在首音节。
You invite her once for coffee and she thinks you're serious. 你请她喝一次咖啡，她就以为你是认真的。
“A girl like you, for the rest of your life you wanna cry in your noodle soup?”
你这样的姑娘，往后一辈子就想对着鸡汤面掉眼泪？
把一辈子说得那么具体——对着鸡汤面哭，心疼和责怪都在这一碗面里。
for the rest of your life ...?
长辈劝晚辈别在错的人身上耗着时用；对平辈说会显得说教。
Do you want to cry over this for the rest of your life? ／ Is this how you see your whole life going?
口语
rest of your life 连读，noodle soup 尾音上扬。
Do you really want to dread Mondays for the rest of your life? 你真想往后的日子都害怕星期一吗？
“He doesn't give a damn about me.”
他根本不在乎我。
一句 give a damn 把失望说到根上，冷得干脆。
Somebody doesn't give a damn about ...
好友之间发泄被冷落、语气要重时能用；对长辈或在正式场合别说，会失礼。
He couldn't care less about me. ／ I don't matter to him at all.
口语
doesn't give a 连读，damn 稍重，句尾降调收住。
She doesn't give a damn about my feelings. 她根本不在乎我的感受。
A girl like you, for the rest of your life you wanna cry in your noodle soup? Who needs it? Now you listen to me. You'll find yourself a nice, substantial man... a widower, maybe... ...and settle down, instead of noshing all those sleeping pills. For what? For whom? For some good-time Charlie?
你这样的姑娘，往后一辈子就想对着鸡汤面掉眼泪？ 图什么呀？你听我说。 你给自己找个正派、踏实的男人……也许是个鳏夫…… ……安安稳稳过日子，别老拿安眠药当零食吃。 图什么？为了谁？为了那种寻欢作乐的花花公子？
下一章 · 12from the word go从一开始这场戏：牌桌上讲三次失恋意思是「在乎、当回事」，常用否定式。弗兰说 He doesn't give a damn about me，就是「他才不在乎我呢」。语气比 don't care 重，带点气愤。
说 talk it over。巴克斯特说 Let's talk it over first，就是「咱们先把这事商量清楚」。商量前先想好怎么说，用的是 figure it out（想明白、弄清楚）。
说 settle down。德雷福斯太太劝弗兰 find a nice, substantial man and settle down，就是找个踏实的男人安定下来，别再为不值得的人折腾。
意思是「寻欢作乐的男人、花花公子」。德雷福斯太太问 For some good-time Charlie?，就是「为了那种只会图乐子的男人？」。带着嫌弃，骂人不带脏字。
说 the rest of your life。德雷福斯太太一句 for the rest of your life you wanna cry in your noodle soup?，就是「你下半辈子就想对着鸡汤面掉眼泪？」。
