这场戏：逗狗聊到浸信会舞会
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利普斯基在布卢明顿华莱士家做客，两人逗狗、吃薯条。华莱士接到电话，约好去浸信会教堂的舞会见人——他说 Baptists can dance（浸信会教徒也能跳舞），可轮到自己，That is where I put my foot down（这是我划底线的地方），绝不跳 vogue（时尚舞）。幽默又有态度的句子，日常聊天最好用。
❝ 独白 · 14 句 不想跳就直说：put my foot down（坚决不让步）
time warp 时间错位、时光隧道put my foot down 坚决不让步、划底线hip 潮、时髦
利普斯基飞到布卢明顿，住进华莱士家，两人在院子里逗他的两条狗吉夫斯和雄蜂，边吃薯条边闲聊。华莱士接到一个电话，约好稍后去浸信会教堂的舞会见对方；他这两年迷上跳舞，跳的是七十年代那种土味迪斯科。他说这就像 time warp（时间错位），在那个小镇会跳这个反而显得很潮。可当话题来到舞步，他马上补一句 That is where I put my foot down（这是我划底线的地方）——别的都能跳，vogue（时尚舞）绝对不跳。其中 taken to 说喜欢上一个人，put my foot down 表示绝不让步，time warp 形容地方像停在过去。想跟人聊爱好、又带点自嘲，这几句用得上。
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“They've never taken to a man the way they've taken to you.”
它们从没这么喜欢过一个男人。
借狗的好感说人，绕开正面夸，反而更真诚。
never done X the way they do Y
借第三方夸人时用；对刚认识的人说会显得太亲近。
They've never warmed to anyone like this. ／ No one has ever got on with them the way you do.
中性
taken to 两处轻读，the way 略重，句尾 you 收住。
The team has never taken to a manager the way they've taken to her. 团队从没这么喜欢过一位主管。
“It's like a time warp. You're completely hip if you do that.”
就像个时间隧道。你会这个，就显得特别潮。
把小镇的复古舞会说成时空穿越，土和潮只隔一步。
It's like a time warp. You're hip if you ...
调侃某个地方或爱好过时又好玩时用；对长辈说 hip 会显得轻佻。
It's like stepping back in time. ／ Do that and you're instantly cool.
口语
time warp 两个词都重读，completely hip 连读带过去。
This town is like a time warp, everyone still writes letters. 这小镇像时间隧道，大家还在写信。
“I'll start carving an ice sculpture out of my car.”
我得开始把我那车雕成冰雕了。
用夸张的玩笑收尾，把天寒和告别一起轻轻带过。
I'll start ... out of ...
用玩笑化解尴尬或伤感时用；对正在发愁的人说会显得不认真。
My car is turning into an ice block. ／ I'll have to chip my car out of the ice.
口语
carving an 连读，ice sculpture 两处重音，句尾降调。
It's so cold I could carve a sculpture out of my windshield. 冷得我都能用挡风玻璃雕个冰雕了。
“That is where I put my foot down. I do not vogue.”
这就是我的底线。我不跳 Vogue 舞。
用最严肃的句式宣布最琐碎的底线，反差把人物立住了。
That is where I put my foot down. I do not ...
半开玩笑地划清界限时能用；对严肃对象别这么俏皮，看场合。
That is where I put my foot down. I do not line dance.
口语
That is 连读，foot down 重读，vogue 清晰收尾。
That is where I put my foot down. I do not do karaoke. 这就是我的底线。我不唱卡拉OK。
I tend to do, like, the jerk, the swim. You know, like, cheesy '70s disco. Really? Yeah. It's one of the things about living in Bloomington. It's like a time warp. You're completely hip if you do that. Yeah, right. So, where do you go? To a club? I go to this Baptist church. Why... Why do you go there? Baptists can dance. Wow. Dancing. I will not vogue. That is where I put my foot down. I do not vogue. Yeah. It's really cool though. Like a lot of people show up. And they got their dancin' shoes on. It's good. It's nice. Everyone for the most part just leaves each other alone.
我一般跳那种，像「抽搐舞」「游泳舞」。 就是那种，七十年代土掉渣的迪斯科。 真的？对。这是住在布卢明顿的好处之一。 就像个时间隧道。你会这个，就显得特别潮。 是啊，对吧。那你去哪儿？夜店？ 我去一家浸信会教堂。 为什么……你为什么去那儿？ 浸信会教徒也能跳舞。 哇，跳舞。 我不跳「时尚舞」。 这是我的底线。我不跳「时尚舞」。 不过那真的很酷。好多人都会来。 他们都穿上跳舞鞋。 挺好的，很舒服。大家基本各玩各的，互不打扰。
字面是「把脚放下来」，实际表示「坚决不让步、划清底线」。华莱士说自己什么舞都能跳，唯独 vogue 不跳，用的就是这句。
picky eater。picky 是爱挑剔的，eater 是吃的人。有人嫌对方把「不吃腌黄瓜」这点小事说出去，就自嘲是个 picky eater。
可以说 take to，过去式是 taken to。华莱士说他的狗从没这么喜欢过一个男人，用的就是 They've never taken to a man the way they've taken to you。
浸信会传统上规矩多，常被认为不许跳舞。华莱士说自己专门去浸信会教堂跳舞，一句 Baptists can dance 就把这个刻板印象反过来，调侃得很得意。
指一个地方像停在过去，让人有穿越感。华莱士说住在布卢明顿像 time warp，跳七十年代的舞反而显得很潮。
