这场戏：起哄让女友接电话
第 10 章 · 共 17 章 · 3'16"
活动散场，利普斯基随口说女友莎拉更爱华莱士的文字，就被起哄着拨通电话。华莱士接过话筒，一句 Nice to meet you telephonically（很高兴在电话里认识你）；结果一聊二十五分钟，利普斯基事后只剩一句 You were only supposed to say hello（你本来只该打个招呼）。想学打电话寒暄和吃醋抱怨，这几句都能用。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 前排姑娘冲你「抛媚眼」：making eyes at
paying attention to 关注、注意某人making eyes at 冲某人抛媚眼in love with 爱上了某人get her on the phone 让某人接上电话
活动散场，利普斯基跟华莱士闲聊，说女友莎拉更爱华莱士的文字，还承认这事 That's kind of annoying（有点让人恼火）。有人起哄要给她打电话，利普斯基嘴上说 No（不行），最后电话还是接通了。华莱士自报家门，说自己 Nice to meet you telephonically（很高兴在电话里认识你）；莎拉在电话里问大卫有没有 behaving himself（守规矩），又捧着《无尽的玩笑》说 I can't put it down（爱不释手）。挂断后，利普斯基忍不住抱怨 You were only supposed to say hello（你本来只该打个招呼），嫌两人聊了二十五分钟。想学打电话寒暄、打趣、吃醋抱怨，这些句子都能直接照搬。
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。
“No, sorry, I cannot. This is our hypothermia smoking tour of the Midwest.”
不行，抱歉，我不能关。这是我们的中西部失温吸烟之旅。
把又冷又难熬的巡讲说成一个旅游项目，自嘲得漂亮。
this is our ... tour of ...
想自嘲地把一段苦差事说成行程时用；正式介绍项目别这么开玩笑。
Welcome to our freezing road show. ／ This is the budget misery tour of the Midwest.
口语
hypothermia 重读，smoking tour 连读，尾音带笑。
This is our red-eye budget tour of three cities. 这就是我们红眼航班跑三座城的省钱之旅。
“I think pretty girls are what we most dream and despair of ever having, like, pay attention to us.”
我觉得，漂亮姑娘就是我们最渴望、又最绝望地觉得永远得不到的那种，会关注我们的人。
一句话把男人的虚荣和自卑同时说穿，坦诚得有点残酷。
X is what we most dream and despair of ...
想半自嘲地剖析某种普遍欲望时用；对不熟的人说会显得轻浮。
It is what we want most and fear most. ／ We both crave it and give up on it.
口语
most 和 despair 两处重读，like 处轻轻停顿。
A kind word is what I most dream and despair of getting. 一句好话就是我最想要、又最不敢指望的东西。
“You were only supposed to say hello.”
你本来只该打个招呼。
一句指责短得不能再短，把憋了半小时的火全压在里面。
you were only supposed to ...
想平静地指责对方越界时用；对上级或客人说会显得冒犯。
All you had to do was say hi. ／ You were meant to keep it short.
口语
only 重读，supposed to 连读，句尾落平。
You were only supposed to water the plants. 你本来只该给花浇点水。
“You were on the phone with him for half an hour.”
你跟他电话打了半个小时。
一句平铺直叙的账，把「说好只打招呼」的荒谬直接拍出来。
You were on the phone with ... for ...
揭穿对方明知故犯时能用；对不熟的人别这么算账，看场合。
You were in there with her for an hour.
口语
were on 连读，phone with him 弱读，half an hour 连读。
You were on the phone with your ex for an hour. 你跟你前任煲了一个小时电话粥。
I tell you what. I think that having an audience... like, really, really pretty girls... who are all paying attention to you and kind of like what you're saying, that's gratifying on a fairly, I think, just simple mammal level. I know. Why is that? I think pretty girls are what we most dream and despair of ever having, like, pay attention to us.
我跟你说。我觉得有一群观众…… 就像，特别特别漂亮的姑娘…… 全都注意着你，还有点喜欢你讲的东西，那种满足感，我觉得，是很朴素的哺乳动物层面的。 ——我知道。——为什么会这样？ 我觉得，漂亮姑娘就是我们最渴望、又最绝望地觉得永远得不到的那种，会关注我们的人。
下一章 · 11self-absorbed自我沉溺这场戏：电台谈害羞与商场闲逛意思是「通过电话地」。华莱士自报家门后说 Nice to meet you telephonically，就是「很高兴在电话里认识你」，把见面场合点明是打电话，有点一本正经的幽默。
can't put it down。莎拉说读《无尽的玩笑》I can't put it down，就是「我放不下」，形容一本书好看到舍不得停。
behaving himself。电话里问 David behaving himself，就是「大卫乖不乖、守不守规矩」，父母或长辈问孩子时最常用这个说法。
利普斯基刚说女友更爱华莱士的文字，接着就有人提议 Let's get her on the phone；不过利普斯基一开始并不情愿，回了句 No。
原本只说打个招呼，华莱士却跟莎拉聊了二十五分钟。利普斯基抱怨 You were only supposed to say hello，还说自己计时了，嫌他聊太久。
