这场戏：电台悼念与争取跟访
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电台突然播报华莱士的死讯，利普斯基接到编辑电话愣在原地；镜头一转，他又在编辑部为跟访这位天才据理力争。编辑夸他 once in a generation（一代人里才出一个），他回一句 This is the sort of stuff I should be doing（这才是我该做的事）。想学会怎么说服上司给你机会，这两句管用。
悼念华莱士：away from home（离家在外）
away from home 离家在外found dead 被发现时已经身亡pulled open 把……撑开、拉开
派对上热捧华莱士：on probation（在试用期）
on probation 在试用期、观察期as though 就好像……一样not including 不包括……在内
争取跟访华莱士：once in a generation（一代人里才出一个）
once in a generation 一代人里才出一个Take a guess 猜猜看clear it with Legal 先过法务那一关
电台里传来华莱士自杀身亡的消息，利普斯基在电话里不敢相信；画面闪回，他在派对上听到众人把他吹成天才，随后回到《滚石》编辑部，向编辑争取跟访华莱士做一篇长报道。编辑说这样的作家 once in a generation（一代人里才出一个），又提醒他发稿前得 clear it with someone（先跟某人报批）；他自己则说自己还在 on probation（试用期）。这三个说法在职场和日常都好用：夸人稀有、按流程请示、说自己刚上岗。
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“"To read David Foster Wallace was to feel your eyelids pulled open."”
读大卫·福斯特·华莱士，就像有人把你的眼皮硬生生撑开。
把读书的震撼写成「眼皮被撑开」的身体动作，抽象感受一下看得见。
To do X was to feel Y
形容一本书或一段经历带来的冲击时能用；正式论文里别写得这么身体。
To listen to him was to see the world tilt. ／ To meet her was to feel less alone.
literary
To read 轻起，was to feel 连读，eyelids 重读。
To watch that film was to feel your heart race. 看那部电影，就像心被拎着跑。
“This is the sort of stuff I should be doing, not 500 words on boy bands.”
这才是我该做的事，而不是写五百字的男团稿。
把想做的和不想做的摆在一起，一个人的志向就自己浮出来了。
This is the sort of stuff I should be doing, not ...
抱怨手上琐事、表明志趣时能用；对上司说要看场合，别像甩脸。
This is the work I should be doing, not fluff pieces. ／ This is where I belong, not in a cubicle.
口语
sort of 轻读，should be doing 重音落在 doing。
This is the sort of work I should be doing, not sorting receipts. 这才是我该干的活，而不是整理发票。
“It's as though Paul Bunyan had joined the NFL...”
就好像保罗·班扬加入了橄榄球大联盟……
用一个荒诞的巨人比喻，把一部小说的分量说成天降神兵。
It's as though X had joined Y
夸张地形容某人横插进一个圈子时能用；正式文书里不要这么写。
It's as though a giant walked into the room. ／ It's as if a poet had wandered onto a football field.
口语
as though 连读，Paul Bunyan 重读，句尾略停。
It's as though a chess champion had joined a pub quiz. 就好像一个象棋冠军来参加酒吧问答。
“Our mother had taken us off the track of the nice life we'd been on.”
母亲把我们带离了原本那条体面生活的轨道。
用「轨道」一词，把阶层滑落写成一次被动的改道。
take somebody off the track of ...
讲家庭变故、人生被改道时能用；对长辈说别带指责，注意场合。
Her illness took us off the track we had planned. ／ The move pulled him off the track of a safe career.
literary
taken us off 连读，track 重读，句尾降调。
The move took me off the track of the life I had pictured. 那次搬家把我带离了原本设想的生活轨道。
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下一章 · 02out of respect出于尊重这场戏：餐厅里发现他不喝酒意思是「一代人里才出一个」，形容极其罕见、几十年才遇到一个。台词里编辑用它夸华莱士，说他这样的作家可能一代人才出一个，后面还举了海明威和品钦。
clear it with someone。台词里 But you gotta clear it with Legal 就是「但你得先过法务那一关」，发稿、请假、改动方案前要先请示，都可以用它。
意思是「在试用期、观察期」。利普斯基说自己 I'm sort of on probation，是承认自己在《滚石》还没转正、得好好表现，语气低调又务实。
意思是「猜猜看」。编辑先问过去十年采访过几个作家，接着说 Take a guess，是故意让利普斯基自己猜，然后揭晓答案：零。带点考问、调侃的味道。
marooned。台词出自华莱士的回忆文字 I felt marooned，写他小时候跟着母亲搬到艺术家聚集的街区，觉得自己被丢在那里、格格不入。
