这场戏：为装出来的亲民吵翻
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两人在停车场找不到车，火气先上来；很快就有人直接说对方的谦逊 basically false（从根上就有点假），点破这是 part of your whole social strategy（整套社交策略的一部分），等于说他在装亲民。被说的人急了，坚持自己没装。想学会怎么当面拆穿表演、又怎么用英文辩解，这段火药味最足。
被指「社交策略」：social strategy（社交策略）
social strategy 社交策略holding back 故意收着、不使出全力smarter than 比某人更聪明
❝ 独白 · 5 句 怕自己 come across as（给人的印象是）混蛋
come across as 给人的印象是look stuff up 动手查资料、查东西keep up with 跟得上某人、比得上
「这就是你说的假」：faux（假的、装出来的）
faux 假的、装出来的believe a word 连一个字都不相信crack open 翻开一本厚书
从美国购物中心出来，两人因为没记停车位先拌了几句嘴。走着走着，一人挑明：对方那套谦逊 basically false（从根上就有点假），属于 part of your whole social strategy（整套社交策略的一部分），就像跟小孩打垒球还故意收着力。被指的这位不接受，说自己从没觉得比别人聪明，他真正的进步恰恰是承认别人比自己强，可这又让他 kind of lonely（有点孤独）。他还担心稿子怎么写都会让他 come across as（给人留下……印象）一个十足的混蛋，反复保证自己没玩 any kind of faux thing（任何假的）。想学怎么用英文质问、辩解、拆穿客套，这段冲突最典型。
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。
“I don't think writers are smarter than other people.”
我不觉得作家就比别人聪明。
一句就把姿态放平，用否定式卸掉「作家高人一等」的架子。
I don't think A are B.
想礼貌地否定一种被抬高的说法时用；对上司或正式文书别这么直白。
I don't believe writers are any smarter. ／ Writers aren't smarter than anyone else, I think.
中性
don't think 轻读连读，writers 重音，句尾 people 放平。
I don't think doctors are smarter than their patients. 我不觉得医生就比病人聪明。
“You're not willing to risk giving the full you.”
你不肯冒险把完整的自己交出来。
把「假」拆成不肯冒风险，一句话点破对方留了后手。
be willing to risk doing something
点出对方不肯投入、留一手时用；对刚认识的人说会显得冒犯。
You won't risk showing the whole you. ／ You never risk giving all of yourself.
中性
willing to 连读，risk 后稍顿，句尾 you 重读。
You're not willing to risk telling her the truth. 你不肯冒险跟她说实话。
“I don't have the brain cells left to play any kind of faux games with you.”
我剩下的脑细胞已经不够陪你玩任何假把戏了。
用「脑细胞」自嘲收尾，把争执一句钉死，还带点疲惫的幽默。
not have the X left to do something
累到不想再纠缠时用；对长辈或写职场邮件时别这么冲。
I've got no brain cells left for this. ／ I don't have the energy left to play games.
口语
don't have 连读，brain cells 两处重音，faux 咬清。
I don't have the brain cells left to argue tonight. 我今晚没脑力再吵了。
“Yes, I think I'm bright. I think I'm talented.”
是的，我觉得我聪明。我觉得我有才华。
平静地承认自己的天赋，比谦虚更让对面的记者无话可说。
Yes, I think I'm ...
被质疑后平静陈述自己实力时能用；对长辈别太硬，看场合。
Yes, I think I'm good at this. I think I've earned it.
中性
Yes 短促，bright 重读，talented 降调收。
Yes, I think I'm ready. I think I've done the work. 是的，我觉得我准备好了。我觉得我下过功夫。
If we had done this by the mail, if I had access to my library, if I could look stuff up... My dream for this would be for you to write it up, send it to me... - and let me rewrite all my quotes. - Right. Which, of course, you'll never do. But if I'm in a room... by myself, alone, and I have time, I can be really smart.
要是我们靠通信来做，要是我能用上我的书房，要是我能查查资料…… 我最理想的是：你写完稿子，发给我…… ——让我把我所有的引语重写一遍。——嗯。 当然，你绝不会这么做。可要是我一个人待在屋里…… 独自一人，又有时间，我就能特别聪明。
下一章 · 14sleepwalk through梦游般混过去这场戏：怕自己迷上被关注意思是「假的、装出来的」，来自法语。台词里说 I'm not doing any kind of faux thing with you，就是「我没跟你玩任何假的」，专门指那种刻意演出来的态度。
tough room。台词里 You're a tough room, you know that 就是吐槽对方「你这听众可真难伺候」，说一个场子反应冷淡、难讨好时也能用。
come across as。台词里 come across as a monumental asshole 就是「给人留下十足混蛋的印象」，形容别人怎么看你，比 seem 更口语。
字面是「社交策略」。台词里指控对方的亲民姿态是 part of your whole social strategy，就是说他的谦逊是一种算计好的表演。
意思是「普通人、平常人」。台词里说 I treasure my regular guyness，就是强调自己珍惜这股普通人劲儿，常用来拉近距离或反讽。
