这场戏：投稿被出版商赶出门
第 12 章 · 共 18 章 · 3'59"
露西从海崖镇大老远赶到出版社，只为见斯普劳尔先生一面，却被告知 without an appointment（没预约）就免谈。等在那里的费尔利先生替她说了句话，转头又损她一句 adenoids（腺样体），她当场回敬「您比我的腺样体还稀罕」。想学怎么优雅地怼人、怎么求人插队，这场戏全是活教材。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 「麻烦你挪个地方」英语是 I'll trouble you（其实是赶人）
I'll trouble you 麻烦你（其实是赶人）take yourself elsewhere 挪个地方、走开every blessed one of them 每一个都（带火气）Bless my soul 老天爷（老派惊叹）
露西·缪尔带着一部书稿，从海崖镇一路赶到伦敦的出版社，想见斯普劳尔先生。前台一句 Can't see Mr. Sproule without an appointment（没预约就见不到），把她挡在门外。等在旁边的费尔利先生先是取笑她，后来又把自己的预约让给她，她才能进门。斯普劳尔嫌她的书是垃圾，她毫不客气地回敬一句 your adenoids and your bad manners（你的腺样体和坏脾气），又说出这是 the unvarnished record of a sailor's life（一个海员不加修饰的一生）。老头这才松口，说可以先看几页。想学怎么在被打发时还嘴、怎么用一句「不加修饰」打动对方，这三个表达都值得记。
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 more so than your adenoids and your bad manners.”
再稀罕，也稀罕不过您的鼻音和您这坏脾气。
被小看时不解释只反刺，一句就把对方也拉下水。
No more so than ...
被人挑刺、想不卑不亢地反将一军时用；对长辈别说。
No more than your own habits. ／ That makes two of us, then.
口语
No more so 轻快带过，adenoids 重读，句尾平静下压。
My desk is messy? No more so than yours. 我桌子乱？也没你的乱。
“Then see him you shall, and it is your good fortune that I'm not only irresponsible, but also unreasonable.”
那您就见得着他了。算您走运，我这人不光不负责任，还不讲道理。
用自嘲当通行证，把越界说成走运，绅士的坏全在句子里。
Then ... you shall, and it is your good fortune that ...
半开玩笑地答应别人、又想强调自己破例时用；正式场合别学。
Then consider it done, lucky you. ／ You shall have it, and count yourself lucky.
正式
see him you shall 三顿，irresponsible 与 unreasonable 平行重读。
Then a seat you shall have, and it is your good fortune that I owe you one. 那座位就给你了，算你走运，我欠你一回。
“She's mad about you. Couldn't you tell?”
她迷上你了。你看不出来吗？
旁人一句点破，把当事人自己都没察觉的暧昧挑到明处。
Someone's mad about you. Couldn't you tell?
替朋友点破别人的好感、半打趣时用；当事人面前别乱说。
She's crazy about you. Didn't you notice? ／ Anyone can see she likes you.
口语
mad about you 连读，Couldn't you tell 尾音上挑。
He's mad about you. Couldn't you tell from the way he writes? 他迷上你了。看他写信那劲头你还看不出来？
“20 million discontented females in the British Isles and every blessed one of them is writing a novel.”
不列颠群岛上两千万个不满现状的娘们儿，个个都在写小说。
把一个人的书稿变成两千万人的通病，偏见说得像统计。
20 million ... and every blessed one of them ...
夸张地抱怨某类人一窝蜂做同一件事时用；正式场合别说。
Half the country is writing a novel, it seems. ／ Everyone with a pen thinks they're a writer.
口语
20 million 一口气，every blessed one 加重，is writing a novel 收。
A million podcasts, and every blessed one of them is about success. 上百万个播客，个个都在聊成功。
“Bless my soul, madam, I've got to publish this bilge in order to stay in business, but I don't have to read it.”
老天爷，太太，我为了做生意不得不出版这种破烂，可我没义务去读它。
一句话把生意人的无奈和刻薄同时说尽，in order to 用得又狠又准。
I've got to ... in order to ..., but I don't have to ...
自嘲为了糊口不得不做某事、又不肯多走一步时用；别对客户说。
I publish it to stay afloat, not to enjoy it. ／ Selling it is my job; reading it is not.
口语
Bless my soul 感叹重读，in order to 连读，but 后停顿。
I write these ads in order to pay rent, but I don't have to like them. 我写这些广告是为了交房租，可我没必要喜欢它们。
“It's the unvarnished record of a sailor's life.”
是一个海员一生的真实记录，一点没修饰。
一个词就把卖点立住：不粉饰的人生，正是出版社少见的东西。
It's the unvarnished record of ...
强调自己讲的全是实话、不加美化时用；正式文书里很得体。
It's a plain, unvarnished account. ／ Nothing in it has been dressed up.
正式
unvarnished 重音在 var，record 轻读，of a 连读。
It's the unvarnished record of a nurse's life on the ward. 这是一个护士在病房里一生的真实记录。
Of course you have. 20 million discontented females in the British Isles and every blessed one of them is writing a novel. Don't tell me what's in it. I know. Bless my soul, madam, I've got to publish this bilge in order to stay in business, but I don't have to read it. No, madam, I do not. And now if you'll pardon me, I'm busy.
你当然有。 不列颠群岛上两千万个不满现状的娘们儿，个个都在写小说。 别跟我说里头写了什么。我知道。 老天爷，太太，我为了做生意不得不出版这种破烂，可我没义务去读它。 不，太太，我可不读。 好了，您多包涵，我忙着呢。
下一章 · 13a weakness for特别偏爱这场戏：和陌生人合乘马车意思是「没预约」。前台拦住露西说的就是这句：Can't see Mr. Sproule without an appointment，直译就是「没预约见不到斯普劳尔先生」。被人挡在门口时很常用。
说 the unvarnished record of a sailor's life。unvarnished 原指木头没上漆，引申为「原原本本、不加修饰」。露西用它形容自己写的海员传记，一句话就让出版商改了主意。
是在损人。adenoids 是「腺样体」，鼻音重常被归咎于它。费尔利先嘲笑露西有书稿「真稀罕」，她马上回敬 No more so than your adenoids and your bad manners，意思是「再稀罕也稀罕不过您的腺样体和坏脾气」。
表面客气，实际是下逐客令。斯普劳尔说 I'll trouble you take yourself elsewhere，听着像「麻烦您」，意思却是「请您挪个地方」。老派英式礼貌里最冷的一句。
意思是「暂时放一放、搁到一边」。戏里是 set aside your book of social graces，指先把待人接物的规矩放一放。工作时说 set aside some time，就是留出一点时间。
