学习设置
背景介绍
看之前,知道这些就够了盖茨比把尼克带进一家热闹的午宴厅,把沃尔夫山姆介绍成好朋友。厅里钞票歌、拳手、警官、参议员挤成一团。沃尔夫山姆先试探债券生意,又把盖茨比夸成牛津绅士、绝不动人妻子。学听掮客怎样用体面话把人托付给你。
- old sport 重音在 sport
- mouth shut 的 t 要吞掉
- never so 里 so 要弱读
- 会用 beg your pardon
- 掌握 mouth shut 闭嘴
- 听懂 jazz hound 爵士迷
- 听他怎么试探债券生意
- 注意夸人品时的反讽
- 抓 old sport 后的请求
章节
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语言点
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看完视频,正好复习old sport
老兄、老朋友
jazz hound
爵士乐迷
keep his mouth shut
闭嘴、别外传
beg your pardon
请原谅、对不起
when it comes to
说到、论及
never so much as look
连看一眼都不会
business connection
生意上的门路
turn into
变成、沦为
金句
这句话本身就很棒——棒在哪、怎么用“You be careful, now. You're turning into a real jazz hound, commissioner.”
你可小心点。你都快成真正的爵士迷了,局长。
拿爵士迷打趣执法者,把权力圈说成一块玩乐。
You're turning into a real...
调侃朋友沉迷某样爱好、越陷越深时用。
You're becoming a real fanatic. / Careful, you're hooked.
informal
careful 后稍顿,jazz hound 加重上扬。
“...he'd never so much as look at your wife.”
他连看都不会看你妻子一眼。
把人品夸到绝对安全,越发誓越像在推销。
never so much as + 动词
强调某人连最轻的越界都不会做。
He wouldn't even glance at her. / He wouldn't dream of it.
literary
never so much as 连成一串,look 加重。
“Now, old sport, about Miss Baker and that request we spoke of.”
好了,老兄,说到贝克小姐和我们提过的那个请求。
亲热称呼一转,把午饭真正目的端上桌。
about X and that request we spoke of
寒暄结束、要把旧事重提时用。
About that favor we mentioned. / Back to the request we discussed.
informal
old sport 后稍顿,request 加重收住。
精彩独白
一个人撑起的一段戏,值得整段跟读What a gentleman. From one of the finest families in the Midwest. Sadly, all dead now. When I first made the pleasure of... ...Mr. Gatsby's acquaintance just after the war... ...I knew I'd discovered a man of fine breeding. A war hero. Such medals. ...an Oxford man. You know Oxford? Yes, I've heard of it. Then you'd know that when it comes to married women... ...a man like this can be trusted. With a friend... ...with someone like you... ...he'd never so much as look at your wife.
真是个绅士。 出自中西部最好的家族之一。 可惜,如今都不在了。 我第一次有幸…… ……结识盖茨比先生,就在战后不久…… ……我就知道自己遇上了一个教养极好的人。 战争英雄。 那么多勋章。 ……牛津出身。 你知道牛津吧? 知道,听说过。 那你该明白,说到有夫之妇…… ……这种男人是可以信赖的。 对朋友…… ……对你这样的人…… ……他连看都不会看你妻子一眼。
本章要点
看完能带走什么- 学会用 beg your pardon 道歉
- 见到 mouth shut 知道是封口
- 听得懂 jazz hound 是爵士迷
- 能听出夸人妻子那句的反讽
- 会用 when it comes to 换话题
常被搜到的问题
先看问题,再对照台词jazz hound 什么意思
爵士乐迷。hound 跟在爱好后表示迷得厉害。盖茨比拿这句话打趣席间的局长。
he'd never so much as look at your wife 怎么翻译
他连看都不会看你妻子一眼。never so much as 强调连最轻的动作都没有。
盖茨比午宴里的人臼齿领带针是什么
沃尔夫山姆的领带针是一颗人类臼齿。他当标本炫耀,场面又体面又渗人。
I beg your pardon 在这句里礼貌吗
礼貌。沃尔夫山姆认错人、收回生意试探时用,比 sorry 更正式。
keep his mouth shut 是威胁吗
是封口令。席间有人传话给沃尔特·蔡斯:闭嘴,否则一分钱都没有。
