这场戏：过气球星讲坠落史
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过气球星吉米在乔家洗澡，随后讲起自己的坠落：先是止痛药，不知不觉就吃到配煎饼嚼可待因；接着赌球、膝盖报废、职业生涯被联盟终结。他说自己不是吸毒，只是 get by（勉强撑日子）；乔却冷冷回一句 feel sorry for yourself（自怨自艾）完了门在那边。想学怎么讲苦涩自白，这场很扎心。
❝ 独白 · 19 句 「我靠这个撑日子」：I get by
out of my house 从我家出去get by 勉强撑日子are shot 彻底废了Before you know it 不知不觉之间
「你可是他的头号偶像」：his biggest hero
get over it 消气、走出来biggest hero 头号偶像quit watching 不再看了
吉米借乔家的浴室洗了个澡，出来时乔翻出他包里的东西，两人立刻呛起来，乔甚至要拧断他脖子。等火气稍平，吉米讲起自己的坠落：为了打球落下的膝伤吃止痛药，接着上杜冷丁，不知不觉就吃到嚼可待因配煎饼；再后来是赌球，膝盖也彻底废了，联盟一句话终结了他的职业生涯。他说自己不是在吸毒，只是 get by（勉强撑日子），还质问那些伪君子凭什么夺走他的人生。乔没安慰他，只甩一句：等你自怨自艾（feel sorry for yourself）完了，前门在那边。
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。
“Get the fuck out of my house before I break your goddamn neck.”
趁我还没拧断你的脖子，赶紧滚出我家。
把威胁说成倒计时，before 一压，火气全在节奏里。
Get out before I ...
真的被激怒、要下逐客令时用，气头上说；正式场合绝不能出口。
Leave now before I lose my temper. ／ Get out before I do something we both regret.
口语
fuck 轻带过，before 前后都停一下，neck 重读。
Get out of my office before I call security. 趁我还没叫保安，滚出我办公室。
“I don't use it. I get by.”
我不是吸毒。我是熬日子。
两句话把自己摘出来又认了，短促的辩解比长篇更让人信不过。
I don't ..., I just ...
被指责后想撇清又承认时用，语气心虚；正式说明里别这样含糊。
I'm not hooked, I'm coping. ／ I don't get high; I just survive.
口语
don't use 连读，两句之间停半拍，get by 轻收。
I don't drink for fun, I drink to get by. 我喝酒不是图乐，是撑日子。
“Before you know it, you're chewing codeine with your pancakes.”
不知不觉，你吃煎饼都得配可待因了。
把堕落的日常拍成早餐画面，越家常越让人后背发凉。
Before you know it, you're ...
讲事情不知不觉失控时用；劝人别上瘾的场合很贴切。
Before you know it, it owns you. ／ Next thing you know, it's every day.
口语
Before you know it 一口气带过，codeine 重读。
Before you know it, you're checking your phone at every red light. 不知不觉，你每个红灯都要掏手机看。
“It's all business now. They push you until you blow your fucking brains out!”
现在全是生意。他们一直逼你，逼到你一枪崩了自己的脑袋！
把压榨和自杀接在一起，一句顶一篇控诉，狠得让人不敢接话。
They push you until you ...
控诉被逼到极限时用，情绪重、话题重；正式场合不适合。
They keep pushing till you break. ／ They squeeze you until there's nothing left.
口语
all business 重读，until 后加快，句尾爆破。
They push you until you burn out and quit. 他们一直逼，直到你耗尽自己辞职。
“When you're done feeling sorry for yourself, the front door's that way.”
你自怨自艾完了，前门在那边。
不下逐客令，只报个门的方向，冷得比骂人还伤人。
When you're done ..., the ... is that way.
受够对方抱怨又不愿撕破脸时用，冷嘲；对长辈或上级少用。
When you're finished sulking, the exit is over there. ／ Whenever you're done, the door is right there.
口语
done 后停顿，front door's 略连，that way 平收。
When you're done complaining, the meeting is that way. 你抱怨完了，会议在那边。
“When you got busted, he quit watching football.”
你被抓之后，他就不看橄榄球了。
用一件小事证明崇拜破碎，女儿的话比任何吹捧都重。
When you ..., he quit ...
讲某件事让某人彻底改变时用，家常叙述；也可写进叙述文。
After your arrest, he stopped watching the games. ／ He gave up football the day you got caught.
中性
busted 重读，quit watching 连读，football 降调。
When you left, he quit playing the piano. 你走了之后，他就不再弹钢琴了。
“Does he punch all his heroes?”
他是不是逮着自己的偶像就揍？
一句话把崇拜翻成拳头，年轻人的锋利全在这句反问里。
Does he ... all his heroes?
想半开玩笑地点破一件事时用；对不熟的人问会显得冒失。
Is that how he treats everyone he admires? ／ He beats up everyone he looks up to?
口语
punch 重读，heroes 尾音上扬，问句轻快。
Does she argue with all her teachers? 她是不是跟每个老师都要争？
It starts out... ...painkillers. Using Demerol because your fucking knees are shot! Before you know it, you're chewing codeine with your pancakes. And then a truck comes out of nowhere... ...and you're talking to God, saying: "Hey, help me out, Big Guy. I pay taxes. I go to church. What's with this dead-wife-and-kid shit?" But he ain't answering. He ain't taking no calls that day. Instead, I get a call from the fucking league. And they're saying, "Hey, kid, your career's over." And I say, "Why?" Because I gambled. Why is there a fucking injury report in pro football, huh? Nobody else has one. Pro football does. You know why? That's so the gamblers will have a fucking accurate spread! It's all business now. They push you until you blow your fucking brains out! Just like Billy Cole did! Can't you see those fucking hypocrites took away my fucking life?
一开始是…… ……止痛药。膝盖废了，就上杜冷丁！ 不知不觉，你吃煎饼都得配可待因了。 然后一辆卡车不知从哪儿冲出来…… ……你开始跟上帝说话：「嘿，帮帮我，老大。 「我交税。我上教堂。这一家子死的死、没的没，算什么？」 可他根本不回话。 那天他谁的来电都不接。 接到的反倒是联盟打来的电话。 他们说：「嘿，小子，你的职业生涯完了。」 我问：「为什么？」 因为我赌球。 职业橄榄球干吗要设伤情报告，嗯？ 别的运动都没有，就职业橄榄球有。 你知道为什么吗？ 就是为了让庄家拿到一份他妈精确的盘口！ 现在全是生意。他们一直逼你，逼到你一枪崩了自己的脑袋！ 比利·科尔就是这么干的！ 你看不出来吗，就是那帮伪君子夺走了我的人生？
下一章 · 14in the meantime与此同时这场戏：借火打死人再要酒喝意思是「勉强撑过去、凑合过活」，指钱或条件不够，但能勉强维持生活。片里吉米说自己靠那东西 get by，就是在强调只是撑着。
意思是「自怨自艾、顾影自怜」，指沉浸在自怜里。片里乔用它赶吉米走：等你自怜完了，门在那边。
他是老动画里一本正经、道德感爆棚的正面角色，后来常用来反讽那种自命清高的老好人。片里乔用它挖苦对方。
意思是「伤情报告、球员伤病名单」。职业体育里球队会定期公布球员伤情，片里吉米吐槽它其实方便了赌球盘口。
before you know it。字面是「在你意识到之前」，用来形容事情发生得很快、人还没反应过来，常放在句首。
