这场戏：酒吧里倒出丧子往事
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乔和吉米在酒吧喝酒。乔嘴硬，说自己还喜欢那个跟老婆上床的朋友；话锋一转，他倒出真正的往事：妻子被一辆皮卡 out of nowhere（毫无征兆地）撞死，儿子只在保温箱里活了十七分钟。而那天，吉米正好打出 game of my life（最出色的一场球）。想讲沉重的往事，这些说法很克制。
❝ 独白 · 12 句 「我希望我不再爱她」：still love my wife（还爱着我老婆）
the sky wasn't blue 天不是蓝的still love my wife 还爱着我老婆was my son 是我的儿子
「那天我传球传出三百码」：threw for 300 yards（传出三百码）
all the time 一直、总是threw for 传球传出…码game of my life 这辈子最出色的一场球
乔和吉米在酒吧喝酒，从离婚聊到女人，乔嘴硬说至少他还喜欢那个跟老婆上床的朋友。接着他讲出真正的往事：妻子怀孕八个月时走在拉布雷亚大道上，一辆皮卡 out of nowhere（毫无征兆地）冲上马路牙子，妻子当场被撞死，儿子亚历克斯只在保温箱里活了十七分钟，来不及做更多梦。而同一个星期天，吉米在球场上 threw for 300 yards（传球传出三百码），打出 game of my life（这辈子最出色的一场球）——两人各自的伤口就这样摊在吧台上。想学怎么用克制的语气讲创伤，这些说法都很到位。
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。
“You were fucking Ward Cleaver.”
你他妈就是沃德·克利弗啊。
拿老电视剧里的模范老爸砸人，一句就把乔从前的正派钉死。
You were fucking ...
熟人之间翻旧账、笑人当年太正派时用；正式场合别说。
You were a total goody-goody. ／ You used to be the model citizen.
口语
fucking 轻带过，Ward Cleaver 逐字咬清。
You were fucking class president, remember? 你当年可是班长，忘了？
“So are you gonna get a divorce, man?”
那你打算离婚吗，老兄？
用最随便的语气问最重的事，朋友之间的关心就长这样。
So are you gonna ...?
熟人之间直接问对方打算时用，语气随意；对不熟的人太冒犯。
So are you going to leave her? ／ Are you two actually splitting up?
口语
gonna 缩成一词，divorce 重读，句尾稍降。
So are you gonna take the job or not? 那你到底要不要接这份工作？
“You don't like women much, do you, Joe?”
你不太喜欢女人吧，乔？
反义疑问句把尖锐的评价包成闲聊，对方想否认都难。
You don't ..., do you?
想点破对方又不想撕破脸时用，熟人之间；正式场合显得冒犯。
You're not a big fan of the opposite sex, are you? ／ You don't have much patience for women, do you?
口语
don't 轻读，do you 快速带过，尾音上扬。
You don't really trust banks, do you? 你其实不太信任银行吧？
“Well, friends can't be perfect.”
唉，朋友嘛，哪能十全十美。
用一句自我宽解替背叛者开脱，越轻描淡写越显出苦涩。
Well, ... can't be perfect.
替人或替自己找台阶下时用，带无奈；不适合正式表态。
Nobody's friendship is perfect. ／ Friends let you down sometimes.
口语
Well 拖长，can't be perfect 放缓收住。
Well, families can't be perfect. 唉，家人嘛，哪能都完美。
“...and I wish I didn't still love my wife.”
……我还希望，自己别再爱着我老婆了。
三个排比最后落在这一句，想戒掉的爱比恨更让人心碎。
I wish I didn't ...
想说一件明知不真实的愿望时用，掏心窝的话；正式场合少用。
I wish I could stop loving her. ／ I wish my feelings would just go away.
literary
wish 后稍停，didn't still love 连读压低。
I wish I didn't care what they think. 我真希望自己不在乎他们怎么想。
“But Alex lived for 17 minutes in an incubator.”
可亚历克斯在保温箱里活了十七分钟。
把一生压缩成十七分钟，数字越具体越让人喘不过气。
... lived for 17 minutes
讲一段极短的生死时用，气氛沉重；不适合轻松场合。
He was with us for only seventeen minutes. ／ He survived seventeen minutes in an incubator.
中性
17 minutes 逐个咬清，incubator 重音在首。
The puppy lived for only 3 days in our home. 那只小狗在我们家只活了三天。
“You know, I threw for 300 yards that day.”
你知道吗，那天我传球传了三百码。
生涯最亮的数据和人生最黑的一天撞在一起，反差全在轻描淡写里。
You know, I ... that day.
要补一句和前面沉重内容形成反差的往事时用，语气平静。
You know, I had my best game that day. ／ I threw for 300 yards the day they died.
中性
threw for 连读，300 yards 重读，that day 降调收。
You know, I got the promotion that day. 你知道吗，我那天刚好升了职。
Alex was my son. I used to be married. One Sunday, I'm away in Miami. She couldn't come because she was eight months' pregnant. Walking down La Brea Boulevard... ...out of nowhere a pickup truck jumped a curb. Pow. Never knew what hit her. She died. But Alex lived for 17 minutes in an incubator. He fell asleep... ...had time for one dream... ...and then he died.
亚历克斯是我儿子。 我结过婚。 有个星期天，我人在迈阿密。 她来不了，因为她已经怀孕八个月了。 她走在拉布雷亚大道上…… ……一辆皮卡突然冲上马路牙子。砰。 她根本不知道是什么撞了她。 她死了。 可亚历克斯在保温箱里活了十七分钟。 他睡着了…… ……只来得及做了一个梦…… ……然后就死了。
下一章 · 13feel sorry for yourself自怨自艾这场戏：过气球星讲坠落史意思是「突然、毫无征兆地」，常形容意外说来就来，比如 out of nowhere a car hit him。它强调事前完全没有任何预兆。
scumbag。这是很重的骂人词，指品行极差、下三滥的人。片里用来骂那个出卖朋友的私家侦探，别随便当面用。
get a divorce，也可以说 get divorced。片里问对方 So are you gonna get a divorce? 就是「那你打算离婚吗？」口语里很常见。
the game of my life。用 of my life 表示「我人生中最……的」，比如 the day of my life、the meal of my life，都是这种夸法。
看语气。片里 I was a regular Boy Scout 是自嘲加对比，指「当年我可是循规蹈矩的正派人」。平时也说某人像个 Boy Scout，形容他老实守规矩。
