完全分不清状况
这句用 up from sideways 讲最早那段岁月。下一句问 How do you know。前后看不出是谁在问谁，只能确定问的是那一千年怎么知道。
First thousand years, I didn't know up from sideways.The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 5 / 18 章 · 3'05" · C1
追问长生只是碰巧：just happened
不死被人追、头一千年完全分不清状况之后，有人问还有没有使命。落点是一句 I just happened（碰巧而已，没有安排）：不是诅咒，不是保佑，也不是任务。别人把你的结果说成安排时，用这句把抬举轻轻放下。
发生了什么
三句就够用。刚进一个行当、连门道都没有，说 up from sideways（完全分不清状况），别理解成认路。复盘时发现结论是现在才有的，说 retrospective（全是事后回想）：冷、山、海岸这些学名是后来贴回去的，不是当时就懂。别人把一件怪事说成使命，你想把抬举放下，说 I just happened（碰巧而已，没有安排），再补一句 There was no plan。同事夸你好像早有安排，或你要解释一份听着很懂、其实是事后才看懂的回忆，这三句都能直接用上。
这场戏看什么
- 日落怎样代替西这个词
- One lifetime 截断转世
- 神意后面立刻改口碰巧
留意这几个短语
up from sidewaysgot the hang ofwhat is nowretrospective
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just happened
碰巧而已，没有安排by chance, not by design
有人问 Do you still think you do，问的是前面 maybe I had a mission。随后一句 God works in mysterious ways，再往后是 I think I just happened。看不出三句是不是同一人。just happened 把使命收成碰巧而已，没有安排。
They want a mission for me, but I tell them I just happened.他们想给我安一个使命，我跟他们说我只是碰巧而已，没有安排。
本章还有
- up from sideways
完全分不清状况
- got the hang of
终于摸着门道
- what is now
如今才有的叫法
- retrospective
全是事后回想
- Caveman
拿洞穴人开玩笑：当头一棍再拖进卧室
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didn't 词尾轻触 know，别停住
First thousand years, I didn't know up from sideways.已经有依据的猜测
An informed guess, based on what I've learned in my memories.名词从句：what 从句作介词宾语，指他后来知道的事。
An informed guess, based on what I've learned in my memories.几乎记不起来
Most people can scarcely remember their childhood, but you have memories of that time?一生中最亮的几段
You know, the high points, the low points, traumas.在脑子里一直挥之不去
They stick in the mind forever.心里还会短短抽一下
Put down at 3 or 35, you still feel a twinge.终于摸着门道
这句 got the hang of 接在 wouldn't die、一直被追之后，说后来才混进新碰到的人群。看不出是谁在讲。不是在显摆活得久，是被追着逼出来的习惯。
I kept getting chased because I wouldn't die, so I got the hang of joining new groups I found.正在西沉的太阳 这里用来指西方，不是写景
Towards the setting sun.如今才有的叫法
这句 what is now 在 I suspect I saw the British isles from what is now the French coast 里，贴在法国海岸前。看见的是对岸的不列颠群岛。语气是 suspect，只是推测。
I suspect I saw the British isles from what is now the French coast.定语从句：that 修饰 valley，点明深谷被落日挡住。
on the other side of an enormous deep valley that was shadowed by the setting sun.同原先相连的一块分开
This is before they were separated from the continent by rising seas, as glaciers melted.跟教科书的说法对得上 不是真的写进书，是说和课本一致
Oh, yeah, into any textbook.听着就很懂行的回忆
How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge?条件从句：if 给出当时没有知识，反问才站得住。
How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge?gonna 心里还原 going to，嘴上别拆
Caveman, you gonna hit me over the head with a club and drag me into the bedroom?先把听到的对齐核实
Let me get this straight.话题指的是这件事
We're not talking about reincarnation.死后再次投胎出生 指又一轮肉身生命，不是宗教重生
You're not saying that you remember whatever the hell it would be, 200 separate lifetimes, dying and being born again and yada yada?重音砸在 hell 上，whatever 快带过去
You're not saying that you remember whatever the hell it would be, 200 separate lifetimes, dying and being born again and yada yada?等等不必细说——熟人之间嫌烦省略，正式场合别用
You're not saying that you remember whatever the hell it would be, 200 separate lifetimes, dying and being born again and yada yada?设法不走那一条路
and again, learn and learn, and somehow, John, you just managed to bypass all the other bodies.事后再回头才能判断
I can only surmise in retrospect.本事很大的那种存在 指天上的神，不是高大的男人
"There's gotta be some big guys up there.肯定有、少不了——口头下判断时用，书面语别写
"There's gotta be some big guys up there.原因短语：for 表原因：因为不死，他才觉得自己是坏人。
At first I thought there was something wrong with me - maybe I was a bad guy for not dying.是否从句：wonder if 的 if 表示是否，不是如果。
Then I began to wonder if I was cursed or perhaps blessed.行事让人看不懂原因
God works in mysterious ways.碰巧而已，没有安排
有人问 Do you still think you do，问的是前面 maybe I had a mission。随后一句 God works in mysterious ways，再往后是 I think I just happened。看不出三句是不是同一人。just happened 把使命收成碰巧而已，没有安排。
I think I just happened.重音放在 just，happened 只轻轻落下
I think I just happened.看懂「追问长生只是碰巧」
发音重点
- didn't know — didn't 词尾轻触 know，别停住
- you gonna hit — gonna 心里还原 going to，嘴上别拆
- whatever the hell — 重音砸在 hell 上，whatever 快带过去
- just happened — 重音放在 just，happened 只轻轻落下
Put down at 3 or 35, you still feel a twinge.三岁被人贬低，或是三十五岁被人贬低，心里仍会抽一下。 三岁和三十五岁被拉平，创伤不按年纪过期，twinge 又轻又准。
How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge?我当时并没有那套知识，怎么会有带着知识的回忆？ 一个反问卡在两头：当时并没有知识，回忆听着却很懂。
All I can do is integrate my recollections with modern findings.我只能把回忆和现代研究的结论对在一起。 不硬撑全知，把旧记忆和现代结论缝上，诚实比神秘有力。
At first I thought there was something wrong with me - maybe I was a bad guy for not dying.起初我觉得自己有毛病——也许正因为不死，才说明我是坏人。 长生被说成污点，for not dying 把活下来压成内疚，而不是幸运。
I think I just happened.我觉得我只是碰巧成了这样。 神、诅咒、使命都铺过了，happened 把目的清零，轻得发响。
关于这一章的问题
这句是认路还是一团懵？
不是认路。up from sideways 是把 up from down 的 down 换成 sideways，说的是头一千年完全分不清状况，连一条能靠的轴都没有。下一句才问那一千年怎么知道，回答是 An informed guess，凭后来的记忆做的猜测。
just happened 是刚刚发生还是没有安排？
不是刚刚发生，句里没有刚才这个时间。前面问现在还觉不觉得有使命，接着是 God works in mysterious ways，然后才是 I think I just happened。意思是碰巧而已，没有安排，把诅咒、保佑和任务都放下。
少了 what is now 会听成什么？
会听成那一侧海岸当时就叫法国。what is now 贴在 the French coast 前面，标明如今才有的叫法。少了这三个词，望见不列颠群岛的时候，这个国名就像已经在用。同一段里，west 也被说成上学才有的词。
Some 在这里是含糊还是反话？
是反话，不是含糊。Some 单独看像某一种，数目好像没说死。它对着上一句 One lifetime，把就一个说反了：这个一本身就离谱，不是在把一辈子改成好几段。
retrospective 和怀旧差在哪？
怀旧是想念从前。retrospective 不是想念，意思是全是事后回想。这句紧挨在没有知识、怎么会有懂行的回忆之后。学名是后来才贴回去的，这句只说回想，不说当时就懂。
stick in the mind 是什么意思？「心里还会一揪」英语怎么说？
stick in the mind 是一直留在脑子里。高峰、低谷和创伤会永远留着，原句是 They stick in the mind forever。心里还会一揪说 feel a twinge，原句是 Put down at 3 or 35, you still feel a twinge，三岁和三十五岁都算。
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第 1 章itchy feet欢送会上急着搬走
第 2 章itchy feet塑料杯里敬告别
第 3 章pan out抛出洞穴人假设
第 4 章a day over笑他看着顶多九百岁
正在看 · 第 5 章just happened追问长生只是碰巧
第 6 章You can't go home again问到故地已经不在
第 7 章almost wish it were true讲到佛陀却没说破
第 8 章no way to disprove屋里对质怪故事
第 9 章So much for盘问自称洞穴人的男子
第 10 章I never said否认不死只承认老
第 11 章survivor's guilt从怕死问到愧疚
第 12 章on the ropes丧妻后追问到掏枪
第 13 章a touch of senility追问长生故事破绽
第 14 章no need of that hypothesis信仰追问逼到身份
第 15 章have something in mind众人争论耶稣往事
第 16 章the jury is still out耶稣问题被原样送回
第 17 章If I said no否认神迹把选择抛回
第 18 章chasing our tails故事收场追问真名看到第 5 / 18 章 · 后面还有约 46 分钟