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The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 13 / 18 章 · 2'38" · C1

追问长生故事破绽：a touch of senility

有人半信半疑地逼对方发重誓：这别是 cockamamie（荒唐、不靠谱）的科幻故事；话锋一转，刚说完忘了，又接一句 a touch of senility（有点老糊涂）。想吐槽离谱说法，或拿忘事打趣，这两句平时都用得上。

发生了什么

一群人继续追问一个人活了几千年的说法：这会不会只是 cockamamie（荒唐、不靠谱）的科幻故事？上一句刚说「我忘了」，下一句就接 a touch of senility（有点老糊涂），把漏讲的细节轻轻带过。故事接着讲到十七世纪遇到一个同类，聊了两天，也无法确认彼此的印证是独立证实，还是只是跟着重复。最妙的是 an echo（回声；附和、重复）：互相印证，也可能只是跟着重复。想吐槽离奇说法、拿忘事打趣，或讨论证据是否独立，这几句都用得上。

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这场戏看什么

  • 恐龙问完之后那句回避
  • 两天深谈仍不把话说死
  • 说完可惜，又补一句「假如是真的」

留意这几个短语

cockamamiehappy pillsbefore my timedouble-damn

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本章短语

a touch of senility

有点老糊涂a slight degree of senility

前面有人问「你的故事有破绽了，约翰？」，上一句刚说「我忘了」，这一句就接上 a touch of senility。字面只是「有点老糊涂」，放在一个讲几千年经历的人身上，分量并不轻。

Missing one email is not a touch of senility, so let it go.漏一封邮件算不上老年痴呆，算了。

本章还有

  • cockamamie

    荒唐、不靠谱

  • happy pills

    暗示精神药物

  • before my time

    我没赶上那个年代

  • double-damn

    加倍发狠地发誓

  • yabba dabba doo

    洞穴人的口头禅

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52 句台词里标了 28 处

短语 · B2call me something

就当我见识浅 不是医学上的发育不良，是自嘲见识浅。

Well, uh, call me underdeveloped, but I'd like to hear more.
俚语 · C1double-damn

把誓发得更重——逼对方把誓发重，正式文书别用。

You double-damn swear this isn't some cockamamie science fiction story or...
短语 · C1men in white suits

暗指来把人送进精神病院的人 不是谈穿着，是暗指有人来把人带走。

You-You-You realize this is an invitation to men in white suits with happy pills.
短语 · B1run out of something

地方不够住了

Run out of room even faster.
发音Run out of

Run out of 贴着走，中间别换气。

Run out of room even faster.
短语 · B2before someone's time

我没赶上那个年代

刚被问到有没有养过宠物恐龙，他不争论年代，用 before my time 把恐龙推出自己的时间。句子很轻，像随口自嘲，其实躲开的是「你到底活了多久」。

They were a little bit before my time.
发音a little bit

little 与 bit 贴紧，t 轻弹，待原声核对。

They were a little bit before my time.
短语 · C1corroborate a story

拿细节把说法坐实

No doubt you could give us a thousand details, John, corroborating your story,
发音out of the

of 别占满一拍，滑进 the。

Ten thousand, and you could stay out of the books.
短语 · B1raise an interesting question

把一个值得想的问题提出来

That, uh, raises an interesting question, John.
短语 · C1escape the aging process

没走上正常变老的路

Could there be others like you who escaped the aging process as you have?
语法 · B2who escaped the aging process as you have

定语从句：who 修饰前面的 others，把逃过衰老收成限定条件。

Could there be others like you who escaped the aging process as you have?
短语 · B2have a hunch that

有个说不清的预感

Anyway, it was the 1600s, and I met a man, and I had a hunch that he was...
短语 · B2be a first

说成是头一回

Ah. See, you said this was a first.
短语 · C1a crack in something

叙事上裂开一道缝 不是物体裂了，是说法露出破绽。

A crack in your story, John?
短语 · B1another time, another place

换了一个时代也换了地方

Anyway, he said yes, but from another time, another place.
发音couldn't be sure

couldn't 尾音收短，d 不单占一拍。

It was all pretty convincing, But we couldn't be sure.
短语 · C1genuine or an echo

是独立印证还是跟着复读 echo 不是山谷回声，是附和出来的印证。

We each confirmed what the other said, but how do we know if the confirmation was genuine or an echo?
语法 · B1if the confirmation was genuine or an echo

间接问句：这里的 if 等于是否，不是条件，问的是确认算不算数。

We each confirmed what the other said, but how do we know if the confirmation was genuine or an echo?
短语 · B2play a game on someone

也许在耍我 不是邀人一起玩游戏，是怀疑对方在耍自己。

I knew I was kosher, but I thought, "maybe he's playing a game on me."
俚语 · C1kosher

我这边是真的——口语里说自己是真的；讲饮食戒律时别用这层俚语。

I knew I was kosher, but I thought, "maybe he's playing a game on me."
短语 · C1the same reservation

同样不敢把话说死 不是预订座位，是同样有所保留。

He said he was inclined with the same reservation.
语法 · B2even if we wanted to

让步从句：even if 先让出「即便想确信」，结论仍是永远不能确定。

Just as we can never be sure, even if we wanted to.
语法 · C1if we were sure, you couldn't be sure of that

虚拟条件：were 配 couldn't，把「我们确信」收成一个会自我取消的假设。

I mean, if we were sure, you couldn't be sure of that.
短语 · A2keep in touch

分开后还保持联络

We parted, agreeing to keep in touch - of course, we didn't
发音we didn't

didn't 突然加重，前半句被压下去。

We parted, agreeing to keep in touch - of course, we didn't
短语 · A2what a shame

真可惜

Oh, what a shame.
语法 · B2if it were true

虚拟语气：were 不表示过去，把上一句的可惜收成假如属实才成立。

l- I mean, if it were true.

看懂「追问长生故事破绽」

发音重点

  • Run out of — Run out of 贴着走，中间别换气。
  • a little bit — little 与 bit 贴紧，t 轻弹，待原声核对。
  • out of the — of 别占满一拍，滑进 the。
  • couldn't be sure — couldn't 尾音收短，d 不单占一拍。
You-You-You realize this is an invitation to men in white suits with happy pills.

你明白吧，这等于邀请那些穿白西装的人，带着开心药上门。 不说你有病，把收容写成一份请柬，警告比直骂更难甩开。

They were a little bit before my time.

它们比我的年代稍微早了一点。 恐龙的笑话不硬接，只把时间上限轻轻一推，幽默在克制。

He doesn't wear an I.D. badge saying "yabba dabba doo."

他不会戴着工牌，上面写着那句洞穴人的口头禅。 认人这件正经事被一张不存在的工牌带跑，洞穴人口号一出来，严肃气氛就破了。

We each confirmed what the other said, but how do we know if the confirmation was genuine or an echo?

我们各自确认了对方说过的话，可怎么知道那次确认是真的，还是只是对方把我的话复读了一遍？ 先承认彼此对得上，再把「对得上」说成可能只是复读，怀疑一直留在句尾。

I mean, if we were sure, you couldn't be sure of that.

我是说，假如我们确信了，你反而没法确信这件事。 确信一到就会取消确信本身，绕口，逻辑却是扣死的。

We parted, agreeing to keep in touch - of course, we didn't

我们分手时说好保持联系——当然，并没有。 约定刚出口，破折号就把它拆掉，自嘲来得比感慨快。

关于这一章的问题

cockamamie 是什么意思？

这里指荒唐、不靠谱，用来形容听起来像编出来的科幻故事；前面还加了 double-damn（加倍发狠地发誓），是在逼对方保证没在耍人。

「有点老糊涂」英语怎么说？

「有点老糊涂」英语是 a touch of senility。台词在「我忘了」之后接上这句，把忘事轻轻带过，没有补充新事实。

an echo 在这里指什么？

指「回声；附和、重复」。两个人各自说自己的经历，互相听起来对得上，仍无法判断是独立证实，还是只是跟着重复。

happy pills 是在说真的药吗？

不是字面上的快乐药。它和 men in white suits（暗指来把人送进精神病院的人）连着说，暗示精神药物，也暗示这故事可能让人被当成精神有问题。

「当然，并没有联系」英语怎么说？

of course, we didn't。前面刚说好 keep in touch（分开后还保持联络），这句马上拆台，承认后来根本没联系。

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