无论拉得多长，结论也不变
No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 10 / 18 章 · 2'35" · C1
否认不死只承认老：I never said
有人把枪的假设递到面前，问是不是不死、这一下扛不扛得住。一句 I never said（那是你加的词）把话拉回来，收成 just old（只不过是老了而已）。别人替你把结论说满时，先划掉多加的那半句。
发生了什么
活再久，也不能 in advance of（超前于）他那个时代。后面有人说，钟的 objective referent（真正指到的对象）仍是另一只钟。再往后，outside of time（不在已知时间里）只是一句猜测。有人假设开枪，问是不是不死。回答用 I never said（那是你加的词），收成 just old（只不过是老了而已）。别人替你把结论说满，就用它把多加的半句还回去。枪响之后还得熬完的那一段，用 the rest of your incarcerated life（被关起来的余生）。问一件说不清的事，用 make of（怎么理解）。
这场戏看什么
- 听他怎么把永生缩回「只是老」
- 量时间那句四个can't，重音落在哪
- 后院那句表面关心其实在损
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in advance ofpreconceptionsobjective referentoutside of time
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I never said
那是你加的词that wording was yours, not mine
对方把开枪说成假设，问他会不会死。他用 I never said 把口径收回：没说过永生，只承认自己老。语气短，不再解释。
I never said the client approved it, just that they read the draft.我可没说客户批准了，只说他们看过草稿。
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- in advance of
超前于，走在前面
- preconceptions
事先就有的成见
- objective referent
真正指到的对象
- outside of time
不在已知时间里
- the rest of your incarcerated life
被关起来的余生
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超前于，走在前面
开场这句不先讲一万四千年。有人用 in advance of 把上限说死：活再久也走不到自己时代前面。语气平，像在定一条规矩。
No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.让步状语：让步把寿命放到多长都行，主句的不能超前仍然成立。
No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.can't的t轻轻带过，别在be前顿住
No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.这一群里最顶尖的那些人 这里 race 是人类，不是赛跑。
He can't know more than the best of the race knows,比较从句：than后面是完整小句，比的是最顶尖的人已经知道的。
He can't know more than the best of the race knows,世人那时才得知 这里 world 是世人，不是那颗星球。
if that- I mean, when the world learned it was round, you learned it.这件事花了一阵子
It took some time.挺先进、挺讲究——闲聊夸东西讲究可以用，正式论文别用。
News traveled slowly before communications were fancy.社会给人们设下的阻碍
There were social obstacles, preconceptions, screams from the church.把我变成天才
Living 14,000 years didn't make me a genius.有时间可用来做事
I just had time.重音留给每个can't，动词轻轻跟上
We can't see it, we can't hear it, we can't weigh it, we can't measure it in a laboratory.主观上的那种感觉
It's a subjective sense of becoming what we are把时间看成某种模样
The Hopis see time as a landscape, existing before and behind us, and we move... we move through it,后置分词：分词短语贴在风景后，说明它在我们前后都存在着。
The Hopis see time as a landscape, existing before and behind us, and we move... we move through it,跟他到底有什么关系
How very interesting. What has it got to do with John?按我们熟悉的样子来说
Oh, he- he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it.定语从句：who从句限定前面的人，指活在已知时间之外。
Oh, he- he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it.of和as都收轻，time留得清楚
Oh, he- he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it.平时走来走去都带着武器
People do go around armed these days.只不过是老了而已 just 是仅仅，不是刚才。
I never said I was immortal, just old.从今往后还剩下的全部
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.关在牢里度过的那一生
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.宾语从句：what you shot整个做wonder的宾语，猜的是打中了什么。
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.rest尾音送进of，your别压重
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.有点太过分——熟人嫌过分时轻点一句，对上司别用。
Will, that was a bit much.天生就有、改不了的本性
But there is always innate nature.怎么理解，作何看法
星星还在话里，有人问原始人当初 make of 它们什么。不是问做成了工具，是问他们怎么看那些光。
And what did primitive man make of them?盼着某件事快点结束
Have you ever wished it would end?这些坎全部都熬过去了
You've survived them all.看懂「否认不死只承认老」
发音重点
- can't be in — can't的t轻轻带过，别在be前顿住
- we can't measure — 重音留给每个can't，动词轻轻跟上
- of time as — of和as都收轻，time留得清楚
- rest of your — rest尾音送进of，your别压重
No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.无论一个人活多久，都无法走在自己时代的前面。 先把寿命放行，再用一句can't把「超前于时代」堵死。
Living 14,000 years didn't make me a genius.活了一万四千年，也没把我变成天才。 先承认离谱的年头，再亲手拿掉天才这个头衔。
The objective referent of clock is another clock.时钟的客观所指，不过是另一只时钟。 用循环定义拆掉「时钟可以量时间」：所指仍是另一只钟。短，而且狠。
I never said I was immortal, just old.我从没说过自己永生，只不过是老。 对方要的是永生，他只退到一个更小、更难反驳的字。
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.然后你就可以用剩下的牢狱人生，去猜自己打中的究竟是什么。 不接枪的挑战，把对方的余生改写成监禁里的猜测。
关于这一章的问题
I never said 是什么意思？
意思是「那是你加的词」。整句是 I never said I was immortal, just old，把 immortal 拿掉，只留下 old。别人替你把结论说满时，用它把多出来的半句还回去。
「超前于」英语怎么说？
说 in advance of，意思是超前于，也可以说走在前面。后面接被超过的范围，这里是时代、阶段，不是钟点。台词是人无论活多久，都不能 in advance of his times。
the rest of your incarcerated life 在这里指什么？
the rest of your incarcerated life 是「被关起来的余生」。台词说，你可以在被关起来的余生里琢磨自己打中了什么。指的是关起来之后还剩下的那段日子，不是一句空泛的以后。
outside of time 适合什么时候用？
意思是「不在已知时间里」。适合用来猜想某人的存在方式落在已知时间之外，并保留 might。台词是 he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it，只是猜测，不是定论。
make of 是什么意思？
意思是「怎么理解」，也可以说「作何看法」。台词是 And what did primitive man make of them，them 是前面的星星。下一句只是 A great mystery，一个天大的谜。你想问别人怎么理解一件说不清的事，可以用 make of。
squatting in the backyard 为什么听着刺耳？
字面是蹲在后院里。上一句刚说本性还在，这句把更舒服接到这个姿势上，其实把表面的关心说反了。刺耳的是这个画面，不是 more comfortable 本身。后文有 Sometimes I do，也有抬头看星星。问句没有把对方定罪。
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