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盘问自称洞穴人的男子:So much for

有人被追问是不是洞穴人,先答自己是克罗马农人;问留疤,一句 I don't scar(我不会留疤)就把话挡回去。有人提议 at face value(先按字面当真)往下谈。想聊怀疑、信任和不肯自证,这几句都能用。

发生了什么

一屋子人围着一名男子追问:他自称克罗马农人,却说不出史前得过什么病,只提到肺炎、伤寒、黄热病、天花和黑死病;有人要他去做医学检查,话头转到防备和信任。有人提议先 take it at face value(先按字面当真),再往下探讨;随后一句 Walls have ears(隔墙有耳,话会被听见),把私下说话会不会被听去摆上台面。争论从留疤、常识一路走到永生者是否真的无所不知,最后一句 So much for(这个说法到此为止)给所谓无所不知的神话泼了冷水。想聊怀疑、隐私和拒绝自证,这些说法都能直接用。

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So much for

这个说法到此为止that grand idea is finished

前面刚承认老学位跟不上新东西,连本专业也一样;这句用 So much for(这个说法到此为止)把「超智慧的全知不死者」从桌上清掉,像在收束这场吵。

So much for the idea that a longer meeting fixes a bad plan.开会更久就能修好烂计划?这套可以收了。

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  • lie on the couch

    躺上心理医生的沙发

  • at face value

    先按字面当真

  • leery of

    提防,不太敢靠近

  • Walls have ears

    隔墙有耳,话会被听见

  • not as crazy as

    没疯到你以为我疯的程度

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发音sure about

sure 重读,about 轻轻带过

No, I'm sure about that.
短语 · B1give someone a name

给这一类人正式起了学名 them 指克罗马农人,不是在给听话的人起外号

When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.
语法 · B2when anthropology gave them a name

时间状语从句:两个 when 从句只点出命名的时刻,结论在最后那句我有了名字。

When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.
短语 · B1have more to say

还有更多话要说

I'm sure you must have more to say.
短语 · B1as much as anyone

跟普通人一样多,并不少见

Sure, as much as anyone.
短语 · B1get over something

病已经过去,人缓过来了 不是心情上想开,是伤寒、黄热病这些病好了

Last few hundred years, I've gotten over typhoid, yellow fever,
短语 · B2take something at face value

先按字面当真

有人说不结疤不可能之后,有人出来圆场,请大家先把这套说法 at face value(先按字面当真)接住,再顺着这个角度谈;是在劝架,不是已经相信。

Please, let's take John's story at face value and explore it from that perspective.
短语 · B2no stranger than something

跟其余那些一样离奇,并不更怪 the rest 指他已经讲过的长生和患病,不是屋里其余的人

If he doesn't scar, it's no stranger than the rest.
短语 · B2friendly neighborhood + role

装出邻家专家的亲切口气 不是真在介绍邻居,是把做检查说得很亲切

John, would you please stop by my lab, suffer a few tests from your friendly neighborhood biologist.
短语 · B2suffer a few tests

硬着头皮接受几项检查 suffer 不是大难临头,是忍着做检查,带点自嘲

John, would you please stop by my lab, suffer a few tests from your friendly neighborhood biologist.
短语 · B1figure someone out

把我这个人彻底研究明白 不是情感上理解我,是被当成标本研究清楚

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.
发音me out

me 和 out 之间滑一个轻 y,别断开

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.
俚语 · A2wanna

want to 的口语缩略——朋友间随口说,书面和汇报别用

I don't wanna prove it.
短语 · C1the yarn of the century

能吹成世纪奇谈的一套故事 yarn 不是毛线,是口头上的胡诌长故事

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?
语法 · B2the yarn of the century

同位语:逗号中间这截同位语,是在给 this 换个更刻薄的名字。

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?
短语 · B1shouldn't have expected someone to

本不该指望对方会那样

I guess I shouldn't have expected you to.
语法 · C1as you think I am

比较从句:as 后面比的不是你多疯,而是你以为我有多疯。

You're not as crazy as you think I am.
短语 · B2remain courteous to someone

就算不赞同,也维持礼貌

I think we should remain courteous to someone who we've known and trusted, Edith.
短语 · B2laugh at someone inside

脸上不笑,心里在笑话我们

Are you laughing at us inside?
短语 · B2offend common sense

跟基本常理冲突,让人没法信

What you're saying - it offends common sense.
短语 · B1the way something works

自然规律本来就是这样运转

So does relativity, quantum mechanics- That's the way nature works.
语法 · C1So does relativity

倒装承接:So does 用倒装承接上一句的「违反常理」,意思是相对论也一样违反常理。

So does relativity, quantum mechanics- That's the way nature works.
语法 · B2If you lived as long as John did

虚拟条件:lived 用过去式表没发生的长寿,wouldn't 说那样也长不大。

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.
发音wouldn't grow

wouldn't 的 t 可轻吞,再接 grow

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.
俚语 · A2guys

大伙,叫同辈——叫熟人或同辈,对师长别用

Come on, guys. Take it easy.
短语 · B2behind the times

落在时代后面,知识过时了

I got my biology degree at Oxford in 1840, So I'm a little behind the times.
发音a little behind

little 的 t 可轻弹,别咬死

I got my biology degree at Oxford in 1840, So I'm a little behind the times.
短语 · B1keep up with something

跟上不断冒出来的新东西

The same in other areas- I can't keep up with the new stuff that comes along.
短语 · B2so much for something

这个说法到此为止

前面刚承认老学位跟不上新东西,连本专业也一样;这句用 So much for(这个说法到此为止)把「超智慧的全知不死者」从桌上清掉,像在收束这场吵。

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.
发音So much for

重音放在 much,for 轻收

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.
短语 · B1see someone's point

明白你的观点,认同这一点

I see your point, John.

看懂「盘问自称洞穴人的男子」

发音重点

  • sure about — sure 重读,about 轻轻带过
  • me out — me 和 out 之间滑一个轻 y,别断开
  • wouldn't grow — wouldn't 的 t 可轻吞,再接 grow
  • a little behind — little 的 t 可轻弹,别咬死
When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.

克罗马农人第一次被辨认出来、人类学给他们起了名的时候,我也就有了自己的名字。 两个 when 叠出认名的时刻,名字不是自封的,是学科后来替他安上的。

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.

就怕我一进去就待上一千年,一群抽烟的人拼命要把我研究明白。 体检被说成千年关押,香烟这个细节把恐惧画实,夸张却不空。

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?

所以你跟我们讲这个、这个世纪级的奇谈,而我们信不信你都无所谓? yarn 把故事贬成胡诌,of the century 又把它抬到最大,质问里带着受伤。

You're not as crazy as you think I am.

你没疯到你以为我疯的那个地步。 它不直接回骂,而是拿「你以为我疯」当尺子,再量对方疯不疯。

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.

就算你活得跟约翰一样久,你照样长不大。 先把长寿让给你,再宣布你照样长不大,寿数和成熟被拆开。

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.

所谓超级智慧、全知的不死者神话,到此为止。 so much for 一句就把全知不死的神话扫下桌,像结论不像感叹。

关于这一章的问题

at face value 是什么意思?

就是先按字面当真,不先验真假。戏里有人提议先把这套说法照单全收,再从这个角度往下探讨。

「隔墙有耳,话会被听见」英语怎么说?

Walls have ears. 戏里有人先问「你不会觉得我会出卖你吧」,回的就是这句:墙也有耳朵,私下说的话可能被听去。

leery of 后面一般接什么?

leery of 是「提防,不太敢靠近」,后面接让人不放心的事物;戏里说 leery of labs(对实验室不放心),就是这个用法。

So much for 是什么语气?

常带一点讽刺,表示某个说法或期待到此为止。戏里用它收束「永生者无所不知」的神话,等于说也不过如此。

「对某事嗤之以鼻」英语怎么说?

thumb your nose (at something)。戏里说找不出对方故事的破绽,只能对它做这个动作,也就是嗤之以鼻。

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