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Come on, I thought we were done with that.The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 6 / 18 章 · 3'52" · C1
问到故地已经不在：You can't go home again
问五岁住哪，答小石城；从家去市场往哪边，答不上，只记得加油站和空地。今天回去已经盖满。You can't go home again（故地已非，回不去）补的是原因：那儿不在了。后头还有 Think what I've had to unlearn（把学过的再丢掉）。老街变了、人又要走，这两句比只说「变了」清楚。
发生了什么
搬家的箱子还没搬完，有人却偏要接着听。先给的理由只是有几分道理（a certain amount of sense），不是全对，只是有一段说得通。紧接着点出荒唐的前提（absurd premises）：出发点可以很怪，步骤仍整齐。后头用童年住址来问：五岁住小石城，从家去市场往哪边答不上，记住的是加油站和空地，今天回去一定盖满。You can't go home again（故地已非，回不去）补上俗语的原因，是那个地方已经不在。觉得对方只对了一截、想说前提站不住、或是老地方盖满了，这几句都能派上用场。
这场戏看什么
- 市场问答越问越具体
- 对照memory和eye两句
- 说他有病后他仍去搬箱
留意这几个短语
a certain amount of senseabsurd premisesstuck in your mindYou can't go home again
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You can't go home again
故地已非，回不去the old home no longer exists
空地已经盖满，接着一句是 You can't go home again。不是抒情，是给俗语补原因：地方没了，原来的问题不成立。语气平静。
You can't go home again; our street is a parking garage now.回不去了，咱们那条街现在是停车场。
本章还有
- a certain amount of sense
有几分道理
- absurd premises
荒唐的前提
- stuck in your mind
留在记忆里
- unlearn
把学过的再丢掉
- passed as
冒充并被当真
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80 句台词里标了 30 处
有几分道理
有人想收话题，对面不肯。a certain amount of sense 不是说他全对，只承认有一段推得通，值得再听。语气是留人，不是宣判。
Besides, I think he's making a certain amount of sense.amount的尾音贴住of，of不要单独成拍
Besides, I think he's making a certain amount of sense.荒唐的前提
上一句刚说有几分道理，这句把黑格尔抬出来。absurd premises 指出发点可以荒唐，步骤却很整齐。语气像冷幽默，不是骂人疯。
Like Hegel. Logic from absurd premises.靠双手干活，不坐着动嘴
I like to work with my hands.have轻轻一带，别和would、loved同样重
He would have loved them, though.听了也不热、提不起劲的课 tepid本义不烫不凉，这里说课平淡
I learned that in- professor Hensen's tepid lectures.Little中间的t轻轻一弹，别咬死停住
Little Rock.留在记忆里
方向和距离问过之后，下一句是 Were there any references that stuck in your mind? stuck in your mind 是留在记忆里。references 才是路上的参照，不是地图上的街名。
Were there any references that stuck in your mind?定语从句：that修饰references，指定留在记忆里的那些标记。
Were there any references that stuck in your mind?空地被房子盖满，旧样没了 不是情绪积着，是房子把空地盖满
No. I'm sure it's all different and built up.老家那个样子已经不在，人回不去 不是有人拦路，没了的是五岁时的市场和空地
Thus the saying "You can't go home again" Because it isn't there anymore.按自己的尺度来想 不是地图比例尺，是按他自己的尺度
Picture it on my scale-城市没有边界地往外铺
My eye sees freeways, urban sprawl, Big Macs under the Eiffel tower.一次比一次更大，停不下来
Early on, the world got bigger and bigger, and then...离开原地，换个地方重新开始 不是换到下一话题，是离开原地、另起一段
As you've said, there's talk of my not aging, And when that happens, I move on.动名词否定：my not aging把不老收成话题，不是眼前的动作。
As you've said, there's talk of my not aging, And when that happens, I move on.事先准备好下一套能用的身份
Well, it might make sense to set up your next identity,让别人把你当成你自己的儿子 不是考试通过，是别人真把你当成那个人
I've done that a few times, even passed as my own son.穿帮被抓住——熟人讲穿帮可以用，文书和对警察别用
On the other hand, I've been busted a few times.政府申请材料是造的
Spent a year in jail, Belgium, 1862 - I won't forget that - for faking a government application.插入语：破折号里先插一句不忘，主线仍是伪造申请坐牢。
Spent a year in jail, Belgium, 1862 - I won't forget that - for faking a government application.When'd把did收成很短的d，嘴别重开
When'd you come to America?紧接在某事之后，中间几乎不隔
1890, right after Van Gogh's death, With some French immigrants...不是你们心里那个我
Wanted to say good-bye to you as me, not what you thought I was.搭把手帮忙
上一句是 I've got boxes to move，还有箱子要搬。下一句是 I'll give you a hand。give you a hand 是搭把手帮忙，帮眼前的活，不是把一只手递过去。
I'll give you a hand.给自己的起点留的一件纪念
As a memento to your beginnings, even if you didn't have the concept of beginnings?让步从句：even if先让步：就算没有开始这个概念，仍要问为何留着。
As a memento to your beginnings, even if you didn't have the concept of beginnings?重音落在lied上，could have快速带过
You could have lied about that.趁我离开、人不在场的时候
Don't talk about me while I'm gone.看懂「问到故地已经不在」
发音重点
- amount of sense — amount的尾音贴住of，of不要单独成拍
- would have loved — have轻轻一带，别和would、loved同样重
- Little Rock — Little中间的t轻轻一弹，别咬死停住
- When'd you come — When'd把did收成很短的d，嘴别重开
Thus the saying "You can't go home again" Because it isn't there anymore.所以才有那句“你回不了家”，因为那个家已经不在了。 俗语后面把原因说死：回不去是因为地方没了。
My eye sees freeways, urban sprawl, Big Macs under the Eiffel tower.我的眼睛看见的是高速路、摊开的城区，还有埃菲尔铁塔下的巨无霸。 三个当今物象并置，把“现在”砸实，具体到品牌。
Think what I've had to unlearn.想想我不得不丢掉多少曾经当真的东西。 短句把听众拉进来算账，比“我忘了多少”更狠。
I've done that a few times, even passed as my own son.这种事我做过几次，甚至冒充过自己的儿子。 even把更出格的一步轻轻带出，听完却让人停住。
Wanted to say good-bye to you as me, not what you thought I was.我想以我自己的样子跟你们告别，而不是你们以为的那个人。 他说 as me，要对上的是你们所以为的那个人，这句告别其实是在揭开身份。
You could have lied about that.这件事你本来可以撒谎的。 不夸诚实，只点出他放弃了更容易的谎。
关于这一章的问题
You can't go home again 是什么意思？
意思是「故地已非，回不去」。问今天回去会不会还是老样子，回答是 No. I'm sure it's all different and built up（肯定全变了，房子盖满）。接着才说 You can't go home again，并补 because it isn't there anymore：那个地方已经不在了。不是有人拦着不让回。
unlearn 和 forget 怎么选？
forget 是记不住。unlearn 是把学过的旧知识、旧习惯主动丢掉。原句是 Think what I've had to unlearn（想想我得把多少旧认知丢掉）。前面记忆还停在森林、高山、苔原和峡谷，眼睛看见的却是高速公路和铺开的城区；世界起初越来越大，然后才轮到这句。记得很清，才要丢掉，不是忘了。
busted 在这里是什么意思？
口语里是被抓、被逮到，不是正式的逮捕用语。前一句说能省掉资格证明，这一句是 On the other hand, I've been busted a few times（不过我也被抓过几次）。下一句提到 1862 年在比利时因伪造政府申请坐了一年牢。台词看不出是不是同一个人在补同一次旧账。朋友之间讲自己被发现，可以说 I got busted。
give you a hand 是在递一只手，还是搭把手帮忙？
不是递一只手。give you a hand 是搭把手，帮眼前的活。上一句是 I've got boxes to move，还有箱子要搬，下一句才是 I'll give you a hand。把话题岔开的是搬箱子那句，这个说法只管帮忙。
tepid lectures 形容什么样的课？
tepid 是不冷不热。tepid lectures 就是听了也不热、提不起劲的课。台词里先说地理又没变，紧挨着就提到教授那些不咸不淡的课。形容课、会、讲话温吞，比只说「无聊」具体，听的人提不起精神。
「靠双手干活」英语怎么说？
说 work with my hands。有人说那时候叫雅克·伯恩，养猪的。下一句有人问是不是养猪的。再下一句 I like to work with my hands，就是喜欢动手干活。介绍手艺和体力活可以用，别拿去形容只是打字。
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