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主厨认出她的行当:rattle you

主厨把玛戈单独叫进后厨,一句 a fellow service industry worker(同为服务业的人)点破她的身份,又提到客人一句话能 rattle you(让你心神不宁)。想学怎么用客气话点到即止、怎么形容一句话搅得你不安,这场对话值得细看。

发生了什么

后厨里,主厨把玛戈叫到一边,说 I know a fellow service industry worker(一看就是同行),一下点破她其实是服务业出身。他承认自己很久没遇到想为之下厨的人,用的是 in ages(好久以来),又提到有个客人对他说了些话,让他 rattle(心神不宁),甚至要替对方 make a decision(做决定)。with respect 是委婉表达不同意见时先说「恕我直言」;in ages 常放在否定句里,说好久没做过某事;rattle you 指一句话或一件事搅得你心神不宁。和服务业同行聊感受、跟人客气地唱反调,这几个说法都用得上。

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  • 留意斯洛维克的冷嘲与停顿
  • 观察两位服务者如何互相试探
  • 听出 romantic 的反讽语气

留意这几个短语

with respectin agesrattle youmake a decision for someone

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rattle you

让你心神不宁to unsettle someone

对方笃定她不容易被搅动,却追问那个客人到底怎么让她动摇。

The hostile crowd didn't rattle her at all.充满敌意的观众一点没让她慌。

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  • with respect

    恕我直言、出于尊重

  • in ages

    好久以来

  • make a decision for someone

    替某人拿主意、代某人做决定

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42 句台词里标了 42 处

短语 · A2come in

进来

Come in.
发音Come in

Come in 里 come 末尾的音和 in 连读,听起来像 co-min,中间不断开。

Come in.
短语 · B1make a decision

做好了决定

You've made your decision.
短语 · B1what have you decided

你决定怎么做

I have. And what have you decided?
短语 · B2with respect

恕我直言、出于尊重

客人先声明尊重,再委婉地说这一切并不适合自己。

And I say this with respect, because I'm sure that you're quite brilliant,
短语 · B2quite brilliant

相当出色

And I say this with respect, because I'm sure that you're quite brilliant,
语法 · B2because I m sure

because 原因从句:I say this with respect because I m sure that you re quite brilliant 用 because 引出给对方面子的理由。先声明尊重,再给理由,是委婉否定前的固定铺垫。

And I say this with respect, because I'm sure that you're quite brilliant,
短语 · B2not meant for someone

不是给我准备的

but, um, all of this is not meant for me.
短语 · B1don't say it

别说这话

You're not sure I'm brilliant, so don't say it. It's false.
短语 · B1be expecting more

本以为会更高明

Oh, I was expecting more.
发音expecting more

expecting more 里 expecting 末尾的 ng 和 more 相接,读得顺滑,中间不停。

Oh, I was expecting more.
俚语 · B2Fuck you

去你的(骂人)——fuck you 是很直接的骂人话,用来表达愤怒和拒绝;只在冲突或极熟的玩笑里出现,正式场合、对长辈和客户绝不能用。

Fuck you.
短语 · B1make someone's decision

替你做决定

I guess I'm gonna have to make your decision for you.
短语 · B2one's own breed

你自己的同类

You belong here with your own breed.
短语 · B2what breed

哪一类人

And what breed is that?
短语 · B1couldn't tell

看不出来

You thought I couldn't tell?
短语 · C1a fellow ... worker

同行、同为服务业的人

Oh, I know a fellow service industry worker when I see one.
短语 · B2when I see one

一见到就认出来

Oh, I know a fellow service industry worker when I see one.
语法 · B2when I see one

when 引导时间状语从句:I know a fellow service industry worker when I see one 用 when 从句说明判断在什么时候成立,等于「一见面就能认出来」。主句说能力,从句给场景。

Oh, I know a fellow service industry worker when I see one.
短语 · A2how do you know someone

你怎么认识他的

Mr. Leibrandt. How do you know him?
短语 · B2eye someone

一直打量他

You've been eyeing him all evening.
短语 · B1all evening

整个晚上

You've been eyeing him all evening.
短语 · C1one ... to another

同为提供体验的人

So he paid for an experience. And I can tell, as one provider of experiences to another,
短语 · C1not rattle easily

不容易被搅乱

that you don't rattle easily. So how did he rattle you? [SCOFFS]
短语 · B2rattle someone

让你心神不宁

对方笃定她不容易被搅动,却追问那个客人到底怎么让她动摇。

that you don't rattle easily. So how did he rattle you? [SCOFFS]
短语 · B2agree with everything

什么都顺着说

He told me to agree with everything he said and continue eye contact while he jerked off.
短语 · B2eye contact

眼神接触

He told me to agree with everything he said and continue eye contact while he jerked off.
俚语 · C1jerked off

打手枪(粗俗)——jerk off 是粗俗说法,指自慰;日常正经对话、公开场合都要回避,只适合私下或影视对白。

He told me to agree with everything he said and continue eye contact while he jerked off.
短语 · A2not really

也不尽然

Not really.
短语 · B2pretty unoriginal

挺没新意的

Pretty unoriginal.
短语 · B2what ... me is ...

真正让我不安的是

What rattled me is that he told me to tell him that he was a good man
短语 · A2a good man

一个好人

What rattled me is that he told me to tell him that he was a good man
语法 · B2What rattled me is

what 引导主语从句:What rattled me is that he told me to tell him 用 what 从句当主语,指真正让我不安的那件事,is 后再展开内容。它先把重点悬住,再落下答案。

What rattled me is that he told me to tell him that he was a good man
短语 · B1need details

需要细节

No, I don't need details.
短语 · B1a bad customer

糟糕的客人

You know, I... I know what a bad customer is.
短语 · B2provide one's services

提供你的服务

Do you enjoy providing your services?
短语 · B1used to do something

以前是、曾经

Or I... I used to.
短语 · B2in ages

好久以来

主厨向客人坦白,自己已经很久没有真正想为谁下厨了。

but I haven't desired to cook for someone in ages.
短语 · B2cook for someone

给谁做饭

but I haven't desired to cook for someone in ages.
短语 · B2miss a feeling

怀念那种感觉

And one does miss that feeling.
短语 · A2come with someone

跟我来

Come with me.
发音with me

with me 里 with 末尾的音和 me 连读,听起来像 wi-me,两个词几乎粘在一起。

Come with me.

看懂「主厨认出她的行当」

这一章能学到

  • 听懂关键短语在本场的真实语气
  • 把台词搭配放进新的日常回应里
  • 观察关系变化如何改变说话语气

发音重点

  • Come in — Come in 里 come 末尾的音和 in 连读,听起来像 co-min,中间不断开。
  • expecting more — expecting more 里 expecting 末尾的 ng 和 more 相接,读得顺滑,中间不停。
  • with me — with me 里 with 末尾的音和 me 连读,听起来像 wi-me,两个词几乎粘在一起。
You belong here with your own breed

你就该待在这儿,跟你自己的同类一起。 用「同类」给对方划类,既下了判断,也关上了辩解的门。分类比辱骂更冷,因为它把一个人缩成一个标签。

What rattled me is that he told me to tell him that he was a good man

真正让我难受的,是他让我告诉他自己是个好人。 把最伤人的地方说得非常具体:不是羞辱本身,而是被逼着给人盖章「你是好人」。荒诞和心酸都在这个细节里。

And one does miss that feeling

人确实会怀念那种感觉。 用 one 把个人心事说成人之常情,既承认了失落,又不显得软弱。礼貌的措辞里藏着很深的不甘。

Oh I know a fellow service industry worker when I see one

哦,同行我一眼就能认出来。 在生死未卜的餐桌上,主厨突然用「同行相认」拉近距离,把杀手和女招待放进同一个身份里。一句话颠倒了受害者和施害者的位置,也点出全片关于「服务」的隐喻。

关于这一章的问题

rattle you 是什么意思?

指让某人心里发慌、心神不宁,像被摇动了一下。台词里说某件事 rattle 了主厨,就是那件事搅得他到现在都不平静。

「恕我直言」英语怎么说?

with respect。常用于要提出不同意见或批评之前,先给对方留面子,表示「出于尊重我得说」。

in ages 一般怎么用?

意思是好久以来,通常和否定句、疑问句连用,比如 I haven't done this in ages,强调很久没有过了。

他为什么一眼就认出玛戈是同行?

因为他自己也是提供服务的人,知道那种把自己摆低、随时照顾客人感受的做派。一句 a fellow service industry worker 就把职业看穿了。

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