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晚饭桌上的手机赌约:let the record show

晚饭桌上手机被锁一小时,有人一伸手就被挡回去,气氛僵住。一句 It's just not that big a deal(这没什么大不了)刚出口,对面就回 If it's not that big a deal, don't use it for a week(要真没什么大不了,就一周别用)——嘴上轻描淡写,当场变成赌约;想顶回这种敷衍,这两句直接能用。

发生了什么

晚饭吃到一半,手机被锁了一小时,有人一伸手就被拦住。有人想找话说,问一句 what should we talk about(没话找话的开场),话题滑到政治,又冒出一句 It depends on who you ask(那得看问谁)。后来一句 It's just not that big a deal(没什么大不了)刚落地,就有人接话立下赌约:要真没什么大不了,一周别用。手机插上充电时,又有一句 let the record show(请记录在案),把退开的动作说得像法庭声明。这几个说法分别管冷场开场、轻描淡写、半开玩笑地声明。

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  • 留意手机被收走后各人反应
  • 看‘没什么大不了’如何被反用
  • 注意赌约成立时谁先让步

留意这几个短语

what should we talk aboutwackosnot that big a deallet the record show

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let the record show

请记录在案;声明一下for the record; let it be noted

有人把手机插上充电,夸张地往后退,嘴里来一句 Let the record show,像在法庭上要求记录自己的动作;这是饭桌玩笑,不是正式声明。

Let the record show that I finished my homework before dinner.请记下,我在晚饭前写完作业了。

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  • what should we talk about

    没话找话的开场

  • wackos

    怪人;疯子(贬义口语)

  • not that big a deal

    没什么大不了

  • pleasure-pain balance

    快乐与痛苦的平衡

  • freak someone out

    让某人焦虑不安

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短语 · A2see who it is

看看是谁

-Can I just see who it is? -No.
发音Can I just

快说时 Can I just 连成一串,重点听 see 和 who。

-Can I just see who it is? -No.
短语 · B1leave something alone

别碰它,别管它

I locked it for an hour, so just leave it alone.
短语 · A2talk about something

聊某个话题

So, what should we talk about?
短语 · B1drive by something

开车路过

Well, we could talk about the, uh, Extreme Center wackos I drove by today.
俚语 · B2wackos

怪人;疯子(贬义)——熟人吐槽怪人时用,正式场合或当面别用

Well, we could talk about the, uh, Extreme Center wackos I drove by today.
发音don't wanna

don't 的 t 带过,wanna 轻读,别拖长。

I don't wanna talk about politics.
短语 · B1get it

听懂,明白 这里不是拿到某物,是听懂

-What's wrong with the Extreme Center? -See? He doesn't even get it.
短语 · B2depend on someone or something

取决于

It depends on who you ask.
短语 · B1be worried about someone

担心某人

I... I'm worried about my kids.
短语 · C1be armed with something

带着,凭(知识/经验) 这里不是拿武器,是凭知识经验

Armed with all the knowledge that I have and all of the experience,
语法 · C1Armed with all the knowledge

过去分词短语:Armed with... 是分词状语,意为‘带着这些知识和经验’,不是拿武器。

Armed with all the knowledge that I have and all of the experience,
短语 · B1spend time on something

把时间花在手机上

I am fighting my kids about the time that they spend on phones and on the computer.
语法 · B2the time that they spend on phones

定语从句:that they spend on phones 限定 time,指手机时长。

I am fighting my kids about the time that they spend on phones and on the computer.
俚语 · B2tops

最多;上限——口语报上限,熟人聊天用,书面少用

He'll be like, "It's, like, half an hour. It's half an hour, tops."
短语 · B2on average

平均而言

I don't think that's... No. Per day, on average?
语法 · C1not a day that goes by that I don't

双重定语从句:not a day...that I don't 双层否定,等于‘天天提醒’。

There's not a day that goes by that I don't remind my kids about the pleasure-pain balance, about dopamine deficit states,
短语 · B2the moment of truth

关键时刻 不是真的审判时刻,是结果揭晓前

Moment of truth.
短语 · B2freak someone out

让某人焦虑不安

孩子嫌有人老在妈妈面前说手机问题,把一件小事说成危机;freaking Mom out 带埋怨,意思是别再把妈吓着了。

You keep freaking Mom out about our phones when it's not really a problem.
短语 · B1not that big a deal

没什么大不了

有人抱怨手机问题被夸大,先用「我懂你」接住对方,再一句 not that big a deal 把事情说小;重复 It's not 是在硬撑。

I get what you're saying. It's just not that big a deal. It's not.
发音not that big

that 快说时很轻,重音留给 big 和 deal。

I get what you're saying. It's just not that big a deal. It's not.
短语 · B1put something away

把某物收起来

Yeah. Yeah, actually, if you can put that thing away for, like, a whole week...
短语 · B2You got a deal

成交,接受条件 不是拿到实物交易,是接受条件

-Okay. You got a deal. -[mom] Okay.
短语 · B1plug something in

插上电源

All right, I'm plugging it in.
短语 · B2back away

往后退

Let the record show... I'm backing away.
短语 · B2be on the clock

计时开始

赌约刚成立,手机被留在桌上;有人用一句 You're on the clock 宣布计时开始,对方回一句「一周」,气氛像比赛开场。

-You're on the clock. -[Ben] One week.
发音on the clock

重音压在 clock 上,on the 轻轻滑过去。

-You're on the clock. -[Ben] One week.

看懂「晚饭桌上的手机赌约」

发音重点

  • Can I just — 快说时 Can I just 连成一串,重点听 see 和 who。
  • don't wanna — don't 的 t 带过,wanna 轻读,别拖长。
  • not that big — that 快说时很轻,重音留给 big 和 deal。
  • on the clock — 重音压在 clock 上,on the 轻轻滑过去。
If it's not that big a deal, don't use it for a week.

要真没什么大不了,那就一周别用。 把对方的轻描淡写原样推回去,条件句一转就成挑战,短促有力。

I get what you're saying. It's just not that big a deal. It's not.

我懂你的意思,只是真没那么严重,真没有。 先接住对方再降级问题,末尾重复 It's not 把嘴硬和心虚都露出来。

Let the record show... I'm backing away.

大家都记好了……我可退开了。 拿法庭腔说饭桌小动作,郑重和滑稽撞在一起,画面感极强。

It depends on who you ask.

这要看问谁。 一句把‘对错’推回立场,短、圆、可反复用,适合结束争论。

关于这一章的问题

not that big a deal 是什么意思?

意思是「没什么大不了」,用来把事情往小说、让对方别紧张。台词里有人用它把手机用得多的争论说小,紧接着就被一句「要真没什么大不了,一周别用」顶了回去。

「请记录在案」英语怎么说?

let the record show。台词里是 Let the record show... I'm backing away. 说的人一边声明一边往后退,像是要大家给自己作个证。

freak someone out 只是「惹人生气」吗?

不止。它更接近「把某人搞得焦虑不安」。台词里说的是有人老拿手机的事吓妈妈,落点在妈妈的不安,而不是单纯让她不高兴。

「计时开始」用英语怎么说?

on the clock。台词里一句 You're on the clock,紧跟着的回答是 One week,也就是这次计时要持续一周。

wackos 是骂人的词吗?

是贬义口语,意思是「怪人、疯子」。台词里说话的人用它形容自己开车路过的一群人,语气不客气,正式场合最好别用。

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