这场戏：旅馆里被拉去讲座
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美国小说家马丁斯刚到维也纳，就被克拉宾拉去给文化处做讲座，好换来对方 put me up（留宿）。他直接 It's a deal（一言为定），把住的事谈定；紧接着库尔茨男爵来电，说自己是哈里·莱姆的朋友，约他见面。想学谈条件、安排住处时的口语，这几句都很实用。
夸人读过「不少」：quite a few
quite a few 不少、好些pick them up 拿起来、捡起put them down 放下
hunted down 是「一路追捕」
Heard of 听说过某人around the corner 就在拐角、附近hunted down 一路追捕、穷追不舍It's a deal 一言为定、成交
美国西部小说家马丁斯初到维也纳，就被领进一家军方旅馆。一位中士读过他 quite a few（不少）本书，把他引荐给总司令部文化处的克拉宾；克拉宾想请他在周三的讲座上讲话，事成之后可以 put me up（留宿）他。马丁斯一算划算，回了句 It's a deal（一言为定）。正说着，电话里来了库尔茨男爵，自称是哈里·莱姆的朋友，约他见面。等人时，马丁斯还讲起自己小说里那个 hunt someone down（一路追捕）害人治安官的主角，话里有话。想学谈条件、安排住宿、打听来历时用的口语，这几句都用得上。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“You can pick them up and put them down anytime.”
你随时都能拿起来，也随时能放下。
一句话说尽这类小说最讨喜的地方：不费神，随时进出。
You can ... anytime.
夸某样东西方便、不占时间时能用；对严肃作品或正式场合别这么说。
You can dip in and out whenever you like. ／ It's easy to start and easy to leave.
口语
pick them up 连读，put them down 轻快收尾。
You can start it and stop it anytime. 你随时都能点开听，也随时能关掉。
“That what you say to people after death? "Goodness, that's awkward"?”
人死了你就跟人说这个？“天哪，这可就尴尬了”？
把对方的客套原话扔回去，尴尬瞬间变成控诉。
That what you say ...?
要戳破别人敷衍的套话时能用；对刚丧亲的人别说这种挖苦。
Is that what you tell the bereaved? ／ You really say that to someone who just died?
口语
That what 连读，引号里的 awkward 重读。
That what you say when someone loses a job? 人家丢了工作你就说这个？
“I was going to stay with him, but he died Thursday.”
我本来要住他那儿的，可他周四死了。
计划被死亡一句掐断，平淡语气反而更冷。
I was going to ..., but ...
讲计划落空、被意外打断时能用；说别人的死讯要慎用这种平淡口气。
I meant to stay with him, but he passed on Thursday. ／ We had plans, and then he died Thursday.
中性
going to 连读成 gonna，but he died 轻读带过。
I was going to visit her, but she moved away. 我本来要去看她，可她搬走了。
“It's a story about a man who hunted down a sheriff who was victimizing his best friend.”
讲的是一个人追查一个治安官，那治安官一直在害他最好的朋友。
两个定语叠在一起，把小说和现实里的复仇对照摆明。
It's a story about a man who ...
介绍一本书或一部片子的情节时能用；正式书评里要写得更完整。
It's about a man chasing the sheriff who wronged his friend. ／ The book follows a man after the man who ruined his friend.
中性
who hunted down a 连读，victimizing 重音在首音节。
It's a story about a woman who rebuilt her hometown. 讲的是一个女人重建家乡的故事。
“I'm gunning just the same way for your Major Callaghan.”
我也正用同样的法子对付你们那位卡拉汉少校。
当众宣布自己的复仇计划，还故意叫错名字来示威。
I'm gunning for ...
半开玩笑地放话要对付某人时能用；职场和正式场合绝对别说。
I'm coming after your major the same way. ／ I've got the same score to settle with him.
口语
gunning 重读，just the same way 连读。
I'm gunning for that promotion this year. 今年我盯上那个升职名额了。
“If I do this lecture business, you'll put me up here a while?”
要是我去讲这个座，你就能让我在这儿住一阵子？
把帮忙说成交换条件，坦荡里透着算计，很马丁斯。
If I do ..., you'll ...?
谈条件、讲交换时能用；跟朋友提要求这样直白会显得计较。
If I give the talk, will you put me up for a while? ／ Do the lecture, and I get to stay a while?
口语
If I do 连读，put me up 连成一串。
If I cook tonight, you'll do the dishes? 我今晚做饭，你洗碗，行不行？
下一章 · 03be up to something打算干什么这场戏：咖啡馆里套话与圆谎意思是「一言为定、成交」，谈妥条件后用来敲定。原句 It's a deal 是马丁斯答应去讲座、换住宿时的回应，口语里很常用。
说 put someone up，比如 put me up here a while，就是「让我在这儿住一阵」。原句里马丁斯正是拿讲座换这个住宿。
指一路追捕、穷追不舍，直到把人逮住。原句里说的是小说主角追查一个害人治安官，马丁斯借它暗示自己要对付卡拉汉少校。
说 quite a few，后接可数名词复数。原句 I've read quite a few of your books，就是「我读过您好几本书」，是有人追捧他时的说法。
是「胡说、瞎讲」，用来否定对方的自谦或说法，语气不重。原句 Oh, nonsense，是克拉宾听到对方说没人认识他时的回应。
