这场戏：顶撞外公宣布罢工
第 12 章 · 共 28 章 · 2'26"
斯特拉当着外公的面宣布要 make friends with（跟某人交朋友）菲茨杰拉德兄妹，外公一句 do no such thing（休想）堵回去，她干脆回敬说自己 on strike（撂挑子不干了）。她还想通了，不该再替别人而活。想学怎么把拒绝和顶撞说得又礼貌又硬气，这几句很好用。
I'm on strike（撂挑子不干了）斯特拉当场跟外公叫板
do no such thing 休想、绝对不行suitable for 适合某人做某事have to suffice 只能将就、凑合lock me in 把我锁在里面
❝ 独白 · 5 句 malignity（恶意）他说那房子充满恶意
utmost urgency 万分紧急put you up 留某人住一晚be filled with 充满、装满
斯特拉送走客人后，被外公问为什么一声不吭；她反问外公为什么看不惯菲茨杰拉德兄妹，并宣布要 make friends with（跟某人交朋友）他们。外公不许，说去风沃宅不合适，却不肯给理由，只说这事没什么好谈。斯特拉不肯低头，说自己二十岁了，该停止替别人活；外公让她回房，她回敬说 on strike（撂挑子不干了），锁起来也没用。随后比奇打电话向霍洛威求助，说那房子充满 malignity（恶意），是冲着一个孩子来的。想学怎么顶撞、回绝和求人，这些话全是硬句子。
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。
“and it's time I stopped living somebody else's life.”
我也该不再替别人活了。
一句不喊口号的自白，把二十年被安排的人生讲透。
It's time I stopped doing ...
下决心改变被安排的生活时对自己或亲近的人说；对上司长辈说会显得冲。
It's time I started making my own choices. ／ It's time I lived for myself for a change.
中性
time I 连读，stopped 略重，living somebody else's 轻快带过。
It's time I stopped saying yes to work I hate. 我该不再对自己讨厌的工作有求必应了。
“It isn't any good, Grandfather. I'm on strike.”
没用的，外公。我罢工了。
把家庭矛盾说成一场罢工，孩子的倔强一下有了画面。
It isn't any good, ... I'm on strike.
对不肯让步的人撂话时用，半认真半赌气；对不熟的人别说，太冲。
There's no use arguing. I've downed tools. ／ It won't work. I've stopped cooperating.
口语
isn't any 连读，on strike 两个词都清楚，句末收住。
It isn't any good, Mum. I'm on strike until we share the chores. 没用的，妈。不分担家务我就罢工。
“You're the only human being in the world to whom I can turn.”
这世上我能求助的人，只有您了。
用最郑重的一句话把孤注一掷的处境全交出去。
You're the only ... to whom I can turn.
走投无路、只能求一个人时用；对泛泛之交说会显得过重。
You're the only one I can come to. ／ There's no one else I can ask but you.
正式
the only 重读，to whom 连读，句尾 turn 轻轻落下。
You're the only friend I can turn to at this hour. 这个点儿上，我能求助的朋友只有你了。
“No use trying to lock me in. There isn't any key.”
想把我锁起来也没用，根本没有钥匙。
一句轻描淡写的反击，把长辈的权威拆得干干净净。
No use trying to ... There isn't any ...
对无效的管束表示不服时用；对长辈或上级说会显得顶撞。
Locking me in is no use; there is no key. ／ You cannot lock me in, there is no key.
口语
No use 重读，trying to 弱读，There isn't any key 收尾。
No use trying to ground me. There isn't any curfew here. 想关我也没用，这儿根本没有宵禁。
Yes, I know that, but I beg you to help me now. You're the only human being in the world to whom I can turn. The only person who wouldn't think me demented... because I believe a house can be filled with malignity. Malignity directed against a certain child.
是，我知道，可我求您现在帮帮我。 这世上我能求助的人，只有您了。 只有您不会觉得我疯了…… 因为我相信，一所房子也会充满恶意。 一种冲着某个孩子来的恶意。
下一章 · 13a bad hat不正经的家伙这场戏：重游儿时老宅说旧事本意是「罢工」，电影里斯特拉用它表示自己撂挑子不干了、不再听外公安排。日常也可以说 I'm on strike，开玩笑地表示我不干了。
意思是「休想、绝对不行」，很硬地回绝对方。比如 You'll do no such thing（你想都别想），语气比 just don't 强得多。
make friends with someone。注意 friends 要用复数，比如 I've decided to make friends with them（我决定跟他们交朋友）。
意思是「恶意、邪念」，是比 evil 更正式、更书面的词。电影里说 a house can be filled with malignity，就是「一所房子充满恶意」。
I beg you。求人帮忙、走投无路时用，比 please 更重，例如 I beg you to help me now（我求您现在帮帮我）。
