这场戏：住进破屋讲鬼故事
第 3 章 · 共 19 章 · 2'31"
塔克和戴尔兴奋地参观刚买下的度假屋，嘴上说这是 a fixer-upper（待修的破房子），心里却是 Dreams really do come true（梦想真的会成真）。镜头一转，一群大学生围着篝火，有人要讲 The Memorial Day Massacre（纪念日大屠杀），一句 little did they know（万万没想到）把气氛拉满。想学怎么讲恐怖故事，这段很带劲。
「待修的破房子」：fixer-upper（待修屋）
fixer-upper 待修的破房子news junkie 新闻迷、看新闻上瘾的人come true 成真、实现
❝ 独白 · 5 句 「他们万万没想到」：little did they know（万万没想到）
have a good time 玩得开心、过得愉快just like us 就跟我们一样little did they know 他们万万没想到
塔克和戴尔刚买下一座度假屋，进门就惊呆：一句 It's a mansion（这是座豪宅），虽然只是 a little dusty（有点落灰）。他们猜以前住这儿的是 an archaeologist or something（考古学家之类的）、是个 news junkie（新闻迷），还翻出买三送二的旧热狗券，直呼 Score（赚到了）。塔克感叹 I cannot believe that I am standing in my own vacation home（不敢相信自己站在自己的度假屋里），说 Dreams really do come true（梦想真的会成真）。另一边，一群大学生围着篝火，有人提议讲个恐怖故事，查克抛出一句 little did they know（他们万万没想到），要讲 The Memorial Day Massacre（阵亡将士纪念日大屠杀）。想学看房、感叹、讲故事的表达，这些都用得上。
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“Dreams really do come true.”
梦想真的会成真。
房子破成那样，戴尔还是把这句话说得郑重其事，反差特别动人。
Dreams really do come true.
圆梦时刻郑重地说时用；日常也能反着调侃别人。
Dreams do come true. ／ Some dreams really do come true.
中性
really do 重读，come true 连读，句尾轻轻收。
Dreams really do come true; I got into my first-choice school. 梦想真的会成真，我被第一志愿录取了。
“I cannot believe that I am standing in my own vacation home right now.”
我简直不敢相信，我现在就站在自己的度假屋里。
用最正式的完整句说最寒酸的现实，老实人圆梦的郑重全在里面。
I can't believe that I am ... right now.
圆梦、第一次做某事时激动地说；口语书面都能用。
I can't believe I'm actually here. ／ I never thought I'd see this day.
中性
cannot believe that 连读，standing in 轻带，right now 稍重。
I can't believe that I am standing in Paris right now. 我简直不敢相信，我现在就站在巴黎。
“- Well, it's just a little dusty is all. - It's a mansion!”
——就是有点落灰罢了。——这是座豪宅啊！
一个嫌小一个叫豪宅，两句放一起就把两人的性格差全抖出来了。
It's just a little ... is all.
轻描淡写地说某事不算什么时用；口语里很常见。
It's just a bit dusty, that's all. ／ Nothing a little cleaning won't fix.
口语
a little 连读，is all 轻收，mansion 上扬。
It's just a little old is all; it still has good bones. 就是有点旧罢了，底子还好。
“This story happened right here, right in these very woods.”
这事就发生在这一带，就在这片树林里。
重复 right 把鬼故事钉在现场，听的人后背发凉。
It happened right here, right in ...
讲亲身经历、强调就在眼前时用；正式叙述里少见。
It happened right here where we're standing. ／ This all went down in this very spot.
中性
right here 和 right in 都重读，very 加重。
The accident happened right here, right on this corner. 那场车祸就发生在这儿，就在这个路口。
“but little did they know that they weren't the only ones in these here woods.”
可他们万万没想到，这片林子里还有别人。
倒装一句把悬念吊足，是英文讲鬼故事最经典的收尾。
Little did they know that ...
讲故事、抖包袱的场合用；正式写作里极少见，别硬套。
They had no idea that ... ／ What they didn't know was that ...
literary
Little did 连读，weren't the only ones 平稳带过。
Little did we know that the deadline had already passed. 我们万万没想到截止日期早就过了。
This story happened right here, right in these very woods. The Memorial Day Massacre. How a bunch of college kids... just like us... they came out here to have a good time... but little did they know that they weren't the only ones in these here woods.
这事就发生在这一带，就在这片树林里。 阵亡将士纪念日大屠杀。 一帮大学生……就跟咱们一样…… 他们来这儿是想好好玩玩…… 可他们万万没想到，这片林子里还有别人。
下一章 · 04cut from a different cloth与众不同这场戏：夜里湖边被堵住搭讪指「待修的破房子」，就是买来需要翻修、价格通常更便宜的房子。塔克和戴尔就这么自嘲自己的度假屋。
Dreams really do come true。do 在这里是加强语气，表示「真的会」，比只说 Dreams come true 更有感情。
意思是「他们万万没想到」，常出现在讲故事、电影旁白里，用来说当事人不知道后面要出大事。
意思是「新闻迷、看新闻上瘾的人」。junkie 本指有毒瘾的人，引申为对某事极度沉迷的人。
在口语里常表示「赚到了、太棒了」，看到便宜或意外收获时脱口而出，不一定是比赛得分。
