做无名的机械人
有人先承认彼此不认识,随即用 be an ant(做无名的机械人)表明:不愿再被日常流程推着走。这句先把整段话的比喻立住,后面的蚂蚁窝、服务话术都从这里展开。
I know we haven't met, but I don't want to be an ant. You know?Waking Life · 2001 — 第 10 / 13 章 · 2'45" · C1
两个刚搭上话的陌生人,一个说 I don't want to be an ant(做无名的机械人),另一个回 I don't want to be an ant, either(我也不想做无名的机械人)。接着一句 on zombie autopilot(像僵尸般机械度日),把「活着只是走流程」说得又好笑又扎心。想吐槽日复一日的麻木,这几句直接能用。
两个陌生人刚打完照面,其中一个问能不能把刚才的招呼再来一次,接着说自己不想 be an ant(做无名的机械人):每天像蚂蚁一样 on ant autopilot(蚂蚁式自动运转),只剩停、走、开车和客套。后来有人补一句,说自己最近像僵尸般机械度日。话题又转到「灵魂间的正面相遇」和一个让参演者扮演另一个自我的肥皂剧项目,其中用 get what you pay for(一分钱一分货)谈选择。想聊人生麻木、搭讪破冰或解释项目,都能借这几句。
这场戏看什么
留意这几个短语
be an antant autopilotI don't want a strawthe confrontation between their souls
本章短语
做无名的机械人live like a mindless worker
有人先承认彼此不认识,随即用 be an ant(做无名的机械人)表明:不愿再被日常流程推着走。这句先把整段话的比喻立住,后面的蚂蚁窝、服务话术都从这里展开。
I don't want to be an ant in this office, clocking in and out without a thought.我不想在这个办公室里当一只蚂蚁,打卡上下班却毫无想法。
蚂蚁式自动运转
我不要吸管
灵魂间的正面相遇
另一个自我
琢磨清楚并选定
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做无名的机械人
有人先承认彼此不认识,随即用 be an ant(做无名的机械人)表明:不愿再被日常流程推着走。这句先把整段话的比喻立住,后面的蚂蚁窝、服务话术都从这里展开。
I know we haven't met, but I don't want to be an ant. You know?快说时 want to 常压成一团,be 顺势滑过去
I know we haven't met, but I don't want to be an ant. You know?一辈子就这么过着
I mean, it's like we go through life...处在机械自动状态 ant 把自动驾驶换成蚂蚁式流程。
other, continuously on ant autopilot, with nothing really human required of us.ant 的 t 轻轻带过,直接滑进 autopilot
other, continuously on ant autopilot, with nothing really human required of us.真实的人际连接时刻 不是字面上的“人类时刻”,而是彼此真正看见。
I don't want a straw. I want real human moments.放弃那样东西
I don't want to give that up. I don't want to be an ant, you know?推搡、撞一下 这里可指撞了一下,也带“把我从惯性里提醒出来”的意味。
Yeah, thanks for kind of, like, jostling me there.快说时 kind of 黏成一团,like 只当停顿带过
Yeah, thanks for kind of, like, jostling me there.口头填充词——想词时的填充词,正式发言避免
Yeah, thanks for kind of, like, jostling me there.像僵尸般机械度日 zombie 形容麻木,不是真僵尸。
I've been kind of on zombie autopilot lately.有点、算是——口语缓冲词,别在正式文书里堆
I've been kind of on zombie autopilot lately.擦肩而过、移开目光
And instead of just passing and glancing away, they decided to accept what he calls "the confrontation between their souls."灵魂间的正面相遇
有人借 D.H. Lawrence 的说法,用 the confrontation between their souls(灵魂间的正面相遇)给这次搭话加一层文学解释:不是擦肩而过,而是让两个灵魂正面相对。
And instead of just passing and glancing away, they decided to accept what he calls "the confrontation between their souls."介词短语:instead of + 动名词,表示“没有擦肩而过,而是选择正面相对”。
And instead of just passing and glancing away, they decided to accept what he calls "the confrontation between their souls."名词性从句:what he calls X 整体作 accept 的宾语,意思是“他所谓的 X”,不是疑问句。
And instead of just passing and glancing away, they decided to accept what he calls "the confrontation between their souls."幻想中的人生
It's a soap opera, and, so, the characters are the fantasy lives.另一个自我
有人解释这个肥皂剧:角色不是虚构路人,而是出演者各自幻想人生的 alter egos(另一个自我)。这是在介绍项目规则,不是在给谁做心理诊断。
They're the alter egos of the performers who are in it.琢磨清楚并选定
有人把项目第一步讲得很简单:先 figure out(琢磨清楚并选定)一件自己一直想做、却没做的事。这就是参与这个项目的起点。
So you pretty much just figure out something that you’ve always wanted to do...你想过的人生
or the life you’ve wanted to lead or occupation or something like that.定语从句:省略了 that/which;you’ve wanted to lead 修饰 the life,即“你一直想过的生活”。
or the life you’ve wanted to lead or occupation or something like that.把某内容写进剧本 不是记笔记,是写进肥皂剧情节。
And we write that in, and then we also have your life intersect...以典型的肥皂剧套路
with other people's in the soap opera in some typical soap opera fashion.与……有很大关系
So it has a lot to do with choices and honoring people's ability...把买到的东西退回去
And if you don't like what you got, then you can send it back...一分钱一分货
有人把艺术项目比作消费:你选了、拿到了,不满意还能退回,其中一句落在 get what you pay for(一分钱一分货)上。这句把“选择”与“代价”扣在一起。
or you get what you pay for, or just participating, just really making choices.想要——口语缩略,朋友聊天用;正式场合说 want to
- So, you wanna do it? - Uh, yeah. Yeah, that sounds really cool.I know we haven't met, but I don't want to be an ant. You know?我们还没见过,但我不想当一只蚂蚁。懂吗? 把拒绝被流程吞掉说成不想当蚂蚁,简单又有画面。
I don't want a straw. I want real human moments.我不要吸管。我想要真实的人与人的时刻。 用一根吸管顶回整套服务话术,轻物承载重诉求。
I want to see you. I want you to see me.我想看见你。我也想让你看见我。 两个 see 对称,把互相看见说成最低也最高的要求。
I've been kind of on zombie autopilot lately.我最近有点处于僵尸式自动驾驶状态。 zombie autopilot 把疲惫麻木说得自嘲又准确。
I don't feel like an ant in my head, but I guess I probably look like one.我脑子里不觉得自己像蚂蚁,但我想我看起来大概像一只。 内心与外观对照,承认自己看起来比感觉更机械。
这里不是真的说蚂蚁,而是说自己不想做无名的机械人:每天只按流程停、走、开车、客套,没有真正的人味儿。台词后面用蚂蚁窝和「停。走。在这儿走。往那儿开。」来举例。
可以说 on zombie autopilot。剧里一句 I've been kind of on zombie autopilot lately 就是「我最近有点像个僵尸,全凭惯性在过日子」,和 on ant autopilot(蚂蚁式自动运转)一样都在说人自动运转、没真正在感受。
两个都是比喻自动运转。ant autopilot(蚂蚁式自动运转)更像蚂蚁按群体流程忙,台词里说 nothing really human required of us(不需要我们有什么真正的人味儿);on zombie autopilot(像僵尸般机械度日)更强调人像僵尸一样没感觉地过日子,台词里说自己最近就是这样。
get what you pay for。台词把它和「把买到的东西退回去」「只是参与」「真正做出选择」放在一起,谈消费主义、艺术和商品:你付了钱就得到相应的东西,不满意还能退。
意思是「灵魂间的正面相遇」:台词里指两个人路上遇见时,不擦肩而过、不移开目光,而是接受彼此灵魂的正面相对;后面还用 freeing the brave reckless gods within us all(把心里那些勇敢又不管不顾的神放出来)来形容。
下一章 · 第 11 章beside the point梦里追问自己醒没醒
第 1 章on an even keel搭上小船听人生道理
第 2 章write ourselves off有人替存在主义辩护
第 3 章at the whim of讲课人把演化讲成加速史
第 4 章collective memory两人聊梦境与转世
第 5 章charade独白追问自由意志
第 6 章two sides of the same coin演说号召反抗控制
第 7 章in the middle of nowhere沙漠加油站枪战往事
第 8 章make the best of it讨教清明梦诀窍
第 9 章come out of the moment桌边聊电影与神圣当下
正在看 · 第 10 章be an ant陌生人聊不想当蚂蚁
第 11 章beside the point梦里追问自己醒没醒
第 12 章coauthors of桥上独白谈自我
第 13 章false awakenings梦里醒来还在梦里