这场戏：开场对着镜头大骂人类
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鲍里斯一开场就对着镜头开炮：人类自以为是好人，可 we're a failed species（我们是个失败的物种），活法只有 Whatever works（管用就行）。他不忘提醒观众，this is not the feel-good movie of the year（这不是让人舒心的电影），撑不住就去做足底按摩。想学怎么用一串吐槽逗住观众，这段独白是范本。
a fatal flaw（致命缺陷）
big money 油水大、很能赚钱the God racket 拿上帝做买卖based on 建立在……之上、以……为根据
❝ 独白 · 39 句 whatever works（管用就行）
whatever works 管用就行filch a little joy 偷到一点快乐delusions of grandeur 自大妄想、自以为了不起feel-good movie 疗愈、让人舒心的电影
鲍里斯坐在小餐馆里，对着同桌的朋友和镜头一起开讲：他骂宗教被做成一门 racket（油水生意），说所有好主张都有 a fatal flaw（致命缺陷）——因为都信了人性本善。他下结论：we're a failed species（我们是个失败的物种），人生能做的就是 whatever works（管用就行），在这弱肉强食的混乱里偷一点快乐。说着他干脆转头对观众开口：this is not the feel-good movie of the year（这不是让人舒心的电影），想看舒服的去做足底按摩。
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。
“But on the whole, I'm sorry to say, we're a failed species.”
可总的来说，很遗憾，我们是个失败的物种。
一句话给全片定调，把人类失败说得像判决书。
But on the whole, I'm sorry to say, ...
给一件事下总评、又不想显得咄咄逼人时用；正式文书别这么随意。
On balance, I'm afraid we're a lost cause. ／ All in all, I hate to say it, we're a mess.
中性
on the whole 轻读，重音落在 failed species 上。
But on the whole, I'm sorry to say, the plan failed. 可总的来说，很遗憾，这个计划失败了。
“My story is, whatever works. You know, as long as you don't hurt anybody.”
我的故事就是：管用就行。你知道，只要不伤害别人。
把毕生信条压成四个字，还补上一句底线。
whatever works, as long as ...
别人追问你的原则时，用来说明实用优先；跟长辈说话别太随便。
Whatever gets you through, as long as no one gets hurt. ／ Do what works, so long as nobody's harmed.
口语
whatever works 连成一串，as long as 轻快带过。
Whatever works, as long as we finish on time. 怎么都行，只要我们能按时完成。
“Any way you can filch a little joy in this cruel, dog-eat-dog, pointless, black chaos. That's my story.”
在这残酷、弱肉强食、毫无意义、漆黑一片的混乱里，能偷到一点快乐就偷一点。这就是我的故事。
四个形容词堆出黑色诗意，把苟活说成偷来的快乐。
any way you can ... in this ... chaos
自嘲处境艰难、只能苦中作乐时用；写正式稿不要这么堆词。
However you can, snatch a little happiness. ／ Grab any bit of joy you can.
literary
四个形容词逐个加重，black chaos 放慢收住。
I take any way I can to steal a little joy on busy days. 忙起来的时候，我想方设法偷一点快乐。
“And just so you know, this is not the feel-good movie of the year.”
另外告诉你们一声，这可不是今年那部让人看着舒心的电影。
直接打破第四堵墙，也提前把全片态度摆明。
just so you know, this is not ...
提前给人打个预防针、亮明不讨好的态度时用；对客户别用。
Just so you know, this isn't a happy story. ／ For the record, this is no feel-good tale.
口语
just so you know 放快，not 重读，movie 尾音收平。
Just so you know, this is not the easy version. 先跟你说一声，这可不是轻松的那一版。
“Like my mother used to say, "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car."”
就像我母亲常说的：「要是我奶奶有轮子，她就是辆有轨电车了。」
用老话式的俏皮比喻，把「早该」的懊悔一笑带过。
Like my mother used to say, ...
想用长辈的老话收尾、化解空想时用；严肃场合别讲这种俏皮话。
As my mother always said, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. ／ My mother had a saying for every pipe dream.
口语
引语部分稍慢，trolley car 连读、尾音上扬。
Like my mother used to say, wishing does not change the past. 就像我母亲常说的，光盼着改变不了过去。
Why would you want to hear my story? Do we know each other? Do we like each other? Let me tell you right off, okay? I'm not a likeable guy. Charm has never been a priority with me. And just so you know, this is not the feel-good movie of the year. So if you're one of those idiots who needs to feel good, go get yourself a foot massage. - Mom, that man's talking to himself! - Come away, Justin. What the hell does it all mean anyhow? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nothing comes to anything, and yet there's no shortage of idiots to babble. Not me. I have a vision. I'm discussing you. Your friends, your co-workers, your newspapers, the TV. Everybody's happy to talk, full of misinformation. Morality, science, religion, politics, sports, love. Your portfolio, your children, health. Christ. If I have to eat nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day to live, I don't want to live. I hate goddamn fruits and vegetables. And your omega-3's and the treadmill and the cardiogram and the mammogram and the pelvic sonogram and, oh, my God, the colonoscopy! And with it all, the day still comes when they put you in a box and it's on to the next generation of idiots who'll also tell you all about life and define for you what's appropriate. My father committed suicide because the morning newspapers depressed him. And could you blame him? With the horror and corruption and ignorance and poverty and genocide and AIDS and global warming and terrorism and the family-value morons and the gun morons! "The horror," Kurtz said at the end of Heart of Darkness. "The horror." Lucky Kurtz didn't have the Times delivered in the jungle, then he'd see some horror. But what do you do? You read about some massacre in Darfur or some school bus gets blown up, and you go, "Oh, my God, the horror!" And then you turn the page and finish your eggs from free-range chickens. Because what can you do? It's overwhelming. I tried to commit suicide myself. Obviously, it didn't work out. But why do you even want to hear about all this? Christ, you got your own problems. I'm sure you're all obsessed with any number of sad little hopes and dreams. Your predictably unsatisfying love lives. Your failed business ventures. "Oh, if only I'd bought that stock!" "If only I had purchased that house years ago!" "If only I had made a move on that woman." If this, if that. You know what? Give me a break with your "could haves" and "should haves." Like my mother used to say, "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car."
你们干吗想听我的故事？ 我们认识吗？我们互相喜欢吗？ 我就直说了吧，行吗？ 我这人不讨人喜欢。讨喜从来不是我的首要目标。 另外告诉你们一声，这可不是今年那部让人看着舒心的电影。 所以你要是那种非找点舒服不可的蠢货，就去做个足底按摩吧。 ——妈妈，那人在自言自语！——走吧，贾斯汀。 这一切到底他妈有什么意义？没有。零。屁都没有。 什么都成不了什么，可从来不缺胡咧咧的蠢货。 我不是。我有我的眼光。我说的是你们。 你们的朋友、你们的同事、你们的报纸、电视。 人人都乐呵呵地开口，满嘴都是错的东西。 道德、科学、宗教、政治、体育、爱情。 你的投资组合、你的孩子、健康。老天。 要是为了活下去，我每天得吃九份蔬果， 那我就不想活了。我讨厌他妈的水果蔬菜。 还有你的欧米伽3、跑步机、心电图、乳房X光、盆腔超声，还有，我的天，肠镜！ 折腾了这一切，那天照样会来：他们把你装进一个盒子，接着就轮到下一代蠢货，他们照样会跟你大谈人生，替你规定什么才得体。 我父亲自杀了，因为早报让他太压抑。 你能怪他吗？ 看看这些恐怖、腐败、愚昧、贫困、种族屠杀、艾滋病、全球变暖、恐怖主义，还有那些满嘴家庭价值观的蠢货，那些玩枪的蠢货！ 「太可怕了，」库尔兹在《黑暗的心》结尾说，「太可怕了。」 幸好库尔兹在丛林里收不到《泰晤士报》，不然他才知道什么叫可怕。 可你又能怎么办？ 你读到达尔富尔又发生一场屠杀， 或者哪辆校车被炸了，你就说：「哦，我的天，太可怕了！」 然后你翻过这一页，继续吃完你那来自散养鸡的鸡蛋。 因为你能怎么办？这一切让人招架不住。 我自己也试过自杀。 显然，没成。 可你们干吗要听这些？老天，你们自己就有一堆麻烦。 我敢说你们都念念不忘那些可悲的小希望和小梦想。 你们那一准不痛快的爱情生活。你们失败的生意。 「唉，当初要是买了那只股票就好了！」 「要是几年前把那房子买下来就好了！」 「要是当初对那个女人出手就好了。」 要是这个，要是那个。知道吗？ 少跟我来你那套「本来可以」和「早该如此」。 就像我母亲常说的：「要是我奶奶有轮子，她就是辆有轨电车了。」
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下一章 · 02eke out a living勉强糊口这场戏：半夜闹死亡又闹离婚意思是「管用就行」，指不纠结对错、只看有没有效的生活态度。片名和鲍里斯的口头禅都出自这句话。
a fatal flaw。fatal 指致命、要命的，flaw 是缺陷，常用来形容一个致命弱点足以毁掉整件事。
意思是「自大妄想、自以为了不起」，指把自己看得远高于实际。片里别人就用它吐槽鲍里斯自以为有观众在听。
指「赚钱的勾当、油水生意」，带贬义。片里说 the God racket，就是讽刺利用宗教大把捞钱。
意思是「疗愈、让人舒心的电影」，指看完让人心情变好、轻松愉快的片子。片里鲍里斯反着用它来提醒观众。
