这场戏：晒照片被夸有天赋
第 11 章 · 共 16 章 · 5'03"
饭桌上，玛丽埃塔翻出给女儿拍的旧照片，利奥一看就说这些照片有 a sense of texture（一种质感），该找画廊朋友聊聊。她只当是上帝给的一点小天赋，谁知这份天赋让她的旧信念一路 down the toilet（付诸东流），整个人彻底翻篇。想夸作品或形容某种东西一去不返，这两句都用得上。
照片好在哪？there's such a sense of texture（一种质感）
a sense of texture 一种质感、肌理感gave me more pleasure 带给我的快乐更多first thing in the morning 一早起来第一件事
❝ 独白 · 15 句 旧信念一路 down the toilet（付诸东流），她彻底变了
the genie was out of the bottle 木已成舟、收不回去了down the toilet 一落千丈、付诸东流smitten with 被某人迷住
饭桌上，玛丽埃塔翻出自己给女儿拍的选美旧照片，利奥一看就认真起来，说这些照片有 a sense of texture（一种质感），还主动提出把她介绍给开画廊的朋友阿尔。玛丽埃塔只当这是上帝给的一点小天赋，不肯把话说大。可这份天赋一旦被看见，事情就刹不住了：照片进了画廊，大家都夸她是 a brilliant primitive（天才的素人艺术家），紧接着她那些根深蒂固的旧信念也一路 down the toilet（付诸东流）。想专业地夸一幅作品，说 a sense of texture；夸那种没受过训练却天赋惊人的创作者，就是 a brilliant primitive；形容信念或计划彻底泡汤，用 down the toilet。
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。
“These are outstanding. I mean, there's such a sense of texture and composition.”
这些拍得太棒了。我是说，质感和构图都很有感觉。
把外行的客套换成专业夸奖，一句话让照片的主人被看见。
there's such a sense of ...
认真夸作品、手艺时用；对随手拍的照片这样说会显得夸大。
There's real depth to these. ／ You can feel the texture in every frame.
中性
such a 轻快，sense of texture 连读，composition 重音在后。
There's such a sense of texture in her pottery. 她做的陶器特别有质感。
“Aside from Melody's career, there is nothing, nothing in the whole world that gave me more pleasure than taking those snapshots.”
除了梅乐迪的事业，这世上再没有什么比拍那些快照更让我快乐了。
重复的 nothing 把一生的热爱说得极重，又带着迟来的委屈。
nothing ... gave me more pleasure than ...
郑重说出自己真正热爱的事时用；日常闲聊里这样讲显得过重。
Nothing has ever made me happier than this. ／ This is the one thing that truly fulfilled me.
literary
nothing 停顿后重读，more pleasure than 连读，snapshots 收降。
Nothing gave me more pleasure than weekends at the lake. 再没有什么比在湖边过周末更让我开心了。
“Oh, no. You know, I think you're making too much over a little gift the good Lord Jesus gave me.”
哦，不用。我觉得你太把主耶稣给我的这点小天赋当回事了。
被夸时用一句谦虚推托，顺带把功劳推给上帝，很有南方风味。
make too much over something
被夸后谦虚推让时用；真觉得对方小题大做时也能用它。
You're making more of it than it is. ／ It's nothing, really.
中性
make too much over 一气呵成，Lord Jesus 轻读带过。
Don't make too much over one lucky win. 赢了一次别太当回事。
“Soon all her deep-rooted beliefs went right down the toilet, where they belonged.”
很快，她那些根深蒂固的信念全被冲进了马桶——它们本就该待在那儿。
俗语加一句补刀，把信仰的崩塌说得像清洁工作，冷酷又痛快。
something goes down the toilet
说某事彻底崩盘、付诸东流时用；正式场合换成 fall apart 更稳。
Everything went down the drain. ／ It all fell apart.
口语
deep-rooted 重读，down the toilet 连读，where they belonged 放低。
All that planning went down the toilet in one afternoon. 一下午工夫，那些计划全泡汤了。
“She experimented with exotic pleasures. A new Marietta was born.”
她尝试起种种异域情趣。一个新的玛丽埃塔诞生了。
两个短句一冷一热，把一个人的彻底重生说得像新闻标题。
A new ... was born.
半开玩笑地宣告一个人焕然一新时用；正经传记里这样写太轻飘。
A different person emerged. ／ She was reborn.
literary
exotic 重音在中间，A new 稍顿，was born 收降。
After the move, a new worker was born. 搬过去之后，一个全新的打工人诞生了。
She slept with Leo Brockman, never having been to bed with anyone before but her husband, and suddenly, the genie was out of the bottle! She liked sleeping with Brockman, and she liked sleeping with Brockman's friends, Brockman's acquaintances, Brockman's acquaintances' acquaintances. Brockman took her photos to Morgenstern. He loved them. He decided to show them in his gallery. When he did, everyone thought they were great. A brilliant primitive. Soon Morgenstern would become smitten with her. First she moved in with Brockman. Then she moved in with Morgenstern. Then she moved in with Brockman and Morgenstern. She started dabbling with collages. Small ones at first, but they would become bolder. She started dressing differently. Soon all her deep-rooted beliefs went right down the toilet, where they belonged. She experimented with exotic pleasures. A new Marietta was born. The one thing that remained constant, she hated her son-in-law.
她跟利奥·布罗克曼上了床，此前除了丈夫她没跟任何人睡过， 突然之间，妖怪出了瓶子！ 她喜欢跟布罗克曼睡，也喜欢跟布罗克曼的朋友睡，跟布罗克曼的熟人睡，跟熟人的熟人睡。 布罗克曼把她的照片拿给摩根斯坦看。他喜欢极了。 他决定在自己的画廊展出。 一展出，大家都觉得棒极了。一个天才的素人。 很快，摩根斯坦也迷上了她。 她先搬去跟布罗克曼住。然后搬去跟摩根斯坦住。 再后来，她搬去跟布罗克曼和摩根斯坦一起住。 她开始玩拼贴画。 一开始很小，后来越做越大胆。 她开始换一种穿法。 很快，她那些根深蒂固的信念全被冲进了马桶——它们本就该待在那儿。 她尝试起种种异域情趣。一个新的玛丽埃塔诞生了。 唯一始终不变的，是她讨厌自己的女婿。
下一章 · 12out of spite出于赌气这场戏：撮合追求又当面表白字面是「冲进马桶」，实际意思是「彻底泡汤、付诸东流」。玛丽埃塔那些根深蒂固的信念，就是一路 down the toilet，一去不返。
make too much over something，也可以说 make too much of something。玛丽埃塔觉得利奥把上帝给的小天赋说得太大，就是这个意思。
「一种质感、肌理感」，用来夸照片、画作、布料等有细腻的手感或层次。利奥夸玛丽埃塔的旧照片，用的就是这句。
the genie was out of the bottle，字面是「妖怪出了瓶子」，一旦放出来就收不回去。片里用它形容玛丽埃塔尝过新生活后，事情再也回不去了。
艺术圈的叫法，「天才的素人」，指没受过正规训练却天赋惊人的创作者。画廊的人就用它形容玛丽埃塔的照片。
她给利奥看自己给女儿拍的选美照片，利奥懂摄影美学，一眼看出这些照片有质感、有构图，就提出介绍画廊老板阿尔给她。她自己只当是上帝给的小天赋。
