这场戏：饭局上撮合又抬杠
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哈利、莎莉带着玛丽和杰斯在餐厅约会，聊着聊着就抬杠。哈利拿 good personality（性格好）调侃别人不好看，莎莉嫌他自以为是，直接怼他 get over yourself（别自以为是）。想学怎么在饭桌上损人又不过界，这段够用。
❝ 独白 · 8 句 嘴上说「性格好」，其实是不好看：good personality
good personality 性格好not that attractive 没那么好看described as 被说成、被形容为
「别自以为是」英语说 get over yourself
get over yourself 别自以为是、收起那副架子a real impact on 对某人有很大影响in a magazine 在杂志上读到的quoted me back 把某人自己的话念回给他
哈利、莎莉把各自的旧爱介绍给彼此，四人约在餐厅吃饭，饭桌很快变成抬杠现场。哈利拿 good personality（性格好）打趣：说一个人「性格好」，多半是在委婉说他不好看；莎莉嫌他自以为是，直接回他 get over yourself（别自以为是）。聊到写作，莎莉发现自己写的那篇文章被对方念回给自己听，感慨 Nobody has ever quoted me back to me before（以前没人把我自己的话念回给我听）。她给《纽约》杂志撰稿，文章对对方 a real impact on（有很大影响）。想学怎么在饭桌上拌嘴、怎么半开玩笑地夸人，这些说法都能直接用。
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“Nobody has ever quoted me back to me before.”
以前从没有人把我写的原话念回给我听。
把「被引用」这种抽象的满足，用绕回自己身上的一句话说得特别真切。
Nobody has ever ... me back to me before.
自己被别人复述观点、意外被认出来时用；正式场合说会显得自夸。
No one has ever said my words back to me. ／ I've never had my own words quoted to me.
中性
quoted me back to me 三处 me 要轻，before 收尾放低。
My student quoted me back to me in class today. 今天课上学生把我的话原样说回给我听。
“He's the reason I became a writer, but that's not important.”
他是我当上作家的原因，不过这并不重要。
先亮出一个很重的原因，又自己把它按下去，语气一转特别像真人。
Someone is the reason I became ...
想提一句影响自己很深的人、又不想把气氛弄重时用；正式自述里少这么随意。
She is the reason I got into teaching. ／ He is why I ended up doing this.
口语
the reason I 连读，but that's not important 说快一点带过。
She's the reason I became a teacher, but that's not important. 她是我当老师的原因，不过这并不重要。
“I've never quoted anything from a magazine in my life.”
我这辈子从没引用过杂志上的话。
用一句夸张的自我声明，把「难得认真读东西」的意外感说得很逗。
I've never ... in my life.
强调自己从来不做某事时用，多半带夸张语气；正式场合少用。
I've never done anything like that in my life. ／ That's the first time in my life I've done this.
口语
anything from a 连读，in my life 重读收尾。
I've never quoted anything in my life, so this is a first. 我这辈子从没引用过谁的文，这可是头一回。
“"She has a good personality," that means she's not attractive.”
「她性格很好」，意思就是她长得不漂亮。
把相亲黑话直接翻译成人话，一句拆穿所有人都在用的委婉语。
If someone says "has a good personality," that means ...
吐槽相亲介绍、拆穿客套话时能用；当着一个性格好的人说会很伤人，别用。
"Great personality" is code for not pretty. ／ That's just a nice way of saying unattractive.
口语
引号部分带笑意，that means 停顿，not attractive 放平。
"A real team player," that means they never say no. 「很有团队精神」，意思就是他们从不拒绝。
When someone's not that attractive... they're always described as having a good personality. If you had asked me, "What does she look like?" and I said... "She has a good personality," that means she's not attractive. But just because I happened to mention she has a good personality... she could be either. She could be attractive with a good personality... or not attractive with a good personality.
一个人要是没那么好看…… 别人就总说他们性格好。 要是你问我：“她长什么样？”我回答说…… “她性格好”，那就说明她不好看。 可我只是碰巧提了一句她性格好…… 两种可能都有。 她可能好看又性格好…… 也可能不好看但性格好。
下一章 · 14call off the dogs别再追了这场戏：给新婚朋友挑礼物意思是「别自以为是、收起那副架子」，是让人别太把自己当回事的直白怼法。台词里 Get over yourself! 就是「省省吧你」，熟人之间半开玩笑地用。
说 a good personality。哈利调侃说，当别人用 good personality 形容某人，往往是在委婉地说对方不好看，所以这句话常常别有含义。
字面是「叫醒电话」，引申为「警示、敲醒人的提醒」。台词里说这篇文章像给纽约的一记 wake-up call，就是指当头的提醒。
意思是「特别喜欢、是……的铁杆」。台词里 I'm not a big fan of Jimmy Breslin，就是「我不太喜欢吉米·布雷斯林」，否定形式常用来婉转表达不喜欢。
说 have a real impact on someone。台词里 That piece had a real impact on me，就是「那篇文章对我影响很大」；impact 前面加 real 强调影响真切。
