看《烏雲背後的幸福線》學地道口語：好好想想吧

【內容簡介】

本身生性開朗樂觀的中學教師帕特（布萊德利·庫珀 Bradley Cooper 飾）回家撞見老婆出軌後因精神創傷被父母送進醫院進行精神治療。出院後帕特回到父母家與父母同住，在父親（羅伯特·德尼羅 Robert De Niro 飾）與母親（傑基·韋佛 Jacki Weave r 飾）的過度關懷下不免覺得壓抑。選段中，Tiffany向Pat提出了要求，要她送信，就必須跟他一起參加跳舞比賽，就是這樣，Pat漸漸地能夠集中注意力，不再因爲妻子的背叛而神經崩潰……

【選段臺詞】

Pat：Hey! Hey, wait a second! What are you doing? What happened? How come you weren't outside? What the hell's going on?

Tiffany：I can't, I can't do it.

Pat：What do you mean, you can't do it? You can't do what?

Tiffany：I can't give the letter to Nikki.

Pat：Tiffany, what are you talking about? What do you mean you can't give the letter to Nikki?

Tiffany：Because what am I getting in return? What are you doing for me? You said!

Pat：You said if I wrote a letter, you'd get it to Nikki.

Tiffany：I know.

Pat：That was the set-up.

Tiffany：Because I do this time after time after time, I do all this shit for other people and then I wake up and, and I'm empty, I have nothing!

Pat：What are you talking about? You seem like you're a tough girl to me. Why don't you just do things on your own?

Tiffany：I always get myself in these fucking situations. I give everything to other people and nobody ever, I never... I don't get what I want, okay? I'm not my sister.

Pat：Alright, well, ask for you. What can I do for you?

Tiffany：I can't do it.

Pat：Tiffany, what do you want me to do? Think of something.

Tiffany：There's this thing.

Pat：There's a thing, okay. What kind of thing?

Tiffany：It's a thing, it's a thing. It's a, it's a dance thing.

Pat：It's a dance thing, all right.

Tiffany：It's a competition thing at the Benjamin Franklin hotel. Tommy would never do it with me and I missed it every single year.

Pat：Well, Tommy's dead, so he's not gonna fucking do it.

Tiffany：Would you please!

Pat：I don't have a filter when I talk. 

Tiffany：Can we have one conversation without you reminding me that my goddamn husband is dead?

Pat：Yes, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay, I'm sorry.

Tiffany：But I can only do it if I have a partner... And now I'm about to miss it for another year.

Pat：Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm not gonna fuckin' dance with you. What are you talking about?

Tiffany：What, your schedule is so busy? “grapes of wrath” and watching football with your dad?

Pat：Tiffany, I'm not gonna do a dance with you.

Tiffany：All right, then I'm not giving her your fucking letter.

Pat：Wait a second! But you promised you would do this.

Tiffany：Think about it.

Pat：Well, I already did do something for you, you know.

Tiffany：What did you do for me?

Pat：I took care of that jerk off that was in front of your house.

Tiffany：What? Jordie?

Pat：Let me ask you something. Do you call him when you're lonely? That encourages him, Tiffany. You shouldn't do it.

Tiffany：Couldn't you say the same about you and Nikki?

Pat：It's not at all like me and Nikki. What are you talking about? We're in love and we're married. It's completely different.

Tiffany：How are you in love? Tell me about that. The big Nikki love. Tell me about it, I wanna understand it.

Pat：We have a very unconventional chemistry, it makes people feel awkward, but not me. She's the most beautiful woman I've ever been with.

Tiffany：Wow.

Pat：It's electric between us, okay? Yeah, we wanna change each other, but that's normal, couples wanna do that, I want her to stop dressing like she dresses, I want her to stop acting so superior to me, okay? And she wanted me to lose weight and stop my mood swings, both of which I've done. I mean, people fight. Couples fight. We would fight, we wouldn't talk for a couple weeks. That's normal. She always wanted the best for me. She wanted me to be passionate and compassionate. And that's a good thing. You know? I just, look, I'm my best self today, and I think she's her best self today, and our love's gonna be fucking amazing.

Tiffany：It's gonna be amazing, and you're gonna be amazing, and she's gonna be amazing, and you're not gonna be that guy that's gonna take advantage of a situation without offering to do something back. So think about the dance thing.

【重點詞彙】

1. in return

當Tiffany說道：“我不能幫你送信了。”Pat很驚訝，“爲什麼？”Tiffany說道：“你能幫我做什麼？我每次幫別人做好事，最後，我卻是一場空。” “in return”意爲“作爲回報”。

2. take care of 

當Tiffany逼Pat同意跟她一起參加跳舞比賽時，Pat不服氣地說：“我也幫你做了些事了呀！”Tiffany問道：“什麼事？”“我幫你對付了那個站在你門前找你的混蛋，我幫你解決了他。” “take care of”意爲“照顧”，“殺掉”，“對付”，“抵消”。

3. be superior to sb.

Pat如此形容他和妻子之間的故事：“我們希望去改變彼此，我希望能改變她的穿着和她那總高高在上的樣子。”他們的婚姻的失敗也不是不可預計的，矛盾多了，又無法解決，自然會有問題。“be superior to sb.”意爲“優於…,勝過…”,“比…更優”。

4. mood swings

“而我的妻子希望我減減肥，並且改掉壞脾氣。而我現在都改了！我的意思是，每個人都會與人爭吵，夫妻更會爭吵。不與對方說話，這很正常，她對我要求高嘛。” “mood swings”固定搭配“情緒波動”。