Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingGiulia walks two dripping kids home and tells them to keep quiet. In the kitchen her one-armed father, Massimo, is chopping fish with a knife the size of a rumor, and a newspaper photo of a sea monster sits on the table. Luca nearly blows their cover; Alberto pretends not to care. Over trenette al pesto, the real fight starts: Giulia wants to race, Massimo wants fish in the net, and the boys volunteer for a job they were born to do. Then the cat notices.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingdo the talking
由我来开口说话
act casual
装作若无其事
money is tight
手头紧,缺钱
put someone to work
给人派活干
a word
过来,我说两句
what got into him
他怎么突然这样
funny you should ask
你还真问着了
do well with
不太能应对某事
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“All right, just let me do the talking and act casual.”
行了,让我来开口,你们装作没事。
两步指令叠在一句里:谁说话、怎么演,进门前最实用的遮掩口令。
let me do the talking and act casual
带朋友见家长、见老板,怕对方乱讲话时用。
Let me handle this. / Just follow my lead.
informal
let me 黏成 lemme,casual 轻轻降调。
“I can't sell what I don't have.”
没有货,我卖什么。
用买卖把拒绝说死:不是不肯帮,是手里没东西。短、硬、讲得通。
I can't + 动词 + what I don't have
库存、时间、人情不够、没法承诺时用。
I can't give what I haven't got. / Empty hands don't pay bills.
neutral
can't 和 don't 都咬住,have 收得干脆。
“You want to work? I'll put you to work.”
想干活?那我就给你们活干。
先接住意愿,再立刻派活,答应帮人时最有力量的收口。
You want to X? I'll put you to work.
有人请缨帮忙、求加班、求实习,当场收编时用。
Ask and you're on the roster. / Say the word and you're hired.
informal
work 出现两次,第二次更重、更短。
