Chapter 18 of 18 · 2'55"
Don't Waste a Moment 别浪费这一刻IMDb ↗
午夜刚过才算婚礼日,表上刻不下相信时机,她改口永远
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingIt is just after midnight, so it is officially their wedding day. Oliver sees the bride and gives Shane a self-winding watch. He meant to engrave his motto, Trust the timing, but those words would not fit. She offers a shorter inscription: Forever. Then she gives him Dumbarton, something from his childhood that an old Sunday school teacher kept all these years. Watch two people turn hold on and let go into the gifts they exchange.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingwaste a moment
浪费哪怕片刻
a sight to behold
值得一看的景象
have something engraved
找人把字刻上
hold on and let go
抓紧与放手
lost and found
失物招领处
turns out
结果发现、原来
oh my gosh
我的天哪
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Don't waste a moment of it.”
别浪费其中任何一个片刻。
把整个人生收成一句叮嘱,moment 比 time 更贴皮肤。
Don't waste a moment of + 名词
劝人别空过一段好日子、一场旅行、一次重逢。
Don't let a second slip by. / Make every moment count.
literary
Don't 落下,moment 拉长,of it 轻轻收。
“What about "Forever"?”
那「永远」怎么样?
四个音节换掉一句座右铭,短才配得上表背。
What about + 提议?
对方方案太长、太满,你丢出一个更干净的选项。
How about Forever? / Why not just Forever?
informal
What about 上扬,Forever 顿住像落锤。
“when to hold on and when to let go.”
什么时候抓紧,什么时候放手。
两个短语对仗,把一辈子的功课收进半句。
when to A and when to B
讲分寸、讲感情、讲该不该继续时。
know when to stay and when to leave / when to fight and when to walk away
literary
hold on 与 let go 两头一样重,and 轻。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageYou said that Mrs. Genzinger has known you longer than anyone. So I thought if she was your Sunday school teacher, she spent a lot of time at your church. So I gave her a call.
你说过 根辛格太太认识你比谁都久。 所以我就想 如果她是你的主日学老师, 那她一定在你的教堂待过很久。 所以我就给她打了个电话。
You told me she wanted you to learn when to hold on and when to let go. Turns out, you needed to let him go, and she was wise enough to hold on to him.
你跟我说过 她想让你学会 什么时候抓紧,什么时候放手。 结果呢, 你得放手让他走, 而她够聪明,一直把他留着。
