Chapter 10 of 14 · 4'05"
The Family Plans a Wedding 家人敲定婚礼IMDb ↗
一顿早餐把假婚推成全家婚礼
The Proposal · 2009
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingAfter breakfast arrives, Andrew and Margaret are ambushed by cheerful family news: the wedding is happening tomorrow, right at home. They smile through the pressure, then panic as soon as the door closes. This scene matters because its warm family language clashes with the couple’s secret arrangement, creating fast interruptions, polite evasions, and a perfectly dry joke about being “happily divorced.”
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Language points
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Review right after watchingcome up with
想出或提出
a dream come true
梦想成真
sham
假象;骗局
happily divorced
用反话自我安慰
before you know it
转眼之间
find out
得知真相
take care of someone
照顾某人
quickie divorce
快速办成的离婚
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Your mother and I have come up with a proposition”
你妈妈和我想出了一个提议。
come up with 是提出想法的高频口语块,proposition 又让提议显得郑重。
have come up with an idea to...
提出活动、方案或解决办法时使用。
We came up with a better plan. / She thought of a creative solution.
neutral
重读 come up 和 proposition,with 弱读。
“It would be a dream come true for me”
对我来说,那将是梦想成真。
dream come true 把愿望实现说得具体又有画面。
It would be a dream come true for me to...
表达某件事终于实现自己的愿望。
It would mean the world to me. / I’d be over the moon.
neutral
重读 dream 和 true,for me 轻收,语调上扬。
“We ll be happily divorced before you know it”
用不了多久,我们就会幸福地离婚了。
把 happily 和 divorced 硬放在一起,反讽地化解婚礼压力。
... before you know it
安慰别人事情很快就会过去时使用。
We’ll be done before you know it. / It’ll be over in no time.
informal
把 happily divorced 说出反差,know 重读后快速收尾。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use come up with for ideas and proposals.
- Express a fulfilled wish with dream come true.
- Use before you know it for quick change.
- Catch the irony in happily divorced.
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Questions, then the linesWhat does “come up with a proposition” mean here?
It means to think of or propose a plan—in this case, a wedding tomorrow.
How should learners understand “dream come true”?
It describes a long-held wish finally becoming real.
What does “before you know it” suggest about timing?
It suggests that something will happen very quickly.
Why is “happily divorced” ironic?
Happily normally suggests marriage, so pairing it with divorced is deliberately absurd.
