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Everything you need before watchingThe new room is praised as very beige, creamy, with a little study area. Steve wants a system for who he has already met, because they remember him and he does not. Someone says he looks like the other one off Top Gear — not Clarkson, Hammond — which he thinks is worse. Meanwhile Michael Caine's She was only 15 years old starts playing in stereo.
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Language points
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Review right after watchingvery beige
很米色、很无聊
get some sort of a system going
先弄套办法转起来
before my time
在我来之前、我赶上
don't ask her
别去问她
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Oh, very nice. Very beige.”
哦,挺好。很米色。
夸房间只落到一个颜色,礼貌里带着看不上。
Very nice. Very + 颜色/材质
东西体面但无趣,你不想当坏人时用。
很米色 / 体面得没话说
informal
nice 假笑,beige 故意放平。
“I can honestly say it's one of the most enjoyable periods of my life.”
老实说,这是我这辈子最开心的一段日子之一。
对客套问题给过满的答案,真诚得让人不知道该不该信。
one of the most enjoyable periods of my life
被问近况、你真的过得很好、愿意说满时用。
近来最开心的一段 / 这段日子我很享受
informal
honestly 垫一下,most enjoyable 拉长。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Give faint praise by naming a colour: Oh, very nice. Very beige.
- Ask for help remembering people: We need to get some sort of a system going.
- Set a discreet test: Don't ask her. Just see if she mentions anything.
- Overstate how good the trip has been: one of the most enjoyable periods of my life.
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Questions, then the linesWhat happens in this chapter?
The new room is praised as very beige, creamy, with a little study area. Steve wants a system for who he has already met
What should I listen for?
The line that moves the relationship, not the filler.
