Chapter 12 of 21 · 3'44"
Community College 社区大学IMDb ↗
考试砸了,前途也没了
We're the Millers · 2013
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe fake Millers are camping beside the wholesome Fitzgeralds. The neighbors think a baby just died; it was a sack of oregano and basil. Casey bursts into tears about failing and community college so nobody asks the real question. The adults improvise a summer project, a sex-ed pun, then a family singalong of a crime song. While everyone plays charades, David whispers a plan to steal the RV keys. Watch a cover story turn into campfire theater.
Chapters
21 parts · AI-cutTranscript
Language points
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Review right after watchingthe big a
禁欲被听成肛交
nothing ruins your life like
最毁人生的是孩子
what the fuck's wrong with you
你他妈怎么回事
an a for effort
态度分满分
go too far
做过了头
give me a break
饶了我吧别扯了
swap something out
把某件换下来
extra credit
额外加分作业
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I'm gonna fail and have to go to community college.”
我要不及格了,只能去社区大学。
把考试砸了直接跳到人生降级,夸张得像一条社会新闻标题。
be gonna fail and have to + 结果
考试、面试砸了,要把后果说得很惨时。
If I fail this, it's community college for me. / My future is over if I bomb this test.
informal
gonna 轻轻带过,fail 和 college 往下砸。
“We were just treating it like a real baby, a summer project.”
我们只是把它当真婴儿对待,一个暑假作业。
treating it like 把一袋香草说成育儿课,圆谎圆得一本正经。
treat something like + 身份,同位语补一句
要把离谱举动说成教学实验或项目时。
We treated it as a class project. / It was just a summer assignment.
informal
treating it like 连读,baby 后稍停再补 project。
“...nothing ruins your life like children.”
……最能毁掉你人生的就是孩子。
用最不像教育的结论当加分课,一句把假家庭的刻薄钉死。
nothing + 动词 + like + 名词
夸张对比:没有什么比某事更能造成某种结果。
Nothing drains your savings like kids. / Nothing wrecks a weekend like a group project.
literary
nothing 拉长,like children 往下沉。
