the voice of a generation一代人的代言人

用一句輕描淡寫的因果，把商業公司的冷酷說成對怪不怪的判斷；越像隨口一提，越顯出這個完美世界的排他。

She was discontinued because ... is just too weird.

解釋某個東西為什麼被下架、被排除時用，語氣可以輕鬆也可以涼薄。

They pulled her because she didn't fit the image. ／ It was shelved for being too odd.

口語

discontinued 重讀，because 輕帶，just too weird 三個詞都加重。

That show was cancelled because the plot is just too weird. 那部劇被砍了，因為劇情實在太怪了。

把獎勵說成努力的必然結果，邏輯簡單到無可反駁，也在替這個一切都順理成章的樂園立規矩。

I work very hard, so I deserve it.

表示自己實至名歸、不心虛時用，直接但容易顯得自滿，看場合。

I earned this the hard way. ／ Hard work, so it's mine to take.

中性

work very hard 平推，so 停頓，I deserve it 逐詞加重。

I trained all year, so I deserve this medal. 我訓練了整整一年，所以這枚獎牌我配得上。

用判決書的口氣把一個爭議立場說成既定事實，to begin with 更是把對方的前提直接取消。

X is not Y, and Z has no ... to begin with.

在辯論或表態中先否定對方前提時用，正式、有壓制力。

That right never existed in the first place. ／ You're arguing from a false premise.

正式

money is not speech 放穩，to begin with 輕收，別把後半句讀散。

In our view, an ad is not art, and brands have no claim to it to begin with. 依我們看，廣告不算藝術，品牌本來就沒資格聲稱擁有它。

把情緒當成一件正在被處理的事務來陳述，理性和感受在她嘴裡不是對立面，而是一起線上。

This makes me emotional, and I'm expressing it.

坦然承認自己被打動、又不願顯得失控時用，帶一點幽默的自持。

I'm moved, and I'm not hiding it. ／ This hits me, and I'm saying so.

中性

makes me emotional 放慢，and 輕帶，I'm expressing it 咬清每個詞。

This song gets me, and I'm saying it out loud. 這首歌打動我了，我就大聲說出來。

別人以為理性與感性只能二選一，她一句話把前提推翻，還順手用 no difficulty 顯得從容。

I have no difficulty holding both A and B.

宣告自己能兼顧兩種常被對立的東西時用，適用於解釋立場或自我介紹。

I can hold both without dropping either. ／ Head and heart, no conflict.

正式

no difficulty 輕快，holding both 停頓，logic and feeling 並列加重。

I have no trouble keeping both ambition and kindness in play. 我完全可以同時保有野心和善意。

同一個好日子，前面是日常，後面成了條件。一個 but 就把樂園裡兩人的位置擺平。

A has a great day every day, but B only has one if A ...

對比兩個人完全不對等的處境時用，陳述句就能帶出諷刺。

She's fine on her own; he's fine only when she notices. ／ One life is full, the other waits for a look.

中性

every day 放輕，but 停頓，only has a great day 加重，if 後放慢。

My sister is happy on her own, but her dog is happy only when she walks in. 我妹妹一個人也開心，可她的狗只有她進門時才開心。