live with something帶著病生活

把「活在當下」說成大白話，沒有說教味，卻是全片的心口一句。

the good stuff is what's going on now

安慰總把幸福往後推的家人或朋友時用；談正事、寫報告時別這麼隨口。

The best part is already happening. ／ What we have right now is enough.

口語

重讀 good 和 now，前半句輕帶，句尾落穩。

Stop saving your happiness for later; the good stuff is what's going on now. 別把開心留到以後，好的就是眼前這一刻。

感謝不說謝謝，說「你把這一程變輕了」，還補一句我是認真的，分量全在。

You've made this journey so much easier.

對真正幫過你的人鄭重道謝時用；客套場合說會顯得太重。

You've made this whole thing so much easier. ／ This would have been so much harder without you.

中性

重讀 much easier，I mean it 放慢、壓低。

You've made this stay so much easier. I mean it. 你讓這段住院好過太多了。我是認真的。

把最壞的訊息說成一個家庭的決定，冷靜裡帶著不肯鬆手的勁。

we're going to have to try to live with ...

和家人商量長期難處、決定一起面對時用；對不熟的人說顯得交淺言深。

We're going to have to learn to live with this. ／ This is something we'll carry together as a family.

中性

much clearer 與 going to have to 連讀，句尾放平。

As a family, we're clearer now that we'll have to live with this. 作為一家人，我們現在更清楚，只能和它長期共處。

把 remarkable 連說兩遍，喜悅從剋制裡漏出來，比一堆形容詞都更讓人信服。

I've had remarkable, remarkable ... relief.

報好訊息、說病情好轉時用，語氣要真；對剛確診的人炫耀式地說別用。

The pain relief has been remarkable. ／ I'm getting amazing relief from the pain.

中性

I've had 輕帶，remarkable 停頓再重說一遍，pain relief 放慢收住。

I've had remarkable, remarkable relief since the new mattress. 換了新床墊後，我的疼痛緩解得出奇地好。

把康復拆成看得見、感覺得到、回得來三件小事，平平的並列裡全是失而復得的喜悅。

I'm looking more normal now and feeling better everyday and my energy's coming back.

向人報康復進展時用，語氣要輕快；正式彙報裡別用，太口語。

I look like myself again and my strength is returning. ／ Each day is better and my energy is back.

口語

looking more normal 平推，feeling better everyday 稍快，my energy's coming back 放慢收住。

I'm looking more like myself now and my energy's coming back. 我現在看起來像自己了，力氣也在回來。