changes everything徹底改變局面

一句反問把「我花錢買你」擺上檯面，禮貌措辭裡全是施壓。

Can you remind me why (someone does something)?

對方沒做到分內事、你想點他一下時用；對下屬或合作方能說，語氣別太沖。

Remind me why I keep paying for this? ／ Why am I paying you to do nothing?

正式

paying 重讀，re-elected governor 三個詞咬清楚。

Can you remind me why I'm paying you to miss every deadline? 你能不能提醒我，我付錢是讓你次次拖期的嗎？

先給否定推測，再用 that's impossible 砸實，否認裡全是心虛。

X can't be Y--that's impossible.

遇上不肯相信的事時用；對朋友說像自我安慰，需要冷靜判斷的場合別用。

That can't be the same guy. ／ It can't be her; that makes no sense.

中性

can't be 弱讀，impossible 重音在第二個音節。

That can't be my old teacher--that's impossible. 那不可能是我的老老師——絕不可能。

把時長、處境和死亡預感串成一句，控訴冷靜得可怕。

I spent (time) stranded, certain (something would happen).

講一段熬過來的經歷時用；跟熟人吐槽可以，正式彙報要收斂情緒。

I spent a year stuck there, sure I'd fail. ／ I waited three hours, certain I'd been forgotten.

中性

three weeks 連讀，certain I would die 放慢壓低。

I spent all weekend stuck in the office, certain I would miss my flight. 我整個週末困在辦公室，認定要誤機了。

把最荒唐的事說得像例行公事，黑色幽默就在這份平靜裡。

We had to (do something awful).

半開玩笑地講被逼無奈的事時用；朋友間能說，別對吃不消的人講。

We had to eat the last ration. ／ We had to drink our own urine.

口語

had to 弱讀成 /hæftə/，Jung 短促收尾。

We had to eat instant noodles for a whole week. 我們不得不連吃一週泡麵。

現編藉口編到卡殼，還越編越離譜，謊言當場露餡。

Tell them I'm gonna go visit (someone)-- I don't know-- (X or Y).

臨時被抓去應付時用；自嘲式，跟熟人能說，正式場合別說。

Say I went to see a sick aunt or something. ／ Tell them I had a dentist thing.

口語

gonna 連讀，I don't know 輕輕帶過。

Tell them I'm gonna go visit a sick-- I don't know-- cousin or hamster. 就說我去探望生病的——怎麼說呢——表弟或者倉鼠。

用一句常識反問，把對方的故弄玄虛拆穿。

Why would (someone) (do X) and then (not do Y)?

想吐槽某人行為自相矛盾時用；跟朋友聊八卦合適，當面對質要謹慎。

Why advertise it and then never show up? ／ Why promise and then vanish?

中性

would she 連讀，put up a 連成一串。

Why would he post the invite and then not show up? 他發了邀請，人卻不到，圖什麼？

一句平常說明卻是全片的引信，語氣越平淡越嚇人。

You can (do something) with (something).

向人說明某物萬能時用；口語裡很常見，正式說明也能用。

You can do anything with that app. ／ This card works almost anywhere.

口語

pay for anything 連讀，your phone 收尾輕。

You can order anything with this app. 用這個 App 你能點到任何東西。