這場戲：街坊壘路障街口盤查
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騷亂剛過，街坊抄起鋪路石連夜壘路障，有人喊 The police aren't going to protect us, so we have to do it ourselves（警察不會保護我們，只能自己動手）。街口盤查時，被問丈夫去向的婦人直接頂回 none of your business（不關你的事）。想學怎麼用英語乾脆劃清界線，又怎麼表達街坊間的守望相助，這幾句最值得先看。
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陳述加一個追問，把騷亂的後果鋪開，冷靜卻有壓力。
婦人被盤查：in your hour of need（在你最需要幫助的時候）
in your hour of need 在你最需要幫助的時候a bit off 有點不地道、不太合適knew nothing about 對某事一無所知Glad to hear it 聽到這個很高興
騷亂過後的貝爾法斯特，街坊們把鋪路石、托盤、洗衣機全壘上街頭，搶在那幫人回來之前豎起路障。有人喊出 The police aren't going to protect us, so we have to do it ourselves（警察不會保護我們，只能自己動手），點出他們只能自救。而 barricade（路障）就是他們搭起的那道屏障。隨後街口設卡，一名婦人要過去接丈夫，被追問行蹤，她直接回 none of your business（不關你的事）。別人嫌他不地道，用 a bit off（有點不地道）評價；最後確認丈夫只是回家看家人，盤查者用 glad to hear it（聽到這個很高興）禮貌收尾。想學拒絕打聽、表達守望相助、以及在盤查裡不卑不亢，這些說法都用得上。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“You're as welcome on this street as any of us.”
你在這條街上，和我們任何人一樣受歡迎。
把接納說成同一把尺子，沒有半點施捨感。
You're as welcome as any of us
對剛搬來或受排擠的人說；客套敷衍的場合別用它來應付。
You belong here as much as anyone. ／ Nobody's a stranger on this street.
中性
as welcome as 三個詞一口氣，重音在 wel。
In this choir you're as welcome as any of us. 在這個合唱團裡，你和我們任何人一樣受歡迎。
“The police aren't going to protect us, so we have to do it ourselves.”
警察不會保護我們，所以我們得自己動手。
先用否定判死外援，再用 so 逼出自救，邏輯很硬。
X isn't going to ..., so we have to ...
分析困境、決定自己扛時用；推卸責任時別拿它當藉口。
No one is coming, so we do it ourselves. ／ If they won't help, we'll manage alone.
中性
aren't going to 輕快，so 後停頓，ourselves 重讀。
The movers aren't going to show, so we have to do it ourselves. 搬家公司不來了，我們只能自己搬。
“They nearly had you there, Steve McQueen.”
剛才差點就逮著你了，史蒂夫·麥昆。
用電影硬漢調侃脫險，把驚險一下化成玩笑。
They nearly had you there, [name]
朋友化險為夷後打趣時用；對不熟的人或嚴肅場合別亂開玩笑。
That was close, action hero. ／ You almost didn't make it, superstar.
口語
nearly had you 連讀，Steve McQueen 帶笑念。
They nearly had you there, Usain Bolt; the doors shut right behind you. 剛才差點沒趕上，博爾特，門就在你身後關上了。
“I don't want you out here until it's all safe again.”
安全之前，我不想你們待在外面。
一句母親的禁令，把擔心說成了規定：等我確認安全，你才可以出來。
I don't want you ... until ...
家長護著孩子、臨時不許別人亂跑時能用；對成年人或長輩下這種命令會顯得管太多，別用。
I don't want you back out here until it's safe. ／ Stay in until I know it's safe out here.
中性
don't want you 連讀，until 拉長，it's all safe again 收尾放輕。
I don't want you in the water until the lifeguard is back on duty. 救生員回來值班之前，我不想你下水。
Belfast was in shock this morning as the impact of last night's rioting was all too clear. Small numbers of Catholics still peacefully living in Protestant areas were targeted. Their houses were attacked and marked, and intimidation may force them to leave their homes completely. Can these tightly-knit neighborhoods ever return to the peace they shared together only 24 hours ago?
今早的貝爾法斯特一片震驚，昨夜騷亂的後果清清楚楚擺在眼前。 少數仍平靜住在新教區的天主教徒成了攻擊目標。 他們的房子遭到打砸和標記，恐嚇之下可能被迫徹底搬離。 這些關係緊密的街區，還能回到僅僅24小時前的安寧嗎？
下一章 · 03kick with the left foot暗指天主教徒這場戲：守著電視聊宗教意思是「不關你的事、少打聽」。別人追問隱私、行蹤，你不想答，就可以甩這一句，語氣比較衝。
a bit off。用來評價某人的行為不太合適、有點說不過去，比如別人最需要幫忙時他不在，就可以說 that's a bit off。
barricade 特指臨時搭起來擋人、擋車的路障，多用木板、石頭、廢舊傢俱堆成。wall 是固定的牆，拆不掉；barricade 是臨時的。
字面是「警察不會保護我們」，接著一句 so we have to do it ourselves，就是「只能自己動手」。合起來是街坊對當局失望、決定自己守街的心聲。
多數時候是客套的收尾語，表示「聽到這個很高興」，未必真在乎。這裡盤查者問完話，用它禮貌地結束盤問，語氣偏冷淡。
