這場戲：被困密道靠開槍脫身
第 10 章 · 共 17 章 · 3'03"
有人推開暗門，冒出一句 Looks like a secret passage（看起來是條秘密通道），於是一群人鑽進去，還搶著說 I'll go first（我走前面）。門在身後鎖死，外面只能 break it down（把門撞開），最後靠開槍打鎖才把人放出來。想學探險、被困、求救時的口語，這段夠用。
I'll go first. I've had a good life（我走前面，活得夠本了）
Looks like 看起來像where it leads 通向哪裡go first 先上、打頭陣a good life 這輩子過得不錯、活得夠本
I'm just going to have to break it down（只能把門撞開）
Never mind 別管、算了no alternative 沒有別的辦法break it down 把門撞開、拆掉take any more 再也承受不了更多
有人在牆上推開一道暗門，一句 Looks like a secret passage（看起來是條秘密通道）勾起大家的好奇，有人自告奮勇 I'll go first（我走前面），還說自己 I've had a good life（活得夠本了）。可門一鎖上，裡面的人只能喊 Help! Get us out of here!（救命，放我們出去），外面發現鑰匙不見了，決定 break it down（把門撞開）。情急之下有人開槍打鎖才把門開啟，裡面的人抱怨 You know you could've killed us（你差點殺了我們）。事後又有人追問開槍者怎麼知道槍沒鎖，只換來一句 A likely story（編得倒像真的）。值得學的三個說法：go first 是先上、打頭陣；break it down 是把門撞開；a likely story 是反諷對方在編故事。
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。
“I'll go first. I've had a good life.”
我走前面。我這輩子活得夠本了。
搶著冒險卻先給自己念悼詞，一句自嘲把緊張化成笑點。
I'll go first. I've had a good life.
半開玩笑地自告奮勇、又給自己壯膽時用；真危險的場合別拿命調侃。
Let me go first, I have nothing to lose. ／ I'll take the lead, at my age it hardly matters.
口語
I'll go 連讀，I've had a 輕快帶過，good life 放慢。
I'll go first. I've survived worse meals. 我先來。比這難吃的東西我都扛過來了。
“There's no alternative. I'm just going to have to break it down.”
沒別的辦法了。我只能把門撞開。
一句攤牌把前路堵死，going to have to 的無奈全在節奏裡。
There's no alternative. I'm going to have to ...
到了非做不可的地步時用；還有退路就別拿它當藉口。
We have no choice but to force it open. ／ It's this or nothing, so I'll have to break it.
中性
no alternative 重讀，going to have to 連成 gonne-havta。
There's no alternative, so I'm going to have to run. 沒別的辦法，我只能跑起來了。
“You know you could've killed us.”
你知不知道你差點殺了我們。
不吼不罵，只用一句提醒把責任輕輕放到對方肩上，更扎人。
You know you could've done ...
提醒對方差點闖大禍、又不想翻臉時用；正式追責要換成書面說法。
Do you realize you almost got us killed? ／ That could have ended very badly for all of us.
口語
you know 輕讀，could've killed 連讀，重音落在 killed。
You know you could've hit that cyclist back there. 你知不知道剛才差點撞上那個騎車的人。
“Will you shut up? We're doing our best.”
你能不能閉嘴？我們已經在盡力了。
一邊叫人閉嘴一邊強調盡力，慌亂和底氣同時在場，特別真實。
Will you shut up? We're doing our best.
被人反覆催問、場面很亂時能用；對長輩或正式場合不要這樣說。
Can you be quiet? We're doing all we can. ／ Shut up and give us a second.
口語
Will you 連讀，shut up 重讀，後半句降下來。
Will you stop asking? We're doing our best. 你能不能別催了？我們已經盡力了。
下一章 · 11nothing to hide沒什麼好隱瞞的這場戲：借電話的訪客被反鎖是反話，字面「挺像樣的故事」，實際意思是「編得倒像真的」，表示根本不信對方。臺詞裡用來質疑開槍者的話。
說 break it down，指用力把門、牆之類的障礙弄開。臺詞裡 There's no alternative, I'm just going to have to break it down 就是「沒別的辦法，只能撞開」。
不止，它還帶點「我來打頭陣、我先上」的擔當，常用在有點危險或尷尬的場合。臺詞裡 I'll go first 就是自告奮勇先探路。
get at 強調「夠得著、拿得到」，多用在有障礙、夠不太到的時候。臺詞問 How did you know you could get at the gun，就是「你怎麼知道能拿到那把槍」。
could've 是 could have 的口語縮略，表示「本來可能……」。You could've killed us 就是「你差點把我們害死」，說的是沒發生但差一點的事。
