這場戲：男孩衝上馬路被救下
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一輛冰淇淋車剛停下，小孩埃迪就衝出馬路，眼看要被車撞上，老市長一個箭步把他撲倒。他驚魂未定，周圍人說他 scared to death（嚇得半死），可孩子媽趕來先揍兒子，還撂下一句狠話：誰也別想管她怎麼教孩子。想描述嚇壞了、想放一句護短的狠話，這段都能學。
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 救了兩條命的自誇：Matter of fact（說真的）
Matter of fact 說真的、事實上minding my own business 管好自己的事dashed out 猛地衝出去knock him down 把某人撲倒、撞倒
「不許任何人質疑」：have nobody question
didn't have to 本來不必、沒必要scared to death 嚇得半死have nobody question 不許任何人質疑appreciate you helping 感謝你幫了忙
街頭冰淇淋車一停，孩子們圍上來，小埃迪興奮地衝出馬路，正好有車駛來，老市長衝過去把他撲倒，自己卻壓在他身上。埃迪驚魂未定，一旁的人安慰他，也提醒他：don't you know better than to run out in that street（你本該知道不能往街上衝）。孩子媽媽趕到，先當街教訓兒子，老市長看不下去，說 you didn't have to hit your boy like that（你沒必要那樣打孩子），媽媽卻回他 I'll have nobody question how I raise him（我不許任何人質疑我怎麼管教他）。scared to death 形容嚇得半死；know better than to 說某人本該知道不該做；have nobody question 是撂話，宣佈誰都不許質疑。想責備、想護短、想形容後怕，都能用上。
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。
“Matter of fact, I saved two lives today, his and mine.”
說真的，我今天救了兩條命，他的和我的。
一句自誇卻站得住腳，數字一擺，功勞和分寸都有了。
Matter of fact, I saved ... today.
要平平淡淡擺出一件硬成績時用；對上自誇或寫正式報告別這麼講。
As a matter of fact, I handled it all today. ／ Truth is, I saved two lives today.
口語
Matter of fact 連成一氣，two lives 重讀，句尾放穩。
Matter of fact, I closed three deals today, all on my own. 說真的，我今天談成三單，全靠自己。
“but I'll have nobody question how I raise him, not even his daddy.”
可我不許任何人質疑我怎麼管教他，連他爸也不行。
護住母親權威的一句，末尾把最親的人也劃在外頭，硬氣。
I'll have nobody question ...
被外人指點家事、要劃清底線時用；對長輩或客人講會顯得衝。
I won't let anyone tell me how to raise my kid. ／ Nobody questions how I run my own house.
口語
have nobody question 連讀，not even 重讀，句尾壓低。
I'll have nobody question how I spend my own money. 我不許任何人過問我自己的錢怎麼花。
“Doctor, don't you know no better than to run out in that street in front of a car?”
大夫，你難道不知道不能往車來車往的街上跑嗎？
急起來連問帶罵，雙重否定裡全是後怕和心疼。
don't you know no better than to ...?
長輩或熟人責罵冒失行為時用；對陌生人這麼講會顯得粗魯。
Don't you know better than to play in traffic? ／ You should know better than that.
口語
don't you 連讀，know no 一帶而過，句尾上揚。
Don't you know no better than to touch a hot pan? 你難道不知道不能碰熱鍋嗎？
“And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit.”
我只能把他撲倒，好讓咱倆都不被撞到。
把救人的動作拆成因果，先講結果再講為什麼，慌亂裡的判斷一下說清。
to keep us both from getting hit
解釋迫不得已的舉動時用，向人陳述經過可以，別拿它當推卸責任的藉口。
I had to shove him down or we'd both be hit. ／ Knocking him over was the only way to save us.
中性
knock him down 連讀，both from getting hit 放慢。
I had to grab her to keep us both from getting hit. 我只能一把抓住她，免得兩個人都被撞。
What happened, I was walking along the street, minding my own business, I looked out and I seen your son about to get hit by the car, so I dashed out to save him. And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit. Matter of fact, I saved two lives today, his and mine.
事情是這樣的，我正沿街走著，管著我自己的事， 我一抬頭，看見你兒子快被車撞上了， 就衝出去救他。 我只好把他撲倒，免得咱倆都被撞上。 說真的，我今天救了兩條命，他的和我的。
下一章 · 14hide the salami滿腦子那事這場戲：哥哥不許妹妹進披薩店意思是「嚇得半死」，形容極度害怕，比 very scared 更誇張。臺詞裡孩子差點被車撞，周圍人就說他 scared to death。
用 know better than to，後面接動詞。臺詞裡大人責備孩子：don't you know better than to run out in that street，就是「你難道不知道不該往街上衝嗎」。
很硬氣，直譯是「不許任何人質疑」。臺詞裡孩子媽說 I'll have nobody question how I raise him，等於當眾宣佈：怎麼教孩子是我說了算，誰也別插嘴。
因為孩子媽護的是自己的管教權。她先說謝謝，再補一句不許任何人質疑她怎麼帶孩子，把好意頂了回去。街坊之間要面子，感謝和立威往往一起來。
不算真罵，是小屁股的委婉說法，長輩嚇唬小孩時用。臺詞裡說等你爸回來要打你 little behind，語氣是又氣又護著，不是惡毒的話。
