這場戲：酒店餐廳偶遇老同學
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酒店餐廳裡，懷孕的瑪吉偶遇老同學邁克，一見面就是 Jeez! You look great!（天哪，你氣色真好）的寒暄，接著一句 You mind if I sit over here?（我坐這邊行嗎）讓氣氛悄悄變了味。邁克提起往事，說自己 was married to Linda Cooksey（和前妻琳達·庫克西結過婚），越聊越近。想學老同學重逢的客套和話裡有話，這幾句夠用。
was married to 是「和某人結過婚」
mind if 介意我……嗎was married to 和某人結過婚a year behind 比某人低一屆
瑪吉到佈雷納德查案，在麗笙酒店的餐廳裡遇到高中同學邁克。兩人多年沒見，先是互相誇 Jeez! You look great!（天哪，你氣色真好），接著聊到各自的生活：邁克說自己 A couple of years（幾年）前搬到伊甸草原，還提到 What brings you down?（你怎麼到這兒來了？），就是問對方為什麼會出現在這裡。話題轉到婚姻，邁克說自己娶過琳達·庫克西，最後說 it didn't work out（沒成、沒走到一起）。整段幾乎全是寒暄，但正是練日常英語對話的好材料：怎麼開場、怎麼追問近況、怎麼把話說得委婉又不失禮，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。
“So, you went and married Norm son-of-a-Gunderson.”
你居然嫁給了諾姆·岡德森家的兒子。
一句就把老同學的驚訝和當面打趣全兜住了。
you went and did something
打趣朋友做了件突然的事時用；正式場合或對長輩別說。
you actually went and did it ／ so you up and married him
口語
went and 連讀，Norm 和 son-of-a 一帶而過。
So you went and moved to another country. 你居然跑去另一個國家定居了。
“No. Why don't you sit over there? I prefer that.”
不行。你坐那邊吧，我想這樣。
不吵不鬧，一句就把該有的距離立了起來。
Why don't you ...? I prefer that.
想禮貌拒絕、拉開距離時用；命令同事時別太生硬。
Could you sit over there instead? ／ I'd rather you sat on that side.
中性
don't you 連讀，I prefer that 放平收住。
Why don't you take the window seat? I prefer that. 你坐靠窗那邊吧，我想這樣。
“I was married to Linda Cooksey.”
我娶的是琳達·庫克西。
用過去時把一段婚姻輕輕帶過，留白比訴苦更重。
I was married to someone.
平靜交代一段已結束的婚姻時用；追問細節會顯得冒失。
I used to be married to her. ／ We were married for a while.
中性
was married to 連讀，Cooksey 重音在前。
I was married to someone I met at college. 我曾和一個大學裡認識的人結過婚。
“No, no. Just so I can see you. Don't have to turn my neck.”
不，不。就為能看見你，省得我扭脖子。
把尷尬的座位要求說成一個實在的生理理由，坦蕩又好笑。
Just so I can <verb>. Don't have to <verb>.
提個小要求又不想讓對方多想時用；正式場合這種直白會顯得唐突。
Just so I can see you, that's all. ／ This way I don't have to crane my neck.
口語
Just so I 連讀，Don't have to 弱讀，neck 短促收尾。
Sit on this side, just so I can see you. 你坐這邊吧，就為我能看見你。
下一章 · 14passed away去世這場戲：老同學哭訴亡妻went and 不是普通的「去了」，它帶著語氣，表示「竟然去做了某事」，常用來對別人的選擇表示驚訝或調侃。邁克說 you went and married Norm，意思就是「你竟然嫁給了諾姆」。
委婉說法是 I'm expecting，直接說就是 pregnant。戲裡瑪吉一句 I'm expecting now，等於告訴對方自己有身孕，比 pregnant 更含蓄自然。
可以問 What brings you down? 或更通用的 What brings you here?，意思是「什麼風把你吹來了」，遇到熟人時很適合用它開啟話題。
school district 是「學區」。邁克說搬到伊甸草原是為了 That school district，說明他看重學區，這也是美國家長搬家常掛在嘴邊的理由。
邁克提到自己結過婚、又離了，情緒越聊越上頭，最後直接問能不能坐到瑪吉身邊。瑪吉用 No. Why don't you sit over there? 客氣地拒絕，既保持距離又不撕破臉。
