resist the temptation抵擋住誘惑

用一個技術事實解釋人類為何不可替代：怕死，才是創造力的來源。它把最本能的恐懼說成最珍貴的動力，冷靜得近乎冷酷。

A machine doesn't improvise well because you can't program ...

解釋機器與人本質差別時用，語氣理性，適合討論科技。

You cannot code the fear that drives us. ／ Machines calculate; they do not dread.

正式

improvise well 連讀，fear of death 重讀收尾。

A machine can't improvise because you can't program a gut feeling. 機器不能隨機應變，因為你沒法給它程式設計出直覺。

三句話把依賴一點點切斷：不再回來、從沒打算、只能靠自己。它既是湯姆的覺醒，也是兄妹分道揚鑣的宣言，語氣平卻決絕。

He's not coming back. He never was. It's up to me.

在失望之後決定自己承擔時用，語氣冷靜而堅定。

No one is coming to fix this but me. ／ I stopped waiting and started doing.

中性

not coming back 連讀，never was 重讀，up to me 放慢收尾。

The boss isn't coming to help. He never was. It's up to us. 老闆不會來幫忙。他從來就沒打算來。只能靠我們自己。

把「機會」這個詞用在最危險的處境上，暴露出他早已把生存機率當成唯一標準。它不悲壯，只算賬，反而更讓人心寒。

Those are the best odds I've had in years.

明知風險很大仍決定一搏時用，語氣冷靜、帶孤注一擲。

That is the best chance I have had in a long time. ／ I will take those odds.

中性

best odds 重讀，in years 放慢收尾。

That's the best chance I've had in months. 這是我幾個月來最好的機會了。

用一句糾正加一句家常事實，兒子把缺席父親的存在一筆帶過。它不控訴，只陳述，卻比任何質問都更像判決。

X didn't ..., Y did. And he's buried ...

平靜地糾正對方並擺出事即時用，語氣越冷越有力；安慰人時別用，會像補刀。

You didn't bring me up; she did, and she is gone now. ／ It wasn't you who raised me. It was him.

口語

didn't raise me 連讀，Grandpa did 重讀，buried out back 放輕。

The company didn't train me, my first boss did. And he has retired. 公司沒培養我，是我第一個老闆帶的。他已經退休了。