這場戲：飯桌上爭兩種活法
麗莎帶著晚餐來傑弗里斯家，兩人從拍照片聊到以後怎麼過。他一句話把路堵死：You won't stay here, and I can't go with you（你不肯留下，我又沒法跟你走）。她退一步問 Couldn't we just keep things status quo?（就不能維持現狀嗎？）——想學怎麼談感情裡的現實問題又不想吵崩，這種句型很值得學。
「天生不適合」英語是 not meant for，談不攏就卡在原地
not meant for 天生不適合face it 面對現實吧get vicious 撕破臉、發狠
「完全在掌控之中」英語是 in the palm of your hand，緊接著一句 goodbye
the only way 唯一的辦法in the palm of your hand 完全在掌控之中in love with 愛著某人
故事發生在紐約傑弗里斯的公寓：麗莎帶著精心準備的晚餐上門，兩人卻為他四處拍照的生活起了爭執。傑弗里斯說 You won't stay here, and I can't go with you（你不肯留下，我又沒法跟你走），認定麗莎 not meant for（天生不適合）那種顛沛的日子；麗莎只想退一步，問 Couldn't we just keep things status quo?（就不能維持現狀嗎？）。她表白 I'm in love with you（我愛著你），也承認自己掌控不了一切，最後撂下一句像分手的再見。想學情侶談現實、談未來時怎麼把話說清楚又不失分寸，這些臺詞很實用。
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 won't stay here, and I can't go with you.”
你不肯留在這兒，我又沒法跟你走。
兩個平行的小句把死結一句話說死，誰都沒錯，卻誰也過不去。
You won't ..., and I can't ...
說清一段關係裡雙方都邁不出那步時用；別拿來當分手藉口，太直白。
You won't change, and I can't either. ／ Neither of us is willing to move.
中性
won't stay 連讀，and I can't 輕讀，go with you 順下來。
You won't move west, and I can't leave my family. 你不肯搬去西部，我又離不開家人。
“I'm in love with you. I don't care what you do for a living.”
我愛著你。我不在乎你靠什麼謀生。
先把愛說滿，再用一句不在乎收入把現實的門檻拆掉，直白得讓人心軟。
I don't care what you do for a living.
向人表白立場、表明不在乎對方職業時用；當眾說會顯得煽情，看場合。
I don't care what your job is. ／ Your work doesn't matter to me.
中性
in love with you 連讀，don't care 重讀，for a living 輕收。
I don't care what you do for a living, as long as you're happy. 你靠什麼謀生我都不在乎，只要你開心。
“You've got this town in the palm of your hand.”
這座城都在你手心裡攥著。
把一個人的風光說成攥在手心的東西，畫面感十足，誇得又準又狠。
have something in the palm of your hand
夸人把局面完全握在手裡時用；對正在失意的人說會像反諷。
You've got the whole city eating out of your hand. ／ You hold all the cards here.
中性
got this town 連讀，in the palm of 輕快帶過，hand 重讀收尾。
She had the whole room in the palm of her hand. 整個場子都被她攥在手裡。
“Your home is the available transportation.”
你的家，就是眼下能搭上的那趟交通工具。
把漂泊說成一種住法，平靜一句就把兩人的分歧說透。
A is the available B
解釋某種生活方式時的比喻說法；聊天能用，正式場合不要這麼省略。
Home is wherever you can get to. ／ Your address is the next ride out.
literary
home is 連讀，available 重音在 vail，transportation 完整收尾。
To a touring band, the van is the available home. 對巡演樂隊來說，麵包車就是眼下的家。
下一章 · 05run out on拋下某人這場戲：守著後窗聊鄰居意思是「現狀、原樣」，來自拉丁語。臺詞 Couldn't we just keep things status quo? 就是「我們就不能維持現狀嗎？」，戀愛、談判裡都能用。
not meant for。meant for 表示「註定適合」，加 not 就是「天生不是這塊料」，臺詞裡說麗莎 not meant for that kind of a life。
字面是「在你手心裡」，意思是「完全在掌控之中」。傑弗里斯用它夸麗莎，說整座城都在她手心裡攥著。
意思是「消消氣、冷靜下來」。燉菜時把火調小也叫 simmer，用來勸架很口語，帶點哄人的味道。
麗莎。她主動帶著晚餐上門，還問能不能維持現狀；傑弗里斯則反覆強調兩人適合的生活不一樣。
