這場戲：辦公室湊罐頭做晚飯
第 15 章 · 共 18 章 · 4'41"
薩布麗娜本來說不能跟萊納斯出去，結果還是留下來，用麥卡德爾小姐囤的番茄汁和餅乾在辦公室做晚飯。她坦白自己心裡亂，怕 make a complete fool of myself（徹底出醜），最後說 But don't let me go home.（可別真讓我回家）。想學怎麼把「我也說不清自己」講得又真又亂，這段最動人。
the comforts of home（家裡那點舒適便利）
hoarding 囤著、私藏the comforts of home 家裡那點舒適便利an awful lot of 多得嚇人、非常多
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 make a complete fool of myself（徹底出醜）
in love with 愛著、戀著某人grow up 長大、成熟make a complete fool of myself 徹底出醜、鬧笑話
薩布麗娜來到萊納斯的辦公室，本來說好不能跟他出去，可兩人誰也沒走成。她說 It's me that's bothering me（讓我煩心的就是我自己），又承認 I'm not making much sense（說話語無倫次）。萊納斯干脆提議在辦公室吃晚飯，翻出麥卡德爾小姐囤的番茄汁、沙丁魚和餅乾，讓她露一手——她可是有文憑的 graduate cook（科班廚子）。飯沒做成，心事先說了：她認識萊納斯才幾天，卻愛了戴維一輩子，求他告訴自己是想多了，還怕自己 make a complete fool of myself（徹底出醜）；最後又說 But don't let me go home.（可別真讓我回家）。想學怎麼坦白一段說不清的心事，這段全是真話。
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。
“It's me that's bothering me.”
讓我煩心的就是我自己。
一句強調句把矛頭轉向自己，比任何解釋都坦白。
It's X that's doing something
承認問題出在自己身上時用；推卸責任的場合不能用。
It's not you, it's me that is the problem. ／ The trouble is me, not anyone else.
中性
It's me 重讀，that's bothering me 輕輕帶過。
It's me that's holding this team back. 拖住這個團隊的其實就是我。
“I'm a graduate cook, you know. I have a diploma.”
我可是科班廚子。我有文憑。
用一張文憑給荒唐的處境撐腰，越是認真越好笑，也越心酸。
I'm a ... , you know.
半開玩笑地給自己壯膽、強調資格時用；正式求職時別這麼隨口。
I'm a trained cook, you know. ／ I do have a certificate for this.
中性
graduate cook 重讀，you know 輕快收尾。
I'm a certified diver, you know. I can handle a little water. 我可是持證潛水員。這點水算什麼。
“I've known you only a few days, just a few days, really, and I've been in love with David all my life.”
我認識你才幾天，真的就幾天，可我愛了戴維一輩子。
幾天和一輩子撞在一起，把心動和愧疚同時擺上檯面。
I've known you only ..., and I've ... all my life
向人坦白矛盾的心意時用；在當事人面前說會立刻傷人。
We've only just met, and I already feel I've known you for years. ／ I barely know you, yet everything has shifted.
中性
a few days 兩次加重，all my life 放慢收住。
I've worked here only a month, but I've wanted this job all my life. 我在這兒才幹了一個月，可這份工作我想了一輩子。
“Tell me to put on my coat and go home before I make a complete fool of myself.”
叫我把外套穿上回家去，別讓我徹底出醜。
求人趕自己走，其實是求人留住自己，反話裡全是難堪。
Tell me to do something before I ...
明知不該卻控制不住、想讓對方替自己踩剎車時用；正式場合不合適。
Stop me before I say something I regret. ／ Send me home before I embarrass us both.
中性
put on my coat 連讀，complete fool of myself 加重。
Tell me to leave now before I buy the whole shop. 趁我還沒把整家店買下來，快叫我走。
“But don't let me go home. I couldn't bear it.”
可別真讓我回家。我受不了。
上一句還在求人趕她走，這一句立刻反悔，真心全露出來。
Don't let me do something. I couldn't bear it.
嘴上逞強卻怕真的失去時用；在真要走的人面前說會顯得糾纏。
Don't actually send me away, I couldn't stand it. ／ Not really, please, I wouldn't survive it.
中性
don't let me 連讀，couldn't bear it 尾音下壓。
Don't let me quit tonight. I'd regret it by morning. 今晚別真讓我辭職。到了早上我肯定會後悔。
I don't know. Tell me I'm imagining things. Tell me you never even thought of taking me on the boat to Paris with you. Tell me to put on my coat and go home before I make a complete fool of myself. But don't let me go home. I couldn't bear it. This is the last time we're going to see each other.
我不知道。你就告訴我，是我自己想多了。 告訴我你壓根沒想過帶我坐船去巴黎。 叫我把外套穿上回家去，別讓我徹底出醜。 可別真讓我回家。我受不了。 這是我們最後一次見面了。
下一章 · 16get in the way礙事這場戲：船上得知被送走「說得通、合乎邏輯」。否定形式 not make sense 就是「說不通、沒道理」。劇裡說 I'm not making much sense，是承認自己說話亂、沒頭沒尾。
make a fool of myself，字面是「把我自己弄成傻瓜」。比如 I don't want to make a fool of myself.（我不想出醜）。也可以說 make a complete fool of myself，程度更重。
be in love with someone，強調正愛著、戀著。比如 I've been in love with him all my life.（我愛了他一輩子）。它和 love 不同，in love with 更偏戀愛的那種愛。
「多得嚇人、非常多」。awful 在這裡不是「糟糕」，而是加強語氣，相當於「不得了的多」。比如 an awful lot of tomato juice 就是番茄汁多得離譜。
指「家裡那點舒適便利」——熱飯、爐子、沙發這些讓人安心的小東西。劇裡說辦公室鍋碗爐子俱全，all the comforts of home，是拿辦公室打趣。
「解釋、說明原因」。比如 That may account for a lot of things.（這大概能解釋不少事）。後面接現象或結果，說明它為什麼會發生。
