in their right mind神志正常

一句話把兩個人拽進一場角色扮演，荒誕又認真。

Okay. I'm X. You're Y. We're doing Z.

跟熟人玩角色扮演、分派任務時能用；對同事或長輩別這麼沒頭沒腦。

Fine, I'm the boss, you're the intern, we're shipping this today. ／ Let's say I'm the director and you're the lead.

口語

三句短句，每句之間停半拍，最後一句放穩。

Okay, I'm the doctor and you're the patient, and we're doing a checkup. 好，我是醫生，你是病人，我們來做個體檢。

把「不寫」當成一門手藝來追問，一句話就是整段口述的魂。

Who's ever written ... about ...?

半開玩笑地抬高某件小事時能用；正式論文裡別這麼反問。

Who has ever written a book about doing nothing? ／ Has anyone made a great film about staying home?

literary

Who's ever 連讀，great work 重音，句尾 required 拖長。

Who has ever written a great song about procrastinating? 有誰寫過一首講拖延的偉大的歌？

把幸災樂禍說得如此坦蕩，冷酷得讓人笑出來。

I love it. I hope it gets even worse.

自嘲式黑色幽默時能用；真遇到別人遭難時絕不要這麼說。

I'm here for it, and I hope it gets worse. ／ I love it, the messier the better.

口語

I love it 輕快，even worse 重讀，句尾別上揚。

I love this chaos. I hope it gets even worse. 我就愛這種亂。我希望它更亂一點。

口述正到高潮，負責記錄的人卻在神遊，一句抱怨把整場戲的荒誕點破。

You're supposed to be doing ...

提醒對方沒做該做的事時能用，對熟人；對長輩或上司別這麼直白呼喝。

You're supposed to be writing this down. ／ Aren't you supposed to be taking notes?

口語

What are you doing 連讀，supposed to 弱讀成 supposeta，getting this down 一氣呵成。

You're supposed to be watching the road, not your phone. 你該看著路，而不是盯著手機。