這場戲：美髮店裡張羅婚禮
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婚禮當天，美髮店里正給謝爾比梳妝，做頭髮的人一緊張就擔心活兒太蓬；謝爾比則興奮地講起婚禮主色 My colors are Blush and Bashful（我的主色是「胭脂紅」和「嬌羞粉」）——說穿了就是兩種粉色。想學怎麼用英語半開玩笑地把一件事說穿，這場戲全是例子。
誇她「找對了人、好物件」：You made a very good catch
screw up 搞砸、弄糟grew on me 慢慢喜歡上了on your feet 一直站著、不得歇
「做成犰狳的形狀」：in the shape of（做成…的形狀）
get off Daddy's back 別再挑某人的刺in the shape of 做成…的形狀I can't even begin to think 我根本沒法想像
婚禮當天，特魯維的美髮店成了新娘謝爾比的梳妝間。她一邊報著水果蛋糕的配方，一邊張羅大家開工。媽媽姆琳擔心自己一緊張就把女兒的頭髮做得太蓬，被夥伴們打趣 Relax（放鬆點）、You can't screw up her hair（她的頭髮你怎麼弄都不會差）。謝爾比聊起未婚夫傑克遜，說自己起初嫌他煩，後來 grew on me（慢慢喜歡上了），還說要和他 The money's real nice and all, but I just like the idea of growing old with somebody（錢是好，可我就喜歡跟一個人慢慢變老）。話題轉到婚禮主色 Blush and Bashful（「胭脂紅」和「嬌羞粉」），新郎蛋糕竟做成犰狳的形狀，惹得滿屋大笑。想學婚禮、戀愛和熟人間的打趣，這些說法都用得上。
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。
“And Daddy always says, "An ounce of pretension's worth a pound of manure."”
爸爸總說：「一盎司的裝腔作勢，抵得上一磅糞肥。」
用稱重的方式罵裝腔，土話裡帶著農家的智慧和喜感。
An ounce of X is worth a pound of Y.
熟人之間損人做作時用；對不熟的人說會顯得粗魯。
An ounce of action is worth a pound of theory. ／ A gram of sense beats a ton of style.
口語
ounce of 連讀，pretension's worth 連成一串。
An ounce of honesty is worth a pound of flattery. 一分誠實抵得上一斤奉承。
“My dream is to get old and sit on the back porch covered with grandchildren and say "no" and "stop that."”
我的夢想就是老了以後坐在後廊上，被一群孫輩圍著，嘴裡喊著「不行」和「別鬧了」。
把天倫之樂落到兩句嘮叨上，樸素得讓人心軟。
My dream is to ...
認真聊人生願望時用；在飯桌上說太私人會顯得突兀。
My dream is to grow old surrounded by family. ／ I want to end up on a porch full of kids.
中性
covered with grandchildren 連讀帶過，兩個引語要分明。
My dream is to retire near the sea and cook for friends. 我的夢想是退休後住在海邊，給朋友們做飯。
“Well, I really do love football, but it's hard to parlay that into a reason to live.”
我確實愛橄欖球，可這很難變成活下去的理由。
把看球的熱情和活下去的理由擺在一起，輕描淡寫裡全是喪偶的疼。
It's hard to parlay X into Y.
自嘲把愛好當支撐時用；對剛失去親人的人說會顯得輕浮。
It's hard to turn a hobby into a purpose. ／ A game alone can't be a reason to get up.
口語
parlay that into 連讀，hard 稍重，句尾降下來。
It's hard to parlay a cooking show into a life plan. 很難把一檔美食節目變成人生規劃。
“The money's real nice and all, but I just like the idea of growing old with somebody.”
錢當然很好，但我就是喜歡和一個能一起變老的人在一起。
在鋪張的婚禮裡說出一句最樸素的婚姻觀，反而最戳人。
I just like the idea of ...
談感情、說自己想要哪種生活時用；在剛失戀的人面前炫耀會傷人。
I just like the idea of growing old together. ／ I like the thought of sharing a life.
中性
nice and all 連讀，growing old with 一氣呵成。
I just like the idea of having someone to come home to. 我就是喜歡有個能讓我回家見到的人。
下一章 · 05melts my butter合我心意這場戲：美髮店裡的血糖發作指「好物件」，誇某人找了個值得嫁娶的人。戲裡有人誇謝爾比 You made a very good catch，就是「你可釣到個好物件」。
說 grew on me，常用來講一開始不喜歡、後來才動心。戲裡謝爾比說傑克遜 kind of grew on me，就是「我慢慢就喜歡上他了」。
指一個人的招牌色、標誌色。戲裡謝爾比說 Pink is my signature color，就是把粉色當成自己的標誌。
指別再挑某人的刺、別再嘮叨某人。戲裡謝爾比說 I wish you'd get off Daddy's back，就是希望媽媽別老數落爸爸。
用 parlay into。戲裡克萊爾說自己愛看橄欖球，卻很難 parlay that into a reason to live，就是把愛好變成活下去的理由。
