這場戲：留客人住進自家客房
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聊到深夜，華萊士發現太晚了，乾脆不讓利普斯基去住汽車旅館，說自己有間客房可以住下。利普斯基客氣一句 I don't want to impose（我不想添麻煩），最後還是留下，兩人一起鋪床，還拿青黴素和狗開玩笑。想學怎麼開口留人、怎麼客氣推辭，這幾句很順手。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 嘴上說不去，其實會「毫不猶豫」：in a heartbeat
put out feelers 先探探口風If I were you 我要是你in a heartbeat 毫不猶豫、立刻used for worse 被派過更糟的用場
客人一句「添麻煩」：I don't want to impose
pick you up 開車去接某人Trust me 信我、聽我的It's not much 沒什麼好東西（自謙）
狗半夜「在各個房間之間溜達」：wander from room to room
wander from room to room 在各個房間之間溜達catch anything 染上（病）get through 穿過去、通過
夜深了，華萊士提醒利普斯基該早起，才發覺已經十一點半，自己 lost track of time（忘了時間）。利普斯基原本打算去路邊的汽車旅館，華萊士勸他別去，說自己有間像客房的地方可以住，還主動換床單，拿青黴素和狗開玩笑。利普斯基客氣地說 I don't want to impose（我不想添麻煩），最後還是住了下來。兩人聊到 Alanis Morissette 時，華萊士嘴上說絕不主動，卻也承認會 in a heartbeat（毫不猶豫）去見她。想學怎麼留客人、怎麼表達不好意思、怎麼一口答應，這幾句都用得上。
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。
“If I were you, yeah, I would do that.”
我要是你，是的，我會那麼做。
一句虛擬語氣的建議，把立場給得乾脆，還帶點慫恿。
If I were you, I would ...
給朋友出主意時能用；對長輩或上司說會顯得越界。
If I were you, I'd jump at it. ／ I'd do it if I were in your shoes.
中性
If I were you 輕快帶過，would do that 重讀收尾。
If I were you, I would take the offer. 我要是你，就接下這個offer。
“Do me a favor. Leave the door open for the dogs.”
幫我個忙。給狗留著門。
留宿第一晚只提一件小事，一句就把主人的隨意和信任都交代了。
Do me a favor. ...
請熟人幫個小忙時能用；對陌生人或正式請求別這麼隨便。
Do me a favor and lock up after you. ／ One favor: keep the hallway light on.
口語
Do me a favor 連讀，Leave the door open 放慢。
Do me a favor and water the plants while I'm away. 幫我個忙，我不在的時候給花澆點水。
“If the door's closed, they'll eat it to get through it if they have to.”
要是門關著，它們非過去的話，會把門啃穿。
把狗啃門說得像家常便飯，荒誕裡全是主人對它們的瞭解。
If ..., they'll ... if they have to.
半開玩笑地提醒某個後果時能用；正式說明裡別這麼誇張。
If it's shut, they'll claw right through it. ／ Leave it open, or they will chew their way in.
口語
door's closed 連讀，if they have to 尾音輕收。
If the gate is shut, the cat will climb it if she has to. 要是門關著，那貓非過去的話，會爬過去。
“I don't think you're going to catch anything incurable.”
我覺得你不會染上什麼治不好的病。
用醫學玩笑化解換床單的尷尬，冷幽默裡全是好意。
I don't think you're going to catch anything ...
用玩笑化解小尷尬時能用；對長輩或正式場合別這麼說。
I don't think you're going to catch anything from my kitchen.
口語
don't think 連讀，going to 弱讀成 gonna，incurable 重讀。
I don't think you're going to catch anything from my old sofa. 睡我這張舊沙發，你應該不會染上什麼病。
Okay? I would do it in a heartbeat. Good. Perspiring heavily the whole way, the whole time shoving Certs into my mouth. Exactly. Freaking out. It would cause me a week of absolute trauma. And, yes, I would do it in a... in a heartbeat.
行嗎？我會毫不猶豫地去。好。 一路狂出汗，全程往嘴裡塞薄荷糖。一點沒錯。 抓狂。那會讓我整整一週都備受折磨。 而且，是的，我會……我會毫不猶豫地去。
下一章 · 07security blanket給人安全感的東西這場戲：追問頭巾是不是作秀意思是「毫不猶豫」。華萊士說自己會 I would do it in a heartbeat，就是「我會毫不猶豫地去」，形容一件事連一秒鐘都不用想就答應。
put out feelers。利普斯基勸華萊士 Why don't you put out feelers，就是「你何不先探探口風」，先試探對方願不願意見面，再決定下一步。
I don't want to impose。利普斯基聽到華萊士讓他住家裡，說 No, I don't want to impose，就是「不，我不想給你添麻煩」，客氣地表示不好意思佔用別人的東西。
他說 Oh, no, you don't want to stay there. Trust me，意思是那家 Days Inn 不值得住，然後主動提出家裡有客房，還去換床單、清理。
lost track of time。利普斯基說 I totally lost track of time，就是「我完全忘了時間」，聊得太投入或太晚，沒意識到已經過了多久。
