這場戲：假結婚當場被拆穿
第 12 章 · 共 14 章 · 5'43"
瑪格麗特和安德魯在船上談心，船突然開走，她落了水。父親趕來逼兩人承認假結婚，一句 You tell the truth, you're off the hook（你說出真相就脫身），意思是坦白就能免罪；對方卻用 You'd do the same for me（你也會為我這麼做），把假戲說成真心。想聽懂英語裡脫身、還人情的說法，這幾句最省事。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 瑪格麗特的家庭獨白
從回憶早餐與節日邀約，層層說出她害怕失去家的情緒。
you're off the hook（脫身）：說出真相就免罪
off the hook 脫身、不用擔責go to prison 進監獄Take the deal 接受這筆交易
船上這場戲從一次談心滑向攤牌。瑪格麗特先說只想離所有人遠一點，又說 I forgot what it was like to have a family（我忘了擁有一個家是什麼感覺），一句話交代了她為什麼心虛。船突然開走，她落水，被拉上來時又對罵一句 hijacking a boat is a proper way to express your frustration（劫持一條船可不是表達不滿的好辦法）。回到岸上，父親帶著律師趕來，說假結婚已經被查實：只要安德魯說出真相，就能 off the hook（脫身）；可安德魯不肯，反而當眾說自己是真心求婚。想學英語裡「脫身、搞砸、來看看」怎麼說，這一章一次給全。
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 tell the truth, you're off the hook.”
你說出真相，就不用擔責了。
一句談判桌上的硬條件，把贖罪壓縮成一筆清楚的交換；聽的人立刻明白，真話在這裡也是籌碼。
You tell the truth, you're off the hook.
給出條件式的寬恕、讓對方知道配合就能脫身時用，語氣冷靜直接。
Come clean and this goes away. ／ The truth buys you a way out.
中性
You tell the truth 平穩，off the hook 重讀收尾。
Come clean now and you're off the hook. 現在說實話，你就不用擔責了。
“You'd do the same for me.”
換作是你，你也會為我這麼做的。
把一次假結婚、一次冒險用一個假設的互惠輕輕帶過；既是安慰，也是兩個人之間第一次真正說出的信任。
You'd do the same for me.
把對方的付出說成理所應當的互助、替彼此卸下虧欠感時用。
I'd do it for you in a heartbeat. ／ You'd have done the same in my place.
中性
You d 連讀，do the same 重讀，for me 輕收。
You'd have done the same for me, and you know it. 換作是你，也會為我這麼做的，你心裡清楚。
“I forgot what it was like to have a family.”
我忘了擁有一個家是什麼感覺。
不控訴缺席，只承認自己忘了；一句關於記憶的坦白，把長年的孤獨和此刻的動搖一起說盡。
I forgot what it was like to ...
在久違的溫暖或關係面前承認自己生疏時用，語氣柔軟坦誠；日常小事用會顯得過重。
I'd forgotten how this felt. ／ I lost the memory of being cared for.
中性
I forgot 輕，what it was like 連讀，to have a family 放慢收尾。
I forgot what it was like to feel at home somewhere. 我忘了在某個地方感到像家一樣是什麼感覺。
“Whoa. I don't think that hijacking a boat is a proper way to express your frustration.”
我不覺得劫持一條船是表達沮喪的合適方式。
用一本正經的句式評論一場失控的鬧劇，落差本身就是笑點；越客氣的措辭，越襯出場面有多荒唐。
I don't think that ... is a proper way to ...
用冷靜反諷吐槽別人的過激行為時用，語氣斯文；對正在氣頭上的人說會火上澆油。
Not sure yelling is the best way to make your point. ／ That's not exactly a measured response.
中性
I don t think that 平穩，hijacking a boat 重讀，express your frustration 放慢。
I don't think that slamming the door is a proper way to end a meeting. 我不覺得摔門是結束一場會的合適方式。
I forgot what it was like to have a family. and I forgot what it felt like to have people love you and make you breakfast and say, "Hey." We'd love to come down for the holidays. And I say, "Well, why don't we come up and see you instead?" And give you necklaces. And you have all that here. and you have Gertrude, and I'm... I'm just screwing it up.
我忘了擁有一個家庭是什麼感覺。 也忘了被人愛著是什麼感覺。 我們很想下來陪你過節。 我就說，那我們為什麼不反過來上去看你們呢？ 再送你們項鍊。可你在這裡已經擁有這一切了。 你還有格特魯德，而我……我卻把這一切搞砸了。
下一章 · 13get my head on straight理清思緒這場戲：婚禮上當場坦白就是「脫身、不用承擔責任」。劇情裡有人給出條件：You tell the truth, you're off the hook，意思是隻要說出真相，就能全身而退，不再被追究。
screwing it up。有人自責說自己 I'm just screwing it up，就是「我正把這一切搞砸」，說漏嘴、辦錯事都能用。
check up on。開場就有一句 Told you I'd check up on you，這裡的 check up on 就是「我早說過會來看看你」。
sham 是騙局、幌子。那句 this marriage is a sham 直譯是「這場婚姻是個幌子」，也就是承認這是一場假結婚。
You'd do the same for me。這是這場戲最後一句，把假結婚說成兩個人互相欠人情的真心話。
