had enough bad news for today今天的壞訊息已經聽夠了

一句進退兩難的獨白：難看是又一條壞訊息，好看又讓人放不下心。它把「乾脆別知道」講成了一筆兩頭的賬，越是鎮定地分析，越顯得心裡沒底，是這種老派浪漫喜劇最典型的自嘲。

If it is bad, I have had enough bad news; if it is good, it only makes things harder.

面對一個結果未知、又怕知道了更難受的場合時用，語氣要平靜剋制，別帶哭腔。

Either way it ends badly, so spare me the details. ／ Bad news I can take; good news would ruin me.

口語

if she's lovely 稍慢，make it more difficult 逐詞咬清，句尾下沉。

If the offer is bad, my week is already ruined; if it is good, waiting will hurt more. 要是沒戲，我這一週已經毀了；要是有戲，等下去只會更難受。

它把兩條看似無關的判斷扣在一起：對一個人沒好感，就別指望會喜歡和她相似的人。短短一句講清了一種識人的直覺，也順手把對方的挑剔頂了回去，帶點爭辯的分量。

If you don't like X, I can tell you right now, you won't like Y.

當面反駁對方的挑剔、判斷他一定不會喜歡某人某物時用，語氣篤定，對熟人說不算失禮。

If he bores you, his brother will bore you too. ／ Someone who dislikes this will hardly enjoy that.

口語

I can tell you right now 加快帶過，you won't like 落重音。

If you did not enjoy that city, I can tell you right now, you will not like this one. 你要是那座城市都沒玩開心，我現在就能說，你也不會喜歡這座。

一個理直氣壯的反問，把雙標擺在明面上：自己可以遲到，對方等一等卻天經地義。它半是耍賴半是撒嬌，用最無辜的語氣講出最偏心的話，是這類嘴上不饒人的男主角的招牌腔調。

Why shouldn't someone do something?

半開玩笑地為自己開脫、對朋友的催促耍賴時用，語氣要輕鬆，別在正式場合對上司說。

Why can't she be the one to wait for once? ／ So what if someone has to wait a little?

口語

Oh 起句上揚，why shouldn't 連讀，wait for me 放慢帶一點拖腔。

Why shouldn't they hold dinner for me? I am only half an hour late. 他們憑什麼不等我開飯？我不過遲了半小時。

在列數對方缺點之後，用一句話把天平壓回去：理由再多，真心已經寫進那些信裡。它替猶豫的人說出了捨不得，也提醒別人別隻看表面的彆扭。

But still, she wrote those letters.

朋友猶豫要不要繼續一段關係時用，指出對方其實已經付出過，語氣要平，別用來替明顯的不合適硬撐。

But she did write those letters. ／ Whatever else is true, the letters are real.

口語

But still 輕帶，she wrote 稍重，my friend 放慢收尾。

But still, he did show up every single week. 可不管怎樣，他每個星期都來了。