once in a lifetime千載難逢

用最樸素的委屈戳破「乖孩子」的代價：正因為從不提要求，才被當成理所當然。它把青春期的那點不甘說得又準又讓人心軟。

Why doesn't ... get that I never ask for anything?

抱怨自己的付出和退讓沒被看見時用，語氣委屈；對當事人說會變成質問。

Why can't she see that I never ask for anything? ／ I never ask for much, and it still isn't enough.

口語

never ask 重讀，anything 放慢收尾。

Why can't they see that I never ask for anything? 他們怎麼就不明白，我從來不提什麼要求？

I don't get why she never listens to what I actually want. 我不明白她為什麼從不聽我真正想要什麼。

把被否定後的賭氣說成一句反問：既然不被信任，守規矩也白搭。短短一句，是少年最典型的委屈和反抗。

If they don't trust us anyway, then what's the point?

被家人或上級先入為主地否定、覺得努力也沒用時用，帶賭氣；對正在氣頭上的人說會更火上澆油。

If they won't believe me anyway, why try? ／ What's the point if no one trusts us?

口語

If they don't trust us 連讀，what's the point 放慢收尾。

If they never believe us anyway, what's the use of trying? 反正他們從來不信我們，再努力有什麼用？

把矛頭精準地轉開：不是不信女兒，而是不信她身邊的人。一句短話，把護短和防備同時說盡。

It's ___ I don't trust.

當你想把不信任的物件從某個人轉向他身邊的人時用，語氣護短又強硬；對當事人說會顯得你在防備他的朋友。

It's not her I don't trust, it's them. ／ She's fine; it's the company she keeps.

口語

It s them 輕快帶過，I don t trust 放慢加重。

It's not him I don't trust; it's the people around him. 我不信的不是他，是他身邊的人。

把一場偷偷去看的演唱會鄭重其事地升格成成年禮，少女的儀式感全在這句裡。

This is our first step into ___.

在朋友間做鄭重宣言、紀念某個共同第一次的場合用，語氣認真又熱血；對不熟的人說會顯得過於煽情。

This is our first step into adulthood. ／ This is where it all begins for us.

中性

first step 重讀，womanhood 放慢收尾。

This trip is our first step into adulthood. 這趟旅行是我們邁向成年的第一步。