這場戲：道歉承認當父親失敗
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西卡莫家搬空東西，柯比上門單獨找爺爺，Mr. Vanderhof, you once told me I was a failure as a father（您說過我是個失敗的父親），接著說 Tony's walked out on me（托尼離開了我），it's just about made a wreck of me（我整個人都垮了）。爺爺回一句 you're beginning to act quite human（你開始有點人情味了）。想學怎麼認錯、怎麼安慰，這些說法很實用。
「我會寫出最好的作品」：do my best work（拿出最好的作品）
feel sorry for 替某人感到難過go off （爆竹等）爆炸、響do my best work 拿出最好的作品
西卡莫家已經把東西搬空。柯比上門，請爺爺單獨談談。他先說 Mr. Vanderhof, you once told me I was a failure as a father（您說過我是個失敗的父親），爺爺說那話不是認真的，他卻回 I know, but I am（我知道，可我就是）。接著他承認 Tony's walked out on me and it's just about made a wreck of me（托尼離開了我，我整個人差不多都垮了）。爺爺聽完，給了全片最溫和的一句評語：Mr. Kirby, you're beginning to act quite human（柯比先生，你開始有點人情味了）。另一邊，搬家的瑣碎還在繼續：有人提醒 Be careful with it（小心拿），彭妮說 I have a feeling I'm going to do my best work at our new place（我預感會在新家寫出最好的作品）。想學怎麼認錯、怎麼安慰，這些說法都很實用。
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。
“Mr. Vanderhof, you once told me I was a failure as a father.”
範德霍夫先生，您有一次說我是個失敗的父親。
把最重的自我否定說得平平淡淡，認錯的人先把自己放低。
you once told me I was a ...
向長輩或舊交承認自己的不足時用；求職面試裡別自曝短處。
Some time ago you said I was a failure as a father. ／ You called me a failure as a father once.
正式
once 輕讀，failure as a 連讀，句尾放平。
You once told me I was a failure as a student. 您有一次說我是個失敗的學生。
“Tony's walked out on me and it's just about made a wreck of me.”
托尼離開了我，我整個人差不多都垮了。
一句把父子裂痕和父親的崩潰都說完，脆弱得毫不掩飾。
something has made a wreck of me
向信得過的人吐露被擊垮的處境時用；正式場合別這麼示弱。
It has just about destroyed me. ／ It has left me in pieces.
口語
Tony's walked 緊縮，just about 連讀，wreck of me 放慢。
The divorce just about made a wreck of me. 那場離婚差點把我整個人擊垮。
“Mr. Kirby, you're beginning to act quite human.”
柯比先生，你開始有點人情味了。
不勸不罵，一句平平的評語就把認錯的人接納回來，餘味很長。
you're beginning to act quite ...
半是讚許半是調侃地肯定別人轉變時用；對上司說要看交情。
You're starting to sound human. ／ You're beginning to seem like a person.
口語
beginning 重音在前，quite human 一頓一收。
Look at you helping out; you're beginning to act quite human. 看你還幫著幹活，開始有點人味兒了。
“I have a feeling I'm going to do my best work at our new place.”
我有種預感，到了我們的新家我會寫出最好的東西。
把搬家這種狼狽事說成新起點，一句話就把情緒轉了過來。
I have a feeling I'm going to ... at ...
場合：給自己或朋友打氣、迎接新環境時用；對正在難過的人不要急著這麼說，會顯得沒共情。
I have a feeling good things are coming at the new place. ／ I think I'll do my best work once we settle in.
中性
have a feeling 輕快，best work 稍重。
I have a feeling I'm going to do my best work at this new desk. 我有種預感，坐在這張新桌子前我會幹得最好。
意思是「有點人情味、像個人」，多用來調侃平時冷漠或強勢的人忽然流露出真感情。片裡爺爺用它誇柯比。
make a wreck of someone。wreck 是「殘骸、毀掉」，make a wreck of me 就是「把我整個人都擊垮了」。
指爆竹、炸彈等「爆炸、響」。one that didn't go off 就是「一個沒響的（啞炮）」。
had enough。I've had enough 就是「我受夠了」，後面也可以接 of something 表示受夠了什麼。
come right in。right 加強語氣，表示「這就進來吧」，比 come in 更熱情。
