這場戲：講當年追奶奶的往事
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爺爺一眼看穿愛麗絲在戀愛，讓她別含糊，還講起當年追奶奶的糗事：她進屋他 knees buckled（腿就發軟），激動到 Twice I keeled over in a dead faint（昏過去兩回）。他說這沒什麼稀奇，就是 I just had it bad（害了相思病）。想學怎麼講老故事、怎麼打趣，這些說法很實用。
❝ 獨白 · 12 句 「她進屋我腿就發軟」：my knees buckled（腿一軟）
took me 花了我（多少時間）my knees buckled 腿一軟、兩條腿發軟in a dead faint 昏死過去、徹底昏倒
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 不肯搬走的理由
用氣味和一間房說明幾十年的堅守，越平靜越動人。
爺爺看出愛麗絲有心事，一句 In love?（戀愛了？）直接問中。他要她說清楚，還說當年自己追奶奶，整整花了兩年才求婚：她走進屋 my knees buckled（我腿就發軟），甚至 Twice I keeled over in a dead faint（昏倒過兩回）。他說這沒什麼稀奇，只是 I just had it bad（害了相思病）。他帶愛麗絲看奶奶的房間，說那特別的味道是她的，她一直沒離開；他住在這兒這麼多年搬不走，因為 It would be like moving out on Grandma（那就像把奶奶撂下不管）。最後他把新口琴送給她當生日禮物，說 Anytime I get an impulse to buy you a present, that's your birthday（哪天想給你買禮物，哪天就是你的生日）。想學怎麼講老故事、怎麼打趣，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。
“Listen, when I was courting your grandmother, it took me two years to propose.”
聽著，當年我追你奶奶，追了兩年才求婚。
把兩年的膽怯說成一句輕描淡寫的話，幽默裡帶著真情。
It took me [time] to [do something].
講自己花了多久才做成某事時用；正式彙報裡少用這種閒談口氣，別用。
It took me ages to work up the nerve. ／ I needed two whole years before I could ask.
口語
Listen 起句稍重，two years 拉長，propose 收尾降調。
It took me six months to tell her how I felt. 我花了半年才敢告訴她我的感覺。
“There was nothing phenomenal about it. I just had it bad, that's all.”
哪有什麼奇的。我就是害了相思病，沒別的。
把登過醫學雜誌的奇聞，一句「就是相思病」輕輕帶過，越平淡越好笑。
There was nothing [adjective] about it.
當別人把事情說得神乎其神，你要潑點冷水時用；對失落的人別這樣說。
There's nothing special about it, really. ／ It is not as remarkable as it sounds.
口語
nothing 重讀，just had it bad 一串帶過，末尾 that's all 輕收。
There was nothing heroic about it. I just did my job. 哪有什麼英雄事蹟。我就是盡了本分。
“Anytime I get an impulse to buy you a present, that's your birthday.”
我哪天想給你買禮物，哪天就是你的生日。
把抽象的寵愛說成一個俏皮規則，浪漫得不留痕跡。
Anytime I get an impulse to ..., that's ...
笑著給親近的人送東西、解釋沒來由的好意時用；對不熟的人這樣說會顯得奇怪。
Whenever I feel like treating you, that counts as a holiday. ／ The day I want to spoil you is a special occasion.
口語
impulse 重讀，buy you a 連讀，that's your birthday 放緩。
Anytime I get an impulse to cook for you, that's a celebration. 我哪天想給你做飯，那天就算過節。
“The moment she'd walk into a room, my knees buckled.”
她一走進屋子，我腿就軟了。
一個細節就把愛意說透，不用說我愛她，只寫膝蓋發軟。
The moment + 過去動作, my + 身體部位 + 反應 —— 用身體反應寫動情
適合講自己的戀愛往事或形容強烈心動。對朋友、家人說很動人；別在需要客觀冷靜的場合用，會顯得不專業。
The moment he spoke, my heart raced. ／ The moment she smiled, I forgot my line.
中性
The moment 連讀，my knees buckled 放慢一點收尾。
The moment he called my name, my hands went cold. 他一叫我的名字，我的手就涼了。
The moment she walked on stage, my heart thumped. 她走上臺的那一刻，我的心怦怦跳。
Listen, when I was courting your grandmother, it took me two years to propose. You know why? The moment she'd walk into a room, my knees buckled. The blood would rush up into my head and the walls would start to dance. Twice I keeled over in a dead faint. Why, Grandpa. Yeah, she finally dragged it out of me when I was in bed with a 104-fever and in a state of hysteria. The moment she accepted, the fever went down to normal and I hopped out of bed. The case was written up in all the medical journals as the phenomenon of the times. There was nothing phenomenal about it. I just had it bad, that's all. And I never got over it either.
聽著，當年我追你奶奶，追了兩年才求婚。 知道為什麼嗎？ 她一進屋，我兩條腿就發軟。 血直往頭上湧，連牆都開始轉。 我昏過去整整兩回。 哎呀，爺爺。 是啊，最後是我躺在床上，她才把話套出來。 燒到一百零四度，人都歇斯底里了。 她一答應，我燒立馬退了，跳下床就好了。 這事被各家醫學雜誌寫成文章，說是那個時代的奇聞。 哪有什麼奇的。我就是害了相思病，沒別的。 而且我這輩子都沒好過。
It's hers. It's never left here. She hasn't either. I can still hear the tinkle of her thin little voice and see her eyes laughing. That's the reason I've lived in this house so many years and could never move out. It would be like moving out on Grandma.
那是她的味道。它從沒離開過這兒。她也沒離開過。 我到現在還能聽見她那細細的嗓音，看見她眼睛在笑。 就因為這個，我在這房子裡住了這麼多年，一直搬不出去。 那就像把奶奶撂下不管一樣。
下一章 · 08for the sake of argument就算假設如此這場戲：拒繳二十二年的稅意思是「一頭栽倒、昏過去」，常指因暈厥、中暑或太激動而突然倒下。keel 本指船翻，形象是整個人翻倒。
意思是「病得不輕」，在戀愛語境裡就是「愛得發狂、相思得厲害」。I just had it bad 就是「我就是害了相思病」。
表示「才怪、得了吧」，用來否定對方剛說的話。像「Well, I」my foot 就是「『這個我』個頭」，直接拆穿敷衍。
get down to cases。cases 指要處理的具體事情，get down to cases 就是「別扯了，說正經的」。
get over it。指從失戀、打擊裡恢復過來。I never got over it 就是「我這輩子都沒走出來」。
