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用一个反问把一生说清：既然一直没分开，此刻更没有理由走。

I've always done X. So why should I do Y now?

表立场时用：先说一直如此，再反问凭什么现在改，语气平静。

I've always stood by him, so I won't leave now. ／ We have always been together. Why stop now?

中性

always 和 now 对照重读，反问句尾音轻轻扬起。

I've always worked with this team. So why should I leave it now? 我一直和这个团队共事，现在为什么要离开？

不说爱，只说年头；一句家常陈述比誓言更重。

We have been doing X for many years

讲长久关系时用：用年限说明分量，语气平实不煽情。

We've been together for many years. ／ We have shared a life for decades.

中性

have been 弱读带过，重音落在 living 和 years 上。

We have been working together for many years, through every crisis. 我们一起共事这么多年，经历过每一次危机。

用一句否定守住体面：不是不想活，是不肯占人先。

I will not do X before Y

声明顺序和原则时用：轮到别人之前，自己不抢先。

I won't go before they do. ／ I am not going ahead of the others.

正式

not 重读，before 与 the 连读，整句语气平直。

I won't take a seat before the older passengers do. 年长的乘客还没坐下，我不会先坐。

把秩序喊成一句不容商量的命令，喧乱里最响的往往是规矩本身。

No X are allowed until all the Y have gone!

在现场维持秩序、强行执行规则时用，喊出来有效；平时对朋友这样吼会伤感情，别用。

Nobody boards until the women are away! ／ Not one man until they are all clear!

中性

No men 重读起句，until all the women 连读，句尾上扬有力。

No one moves until all the children have gone! 所有孩子走完之前，谁都不许动！