这场戏：姐妹俩偷打电话给妈妈
第 8 章 · 共 16 章 · 4'53"
寄住别人家的姐妹俩，靠捡瓶子换钱，偷偷打了一通 make a long-distance call（打长途电话），给住院的妈妈报平安。可电话还没挂，格特鲁德就站在身后，冷冷一句 Where'd you get the money（你哪来的钱）。打电话、报平安、聊家常都用得上，这几句最日常的英语值得先学会。
张口就问 Where'd you get the money to make a long-distance call（你哪来的钱打长途）
calling your boyfriend 给男朋友打电话long-distance call 长途电话picking up empty bottles 捡空瓶子
西尔维娅和珍妮寄住在格特鲁德家，妈妈住在医院，姐妹俩用捡空瓶换来的钱，偷偷打了一通长途电话回家。电话那头，妈妈一句 I was afraid, you didn't get our letter（我还担心你们没收到信），让两个女孩一下子没忍住；她们说 Oh, Gertrude's awful strict, mama（妈妈，格特鲁德特别严）。话没说完，格特鲁德就发现了，冷嘲一句 Calling your boyfriend, Sylvia?（给男朋友打电话呢），又追问钱是哪来的。long-distance call 是长途电话，take care of 是照顾、照看，crush on someone 是偷偷喜欢上某人；打电话、报平安、聊家常都用得上，心酸也全在这几句大白话里。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“I was afraid, you didn't get our letter.”
我还担心你们没收到我们的信呢。
一句就把担心和牵挂说满，隔着电话也能感到母亲的在意。
I was afraid (that) ...
对挂念的人说出自己的担心时用；正式报告里别这么口语。
I was worried you might not have got it. ／ I was scared the letter never reached you.
中性
was afraid 轻读，didn't get 连读，句尾放平收。
I was afraid you had already left before I wrote. 我还怕信还没写你人就走了。
“Where'd you get the money to make a long-distance call?”
你哪来的钱打长途电话？
不骂人只问钱，一句就把质问和当家的权力压到桌面上。
Where'd you get the money to ...?
要追问来路、当面质疑时用；对长辈或客人这样问会失礼。
Where did the money for this come from? ／ Who gave you the cash for that?
口语
Where'd 缩读成一句，money to 连读，问句尾音上扬。
Where'd you get the money to buy all this? 你哪来的钱买这些东西？
“I was picking up empty bottles at the Park, and traded'm in.”
我在公园捡空瓶子，拿去换了钱。
用最平常的动作交代孩子怎么自己凑钱，比喊苦更让人心酸。
I was picking up ... and traded them in.
平实地讲自己怎么挣来一点钱时用；不宜用在炫耀或正式陈述里。
I collected cans and cashed them in. ／ I gathered bottles for the deposit money.
口语
picking up 连读，traded'm 缩成 trade-em，别逐词念。
I was collecting cans all week and traded them in. 我捡了一星期易拉罐，拿去换了钱。
“Oh, Gertrude's awful strict, mama.”
哦，妈妈，格特鲁德管得可严了。
一句向亲妈撒的娇，听在观众耳朵里却是没被接住的求救。
Someone's awful strict.
向家人抱怨别人管得严时能用；若对方正身处危险，这种轻描淡写会耽误求救。
She's really strict with us. ／ She runs a tight ship, mama.
口语
Gertrude's 连读，awful 重读，mama 尾音放软。
My new coach is awful strict about practice. 我的新教练对训练管得可严了。
下一章 · 09nothing but trouble净惹麻烦这场戏：偷打电话被当场抓住意思是「打长途电话」，long-distance 指跨地区、跨城市的长途，call 是名词「电话」。这就是姐妹俩偷偷做的事，也是金句里的核心表达。
可以说 have a crush on someone，口语里常缩成 got a crush on。台词 You got a crush on Sylvia? 就是「你对西尔维娅有意思吗」，带点八卦和打趣的味道。
可以问 How is everything going there? 或 How's everything there? 这是打电话、发消息时最常用的寒暄，关心对方近况又不显得打探。
字面是「在给男朋友打电话吗」，但这里不是真问，而是格特鲁德式的讽刺挖苦，暗指西尔维娅不老实。听到这种反问句，情绪往往比字面重得多。
基本同义，都指「照顾、照看」。take care of 更口语、更常用，可以照顾人，也可以处理事情；look after 多指照看人或物。台词 Who's taking care of you? 就是「谁在照顾你们」。
