这场戏：亲友聚会聊病痛近况
第 12 章 · 共 25 章 · 4'14"
亲友聚在汤姆和杰瑞家，肯说起珍妮特病得不轻，大家靠 We don't let things get us down（不让自己被这些事压垮）撑着。玛丽开着新车到，说自己 behind the wheel（坐在方向盘后）就特别自在，旁边的人说 This could be the making of you（这说不定能让你脱胎换骨）。想学怎么聊近况、怎么宽慰人，这场很日常。
开着车就觉得 I felt like a whole person（像个完整的人）
the making of 脱胎换骨的机遇behind the wheel 坐在方向盘后a whole person 一个完整的人
亲友聚在汤姆和杰瑞家。有人问 Still on your own（还是一个人过？），得到的回答是 I like it like that（就喜欢这样）。聊到生病的人，大家说 We stay cheerful, we don't let things get us down（保持乐观，不让自己被这些事压垮）；说到体重，有人用 could do with（需要）来说对方该减几斤。玛丽开着新车来，觉得 behind the wheel（坐在方向盘后）特别自在，有人对她说 This could be the making of you（这说不定能让你脱胎换骨）。乔也来了，玛丽劝他出来喝一杯，两人自称 old friends（老朋友）。最后聊到肯的年纪和样子，杰瑞感叹 Life's not always kind, is it?（生活不总是温柔的，是吧？）。想学英式家常闲聊和客套，这段全是。
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“This could be the making of you, Mary.”
玛丽，这件事可能正是让你脱胎换骨的转机。
the making of you 把一次买车说成人生的转折，鼓励得很有分量。
be the making of someone
肯定别人刚做的重要决定时用；对不熟的人说会显得越界。
This could really change your life. ／ That trip was the making of her.
中性
making of you 连读，you 轻轻挑起。
That first big project could be the making of him. 那第一个大项目可能正是让他成长起来的转机。
“We stay cheerful, you know? We don't let things get us down.”
我们就保持乐呵，你知道吗？不让那些事把我们压垮。
用 stay 和 get us down 对照，把过日子的态度一句话立住。
let something get you down
安慰人、说自己的抗压方式时用；正式场合显得太随意。
We don't let it get to us. ／ We just keep our spirits up.
口语
stay cheerful 平稳，get us down 逐词压低。
Don't let one bad review get you down. 别让一条差评就把你打垮了。
“I mean, just driving here today, I felt like a whole person.”
我是说，今天光是开车过来，我就觉得自己是个完整的人了。
a whole person 把重新振作讲得具体，比 I feel good 更有力量。
feel like a whole person
讲自己重新找回状态时用；正式书面语里少用这种感受句。
I felt like myself again. ／ For once I felt complete.
中性
just driving here today 轻快，whole person 放慢。
Back at work, she finally felt like a whole person again. 回到工作岗位，她终于又觉得自己是个完整的人。
“Life's not always kind, is it?”
生活并不总是温柔的，是吧？
把苦处包进一句轻问，替说不出口的难堪找个台阶。
Life's not always kind, is it?
安慰经历坎坷的人、聊命运时用；对正遭厄运的人别抢先说，会像敷衍。
Life isn't always fair, is it? ／ Things don't always go your way, do they?
中性
always 重读，is it 轻轻上扬。
Life's not always kind, is it? But you're still standing. 生活不总是温柔的，是吧？可你还站着。
下一章 · 13the world's your oyster世界任你闯这场戏：酒后跟小辈掏心窝指「让某人脱胎换骨的机遇」。有人说 This could be the making of you，意思是这件事说不定能彻底改变你、让你脱胎换骨。
we don't let things get us down。get someone down 就是让某人情绪低落，这句意思是保持乐观，不让烦心事打倒自己。
could do with。有人说 She could do with losing a few pounds，就是她该减几斤，语气比 need 委婉。
mind your own business。被追问时不想正面回答，就可以这样说，等于「管好你自己吧」。
behind the wheel。玛丽说 I feel really good behind the wheel，意思是一坐到方向盘后面就特别自在。
