这场戏：男孩冲上马路被救下
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一辆冰淇淋车刚停下，小孩埃迪就冲出马路，眼看要被车撞上，老市长一个箭步把他扑倒。他惊魂未定，周围人说他 scared to death（吓得半死），可孩子妈赶来先揍儿子，还撂下一句狠话：谁也别想管她怎么教孩子。想描述吓坏了、想放一句护短的狠话，这段都能学。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 救了两条命的自夸：Matter of fact（说真的）
Matter of fact 说真的、事实上minding my own business 管好自己的事dashed out 猛地冲出去knock him down 把某人扑倒、撞倒
「不许任何人质疑」：have nobody question
didn't have to 本来不必、没必要scared to death 吓得半死have nobody question 不许任何人质疑appreciate you helping 感谢你帮了忙
街头冰淇淋车一停，孩子们围上来，小埃迪兴奋地冲出马路，正好有车驶来，老市长冲过去把他扑倒，自己却压在他身上。埃迪惊魂未定，一旁的人安慰他，也提醒他：don't you know better than to run out in that street（你本该知道不能往街上冲）。孩子妈妈赶到，先当街教训儿子，老市长看不下去，说 you didn't have to hit your boy like that（你没必要那样打孩子），妈妈却回他 I'll have nobody question how I raise him（我不许任何人质疑我怎么管教他）。scared to death 形容吓得半死；know better than to 说某人本该知道不该做；have nobody question 是撂话，宣布谁都不许质疑。想责备、想护短、想形容后怕，都能用上。
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。
“Matter of fact, I saved two lives today, his and mine.”
说真的，我今天救了两条命，他的和我的。
一句自夸却站得住脚，数字一摆，功劳和分寸都有了。
Matter of fact, I saved ... today.
要平平淡淡摆出一件硬成绩时用；对上自夸或写正式报告别这么讲。
As a matter of fact, I handled it all today. ／ Truth is, I saved two lives today.
口语
Matter of fact 连成一气，two lives 重读，句尾放稳。
Matter of fact, I closed three deals today, all on my own. 说真的，我今天谈成三单，全靠自己。
“but I'll have nobody question how I raise him, not even his daddy.”
可我不许任何人质疑我怎么管教他，连他爸也不行。
护住母亲权威的一句，末尾把最亲的人也划在外头，硬气。
I'll have nobody question ...
被外人指点家事、要划清底线时用；对长辈或客人讲会显得冲。
I won't let anyone tell me how to raise my kid. ／ Nobody questions how I run my own house.
口语
have nobody question 连读，not even 重读，句尾压低。
I'll have nobody question how I spend my own money. 我不许任何人过问我自己的钱怎么花。
“Doctor, don't you know no better than to run out in that street in front of a car?”
大夫，你难道不知道不能往车来车往的街上跑吗？
急起来连问带骂，双重否定里全是后怕和心疼。
don't you know no better than to ...?
长辈或熟人责骂冒失行为时用；对陌生人这么讲会显得粗鲁。
Don't you know better than to play in traffic? ／ You should know better than that.
口语
don't you 连读，know no 一带而过，句尾上扬。
Don't you know no better than to touch a hot pan? 你难道不知道不能碰热锅吗？
“And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit.”
我只能把他扑倒，好让咱俩都不被撞到。
把救人的动作拆成因果，先讲结果再讲为什么，慌乱里的判断一下说清。
to keep us both from getting hit
解释迫不得已的举动时用，向人陈述经过可以，别拿它当推卸责任的借口。
I had to shove him down or we'd both be hit. ／ Knocking him over was the only way to save us.
中性
knock him down 连读，both from getting hit 放慢。
I had to grab her to keep us both from getting hit. 我只能一把抓住她，免得两个人都被撞。
What happened, I was walking along the street, minding my own business, I looked out and I seen your son about to get hit by the car, so I dashed out to save him. And I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit. Matter of fact, I saved two lives today, his and mine.
事情是这样的，我正沿街走着，管着我自己的事， 我一抬头，看见你儿子快被车撞上了， 就冲出去救他。 我只好把他扑倒，免得咱俩都被撞上。 说真的，我今天救了两条命，他的和我的。
下一章 · 14hide the salami满脑子那事这场戏：哥哥不许妹妹进披萨店意思是「吓得半死」，形容极度害怕，比 very scared 更夸张。台词里孩子差点被车撞，周围人就说他 scared to death。
用 know better than to，后面接动词。台词里大人责备孩子：don't you know better than to run out in that street，就是「你难道不知道不该往街上冲吗」。
很硬气，直译是「不许任何人质疑」。台词里孩子妈说 I'll have nobody question how I raise him，等于当众宣布：怎么教孩子是我说了算，谁也别插嘴。
因为孩子妈护的是自己的管教权。她先说谢谢，再补一句不许任何人质疑她怎么带孩子，把好意顶了回去。街坊之间要面子，感谢和立威往往一起来。
不算真骂，是小屁股的委婉说法，长辈吓唬小孩时用。台词里说等你爸回来要打你 little behind，语气是又气又护着，不是恶毒的话。
