这场戏：酒店餐厅偶遇老同学
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酒店餐厅里，怀孕的玛吉偶遇老同学迈克，一见面就是 Jeez! You look great!（天哪，你气色真好）的寒暄，接着一句 You mind if I sit over here?（我坐这边行吗）让气氛悄悄变了味。迈克提起往事，说自己 was married to Linda Cooksey（和前妻琳达·库克西结过婚），越聊越近。想学老同学重逢的客套和话里有话，这几句够用。
was married to 是「和某人结过婚」
mind if 介意我……吗was married to 和某人结过婚a year behind 比某人低一届
玛吉到布雷纳德查案，在丽笙酒店的餐厅里遇到高中同学迈克。两人多年没见，先是互相夸 Jeez! You look great!（天哪，你气色真好），接着聊到各自的生活：迈克说自己 A couple of years（几年）前搬到伊甸草原，还提到 What brings you down?（你怎么到这儿来了？），就是问对方为什么会出现在这里。话题转到婚姻，迈克说自己娶过琳达·库克西，最后说 it didn't work out（没成、没走到一起）。整段几乎全是寒暄，但正是练日常英语对话的好材料：怎么开场、怎么追问近况、怎么把话说得委婉又不失礼，都用得上。
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。
“So, you went and married Norm son-of-a-Gunderson.”
你居然嫁给了诺姆·冈德森家的儿子。
一句就把老同学的惊讶和当面打趣全兜住了。
you went and did something
打趣朋友做了件突然的事时用；正式场合或对长辈别说。
you actually went and did it ／ so you up and married him
口语
went and 连读，Norm 和 son-of-a 一带而过。
So you went and moved to another country. 你居然跑去另一个国家定居了。
“No. Why don't you sit over there? I prefer that.”
不行。你坐那边吧，我想这样。
不吵不闹，一句就把该有的距离立了起来。
Why don't you ...? I prefer that.
想礼貌拒绝、拉开距离时用；命令同事时别太生硬。
Could you sit over there instead? ／ I'd rather you sat on that side.
中性
don't you 连读，I prefer that 放平收住。
Why don't you take the window seat? I prefer that. 你坐靠窗那边吧，我想这样。
“I was married to Linda Cooksey.”
我娶的是琳达·库克西。
用过去时把一段婚姻轻轻带过，留白比诉苦更重。
I was married to someone.
平静交代一段已结束的婚姻时用；追问细节会显得冒失。
I used to be married to her. ／ We were married for a while.
中性
was married to 连读，Cooksey 重音在前。
I was married to someone I met at college. 我曾和一个大学里认识的人结过婚。
“No, no. Just so I can see you. Don't have to turn my neck.”
不，不。就为能看见你，省得我扭脖子。
把尴尬的座位要求说成一个实在的生理理由，坦荡又好笑。
Just so I can <verb>. Don't have to <verb>.
提个小要求又不想让对方多想时用；正式场合这种直白会显得唐突。
Just so I can see you, that's all. ／ This way I don't have to crane my neck.
口语
Just so I 连读，Don't have to 弱读，neck 短促收尾。
Sit on this side, just so I can see you. 你坐这边吧，就为我能看见你。
下一章 · 14passed away去世这场戏：老同学哭诉亡妻went and 不是普通的「去了」，它带着语气，表示「竟然去做了某事」，常用来对别人的选择表示惊讶或调侃。迈克说 you went and married Norm，意思就是「你竟然嫁给了诺姆」。
委婉说法是 I'm expecting，直接说就是 pregnant。戏里玛吉一句 I'm expecting now，等于告诉对方自己有身孕，比 pregnant 更含蓄自然。
可以问 What brings you down? 或更通用的 What brings you here?，意思是「什么风把你吹来了」，遇到熟人时很适合用它打开话题。
school district 是「学区」。迈克说搬到伊甸草原是为了 That school district，说明他看重学区，这也是美国家长搬家常挂在嘴边的理由。
迈克提到自己结过婚、又离了，情绪越聊越上头，最后直接问能不能坐到玛吉身边。玛吉用 No. Why don't you sit over there? 客气地拒绝，既保持距离又不撕破脸。
