这场戏：被赶出球场，球友力挺
第 10 章 · 共 17 章 · 4'22"
布拉德在球场上因妥瑞氏症发出怪声，被职员要求离开；旁边的球手却替他说话，一句 They went to bat for me（他们替我出头）；一句 go to bat for someone（为某人挺身而出），就是英语里最地道的「力挺」。想替朋友说话又不想吵架，先学会这两句。
妈派你来查岗？check up on
check up on 查岗let me borrow 让我借用tee time 开球时间
球友替我挺身而出：They went to bat for me
went to bat for me 替我挺身而出not fair to 对某人不公平leave the course 离开球场
布拉德去学校面试教师，回家等消息时弟弟杰夫突然来访，拉他去打高尔夫。球场上布拉德因妥瑞氏症不停发出怪声，被职员要求离开；同组的球手却替他说话，一句 go to bat for someone（为某人挺身而出）说的就是这种力挺。他还得向别人解释 This is a neurological disorder（这是一种神经系统疾病），并自嘲 patience was never my strong suit（耐心从来不是我的强项）。这些说法在实际生活里很实用：替朋友说话用 go to bat for someone，讲自己的短板用 strong suit，解释一件自己控制不了的事用 neurological disorder。
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“It's not like you haven't seen it before.”
又不是你以前没见过。
一句轻描淡写的反问，把多年相处的默契和体谅都带出来了。
It's not like you haven't ... before.
安慰被自己状况吓到的人时用；熟人之间最自然，对陌生人显得敷衍。
You have seen this before. ／ This is nothing new to you.
口语
重读 not like 与 before，haven't seen it 连读。
It's not like you haven't heard me sing before. 又不是你以前没听我唱过。
“My life is full of people like that.”
我生命里这样的人多的是。
不抱怨世界，而是数自己遇到的善意，一句话把心态说亮。
My life is full of ...
回应别人对世界的失望时用；平静地说最有力量，别用来炫耀。
I am surrounded by people like that. ／ I keep meeting people like that.
中性
重读 full 和 that，people like 连读，句尾放平。
My life is full of people who help without asking. 我生命里多的是不问就帮的人。
“How can you stand living in a world where everybody is soignorant?”
活在一个人人都这么无知的世界上，你怎么受得了？
用一句质问把愤怒和心疼都甩出来，兄弟间的关心全在火气里。
How can you stand ...?
对别人的处境又气又心疼时用；亲近的人之间说，正式场合会显得冒犯。
How do you put up with that? ／ Doesn't that world wear you down?
口语
How can you stand 重读 stand，从句语速加快，尾音上扬。
How can you stand working with people who never listen? 跟那些从不听人说话的人共事，你怎么受得了？
“I tried to convince myself something good would happen.”
我努力说服自己，会有好事发生。
承认「努力说服自己」，就把等待里的自我打气写得让人心疼。
convince oneself (that) ...
描述自己在不确定中硬撑着保持希望时用；正式场合可换成较为克制的说法。
I kept telling myself things would work out. ／ I tried to believe something good was coming.
中性
tried to 连读，convince myself 略快，something good 加重。
I tried to convince myself the interview had gone well. 我努力说服自己那场面试发挥得不错。
下一章 · 11talk the talk, walk the walk说到做到这场戏：新老师分到教室字面是「替某人上场击球」，来自棒球，意思是站出来替某人说话、替他撑腰。轮到队友打击就是为他争取机会，所以引申成「为某人挺身而出」。
用 check up on。比如 Did Mom send you to check up on me?（是妈派你来查我的岗吗？），既可以指家人来看你过得好不好，也可以指领导盯着你有没有偷懒。
是。strong suit 来自扑克牌里最强的一手牌，现在多指一个人擅长的东西。It was never my strong suit 就是说「这从来不是我的强项」。
不是。What are you, a mind reader now?（你什么时候成别人肚子里的蛔虫了？）多半带点调侃，用来说对方猜中了自己没说的心思。朋友之间开玩笑很常见。
get along。比如 You and Dad got to start getting along.（你和爸得开始好好相处了。）后面常接 with，比如 get along with someone。
