这场戏：饭桌上争两种活法
丽莎带着晚餐来杰弗里斯家，两人从拍照片聊到以后怎么过。他一句话把路堵死：You won't stay here, and I can't go with you（你不肯留下，我又没法跟你走）。她退一步问 Couldn't we just keep things status quo?（就不能维持现状吗？）——想学怎么谈感情里的现实问题又不想吵崩，这种句型很值得学。
「天生不适合」英语是 not meant for，谈不拢就卡在原地
not meant for 天生不适合face it 面对现实吧get vicious 撕破脸、发狠
「完全在掌控之中」英语是 in the palm of your hand，紧接着一句 goodbye
the only way 唯一的办法in the palm of your hand 完全在掌控之中in love with 爱着某人
故事发生在纽约杰弗里斯的公寓：丽莎带着精心准备的晚餐上门，两人却为他四处拍照的生活起了争执。杰弗里斯说 You won't stay here, and I can't go with you（你不肯留下，我又没法跟你走），认定丽莎 not meant for（天生不适合）那种颠沛的日子；丽莎只想退一步，问 Couldn't we just keep things status quo?（就不能维持现状吗？）。她表白 I'm in love with you（我爱着你），也承认自己掌控不了一切，最后撂下一句像分手的再见。想学情侣谈现实、谈未来时怎么把话说清楚又不失分寸，这些台词很实用。
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。
“You won't stay here, and I can't go with you.”
你不肯留在这儿，我又没法跟你走。
两个平行的小句把死结一句话说死，谁都没错，却谁也过不去。
You won't ..., and I can't ...
说清一段关系里双方都迈不出那步时用；别拿来当分手借口，太直白。
You won't change, and I can't either. ／ Neither of us is willing to move.
中性
won't stay 连读，and I can't 轻读，go with you 顺下来。
You won't move west, and I can't leave my family. 你不肯搬去西部，我又离不开家人。
“I'm in love with you. I don't care what you do for a living.”
我爱着你。我不在乎你靠什么谋生。
先把爱说满，再用一句不在乎收入把现实的门槛拆掉，直白得让人心软。
I don't care what you do for a living.
向人表白立场、表明不在乎对方职业时用；当众说会显得煽情，看场合。
I don't care what your job is. ／ Your work doesn't matter to me.
中性
in love with you 连读，don't care 重读，for a living 轻收。
I don't care what you do for a living, as long as you're happy. 你靠什么谋生我都不在乎，只要你开心。
“You've got this town in the palm of your hand.”
这座城都在你手心里攥着。
把一个人的风光说成攥在手心的东西，画面感十足，夸得又准又狠。
have something in the palm of your hand
夸人把局面完全握在手里时用；对正在失意的人说会像反讽。
You've got the whole city eating out of your hand. ／ You hold all the cards here.
中性
got this town 连读，in the palm of 轻快带过，hand 重读收尾。
She had the whole room in the palm of her hand. 整个场子都被她攥在手里。
“Your home is the available transportation.”
你的家，就是眼下能搭上的那趟交通工具。
把漂泊说成一种住法，平静一句就把两人的分歧说透。
A is the available B
解释某种生活方式时的比喻说法；聊天能用，正式场合不要这么省略。
Home is wherever you can get to. ／ Your address is the next ride out.
literary
home is 连读，available 重音在 vail，transportation 完整收尾。
To a touring band, the van is the available home. 对巡演乐队来说，面包车就是眼下的家。
下一章 · 05run out on抛下某人这场戏：守着后窗聊邻居意思是「现状、原样」，来自拉丁语。台词 Couldn't we just keep things status quo? 就是「我们就不能维持现状吗？」，恋爱、谈判里都能用。
not meant for。meant for 表示「注定适合」，加 not 就是「天生不是这块料」，台词里说丽莎 not meant for that kind of a life。
字面是「在你手心里」，意思是「完全在掌控之中」。杰弗里斯用它夸丽莎，说整座城都在她手心里攥着。
意思是「消消气、冷静下来」。炖菜时把火调小也叫 simmer，用来劝架很口语，带点哄人的味道。
丽莎。她主动带着晚餐上门，还问能不能维持现状；杰弗里斯则反复强调两人适合的生活不一样。
