画了一幅……的画
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认了自己跟妈妈一边：a handful
烧烤后院，大家围着一张小孩的画争论画的是不是消防员。话题转到那位语速飞快的妈妈，最后当事人别扭地认了：I can't believe I am about to say this（真不敢相信我要说这个），I agree with my mother（我跟我妈想的一样）。想学怎么别扭地承认自己认输，这一句最好用。
发生了什么
烧烤聚会上，大家围着一张小男孩的画争论：画上到底是不是消防员？有人说 He's shooting water out of the fire hose（他正从消防水带往外喷水），还搬出那句 Firefighters fight fires on fire lines, not fire lawns（消防员在防火线上救火，不是在防火草坪上），逗得对方来一句 Fair point（说得有道理）。另一边，有人坦言自己有点跟不上那位语速飞快的妈妈，还形容 She's a handful（她可不好对付）。最后他终于别扭地认了：I can't believe I am about to say this（真不敢相信我要说这个），I agree with my mother（我跟我妈想的一样）。想学怎么争辩、怎么吐槽难缠的人、怎么认怂，这几句都能用。
这场戏看什么
- 谢恩承认前先铺垫受不了
- 莎伦抓住 line 不是 lawn
- 奥利弗把吐槽听成夸奖
留意这几个短语
Where do you stand ontakes every letter so personallykindred spirita handful
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a handful
难对付的人；让人操心的家伙someone hard to manage or deal with
谢恩提醒奥利弗，自己的母亲不好应付，用这个词形容她能把人折腾得够呛，无奈里带笑意。
Our new puppy is adorable, but he's a real handful.我们新养的小狗很可爱，但真难缠。
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- Where do you stand on
你对……持什么立场
- takes every letter so personally
把每封信都当成自己的事；太往心里去
- kindred spirit
志同道合的人；气息相投的灵魂
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看起来像……
I know what a child thinks a firefighter looks like.认识某人而感到自豪
"Owen was always so proud to know that his friend was out there on the line with him."防火隔离带；火线
Firefighters fight fires on fire lines, not fire lawns.说得有道理；有道理
Fair point.辨认出；看清楚
It's difficult to make out, covered with all that syrup.幸好；好在
Well, good thing I came a day early.还有别的吗
Anything else I can help you with around here?正需要；不妨来点
Actually, I could use some help with those steaks.could use 里 could 的 d 和 use 连读，像 coul-duse，中间不要断开。
Actually, I could use some help with those steaks.你对……持什么立场
奥利弗准备腌牛排，一本正经地问岳母对腌料持什么立场，用大词聊小事制造反差。
Where do you stand on marinades?志趣相投的人
Um, when you said your mother was an English teacher, I thought, ah, a kindred spirit,跟得上某人
but I'm having a bit of trouble keeping up with her.keeping up 里 keeping 的尾音和 up 连读，像 keepin-gup，一气呵成。
but I'm having a bit of trouble keeping up with her.难对付的人；让人操心的家伙
谢恩提醒奥利弗，自己的母亲不好应付，用这个词形容她能把人折腾得够呛，无奈里带笑意。
She's a handful.值得
Sometimes, it's worth it.正要；即将
I can't believe I am about to say this, but...be about to 表即将：be about to 表示马上就要做某事，比单纯的将来说法更强调迫在眼前。这里用来给一句不情愿的认输做铺垫，先说出口有多难，再让下一句同意显得更有分量。
I can't believe I am about to say this, but...about to say 里 about to 常弱化为 /əˈbaʊtə/，to 几乎只剩一个轻 t，重音压到 say。
I can't believe I am about to say this, but...烧毁；烧成灰烬
What frightened little boy wouldn't want someone like that to come save him when everything's burning down around him?侵占；占用（时间）
well, that will definitely cut into your honeymoon.不达目的不罢休
And Oliver won't rest until this is solved.把每封信都当成自己的事；太往心里去
谢恩的妈妈说奥利弗把每一封信都当成自己的事，嘴上像在挑毛病，实际上是在夸他真心投入。
He takes every letter so personally.以前有
We used to have roses like that in the house where Shane grew up.对……有亲近感；偏爱
Yes, well, I have an affinity for the past that Shane's emphasis on the current might typically preclude,that 引导的定语从句：that 从句修饰的是对过去的亲近感，说明这种偏爱常常会被谢恩那种只顾当下的作风挡开。句子故意绕，正好贴合说话人一本正经的学究腔，也衬出两人的性格差。
Yes, well, I have an affinity for the past that Shane's emphasis on the current might typically preclude,让某人开心
I just want to make her happy.现在完成时配感官动词：have never seen 用现在完成时，说的不是某一次，而是活到现在都没见过，经验感更强。see 后面直接接动词原形，简洁地交代了对方反常的打扮。
I mean, I've never seen anyone wear a suit and pocket watch to a barbecue.给表上发条
I wind it every morning, and it has never failed me.老派；守旧
but perhaps I'm a little old-fashioned.看懂「认了自己跟妈妈一边」
发音重点
- could use — could use 里 could 的 d 和 use 连读，像 coul-duse，中间不要断开。
- keeping up — keeping up 里 keeping 的尾音和 up 连读，像 keepin-gup，一气呵成。
- about to say — about to say 里 about to 常弱化为 /əˈbaʊtə/，to 几乎只剩一个轻 t，重音压到 say。
What frightened little boy wouldn't want someone like that to come save him when everything's burning down around him?当一个受惊的小男孩眼看着周围一切都在烧成灰，谁会不想有那样一个人来救他呢？ 用一个反问把恐惧写得具体：burning down around him 给出画面，someone like that 又留出想象。它不说孩子需要英雄，而是让听的人自己承认，这句话把男孩的心思说透了。
I can't believe I am about to say this, but...真不敢相信我正要说这句话，可是…… 把认输前的挣扎先说出口，等于提前替自己道歉。它让下一句我同意我妈显得又勉强又可爱，人际关系里很实用的一句缓冲。
I wind it every morning, and it has never failed me.我每天早上给它上发条，它从没让我失望过。 把一件小事说成日复一日的坚持，never failed me 又把怀表写成了老伙伴。物的忠诚映出人的性格，一句日常保养就交代了这个人的全部做派。
I just want to make her happy.我只想让她开心。 把所有复杂的心思收进最简单的愿望里。want to make her happy 不含任何条件，越是朴素，越让人相信这份感情是真的。
关于这一章的问题
I can't believe I am about to say this 是什么意思？
字面是「真不敢相信我正要说这句话」，用来引出自己都觉得意外、甚至有点不情愿承认的话。戏里后面接的就是「我同意我妈」。
「志同道合的人」英语怎么说？
kindred spirit。戏里有人说 a kindred spirit，就是遇到想法、气质都合拍的人时的一句感叹。
「难对付的人」英语怎么说？
a handful。戏里形容那位妈妈 She's a handful，意思是她精力旺盛、不好应付，但不完全是贬义。
Where do you stand on 是什么语气？
它是「你对……持什么立场」，常用来引出对方对某个话题的看法。戏里问 Where do you stand on marinades，就是问「腌料这事你怎么看」。
这几句适合什么场合？
争论时可以说 Fair point 表示认了；吐槽难缠的人用 a handful；要别扭地承认某件事，就用 I can't believe I am about to say this。
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下一章 · 第 8 章made for each other拆解信封找到消防站
第 1 章lose faith in面试新人处理黏信
第 2 章trust the timing伴郎点清单安慰失落
第 3 章not everyone's cup of tea吐槽母亲一壶疯
第 4 章track him down读死信决定找人
第 5 章skedaddle面试孕妇同事嘴瓢
第 6 章is in my blood带未来岳母参观
正在看 · 第 7 章a handful认了自己跟妈妈一边
第 8 章made for each other拆解信封找到消防站
第 9 章put her up for adoption送养决定与追寻弗雷德
第 10 章any means necessary找弗雷德与彩棚之争
第 11 章mean the world to找到男孩的布偶玩具
第 12 章never looked back说出母亲离家的旧事
第 13 章hard to come by礼服配色与查身世
第 14 章beaten the odds夫妻商量要不要收养
第 15 章love at first sight准岳母盘问恋爱往事
第 16 章get your act together劝振作与收留员工
第 17 章get it out of my head怕被丢下的一场深谈
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