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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021 — 第 8 / 18 章 · 3'33" · B1

拆解信封找到消防站：made for each other

众人盯着信封上残缺的字母，一句 That's the "S-T-A" on the envelope（信封上的「S-T-A」就是这个）点破那是「站」，猜信被寄到了消防站。诺曼想起表亲西奥正好在消防站，决定明早去找他。有人说他和谢恩 are made for each other（天生一对），还说自己 count on（指望）蜜月能放松。想学推理、闲聊和谈感情，这段很日常。

发生了什么

众人围着一封死信找线索：信封上只剩几个字母，一句 That's the "S-T-A" on the envelope（信封上的「S-T-A」就是这个）让人醒悟那是「站」，于是猜欧文的妈妈把信寄到了消防站。诺曼提起表亲西奥正好在消防站工作，大家决定 head over（过去一趟），还打趣说他和谢恩 are made for each other（天生一对）。聊天里也聊到婚姻不容易、一个人带孩子的难处，有人说自己 count on（指望）蜜月能好好放松。想学推理线索、闲聊婚姻和打趣，这些句子很生活化。

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这场戏看什么

  • 三个字母怎么对上 station
  • 谢恩用二选一追问奥利弗
  • postal enough 的局里玩笑

留意这几个短语

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本章短语

made for each other

天生一对perfectly suited to each other

谢恩说奥利弗和自己天生一对，替刚聊完的那段失败婚姻收一个温暖的尾。

Anyone can see those two are made for each other.谁都看得出来，那两个人天生一对。

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  • postal enough

    （打趣）对口到骨子里；合适得不能再合适

  • tight-knit

    关系紧密的；（团体）团结互助的

  • count on

    指望；依靠；确信会

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短语 · B1become friends with someone

和某人成为朋友

How does a little boy become friends with a firefighter?
语法 · A2How does a little boy become friends with a firefighter?

how 引导的特殊疑问句：how 在这里问的是方式，不是问原因或时间。它把整章的谜面一次抛出：一个小男孩怎么可能跟消防员交上朋友。问句一立，后面所有线索都围着它转。

How does a little boy become friends with a firefighter?
短语 · B2put out a fire

扑灭一场火

Perhaps he was a neighbor or he put a fire out at his house?
短语 · B1move something to a time

把……改到（某个时间）

Perhaps we should move the rehearsal to Friday?
短语 · B2a tight-knit family

关系紧密的大家庭

You know, firefighters are a very tight-knit family.
短语 · B2be around a while

入行有些年头了

I bet if we found a firefighter that's been around a while, he might know a Fred or two.
语法 · B2if we found a firefighter that's been around a while

if 引导的虚拟条件句：if 从句用过去式 found，说的是假设有这样一个老消防员，语气并不肯定，所以主句才配上 might。假设加推测，正好符合找线索时先猜后查的思路。

I bet if we found a firefighter that's been around a while, he might know a Fred or two.
短语 · A2at least

至少

Or at least be able to send you in the right direction.
短语 · B2in the right direction

朝正确的方向

Or at least be able to send you in the right direction.
发音at least

at least 里 at 的 t 和 least 连读，像 a-tleast，中间不要断开。

Or at least be able to send you in the right direction.
短语 · B2must have done something

一定已经……了

Owen's mother must have sent the letter to a fire station.
语法 · B2must have sent the letter to a fire station

must have done 表肯定推测：must have 接过去分词，表示对已经发生的事作很有把握的推断：信一定是寄到某个消防站去了。它比一般的不确定推测更有信心，也让这条判断听起来像结论而非猜测。

Owen's mother must have sent the letter to a fire station.
短语 · B1head over to somewhere

去某处；往某处走

We should head over to Theo's first thing in the morning.
短语 · B2first thing in the morning

一大早就；早上的第一件事

We should head over to Theo's first thing in the morning.
发音head over to

head over to 里 head 的 d 和 over 连读，像 hea-dover，三个词顺成一股。

We should head over to Theo's first thing in the morning.
短语 · B2something is going on with someone

某人出了什么事

is there something going on with you?
短语 · B2seem preoccupied

看起来心不在焉

Well, you just seem awfully preoccupied recently.
短语 · A2be interested in something

对……感兴趣

And so interested in getting to know me.
短语 · B2a great deal to do

一大堆事要完成

There's just a great deal to accomplish before our wedding.
短语 · B2outstanding work

还没做完的工作；积压的事

I just think it would be nice not to have any outstanding work on our desks
短语 · B1count on something

指望着；指望

Oh, I'm counting on relaxing.
短语 · B1not last long

没维持多久

And it didn't last very long.
短语 · B2be made for each other

天生一对

谢恩说奥利弗和自己天生一对，替刚聊完的那段失败婚姻收一个温暖的尾。

But he and Shane are made for each other.
发音made for each other

made for each other 里 made 的 d 和 for 连读，for 又弱读得很轻，像 made-fer。

But he and Shane are made for each other.
短语 · B1do it right

把事做对；好好做一次

Yeah, next time, I'll do it right.
短语 · B1too young to be something

太年轻还当不了……

I was just too young to be a wife.
短语 · B2be in a good place

状态不错；处境合适

it's getting pretty obvious that I'm not in a good place to be a mother right now, either.

看懂「拆解信封找到消防站」

发音重点

  • at least — at least 里 at 的 t 和 least 连读，像 a-tleast，中间不要断开。
  • head over to — head over to 里 head 的 d 和 over 连读，像 hea-dover，三个词顺成一股。
  • made for each other — made for each other 里 made 的 d 和 for 连读，for 又弱读得很轻，像 made-fer。
I bet if we found a firefighter that's been around a while, he might know a Fred or two.

我敢打赌，要是我们能找到一个干了好些年的消防员，他多半认识一两个叫弗雷德的人。 把找人的难题收进一句 I bet 里，用 a Fred or two 把不确定的人数量化得随意又乐观。它不给保证，只给方向，是熟人社会里最常见的解题方式。

it's getting pretty obvious that I'm not in a good place to be a mother right now, either.

而现在，一个人带着还有两周半就要出生的孩子，房租也还有两周到期，事情越来越明显了：我现在的状态也不适合当妈妈。 把处境一条条摆出来，不哭喊也不求同情，最后一句却重得吓人。承认自己还没准备好，需要多大的诚实，这句话全给了。

But he and Shane are made for each other.

不过他和谢恩是天生一对。 在一段聊前任的对话里突然转向祝福，一句话把气氛从审视拉回温暖。它不解释为什么合适，只给一个笃定的判断，反而更有说服力。

How does a little boy become friends with a firefighter?

一个小男孩怎么会跟消防员成为朋友呢？ 用一个再普通不过的问题开启整桩案子，问的是关系，指向的却是孤独和英雄梦。问题越简单，越让人想听下去。

关于这一章的问题

made for each other 是什么意思？

意思是「天生一对」。戏里说他和谢恩 are made for each other，就是「他俩天生一对」，夸两个人特别般配。

「指望」英语怎么说？

count on。戏里说 I'm counting on relaxing，就是「我可指望能好好放松了」，表示很有把握、很期待。

tight-knit 是什么意思？

意思是「关系紧密的、团结互助的」。戏里说消防员是很 tight-knit 的一家人，就是彼此熟络、互相照应。

信封上的 S-T-A 指什么？

指 station（站），也就是消防站。信上残缺的地址只剩这几个字母，众人由此推断欧文的妈妈把信寄去了消防站。

他们打算怎么找弗雷德？

诺曼想起表亲西奥在阿瓦达一个消防站工作，于是众人决定一早去找他，请他帮忙打听，或者至少指个方向。

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