这场戏：留客人住进自家客房
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聊到深夜，华莱士发现太晚了，干脆不让利普斯基去住汽车旅馆，说自己有间客房可以住下。利普斯基客气一句 I don't want to impose（我不想添麻烦），最后还是留下，两人一起铺床，还拿青霉素和狗开玩笑。想学怎么开口留人、怎么客气推辞，这几句很顺手。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 嘴上说不去，其实会「毫不犹豫」：in a heartbeat
put out feelers 先探探口风If I were you 我要是你in a heartbeat 毫不犹豫、立刻used for worse 被派过更糟的用场
客人一句「添麻烦」：I don't want to impose
pick you up 开车去接某人Trust me 信我、听我的It's not much 没什么好东西（自谦）
狗半夜「在各个房间之间溜达」：wander from room to room
wander from room to room 在各个房间之间溜达catch anything 染上（病）get through 穿过去、通过
夜深了，华莱士提醒利普斯基该早起，才发觉已经十一点半，自己 lost track of time（忘了时间）。利普斯基原本打算去路边的汽车旅馆，华莱士劝他别去，说自己有间像客房的地方可以住，还主动换床单，拿青霉素和狗开玩笑。利普斯基客气地说 I don't want to impose（我不想添麻烦），最后还是住了下来。两人聊到 Alanis Morissette 时，华莱士嘴上说绝不主动，却也承认会 in a heartbeat（毫不犹豫）去见她。想学怎么留客人、怎么表达不好意思、怎么一口答应，这几句都用得上。
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。
“If I were you, yeah, I would do that.”
我要是你，是的，我会那么做。
一句虚拟语气的建议，把立场给得干脆，还带点怂恿。
If I were you, I would ...
给朋友出主意时能用；对长辈或上司说会显得越界。
If I were you, I'd jump at it. ／ I'd do it if I were in your shoes.
中性
If I were you 轻快带过，would do that 重读收尾。
If I were you, I would take the offer. 我要是你，就接下这个offer。
“Do me a favor. Leave the door open for the dogs.”
帮我个忙。给狗留着门。
留宿第一晚只提一件小事，一句就把主人的随意和信任都交代了。
Do me a favor. ...
请熟人帮个小忙时能用；对陌生人或正式请求别这么随便。
Do me a favor and lock up after you. ／ One favor: keep the hallway light on.
口语
Do me a favor 连读，Leave the door open 放慢。
Do me a favor and water the plants while I'm away. 帮我个忙，我不在的时候给花浇点水。
“If the door's closed, they'll eat it to get through it if they have to.”
要是门关着，它们非过去的话，会把门啃穿。
把狗啃门说得像家常便饭，荒诞里全是主人对它们的了解。
If ..., they'll ... if they have to.
半开玩笑地提醒某个后果时能用；正式说明里别这么夸张。
If it's shut, they'll claw right through it. ／ Leave it open, or they will chew their way in.
口语
door's closed 连读，if they have to 尾音轻收。
If the gate is shut, the cat will climb it if she has to. 要是门关着，那猫非过去的话，会爬过去。
“I don't think you're going to catch anything incurable.”
我觉得你不会染上什么治不好的病。
用医学玩笑化解换床单的尴尬，冷幽默里全是好意。
I don't think you're going to catch anything ...
用玩笑化解小尴尬时能用；对长辈或正式场合别这么说。
I don't think you're going to catch anything from my kitchen.
口语
don't think 连读，going to 弱读成 gonna，incurable 重读。
I don't think you're going to catch anything from my old sofa. 睡我这张旧沙发，你应该不会染上什么病。
Okay? I would do it in a heartbeat. Good. Perspiring heavily the whole way, the whole time shoving Certs into my mouth. Exactly. Freaking out. It would cause me a week of absolute trauma. And, yes, I would do it in a... in a heartbeat.
行吗？我会毫不犹豫地去。好。 一路狂出汗，全程往嘴里塞薄荷糖。一点没错。 抓狂。那会让我整整一周都备受折磨。 而且，是的，我会……我会毫不犹豫地去。
下一章 · 07security blanket给人安全感的东西这场戏：追问头巾是不是作秀意思是「毫不犹豫」。华莱士说自己会 I would do it in a heartbeat，就是「我会毫不犹豫地去」，形容一件事连一秒钟都不用想就答应。
put out feelers。利普斯基劝华莱士 Why don't you put out feelers，就是「你何不先探探口风」，先试探对方愿不愿意见面，再决定下一步。
I don't want to impose。利普斯基听到华莱士让他住家里，说 No, I don't want to impose，就是「不，我不想给你添麻烦」，客气地表示不好意思占用别人的东西。
他说 Oh, no, you don't want to stay there. Trust me，意思是那家 Days Inn 不值得住，然后主动提出家里有客房，还去换床单、清理。
lost track of time。利普斯基说 I totally lost track of time，就是「我完全忘了时间」，聊得太投入或太晚，没意识到已经过了多久。
