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重复的 I've been 把恐惧和孤单一层层叠上来，最后落在没有朋友也没有钱。

I've been ... . I've been ... .

向人倾诉自己一段时间的处境时用；正式汇报里别这么反复，会显得太情绪化。

I've been scared and on my own. ／ I've been frightened and completely without support.

中性

I've been 连读成一句，句尾下沉收住。

I've been worried. I've been alone without anyone to call. 我一直担心。身边连个能打电话的人都没有。

用 grew up 把世界拟人化，一句话替一个不肯长大的人开脱。

The world grew up around someone, that's all.

替人辩解、把责任推给环境时用；对长辈或上司说显得在推责，别随便用。

The world moved on around him. ／ Everyone else grew up; he just stayed put.

literary

grew up 连读，around him 轻快带过，that's all 轻轻收。

The world grew up around him, and he never had to change. 世界在他身边长大了，他根本不用变。

短句安慰却带了断言，越温柔越像替对方做主。

You'll ... again.

安慰失恋的人时用；对方还没走出来就下这种断言，容易招人烦。

You will love someone else one day. ／ You'll find someone new.

中性

You'll 缩读成一句，fall in 连读，again 稍重。

You'll laugh again, I promise. 你还会再笑的，我保证。

两个否定叠成反问，把劝的人顶回去，情绪全在 don't 里。

Don't you see I don't want to?

被劝、被误解时反问用；对不熟的人这样顶会显得冲，场合要挑。

Can't you see that I don't want to? ／ Why can't you see I have no wish to?

口语

Don't you 缩成 doncha，see I 连读，句尾上扬。

Don't you see I don't want to go? 你难道看不出来我不想去吗？

用一句轻描淡写的话，把死去的人重新带回屋里。

It was just what someone used to say.

发现别人重复了故人旧话时用；喜事场合提起亡者要谨慎，别扫兴。

That was exactly his old line. ／ It is just the sort of thing he used to say.

中性

what he 连读，used to 弱读成 yoosta，句尾放平。

That's just what my grandfather used to say. 这简直就是我爷爷过去常说的话。

明明是拒绝，却不直说，借一句劝告把对方的感情挡回去。

You ought to find yourself a ...

被追求又不愿明说时用；对刚认识的人这样说容易被当成挑逗，别乱用。

You should go and find someone. ／ You ought to get yourself a girlfriend.

口语

You know 轻带，ought to 弱读成 oughta，girl 稍重。

You ought to find yourself a hobby. 你该给自己找点爱好。