这场戏：开车送她并约好夜访
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里克开车捎上斯特拉，一提到她去风沃宅，外公差点犯病；他打趣她别 turn into（变成）只会照顾老人的闷小姐。斯特拉被逗笑，两人顺势约好当晚来作客；里克还绕路 a lift（捎一段），躲着外公送她去教堂。想学打趣调情、顺口约人、开口搭车，这几句最自然。
survive very nicely（照样活得好好的）
at the mention of 一提到turn into 变成survive very nicely 照样活得好好的as early as you can 尽量早点
里克开车在街上遇到斯特拉，趁机让她上车，一路聊起她外公：At the mention of（一提到）斯特拉要去风沃宅，外公就差点犯病。里克说她母亲当年结婚离开，外公照样 survive very nicely（活得好好的），还打趣斯特拉会不会 turn into（变成）那种只会给老亲戚灌热水袋的闷小姐。斯特拉被逗笑，两人约好当晚在风沃宅见，晚饭八点开。路上外公经过，她还得低头躲开；里克干脆让她坐在地上，开车捎她 a lift（捎一段），送她去教堂。想学开车闲聊、打趣调情、顺口约人，这些说法都能直接用。
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 had four freckles on the boat. They've gone.”
你在船上的时候脸上有四颗雀斑。现在都没了。
用一颗消失的雀斑说时间与亲近，比任何情话都自然。
You had ... They've gone.
对熟悉的人感叹对方身上的变化时用；别对不熟的人评头论足。
You used to have a mole there, and now it's gone. ／ You had longer hair the last time I saw you.
中性
重读 four，They've gone 轻快收尾，句末降调。
You had a gap in your teeth back then. It's gone. 你那时候门牙还有条缝，现在没了。
“Yet she did when she married, and he seemed to survive very nicely.”
可她结婚的时候还是走了，而且他看上去活得挺好。
一句轻描淡写把长辈的没你不行拆穿，冷幽默十足。
Yet she did ..., and he seemed to ...
有人把事说得天塌下来时，可用它轻轻反驳；对长辈别说太重。
Yet he went anyway, and life went on. ／ And somehow the world didn't end.
中性
Yet 稍顿，did 重读，very nicely 带笑意收尾。
Yet the shop stayed open, and business survived very nicely. 可店照样开着，生意还挺好。
“That's practically the nicest sentence that ever was spoken.”
这差不多是我听过最好听的一句话了。
把一句普通的在夸成最美的句子，笨拙又真诚。
That's practically the nicest ... that ever was ...
听到让你心头一暖的话时用它回应；正式场合别这么夸张。
That's about the kindest thing anyone has said to me. ／ That might be the best answer I've ever heard.
中性
practically 轻读，nicest 重读，that ever was spoken 连读下滑。
That's practically the nicest thing anyone has said to me all year. 这几乎是今年别人对我说过最好听的话了。
“Oh, so you're going to turn into one of these dim little ladies...”
哦，所以你是要变成那种糊里糊涂的小老太太了……
用一句带刺的玩笑点出对方正在被家庭磨平，刻薄里有关心。
So you're going to turn into one of these ...
半开玩笑地警告朋友别活成无聊样子时用；对长辈说就是冒犯。
So you plan to become one of those dull little ladies? ／ You are turning into one of those quiet little spinsters.
口语
turn into 连读，dim little ladies 重读收尾。
Oh, so you're going to turn into one of these boring gym people? 哦，所以你是要变成那种无聊的健身党了？
下一章 · 12do no such thing休想这场戏：顶撞外公宣布罢工意思是「一提到、一说到」。台词里说 At the mention of me coming to Windward，就是「一提到我要去风沃宅」，后面接名词或动名词。
turn into。台词里说 you're going to turn into one of these dim little ladies，就是「你也要变成那种闷小姐了」。turn into 强调变成另一种人或样子。
a lift。台词里问 Like a lift, Commander? 就是「指挥官，要捎您一段吗」。give somebody a lift 就是开车带某人一程，英式口语很常用。
an attack。台词里说 Grandfather almost had an attack，就是「外公差点旧病发作」。have an attack 指心脏病等旧疾突然发作。
字面是「活得很好」，常带点调侃：某件事你以为会击垮某人，结果他照样过得好好的。台词里就用来反驳「外公离不开你母亲」的说法。
meek 是温顺、乖乖听话。台词里说 How am I ever going to feel meek enough for church，意思是「我要怎么才能温顺得够格进教堂」，是斯特拉自嘲刚约会完太兴奋。
