talk me out of劝我放弃

先否定再点破，一句话就把对方的人生看穿。

Just one thing is foolish: ...

对亲近的人点破真相时用；对不熟的人说会显得冒犯。

Only one thing is silly here: you're not living your own life. ／ The only foolish part is that you're living her life for her.

中性

foolish 重读，somebody else's life 连读，句尾放平。

Just one thing is foolish: you keep asking what he would do. 只有一件事傻：你老在问他会怎么做。

把三年说成 three little years，一下子把执念缩得很小。

You shouldn't be wasting ... looking back on ...

劝人别困在过去时用；对方正在伤心时这样说会显得冷。

Don't spend another second on those few short years. ／ You are wasting time looking back at three brief years.

中性

single second 重读，looking back on 连读，three little years 放慢。

You shouldn't be wasting a single second looking back on one bad season. 你不该浪费一秒去回望那一个糟糕的赛季。

一句土话式的双重否定，把乡间闲话的味道全带出来了。

The last lot ... weren't no good.

熟人闲聊、转述旧事时用；正式场合别说这种双重否定。

The last people there were no good. ／ That last lot were nothing but trouble.

口语

weren't no 连读，good 尾音压低，带点口音的味道。

The last lot in that flat weren't no good either. 那套房子上一批住户也不是什么好东西。

一句替房子辩护的话，其实是替活着的人松绑。

It isn't fair to ... because ...

觉得对方迁怒无辜的人或物时用；对正在伤心的人说会显得不近人情。

You cannot blame a house for a death in it. ／ It is unfair to hate a house just because someone died there.

中性

isn't fair 重读，because someone's 连读，died there 收尾。

It isn't fair to blame the whole team because one player erred. 因为一个人失误就怪整个队，这不公平。