这场戏：给新婚朋友挑礼物
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哈利和莎莉在商店给要结婚的杰斯和玛丽挑礼物，哈利一眼相中一台唱歌机，拉着莎莉唱起《俄克拉荷马》里的歌；莎莉却一心要找一双红色麂皮高跟鞋。哈利找到得意礼物时喊 Call off the dogs. The hunt is over（别再追了，猎物到手了）。想学挑礼物、逛街时的随口英语，这几句很生动。
❝ 独白 · 14 句 老人的相亲往事
从说媒讲到偷看、再到成婚，句子短、停顿多，像真人在慢慢回忆。
找到礼物大喊 Call off the dogs（别再追了），还说 This is the greatest（这太棒了）
pith helmet 遮阳盔call off the dogs 别再追了、收手the greatest 太棒了、最棒的report to 向某人报到
哈利和莎莉来到商店，要给即将结婚的杰斯和玛丽挑礼物。有人讲起一段旧式的婚约往事：We were not supposed to meet until the wedding（我们本来要到婚礼那天才能见面）。哈利开始乱看礼物，看见遮阳盔就吐槽 Why is this necessary in life?（这东西在生活里到底有什么用？）；找到满意的礼物时又喊 Call off the dogs. The hunt is over（别再追了，猎物到手了）。他相中一台 singing machine（唱歌机），放着《俄克拉荷马》的歌词，两人跟着唱起 Surrey With the Fringe on Top；莎莉还惦记着红色麂皮高跟鞋。想练逛街、挑礼物时的随口英语，这几个说法很好用：go through a rough period 是正处在低谷，supposed to 是按理本该，call off the dogs 是别再找了。
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“He's going through a rough period. I just don't want you to reject him.”
他正处在低谷期。我只是不想让你拒绝他。
先替朋友说了难处，再轻轻交代自己的顾虑，护着人也给足台阶。
Someone is going through a rough period.
替朋友说情、请对方体谅时用；对当事人背后这样讲容易伤人。
He's having a hard time right now. ／ She's going through a lot at the moment.
中性
going through a 连读，reject him 收得干脆。
Be patient with him; he's going through a rough period. 对他耐心点，他正处在低谷期。
“But she looked really nice to me.”
可她在我眼里真好看。
绕了一圈相亲考察，落点却是最朴素的一句喜欢，特别真。
Someone looked (really) nice to me.
事后说起对某人的第一印象时用；正式介绍里不适合这么随意。
She struck me as lovely. ／ I thought she looked beautiful.
中性
looked really 连读，nice to me 放轻收尾。
I had my doubts, but she looked really nice to me. 我本来有点犹豫，可我觉得她真好看。
“Uh-oh. Call off the dogs. The hunt is over.”
不用再找了。猎物到手了。
拿打猎的说法讲挑到礼物，夸张得刚好，特别有喜感。
Call off something. It's over.
玩笑地说事情搞定了、别再折腾时用；正式报告里别这么说。
Stand down, we found it. ／ You can stop looking, this is it.
口语
call off 连读，dogs 稍重，hunt is over 放慢。
Call off the dogs, I found the perfect gift. 别找了，我挑到完美的礼物了。
“Why is this necessary in life?”
这东西在人生里到底有什么用？
对着一件荒唐商品发出的灵魂拷问，把消费主义笑话一句问到底。
Why is this necessary in life?
看到鸡肋商品、吐槽无用之物时能用；认真讨论工作需求时别说，会显得敷衍。
Who actually needs this? ／ Why does this exist?
口语
Why is this 连读，necessary 重音在 -cess-，in life 轻轻下压。
Why is this necessary in life? They already have a night light. 这东西在人生里有什么用？人家已经有小夜灯了。
A man came to me and said... "I found nice girl for you. She lives in the next village... and she is ready for marriage." We were not supposed to meet until the wedding... but I wanted to make sure. So I sneak into her village... hid behind a tree... watch her washing the clothes. I think if I don't like the way she looks... I don't marry her. But she looked really nice to me. So I said, "Okay," to the man. We get married.
有个男人来找我，说…… “我给你找了个好姑娘。 她就住在邻村…… 而且她准备好嫁人了。” 我们本来要到婚礼那天才能见面…… 可我想先确认一下。 于是我偷偷溜进她村里…… 躲在一棵树后面…… 看她洗衣服。 我想，要是我看不上她的长相…… 我就不娶她。 可她在我眼里真好看。 所以我就跟那人说“行”。 我们结婚了。
下一章 · 15sooner or later迟早这场戏：撞见前妻强装镇定字面是「把狗叫回来」，实际是「别再追了、收手吧」。台词里找到心仪礼物时喊 Call off the dogs，就是「别找了，猎物到手了」，很形象。
go through a rough period。台词里 He's going through a rough period 就是「他正处在低谷期」，形容一段日子过得不容易。
表示「按理应该、本该」。台词里 We were not supposed to meet until the wedding 就是「我们本来要到婚礼那天才能见面」，常带点遗憾或意外。
go out with someone。台词里 Do you think you could go out with him 就是「你觉得你能跟他约会吗」，指开始和某人交往。
不是「汇报」，而是「（请）到我这儿来报到」。台词里 Sally, please report to me 是叫人过来看东西，带点玩笑的口吻。
