这场戏：道歉承认当父亲失败
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西卡莫家搬空东西，柯比上门单独找爷爷，Mr. Vanderhof, you once told me I was a failure as a father（您说过我是个失败的父亲），接着说 Tony's walked out on me（托尼离开了我），it's just about made a wreck of me（我整个人都垮了）。爷爷回一句 you're beginning to act quite human（你开始有点人情味了）。想学怎么认错、怎么安慰，这些说法很实用。
「我会写出最好的作品」：do my best work（拿出最好的作品）
feel sorry for 替某人感到难过go off （爆竹等）爆炸、响do my best work 拿出最好的作品
西卡莫家已经把东西搬空。柯比上门，请爷爷单独谈谈。他先说 Mr. Vanderhof, you once told me I was a failure as a father（您说过我是个失败的父亲），爷爷说那话不是认真的，他却回 I know, but I am（我知道，可我就是）。接着他承认 Tony's walked out on me and it's just about made a wreck of me（托尼离开了我，我整个人差不多都垮了）。爷爷听完，给了全片最温和的一句评语：Mr. Kirby, you're beginning to act quite human（柯比先生，你开始有点人情味了）。另一边，搬家的琐碎还在继续：有人提醒 Be careful with it（小心拿），彭妮说 I have a feeling I'm going to do my best work at our new place（我预感会在新家写出最好的作品）。想学怎么认错、怎么安慰，这些说法都很实用。
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。
“Mr. Vanderhof, you once told me I was a failure as a father.”
范德霍夫先生，您有一次说我是个失败的父亲。
把最重的自我否定说得平平淡淡，认错的人先把自己放低。
you once told me I was a ...
向长辈或旧交承认自己的不足时用；求职面试里别自曝短处。
Some time ago you said I was a failure as a father. ／ You called me a failure as a father once.
正式
once 轻读，failure as a 连读，句尾放平。
You once told me I was a failure as a student. 您有一次说我是个失败的学生。
“Tony's walked out on me and it's just about made a wreck of me.”
托尼离开了我，我整个人差不多都垮了。
一句把父子裂痕和父亲的崩溃都说完，脆弱得毫不掩饰。
something has made a wreck of me
向信得过的人吐露被击垮的处境时用；正式场合别这么示弱。
It has just about destroyed me. ／ It has left me in pieces.
口语
Tony's walked 紧缩，just about 连读，wreck of me 放慢。
The divorce just about made a wreck of me. 那场离婚差点把我整个人击垮。
“Mr. Kirby, you're beginning to act quite human.”
柯比先生，你开始有点人情味了。
不劝不骂，一句平平的评语就把认错的人接纳回来，余味很长。
you're beginning to act quite ...
半是赞许半是调侃地肯定别人转变时用；对上司说要看交情。
You're starting to sound human. ／ You're beginning to seem like a person.
口语
beginning 重音在前，quite human 一顿一收。
Look at you helping out; you're beginning to act quite human. 看你还帮着干活，开始有点人味儿了。
“I have a feeling I'm going to do my best work at our new place.”
我有种预感，到了我们的新家我会写出最好的东西。
把搬家这种狼狈事说成新起点，一句话就把情绪转了过来。
I have a feeling I'm going to ... at ...
场合：给自己或朋友打气、迎接新环境时用；对正在难过的人不要急着这么说，会显得没共情。
I have a feeling good things are coming at the new place. ／ I think I'll do my best work once we settle in.
中性
have a feeling 轻快，best work 稍重。
I have a feeling I'm going to do my best work at this new desk. 我有种预感，坐在这张新桌子前我会干得最好。
意思是「有点人情味、像个人」，多用来调侃平时冷漠或强势的人忽然流露出真感情。片里爷爷用它夸柯比。
make a wreck of someone。wreck 是「残骸、毁掉」，make a wreck of me 就是「把我整个人都击垮了」。
指爆竹、炸弹等「爆炸、响」。one that didn't go off 就是「一个没响的（哑炮）」。
had enough。I've had enough 就是「我受够了」，后面也可以接 of something 表示受够了什么。
come right in。right 加强语气，表示「这就进来吧」，比 come in 更热情。
