口語學習:
I hear "please forgive me" is popular.
你怎麼不請求我原諒。
I think it would be good for you to take some time off.
你也該好好休息一陣了
I'm gonna be a stay-at-home dad."
我準備做全職爸爸。
What the heck?用來表示明知不該做卻偏要做。
It means that I will be late for work but what the heck.
這意味著我上班會遲到，但管它呢。
Fair enough.
英文解釋:(That is) reasonable, understandable, or agreeable.
表示贊成對方所說，覺得有道理，可以接受。
可以做表語也可以單獨使用。
You miss the pressure and the deadlines and the, the power lunches.
你懷念有壓力、有緊迫感，權利在手的生活。
power lunch
power意思:有力量或是有權力。Power lunch重要人物為了談生意或工作上的事而一起在高擋餐一起吃午飯。
Maybe you want to sort dirty socks the rest of your life.
也許你只是想繼續讓家務活伴隨你以後的生活。
sort dirty scoks 字面：整理髒襪子，引申為：做家務
Lynette: "So, did you have a fun day?"
Tom: "As a matter of fact, I did. I probably had the most fun that I have had in a long time."
Lynette: "You know, I didn't tell you to quit."
Tom: "No. No, no, no. No, you made damn sure that I'd go nowhere for the next twenty years."
Lynette: "I don't know what to say."
Tom: "I hear "please forgive me" is popular."
Lynette: "Yes, I am sorry. I am so, so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. But I was trying to protect our family. If you got a promotion, we never would have seen you. You would have been traveling all the - "
Tom: "Lynette, Lynette, Lynette, you're right. You're right. You're right. That promotion would have just killed us, so this is gonna all work out."
Lynette: "What does that mean?"
Tom: "It means that I can use the break."
Lynette: "Oh, well, yeah. I think it would be good for you to take some time off."
Tom: "No, not some time. Full time. I'm gonna be a stay-at-home dad."
Lynette: "Huh?"
Tom: "What the heck? You earn the living for a while."
Lynette: "Tom, that's...crazy."
Tom: "Why? Why is it crazy? You and I both know that you're better at the ad game, and you tell me all the time how hard it is to be a mom."
Lynette: "Well, yes, yes, it is hard, but I, I love it, too, and I've been doing it for six years, and I haven't complained the entire time."
Tom: "Fair enough. Fair enough. But be honest. Secretly, you miss the ad game, don't you? I mean, you miss the pressure and the deadlines and the, the power lunches. Or am I wrong? Maybe, maybe you want to sort dirty socks the rest of your life."
Lynette: "We should talk about this seriously before we make any rash decisions."
Tom: "I already made the decision. You're going back to work.
中文臺詞：
勒奈特：你過得開心嗎？
湯姆: 事實上，我很開心。可能是我長久以來最開心的一天。
勒奈特：我真的沒想讓你辭職。
湯姆：你確實沒有。你讓我接下來的20年裡哪裡也去不了。
勒奈特：我無言以對。
湯姆：你怎麼不請求我原諒。
勒奈特：是呀，我很抱歉，真對不起。我無意傷害你。我只是在保護我們的家庭。如果你升遷了，我們會很久見不到你的。你得到處出差 ，
湯姆：勒奈特，你是對的，你沒做錯。 升遷會毀了咱們的。所以這是個好辦法。
勒奈特：什麼意思？
湯姆：意思是我可以好好休假了。
勒奈特：也對，你也該好好休息一陣了。
湯姆: 不是一陣，是一直。我要做全職爸爸。不如這樣，由你來負責賺錢養家。
勒奈特：這也太荒唐了吧。
湯姆：怎麼會荒唐呢？我們都知道你在廣告界比我強。而且你一直在說當媽有多難。
勒奈特：是的，是很難，但我喜歡這樣子。而我都當了六年媽媽了。我沒有抱怨過，一直都沒有。
湯姆：好吧，有道理。但事實上，你更懷念你的工作，不是嗎？你懷念有壓力、有緊迫感，權利在手的生活。或者是我錯了。也許你只是想繼續讓家務活伴隨你以後的生活。
勒奈特：在我們匆忙做出決定之前，應該認真討論一下。
湯姆：我已經決定好了，你回去上班。
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