也许嫁给他 让他走上直路
“Marry him, set him straight.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你确定你不想来为我工作？ 你可以训练一下科林
“You sure you don't wanna come and work for me? You could train Colin up.”
也许 嫁给他 让他走 上直路
“Marry him, set him straight.”
不行 他太帅了 我会分心的
“Aw, no. He's too handsome. I'd be distracted.”
“You two would make quite a pair, and maybe you could actually straighten him out.”
Traditional and modern tropes often portray a good romantic partner or spouse as someone who grounds and morally reforms a wayward man.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to get on the right/straight path
An idiomatic metaphor referring to reforming one's ways or abandoning misconduct.
perhaps / maybe
Used to soften proposals or introduce speculative suggestions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't you marry him just for his family's connections?”
“marrying him.”
“Life won't be easy if you marry him.”
“If I marry him, I will be laughed at by others.”
“I haven't completely decided to marry him yet.”
“why would I marry him? I could find someone with better prospects.”