Let Them: How to Handle Difficult People & Take Back Your Peace and Power

📅 2026-09-21 · 新集 · ▶ 影片 · 22 個學習點 · 4 題

「讓他們去」：停止管理別人的心情，把界線說成一句你願意重複的話。

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🎯 聽之前

Mel's "let them" idea: stop spending your peace trying to control difficult people. Let them be who they are, and decide what you will do next.

Who is "them": a stranger, a parent, a coworker?
What do you stop doing when you let them?
What do you start doing instead?
Listen for the two-word command and the sentence that follows it.

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

Let them be disappointed. You are not required to manage their mood.

讓他們失望。你沒有義務管理他們的心情。
Let + 受詞 + 原形動詞。be required to 是「有義務」。
Difficult people do not need a better explanation. They need a boundary.

難搞的人不需要更好的解釋。他們需要一條界線。
boundary 在人際英文裡很常見，指你不讓人跨越的線。
If you keep translating yourself, you will disappear in the translation.

如果你一直替自己做翻譯（迎合對方），你會在翻譯裡消失。
translating yourself：把自己改寫成對方聽得懂、也不會生氣的版本。
Let them leave. The right people do not need to be chased into kindness.

讓他們走。對的人不需要被追著才願意善良。
chase someone into something：追到對方不得不⋯⋯。
Your peace is not a group project.

你的平靜不是一項團體作業。
group project 是學校用語，拿來比喻「不該由大家一起決定你安不安」。
Say less. Mean it. Leave the room if the sentence did not land.

少說。說了就要算數。如果那句話沒有落地，就離開房間。
land：被聽進去、產生效果。三個短祈使句。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

let them 成語

allow other people to act as they will, and stop trying to manage it · 讓他們去（不要再管）

Let them be late. You can start without them.

walk on eggshells 成語

to be extremely careful not to upset someone · 如履薄冰

If you walk on eggshells at dinner, the relationship is already loud.

pick your battles 成語

to decide which disagreements are worth having · 選擇要打的仗

Pick your battles. This one is not about the dishes.

give someone an inch 成語

to allow a little, often followed by them taking much more · 退讓一寸（對方就進一尺）

Give them an inch and the evening becomes their mood.

cut someone off 片語動詞

to stop contact or stop them mid-sentence · 切斷往來，或打斷

She did not cut him off. She stopped explaining.

you can lead a horse to water 諺語

you can offer help, but you cannot force someone to take it · 你可以把馬牽到水邊，但不能強迫牠喝

You explained it twice. You led the horse to water.

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

Let them ___. You are not required to ___.

讓他們⋯⋯。你沒有義務⋯⋯。

Let them misunderstand. You are not required to hold a second meeting about it.
Let them sulk. You are not required to fix the air in the room.

✍️ Write it for a person who drains you.

___ is not a ___.

⋯⋯不是⋯⋯。用來收回一個你以為屬於別人的東西。

Your weekend is not a group project.
Your no is not a debate topic.

✍️ Finish it with something you keep negotiating.

Say ___. Then ___.

說⋯⋯。然後⋯⋯。把話和後續動作綁在一起。

Say no. Then do not add a paragraph.
Say you are leaving at nine. Then leave at nine.

✍️ Write the pair you will use next time.

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

What does "let them" ask you to stop?

The phrase releases their reaction, not your own boundary.
"Walk on eggshells" means:

Eggshells break easily; the idiom is anxious carefulness.
A boundary, in this lesson, is:

It is language plus a follow-through, not a speech.
Which line matches the episode?

Chasing and self-translation are the habits the episode puts down.

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

Who are you currently translating yourself for?
Write a one-sentence boundary. Then write the action if they ignore it.
Describe a time you walked on eggshells. What did it cost you that evening?

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