What No One Tells You About Divorce (From #1 Divorce Lawyer)

🎯 聽之前

A divorce lawyer talks with Mel about what actually ends marriages, and what people wish they had done earlier. The English here is about evidence, habits, and plain speech in hard conversations.

• What does the lawyer say people lie about, and to whom?
• Which small habit does he treat as evidence of care?
• How does he separate "a feeling" from "a pattern"?
• Notice legal-sounding words used in ordinary advice: evidence, privilege, demonstrate.

💬 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。

1. People lie to their therapist. They rarely lie to their lawyer.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   人們會對治療師說謊。他們很少對律師說謊。

   rarely 放在一般動詞前。兩個短句，第二句才是重點。
2. If you want to know why cars break, do not only ask the salesperson.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   如果你想知道車子為什麼壞，不要只問業務。

   比喻：離婚律師看的是已經壞掉的婚姻，不是銷售話術。
3. Love is not a speech. Love is a repeated, boring task.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   愛不是一篇演講。愛是一件重複、無聊的小事。

   repeated 和 boring 兩個形容詞修飾 task。
4. Leave a note. A note is evidence that you were thinking of them when they were not in the room.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   留一張字條。字條是證據：對方不在房間時，你心裡有他。

   evidence that + 子句。when they were not in the room 是時間子句。
5. One fight does not end a marriage. An unaddressed pattern does.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   一次吵架不會結束一段婚姻。沒被處理的模式才會。

   unaddressed：被放著沒處理。does 代替 ends a marriage。
6. Ask what you can demonstrate this week, not what you can promise this year.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   問你這週能拿出什麼證明，而不是你今年能承諾什麼。

   demonstrate / promise 對比「看得到的行為」和「話」。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

🧩 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。

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

1. Why does the lawyer trust what clients tell him?
   Clients enjoy talking to lawyersPeople rarely lie to the person whose job is to protect them under privilegeTherapists are not trainedLawyers are better listeners by personality
   The point is the setting: privilege and consequences, not personality.
2. What counts as evidence of care in the lesson?
   A long speech about the futureA small repeated act, like a noteAn expensive gift once a yearWinning an argument
   Care is framed as a boring, repeatable proof.
3. "Sweep it under the rug" means:
   Clean the house togetherHide a problem instead of addressing itCompromise fairlyLeave a note
   The rug hides dirt; the idiom hides conflict.
4. What ends the marriage, in this framing?
   One single fightAn unaddressed patternHiring a lawyer too earlyLeaving notes
   One fight is an event. The pattern is the structure.

💭 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。

• What is a small, boring proof of care you could leave for someone this week?
• Describe a pattern you have swept under the rug. No need to name the person.
• Finish: "Ask what I can demonstrate this week, not what I can promise this year." Apply it to one relationship.