383. Mending a Broken Heart

📝 Translation

• Original David: Why has Joyce been moping around all week? What’s wrong with her? Victoria: She’s suffering from a broken heart. Her boyfriend broke up with her over the weekend. They had been together for two years. David: Did she tell you the gruesome details? Victoria: Not really. She just said that she’s feeling depressed and she didn’t want to talk about it, but you can see the grief all over her face. David: I can think of a way to cheer her up. I’ve always wanted to go out with Joyce. Maybe I’ll ask her out. Victoria: Wait a second. I think she’s feeling pretty vulnerable right now, and there's no way she’s ready to date yet. I think you’re jumping the gun. David: There’s nothing better to help someone bounce back from a failed relationship than the promise of a new one. Victoria: Maybe, but I think it might backfire. If you just want a fling, she might not be able to recover from rejection – twice. David: Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing. I’ll just distract her from her misery for a while until she starts to recover. Victoria: Just ==tread carefully==. David: Leave it to the master.

• Chinese David：Joyce这整个星期怎么一直闷闷不乐的？她怎么了？ Victoria：她正在承受失恋的痛苦。她男朋友周末跟她分手了。他们在一起两年了。 David：她跟你说那些惨痛的细节了吗？ Victoria：没怎么说。她只说她很沮丧，不想谈这件事，但你能从她脸上看到满满的 悲伤。 David：我能想到一个让她开心起来的办法。我一直想约Joyce出去。也许我可以约她。 Victoria：等一下。我觉得她现在非常脆弱，她绝对还没准备好开始约会。我觉得你操之过急了。 David：没有什么比一段新恋情的希望更能帮人从失败的感情中恢复过来的了。 Victoria：也许吧，但我觉得可能会适得其反。如果你只是想玩玩而已，她可能承受不了第二次被拒绝。 David：别担心。我知道自己在做什么。我只是帮她从痛苦中分分心，直到她开始恢复。 Victoria：你可要小心行事啊。 David：交给高手吧。

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  Full review: 383. Mending a Broken Heart - Review

  Key Takeaways:

  • Use “What’s wrong with her” to ask about current mood/state, instead of “What happened”.
  • Maybe is the adverb (perhaps), while may be is the verb phrase.
  • Avoid “may be + base verb” (e.g., may be backfire → might backfire).
  • “jumping the gun” means acting prematurely.
  • “backfire” means a plan produces the opposite, negative result.

• Second 2026-03-07 12:22 D: Why has Joyce been moping all the moping around all week? What’s wrong with her? V: She’s suffering * from a broken heart. Her boyfriend broke up with her on over the weekend. They were had been together for two years. D: Did she tell you the gruesome details? V: Not too much. really. She just said that she was really ==‘s feeling== depressed and didn’t want to talk about it, but you can see all the grief from all over her face. D: I can think of a way to make her happy cheer her up. I’ve been wanting to ask Joyce out always wanted to go out with Joyce. Maybe I can 'll ask her out. V: Wait a second. I think she is very feeling pretty vulnerable right now and not there's no way she's ready to date yet. I think you’re jumping the gun. D: There’s nothing better ~~than a promise new love to make~~ to help someone bounce back from a failed relationship than the promise of a new one. V: May be Maybe, but I think it may be might backfire. If you just want a filing fling, she may can’t afford a might not be able to recover from rejection - twice. D: Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing. I’ll just district distract her from the her misery for a while until she starts recovering to recover. V: You should trade Just tread carefully. D: Leave it to the master.

  Full review: 383. Mending a Broken Heart - Review

  Key Takeaways:

  • Use over the weekend for American English events spanning the weekend.
  • Use the past perfect (had been) to signify an action happening before a past event.
  • You do NOT need to backshift tenses in reported speech if the reported state is still true now (she’s feeling).
  • Notice the natural collocations: all over her face, cheer her up, and help someone bounce back.

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