What if you were an awkward teenager and your mother was a sex therapist? That would be really embarrassing, right? That’s the premise of Sex Education, a British teen dramedy that debuted on Netflix in 2019. The show was created by British-Australian writer Laurie Nunn, who based the story on her own experiences learning about sex--both inside and outside of the classroom as a teenager. The popular series, set at Moordale Secondary School in the fictional town of Moordale, has run for two seasons, with a third season set to come out sometime in the second half of 2021.
如果你是一個成長尷尬期彆扭的青少年，母親又是性愛治療師會怎麼樣？ 那應該很尷尬，對吧？ 這就是2019 年 Netflix 首播的青少年英劇《性愛自修室》的故事前提。影集為英國澳洲編劇羅莉努恩創作，她根據自己青少年時期在課堂、課外學習到的性經歷寫成劇本。 這部廣受好評的影集故事場景為虛構摩爾戴鎮的摩爾戴高中，目前兩季已播畢，第三季將於 2021 年下半年推出。
Vocabulary
awkward (adj.) 尷尬的、彆扭的
embarrassing (adj.) 令人尷尬的
therapist (n.) 治療師
premise (n.) 前提；假設
debut (v./ n.) 首映
fictional (adj.) 虛構的
Grammar Master
強調「與現在事實不符」的假設語氣
本句What if you were an awkward teenager…? That would be…用到假設語氣，假設你現在是誰，「與現在事實不符」或「該事發生可能性極低」，必須用「過去簡單式」。
．句型：If S + were…, S + would/could/might/should + VR.
例：If I were rich, I would buy a big house in Taipei. 如果我很富有，我就會在台北買一棟大豪宅。[ 事實是，我現在很窮一點都負擔不起。]
婚禮前夕
[Philip is leaving the hall where he just received his new title and sees Elizabeth waiting for him]
Philip: I think they’d have preferred a nice, pink-faced marquis with a grouse moor in the Scottish Borders. [lights cigarette] Are you sure you wouldn’t have preferred one of those? Someone with a grand title, rather than a homeless Charlie Kraut?
Elizabeth: No, that would have all been very antiseptic. Must you really smoke? You know how I hate it.
Philip: Pity, because I love it so very much. But like a great many other things, I’m going to give it all up for you.
Elizabeth: Well, you still have 24 hours to change your mind.
Philip: You think I can change my mind after all that? No, too late. I’ve signed myself away.
Elizabeth: Or won the greatest prize on Earth.
Philip: That’s certainly what they think. [pauses to put out cigarette, kisses Elizabeth] It’s what I think, too.
［菲利普獲得新頭銜，正要離開的大廳，看到伊麗莎白在等他〕
菲利普：他們應該比較喜愛個性溫和害羞的侯爵，在蘇格蘭邊界擁有松雞狩獵場的那種人。［點煙］妳真的不喜歡那種對象？擁有高貴頭銜的，而不是無家可歸，混有英德血統的傢伙？
伊莉莎白：我不喜歡。那樣日子就太單調了你真的要抽煙嗎？你明知道我很討厭。
菲利普：可惜，因為我愛死抽煙的感覺。不過，如同其他美好的事物，我也會為了妳而放棄。
伊莉莎白：你還有24個小時可以考慮。
菲利普：事情已走到這一步 妳以為我還能改變心意？不行，太遲了，我已簽字放棄自己。
伊莉莎白：或是贏得世上最棒的獎品。
菲利普：他們正是這麼想，而我也有同感。
vocabulary
1. pink-faced (adj.) 害羞的；天真的
2. grand (adj.) 偉大的、高貴的
3. antiseptic (adj.) 冷淡缺乏熱情的；抗菌的
4. certainly (adv.) 無疑地、當然地
補充單字
1. marquis (n.) 侯爵
2. grouse (n.) 松雞
3. Charlie Kraut
charlie 在英式英語是「愚笨的」，kraut 是「德國酸菜」即「德國佬」的蔑稱，兩字加起來指「混英德血統的笨蛋」，菲利普的母親有德國血統，四位姐妹也都嫁給德國貴族。
Phrase
sign sth away 簽字放棄
The country signed away its nuclear weapons.
該國簽字放棄核子武器。
如果你是一個成長尷尬期彆扭的青少年，母親又是性愛治療師會怎麼樣？ 那應該很尷尬，對吧？ 這就是2019 年 Netflix 首播的青少年英劇《性愛自修室》的故事前提。影集為英國澳洲編劇羅莉努恩創作，她根據自己青少年時期在課堂、課外學習到的性經歷寫成劇本。 這部廣受好評的影集故事場景為虛構摩爾戴鎮的摩爾戴高中，目前兩季已播畢，第三季將於 2021 年下半年推出。
Vocabulary
awkward (adj.) 尷尬的、彆扭的
embarrassing (adj.) 令人尷尬的
therapist (n.) 治療師
premise (n.) 前提；假設
debut (v./ n.) 首映
fictional (adj.) 虛構的
Grammar Master
強調「與現在事實不符」的假設語氣
本句What if you were an awkward teenager…? That would be…用到假設語氣，假設你現在是誰，「與現在事實不符」或「該事發生可能性極低」，必須用「過去簡單式」。
．句型：If S + were…, S + would/could/might/should + VR.
例：If I were rich, I would buy a big house in Taipei. 如果我很富有，我就會在台北買一棟大豪宅。[ 事實是，我現在很窮一點都負擔不起。]
婚禮前夕
[Philip is leaving the hall where he just received his new title and sees Elizabeth waiting for him]
Philip: I think they’d have preferred a nice, pink-faced marquis with a grouse moor in the Scottish Borders. [lights cigarette] Are you sure you wouldn’t have preferred one of those? Someone with a grand title, rather than a homeless Charlie Kraut?
Elizabeth: No, that would have all been very antiseptic. Must you really smoke? You know how I hate it.
Philip: Pity, because I love it so very much. But like a great many other things, I’m going to give it all up for you.
Elizabeth: Well, you still have 24 hours to change your mind.
Philip: You think I can change my mind after all that? No, too late. I’ve signed myself away.
Elizabeth: Or won the greatest prize on Earth.
Philip: That’s certainly what they think. [pauses to put out cigarette, kisses Elizabeth] It’s what I think, too.
［菲利普獲得新頭銜，正要離開的大廳，看到伊麗莎白在等他〕
菲利普：他們應該比較喜愛個性溫和害羞的侯爵，在蘇格蘭邊界擁有松雞狩獵場的那種人。［點煙］妳真的不喜歡那種對象？擁有高貴頭銜的，而不是無家可歸，混有英德血統的傢伙？
伊莉莎白：我不喜歡。那樣日子就太單調了你真的要抽煙嗎？你明知道我很討厭。
菲利普：可惜，因為我愛死抽煙的感覺。不過，如同其他美好的事物，我也會為了妳而放棄。
伊莉莎白：你還有24個小時可以考慮。
菲利普：事情已走到這一步 妳以為我還能改變心意？不行，太遲了，我已簽字放棄自己。
伊莉莎白：或是贏得世上最棒的獎品。
菲利普：他們正是這麼想，而我也有同感。
vocabulary
1. pink-faced (adj.) 害羞的；天真的
2. grand (adj.) 偉大的、高貴的
3. antiseptic (adj.) 冷淡缺乏熱情的；抗菌的
4. certainly (adv.) 無疑地、當然地
補充單字
1. marquis (n.) 侯爵
2. grouse (n.) 松雞
3. Charlie Kraut
charlie 在英式英語是「愚笨的」，kraut 是「德國酸菜」即「德國佬」的蔑稱，兩字加起來指「混英德血統的笨蛋」，菲利普的母親有德國血統，四位姐妹也都嫁給德國貴族。
Phrase
sign sth away 簽字放棄
The country signed away its nuclear weapons.
該國簽字放棄核子武器。
