◆ I would have hated to grow up around people like that.

在虛擬語氣中時，would have done 是個很常用的詞組。would have done:主句使用過去將來完成時（would have done），表示對過去情況的假設(shè)，是虛擬語氣的一種用法。比如：Mr Bush would have done much the same thing. 布什先生也可能會做同樣的事情。

◆ I’m used to having people listen to me.

be used to doing sth表示習(xí)慣于做某事。易混淆的是be used to do sth., 意思是被用來做某事，例如：Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house. 當(dāng)然，正如我們所知道的，狗可以看家。

◆ I feel pressure not to flip out at people about it.

這句話的意思是確實感到有壓力，人們對我的身材品頭論足，我努力地不因此抓狂。It在這里指前文提到的阿黛爾的身材。其中flip out在這句中意思是發(fā)狂，失控。當(dāng)你想要表達(dá)你感受到來自于……的壓力時，就可以用上它了。