You discover a restaurant where the menu has no prices. Instead, you pay with something personal: a secret, a memory, one hour of your life, etc. What would you order?
Ruth: There are no prices on this menu, Michael.
Michael: I noticed. The waiter said we pay with something “personal.” A secret, a memory, an hour of our life.
Ruth: That's insane. And also, weirdly, I kind of want to try it.
Michael: Of course you do. What are you thinking of ordering?
Ruth: The dumplings. I'll pay with a memory — that time in middle school I cried during a spelling test because I got “necessary” wrong.
Michael: That's a good one. Very specific, very human.
Ruth: What about you?
Michael: I'm eyeing the noodle soup. I think I'd pay with a secret.
Ruth: Oh, now you HAVE to tell me.
Michael: That's the thing — if I tell you, I can't pay with it anymore. It has to still be a secret.
Ruth: That is deeply unfair and also strangely brilliant.
Michael: Right? Okay, what about paying with an hour of your life — would you actually do that?
Ruth: For dessert, maybe. Depends how good the dessert looks.
Michael: An hour of your one and only life... for cake.
Ruth: Have you SEEN the cake here?
Michael: Fair point. Order the cake.
| Useful Phrase | 中文筆記 |
|---|---|
| insane | 誇張、瘋狂 |
| eyeing | 盯著（想要的東西）看 |
| deeply unfair | 非常不公平 |
| strangely brilliant | 詭異地很聰明 |
| fair point | 有道理 |
If you had to pay with a memory instead of money, which memory would you be willing to give up?
如果要用回憶而不是錢來付錢，你願意放棄哪個回憶？