Brad Pitt
Question: How do you know when you’re in love?
Brad Pitt: Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own. I like to put it that way: trumps your own.
(to put it that way=to say it that way)
(to trump your own=to beat/defeat/over-power your own)
Talking about Love
Talking about love with friends. Love is a topic when you have talked to someone 4 –5 times; maybe more. Love is a strong emotion and people often listen closely and check to see if you feel the same or different from them. People see love as a core value.
Brad Pitt uses a rhetorical question to answer the original question. Also, he re-frames the original question in another form but the topic idea remains the same. The form he uses has an authority style feeling to it.
Do you know how to tell (=notice) you’re in real love? = I will teach you.
This authority style speech gives him an aura of father, teacher, guru, expert, etc.
However, it is common and doesn’t sound too strong for the listener in a rhetorical question form. You may also want to use this style to give yourself a moment to think of an appropriate answer.
He says his idea about love using a common wording that is often used to describe love:
It's when …
Next, he gives his message and reemphasizes it by simply repeating the same words again:
It's when someone else's interest 'trumps your own'. I like to put it that way: 'trumps your own'.
He is using a strong expression style and then changes to a softer feeling. The change of tone expresses his passion and belief about love for his mate. His mate is number one and he will be number two for her because he truly loves her. Brad Pitt comes across as a man with strong convictions about love. Brad achieves HIGH CLASS COMMUNICATION/English with only a few sentences.
Speaking Pattern
Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own. I like to put it that way: trumps your own.
Part One
First, let’s simplify Brad’s style:
Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.
Examples:
Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.
1.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when two becomes one.
2.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when you can’t imagine life without the other person.
Part Two
Now, let’s lengthen the style:
Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own. I like to put it that way: trumps your own.
Examples:
3.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when two becomes one.
I like to put it that way: two becomes one.
4.Do you know how to tell you’re in real love? It's when you can’t imagine life without the other person. I like to put it that way: can’t imagine life without the other person.
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I would love to see one of your ideas in Brad's simplified form. Please post or send me 1 Example Sentence. :-)
It’s when ______________________.
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