英美人天天都在说的4000句 85:half the battle

[00:01]S：I originally¹ wanted to be a male model, but it turns out I'm not very good-looking, so that didn't work out.
[00:06]J：Honey! I can't go to sleep until you say good night.
[00:10]S：I didn't know that. I'm sorry. Good night. Go to sleep, all right? What did we learn about girls today?
[00:16]J：Initiating the conversation is half the battle.
[00:20]S：Bingo! Now sleep, OK?

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adv.本来，原来，最初，就起源而论，独创地

参考例句：

• Originally I didn't want to go.我本意不想去。
• After much discussion they settled on the plan originally proposed.他们讨论了很久，然后确定了原来提出的那个计划。