短语讲解：

1. And we were talking about everything other than the musical, and right in the middle of the conversation she detoured and said, ‘BeBe, when are you going to write that musical about you and your family?’

in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：I was in the middle of the back row
我在后排的中间。

2. I walk in and I open up my laptop and it was like a faucet came on.

open up 打开; 开发
例句：They decided to open up an office in town.
他们决定在市区设立一个办事处。