start out:

to begin happening or existing in a particular way, especially when this changes later.

start off:

to begin something in a particular way, or to begin in a particular way.

以上start out 和start off都有一开始是以某种方式.但start out更有特指以后改变了的意思.

再细听,start out比较确切。在美式发音里out和off的打头元音明显不同的。所以这里我坚持start out是对的。

that'd never happen to me是对的，因为仔细听happen没有读成happened，而且我putting也拼错了。还是不够仔细。因为简单，就想当然了。

人懒了，不敢贴了。

thunder