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The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013 — 第 17 / 30 章 · 3'46" · C1

Jordan Pitches the FBI Agent, Explained：take a stab at

On Jordan's yacht, an FBI agent and a stockbroker trade small talk like two men doing a deal. Jordan offers his "personal line" and insists "I don't see why a little sitdown like this can't be profitable for the both of us." The friendliness is the pitch: he's trying to turn an investigator into an asset.

あらすじ

FBI agent Patrick Denham meets Jordan Belfort on his yacht. Denham claims the case was dumped on his desk by a superior who wanted to look busy, and Jordan listens sympathetically. Then Jordan offers his personal phone line and floats the idea that a quiet arrangement could profit them both, before steering the talk toward his own generosity.

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  59. ❝ 独白Dressing a bribe as charity7 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

take a stab at

make an attempt at

Denham asks whether Jordan once tried to break into Wall Street, sounding casual.

Let me take a stab at the puzzle.

このシーンの他の表現

  • make a show

    do something just for appearances

  • schmuck

    a foolish person

  • bullshit

    nonsense or lies

  • stay the course

    keep to the chosen path

  • in the ballpark

    roughly the right figure

このシーンのメモ一覧

88 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · C1make a show of doing something

do something just for appearances

Denham complains that a superior dumped the case on him just to look busy.

- Did it? - You know, by a higher-up who needs to make a show
表現 · B2end up being something

turn out to be

And then I end up being the schmuck who does the looking. Exactly.
スラング · C1schmuck

a foolish person — Casual and mocking; avoid it with your boss.

And then I end up being the schmuck who does the looking. Exactly.
表現 · B2bang on a door

knocking hard for entry

We're the new guy. We're the one that's banging on Wall Street's door. I mean, you should...
発音We're the

We're the weakens into wer-the in fast speech.

We're the new guy. We're the one that's banging on Wall Street's door. I mean, you should...
スラング · C1bullshit

nonsense — Crude; never in polite or formal talk.

This Internet stock bullshit?
表現 · B1step by step

one stage at a time

I could take you step-by-step through what exactly is occurring.
表現 · A2all you have to do is ...

the only thing needed is

All you have to do is ask.
表現 · B2get personal

touch private matters

and if you don't wanna get too personal,
表現 · B2take a stab at something

make an attempt at

Denham asks whether Jordan once tried to break into Wall Street, sounding casual.

Did I hear that right? Were you trying to take a stab at Wall Street?
表現 · C1stay the course

keep to the chosen path

Denham probes whether Jordan regrets not sticking with his old career path.

You ever think about what would've happened if you would have stayed the course?
文法 · C1what would've happened if you would have stayed the course

unreal conditional: The would-have plus if-clause imagines a past that did not happen.

You ever think about what would've happened if you would have stayed the course?
発音would have

Would have almost always reduces to would've.

You ever think about what would've happened if you would have stayed the course?
スラング · C1balls

testicles — Crude slang; keep it private.

You know what? When I'm riding home on the subway and my balls are fucking sweating,
表現 · B2in the ballpark

roughly the right figure

Jordan asks what an agent earns a year and presses for a rough figure.

- A year? In the ballpark? - Oh.
表現 · B2put it this way

to phrase it another way

Asked about pay, Denham avoids a number and steers the talk to a joke about the job.

Let's put it this way.
発音put it

In American speech the t in put it flaps, like pudit.

Let's put it this way.
スラング · B2pisses me off

makes me angry — Crude and informal; fine only with friends.

No, but it fucking pisses me off. You know what I mean?
表現 · C1skin someone alive

fleeced badly

End of the day, you guys get fucking skinned alive financially.
表現 · B1give back to someone

return something to others

Jordan dresses up a bribe as charity, saying he likes to help people who need guidance.

it's good to give back. You know, there's...
表現 · B2be bogged down by something

stuck and slowed down

Jordan says the young man was buried by student debt, setting up his own rescue.

He was bogged down by student loans.
文法 · B2bogged down by student loans

passive voice: The passive puts him on the receiving end, with by naming the cause.

He was bogged down by student loans.
表現 · C1triple bypass surgery

major heart surgery

Turns out, his mother needed triple bypass surgery.
表現 · B1pass away

died, said gently

Jordan admits the man's mother did not survive, using the gentlest phrasing.

granted, she passed away, unfortunately.
文法 · B2setting up the right team

gerund phrase: The gerund after about turns the action into the topic of the sentence.

It's just about setting up the right team,
表現 · C1north of an amount

more than

north of half a million dollars.

「Jordan Pitches the FBI Agent」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a bribe that never says the word. Jordan's friendliness is a strategy: he offers Denham his 'personal line' and suggests that 'a little sitdown like this can't be profitable for the both of us.' When Denham asks personal questions, Jordan answers with a speech about honest people — 'Firefighters, teachers, FBI agents' — who, he says, get 'skinned alive financially.' His story about a young client whose life changed overnight is a sales pitch dressed as sympathy. Even 'All you have to do is ask' is bait: he is offering himself as a source. Denham takes the number, but he is collecting information, not friendship.

Theme

DeceptionJordan's charm is calculated: every friendly gesture is aimed at turning an investigator into a source he can use.
MoneyHe reframes greed as generosity, insisting the market's real purpose is letting hardworking people like Denham's folk get rich.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A soft offer can be a crime in plain clothes.
  • 'give back' sounds noble but can hide a deal.
  • Denham's sympathy is itself a tactic.
  • Sidestepping a question can be an answer.

発音のポイント

  • We're the — We're the weakens into wer-the in fast speech.
  • would have — Would have almost always reduces to would've.
  • put it — In American speech the t in put it flaps, like pudit.
All you have to do is ask.

Jordan's open invitation to Denham: he presents himself as ready to share inside information, framing cooperation as a simple friendly favor.

I could take you step-by-step through what exactly is occurring.

He offers to walk the agent through Wall Street's practices — a pitch for access, and a way to look helpful rather than guilty.

and then overnight your life can change.

The promise at the heart of his sales story: one good trade can transform an ordinary life, which is how he justifies the business.

End of the day, you guys get fucking skinned alive financially.

His empathy pitch: honest workers like firefighters and FBI agents end up broke, so Jordan claims to be on their side against the system.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Jordan offer Denham his personal line?

It's a move to build a relationship. By acting friendly and available, Jordan hopes to turn an FBI investigator into someone who feeds him information instead of building a case against him.

Is Jordan bribing Denham in this scene?

He never names a bribe, but he clearly floats one — 'a little sitdown like this can't be profitable for the both of us.' He is testing whether Denham can be bought or used.

Why does Jordan talk about firefighters and teachers?

To sound like a man of the people. He argues that honest workers get cheated by the financial system, which frames his own dealings as fair by comparison.

What is the point of the story about the young client?

It's a sales pitch. Jordan uses a feel-good anecdote about a kid whose life changed overnight to make the business sound like charity rather than fraud.

How much did the intern supposedly make on one trade?

Jordan says the intern made 'north of half a million dollars' on a single trade, a number meant to impress Denham with how much money is at stake.

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