這場戲：五十鎊買回被扣母帶
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快樂星期一主唱肖恩把母帶扣下，眾人猜他也許會開價十萬鎊。談判桌上，托尼卻只掏出錢包說 That's 50 quid, that's all I've got（我就這麼多，一共五十鎊），還補一句 You wouldn't get that in the January sales（跟撿漏似的）。想學怎麼在討價還價裡把價壓到底，這場就是範本。
❝ 獨白 · 7 句 荒島獨白
把拖稿寫成海難求生，越一本正經越荒唐，最後一句破功。
擔心他開口十萬「不會讓步」：back down 就是「退縮、讓步」
buy it off 從…手裡買下back down 讓步、退縮nothing to do with me 跟我沒關係mention a figure 先開個價
快樂星期一的主唱肖恩吸毒失控，把錄好的母帶扣下，工廠唱片的人擔心他開口要十萬鎊贖金。托尼·威爾遜赴約幹吧酒吧，卻用錢包裡全部五十鎊就把母帶買了回來，還嘲諷說這價錢一月大減價都淘不到。這裡能學到三組表達：back down 是「讓步、退縮」，談判裡放話不會鬆口就用它；take someone's eye out 是「把別人眼睛戳瞎」，用來警告對方別亂揮危險東西；out of your wages 是「從你工資里扣」，老闆追責、罰款時常這麼說。三個都出現在火藥味十足的對話裡，學完就能用在討價還價、警告和追責的場合。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“That's 50 quid, that's all I've got.”
就五十鎊，我全部家當就這些。
把寒酸亮在桌面上，反而成了最狠的談判姿態。
that's all I've got
談錢、談條件時示弱用，熟人之間可以，正式談判別裝窮。
that's every penny I have ／ I've got nothing more than this
口語
50 quid 重讀，all I've got 放慢收尾。
That's 20 quid, that's all I've got on me. 就二十鎊，我身上只有這些。
“You could... You could take someone's eye out.”
你可能會……你可能會把別人的眼睛戳瞎。
對著一個拿著玩具的成年人說這種家長式警告，反差特別好笑。
you could take someone's eye out
吐槽危險玩具、玩笑提醒時用，熟人之間說，別對真小孩嚇唬。
you'll have someone's eye out with that ／ watch it, that's dangerous
口語
You could 重複時語氣更重，eye out 連讀。
Put the stick down, you could take someone's eye out. 把棍子放下，你會戳到別人眼睛的。
“You wouldn't get that in the January sales.”
這種便宜貨，一月的打折季都碰不上。
用買衣服的口氣調侃一筆天價交易，損得不動聲色。
you wouldn't get that in the sales
調侃超值或超虧的交易時用，熟人之間玩笑，別對客戶說。
that's a bargain you won't see in the sales ／ even the sales can't beat that
口語
January sales 連讀，句尾降調帶諷刺。
Half price? You wouldn't get that in the January sales. 半價？一月打折季都沒這價。
“My only distraction was to write lyrics for my forthcoming album.”
我唯一的消遣，就是給即將發行的專輯寫歌詞。
把絕境講得像度假，越平靜越顯出荒誕。
my only X was to Y
自嘲無聊或困境時用，朋友之間可以，正式場合別太戲劇化。
my only comfort was to X ／ all I had left to do was X
literary
only 重讀，forthcoming album 放慢，句尾降調。
My only distraction was to reorganise the whole kitchen. 我唯一的消遣就是把廚房整個重新整理了一遍。
“If he says 100 grand, he won't back down.”
他要是開口十萬，就不會鬆口。
一句話把對方的脾氣算透，談判裡最有用的判斷。
if he says X, he won't back down
預判對手、商量底線時用，熟人和同事之間都行，別當著對方說。
once he names a number, he sticks to it ／ if she commits to X, there's no moving her
口語
100 grand 重讀，back down 連讀降調。
If she says ten thousand, she won't back down. 她要是喊一萬，就不會讓步。
I was stranded on a desert island... ..with no shelter nor companionship. Every day I kept watch for rescue... ..but no-one came. My only distraction was to write lyrics for my forthcoming album. But then I thought... ..why the fuck should I?/
我困在一座荒島上， 沒住處，也沒人陪。 每天我都盼著有人來救， 可是沒人來。 我唯一的消遣就是給即將到來的專輯寫歌詞。 可後來我想…… ……我他媽憑什麼寫？
下一章 · 09drop a bollock捅婁子這場戲：飯局談簽約壓著人聲讓步、退縮。談判或爭論裡，本來堅持某個要求，後來鬆口了，就叫 back down。臺詞裡說 if he says 100 grand, he won't back down，意思是「他要是開口十萬，就不會鬆口」。
out of your wages。老闆發現東西被弄壞、錢被浪費時，會說 It's coming out of your wages，意思是這筆錢要算在你工資頭上。臺詞裡就是這麼吼偷用錄音棚的人。
對，字面就是「把別人的眼睛弄瞎」，通常用來警告別人別亂揮剪刀、槍之類危險的東西。臺詞裡肖恩晃著槍，托尼就說 You could take someone's eye out。
本意是「雙管齊下、火力全開」，也指事情兩頭都佔。臺詞裡肖恩同時用海洛因和美沙酮，旁人就說 Both barrels，等於說他「兩樣全上」。
That's 50 quid, that's all I've got 就是「一共五十鎊，我就這麼多」。托尼把錢包抖空，用極低的價從肖恩手裡贖回母帶，既省錢又滅了對方的要價。
