這場戲：新鄰居登門又做買賣
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萊斯特隔籬笆結識新鄰居，兩位先生先客套兩句；轉頭裡基帶他進屋，攤出一筆私下的買賣。裡基說自己 cut a deal（談成互惠條件）換對方長期供貨，又大方地說你 good for it（信得過你會付錢），先拿貨後付錢。想學討價還價、套近乎，還有用 actually（其實）打圓場，這場最齊。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 「來日方長」說 I had my whole life ahead of me（前程還長、來日方長）
flipped burgers 在快餐店煎漢堡打工ahead of me 前程還長、來日方長the power of denial 自欺的力量
萊斯特隔籬笆碰到新鄰居，先是一句 we haven't met（我們還沒正式見過），對方報上菲茨上校的身份。轉頭裡基把他帶進屋，談起一筆私下交易：裡基說自己 cut a deal（談成互惠條件），讓對方長期供給他乾淨尿樣去過藥檢；又說不急著收錢，因為 you're good for it（信得過你會付錢），只收現金。兩人還聊起音樂和往事，提到年輕時整個夏天 flipped burgers（在快餐店煎漢堡）、只為買一盤磁帶，那時的感覺是 I had my whole life ahead of me（前程無限）。末了一句 Never underestimate the power of denial（永遠別小看自欺的力量）。想學討價還價、賒賬、和套近乎閒聊，都用得上。
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。
“You don't have to pay now. I know you're good for it.”
你不用現在付，我知道你還得起。
先給貨再收錢，一句話把生意的信任說穿，比任何客套都重。
I know you're good for it
賒賬或先給貨時說，對熟客能用，對陌生人別亂說。
I know you'll come through ／ you'll square it with me later
口語
重音在 good，for it 輕收別上揚。
Take the tickets tonight; I know you're good for it. 票你先拿著，我知道你會補上。
“I had my whole life ahead of me.”
那時我整個人生都還在前頭。
用最平常的幾個詞，把青春和可能性一起說沒了；回望時最疼。
have one's whole life ahead of someone
回頭看年輕時光時用，帶點感傷，別拿去教訓別人。
I had everything ahead of me ／ the whole world was ahead of me
literary
whole life 連讀，ahead of 輕快帶過。
She's twenty and has her whole life ahead of her. 她才二十歲，前程還長著呢。
“When I was your age, I flipped burgers all summer just to buy an 8-track.”
我像你這麼大時，整個夏天煎漢堡，就為買一臺八軌機。
一句代際對比：用最累的活和最想要的小物件，把青春說得很實在。
When I was your age, I did X just to Y
對晚輩講過去時用，帶自嘲可以，別用來壓人。
Back in my day, I worked for what I had ／ When I was your age, things were different
口語
when I was your age 連讀，buy 重讀
When I was your age, I walked an hour just to reach the library. 我像你這麼大時，走一小時就為去趟圖書館。
“All I did was party and get laid.”
我當時就只顧著派對和上床。
把青春一句話歸零，輕描淡寫裡全是再也回不去。
All I did was ...
回憶某段時光、自嘲當初不務正業時用；正式場合別說。
That's all I did back then. ／ I just partied the years away.
口語
All I did was 連讀，party 稍重，get laid 快速收尾。
All I did was work and sleep that year. 那一年我就只顧著上班和睡覺。
Now I know how you can afford all this equipment. When I was your age, I flipped burgers all summer just to buy an 8-track. That sucks. No. Actually, it was great. All I did was party and get laid. I had my whole life ahead of me.
這下我知道你怎麼買得起這些裝置了。 我像你這麼大時，整個夏天翻漢堡，就為買盤八軌磁帶。 慘。 不，其實挺爽的。 我成天就是玩、搞物件。 那時我前程無限。
下一章 · 09nothing to lose沒什麼可失去的這場戲：車庫頂嘴後敲詐公司意思是「談成一筆互惠的交易」，雙方各讓一步、各取所需。劇中裡基用它說明自己和護士的私下約定：他給好處，對方長期給他提供乾淨尿樣。
good for it。常見說法是 I know you're good for it，就是「我知道你不會賴賬」。常用於賒賬、借錢時，表示信得過對方的信用。
意思是「我們還沒正式見過」，初次搭話時用，比自我介紹更自然。後面常接 I live next door 之類的說明，把關係拉近。
字面是「否認的力量」，實際指「自欺的力量」——人寧願相信一個舒服的假象，也不願面對真相。劇中用它點破父親對兒子行為的視而不見。
常用來「糾正」上一句，表示「其實、實際上是」。比如對方說 That sucks，回一句 Actually, it was great，就是把話鋒扳回來。
