這場戲：開拍前十一天沒錢
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離《女巫》開拍只剩十一天，馬克才猛然發現錢和劇本都沒準備好。他不找藉口：There's no excuses（沒什麼藉口可找），No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse（從沒人買票來看你找藉口）。最後他擺好稻草人，一句 We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.（我們今天在美國，準備開拍）。想學怎麼用英語講「沒轍」和「開工」，別錯過。
沒人買票看你找藉口：paid admission（買票進場）
put on 煮上、燒上have them copied 讓人把東西影印好paid admission 買票進場
高中「中途退學」：drop out of
as far as 就……而言straighten out 拉回正軌
❝ 獨白 · 9 句 「準備就緒、隨時開拍」說 ready to roll
peppermint schnapps 薄荷利口酒That's senseless 毫無意義establishing shots 交代環境的鏡頭ready to roll 準備就緒、隨時開拍
清晨要趕今晚的會，還有人得把材料打出來、have something copied（讓人把東西影印好）。一句 There's no excuses（沒什麼藉口可找），因為 No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse（從來沒人花錢買票，就為看你怎麼找藉口）。可離《女巫》開拍只剩十一天，錢、劇本、選角、場地（scant at best，充其量就那幾處）都還沒到位。有人回憶他 drop out of（中途退學）高中、當過兵，最後又回來拍片。到了片場，馬克擺好稻草人，喊一句 We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.（我們今天在美國，準備開拍）。想學怎麼用英語講緊迫、錢緊和開工，很值得反覆聽。
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。
“No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse.”
從來沒人花錢買票，就為看你怎麼找藉口。
把藉口當成沒人買賬的爛片，一句話把找理由說成不值一張票錢。
No one has ever paid admission to see ...
想勸人別找藉口時用，先立一個誰都不買賬的物件；對長輩別用來頂嘴。
Nobody pays to watch excuses. ／ Excuses don't sell tickets.
中性
重音壓在 paid admission 和 excuse，句尾降調收。
No one has ever paid admission to see a late assignment. 沒人會花錢買票看一份遲交的作業。
“He dropped out of high school because he felt he didn't learn anything there.”
他高中退學了，因為覺得在那兒什麼都學不到。
把退學說成主動決定：不是讀不下去，是覺得沒東西可學。
He dropped out of ... because he felt ...
講某人為某個理由中途退出時用，後面接 because 交代原因；別拿來勸人隨便放棄。
He quit school because he felt he learned nothing. ／ He left school for the same reason.
口語
dropped out of 連讀，because 後的 felt 輕讀。
She dropped out of the program because she felt she was not learning anything. 她退出了那個專案，因為覺得學不到東西。
“That's pathetic, man. Is that what you want to do with your life?”
真可悲，老兄。你這輩子就想幹這個？
先甩一句狠評價，馬上用反問把問題丟回對方，逼自己面對。
Is that what you want to do with your life?
勸人清醒時用，先表態再用反問施壓；對同事或長輩別這麼衝。
Is this really how you want to spend your life? ／ Is that all you want out of life?
口語
pathetic 拉長，反問句升調，man 輕帶過。
Is that what you want to do with your life, drink until noon? 你這輩子就想這麼過，喝到中午？
“We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.”
我們今天在美國，準備開拍。
半句報地點、半句報狀態，ready to roll 一齣口就是開乾的號令。
We're in ... today, and we're ready to roll.
開工、出發前喊一嗓子時用，口語帶勁；寫正式報告時別用這句話。
We're here and good to go. ／ We're on location and ready to shoot.
口語
America 和 today 各頓一下，roll 收得乾脆。
We're on set today, and we're ready to roll. 我們今天進了片場，準備開拍。
Coven, man. We got to get this sucker done though. Seriously. Last night, I was so drunk I was calling Morocco. Calling, trying to get the hotel Hilton at Tangiers and Casablanca. That's pathetic, man. Is that what you want to do with your life? Suck down peppermint schnapps and try to call Morocco at 2:00 in the morning? That's senseless. But that's what happens, man. So we're here today to redeem it... get these establishing shots for Coven... and do what you can.
《女巫》啊，老兄。這片子非得拍完不可。說真的。 昨晚我醉得都給摩洛哥打電話了。 打電話，想訂丹吉爾和卡薩布蘭卡的希爾頓酒店。 真可悲，老兄。你這輩子就想幹這個？ 灌著薄荷利口酒，凌晨兩點給摩洛哥打電話？ 毫無意義。可事情就是這樣，老兄。 所以我們今天來這兒，就是要把它扳回來…… 給《女巫》拍幾組交代環境的鏡頭…… 然後盡力而為吧。
下一章 · 05kosher靠譜這場戲：勸比爾出錢拍片paid admission 就是「買票進場、掏錢入場」。那句 No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse 意思是：沒人會花錢買票，就為看你找藉口。
drop out of。drop out of high school 就是「高中退學」，也可以泛指中途退出某個專案或比賽。
ready to roll。劇組開拍前喊一句 We're ready to roll，就是「我們都準備好了，隨時可以開拍」。
known to man 意思是「人類已知的每一種」，常用來誇張：every f-stop known to man 就是「人類知道的所有光圈檔都用上了」。
compelled to 是「被逼著、不得不」。片裡說那個酒鬼被僅剩的朋友 compelled to 去參加互助會，就是被逼著去的。
