hot off the presses剛出爐

把一門生意壓縮成千把人頭，數字一擺，夢想就有了形狀。

If I can find N people like you, I'm in business.

朋友說想創業或賣東西時，可以這麼算給他聽；對投資人以外的人別太當真。

find enough people like you and you're set ／ a few thousand people and you've got a business

口語

重音落在 in business，前面的人頭數字放平。

If I can find fifty parents like you, this class is in business. 要是能找到五十個像你這樣的家長，這班就開得成了。

一句話分清了歸屬和付出，不是自己的東西，也照樣認真做。

This ain't my X, but I put a lot of work in it.

幫別人做事、功勞不算自己時能用；正式彙報裡別用 ain't。

not my project, but I gave it my all ／ not my name on it, still my work

口語

ain't 輕讀，but 後停頓，this film 加重。

This ain't my project, but I put a lot of work in it. 這不是我的專案，可我在裡面下了不少功夫。

把二十年交情和一句 it's done 並排，輕描淡寫卻重得很。

I've known someone for N years, and it's done.

說到堅持很久終於完成的事時能用；對不熟的人別掏心窩子。

we go way back, and it's finally done ／ known him for years, and now it's finished

中性

known 拉長，and it's done 三詞一字一頓收住。

I've known this team for five years, and it's done. 我跟這個團隊共事五年了，現在總算做完了。

用觀眾買票的常識當尺子，一句話把糊弄的畫面判了死刑。

You go to X, you see this. You don't pay to see that.

挑毛病、講質量標準時能用；別拿去當面罵人。

people pay for this, not for that ／ that's not what anyone pays to watch

口語

this 和 that 對比要重讀，中間停頓一下。

You pay for a concert, you expect this. You don't pay to hear that. 你花錢聽演唱會，圖的是這個。那種聲音你才不會掏錢。