這場戲：披薩店清早為掃地拌嘴
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清早的披薩店，熱浪剛起，薩爾讓皮諾掃地，皮諾轉手推給維托，兄弟倆當著老爹互相告狀。母親姐妹路過門口，叮囑穆奇 The man says it's going to be hot as the devil.（廣播裡說今天熱得要命。），別熱暈了。想用英文抱怨天氣、說「今天熱得要命」，hot as the devil 太地道了。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 薩爾替披薩店辯護
四句一鼓作氣，把「正經生意」越說越硬，底氣裡卻透著心虛。
Take it easy, you'll live longer（放輕鬆，你能多活幾年）
late again 又遲到了up the block 就在這條街上Take it easy 放輕鬆、別急get paid for 拿錢就是幹這個的
大熱天的清早，薩爾在店裡忙前忙後。皮諾問他給空調師傅打過電話沒有，薩爾說打了一整個星期，可 He won't come around here unless he has a police escort.（除非有警察護送，不然他才不肯來這兒。）。他叫皮諾掃地，皮諾轉手推給維托，維托立刻跟老爹告狀，說皮諾腦子不好使；皮諾則甩出一句 I hate this frigging place.（我恨死這破地方了。）。穆奇遲到進店，母親姐妹在門口叮囑 The man says it's going to be hot as the devil.（廣播裡說今天熱得要命。），別熱暈了。穆奇不肯掃地，和皮諾為誰該幹活拌嘴。想練抱怨天氣、抱怨工作和互相推活，這幾句全在。
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。
“I hate this frigging place. I detest it like a sickness.”
我恨死這破地方了。我厭惡它，就像厭惡一種病。
兩個詞層層加碼，把上班的怨氣說到頂，還帶一點自嘲。
I hate X. I detest it like a sickness.
跟熟人吐槽工作或環境時用；當著上司客戶別說這種話。
I hate this place; it makes me sick. ／ I can't stand it here, it's like a disease.
口語
hate 和 detest 重讀，sickness 前略停，怨氣拉滿。
I hate this commute. I detest it like a sickness. 我恨死這通勤了，厭惡它就像厭惡一種病。
“Why don't you relax, Pino? Take it easy, you'll live longer.”
皮諾，你幹嘛不放鬆點？別那麼較勁，你能多活幾年。
勸人別上火，還拿「多活幾年」逗一句，狠話裹著好意。
Take it easy, ... you'll live longer.
勸朋友別太較真時用；對長輩或嚴肅場合別這麼打趣。
Relax, it's really not worth it. ／ Calm down, you'll live longer.
口語
Why don't you 輕快帶過，live longer 拖長收尾。
Take it easy, man, you'll live longer. 放輕鬆點，哥們，你能多活幾年。
“I don't want you falling out from the heat, you hear me, son?”
我可不想你熱得暈過去，聽見沒，孩子？
街坊大媽半句叮囑，命令的口氣裡全藏著心疼。
I don't want you ...ing, you hear me?
對晚輩嘮叨關心時用；寫工作郵件別用這種家長口氣。
Don't go fainting on me, you hear? ／ I don't want you getting sick out there.
口語
you hear me 放慢加重，son 輕輕收尾，像長輩口吻。
I don't want you skipping lunch, you hear me? 我不想你不吃午飯，聽見沒？
“Every time you tell Pino what to do, he tells me to do what you told him what to do.”
你每次叫皮諾做事，他就把你要他做的轉手叫我做。
用一圈套娃句把推諉的荒誕說圓，越繞越像店裡真實運轉的樣子。
Every time you tell X ... , he tells me ...
吐槽層層轉包、互相推責時用，同事之間好笑，正式彙報要換成清楚的說法。
You tell him, he tells me, nothing gets done. ／ The order never reaches me straight.
口語
tell Pino what to do 連讀，後半句放慢繞回去。
Every time you tell him to do something, he tells me to do it. 你每次叫他做事，他就轉手叫我做。
No, I didn't think so. You see, Pino, this is a respectable business and there's nothing wrong with that. I mean, if there's something wrong with that, I want you to tell me. You can... No. You can... No. You can tell me right now. Is there something wrong with that?
不，我就知道你沒那本事。你看，皮諾，這是正經生意，這沒什麼見不得人的。 我是說，要是這有什麼不對，你就告訴我。 你可以……不。你可以……不。你現在就可以跟我說。 這有什麼不對嗎？
下一章 · 03be my guest請便這場戲：掃街掙一塊錢捱罵就是「熱得要命、熱得邪乎」。devil 在這裡只用來加強語氣，不是真有魔鬼。廣播說 it's going to be hot as the devil，就是預報今天熱到爆。
hot as the devil，也可以說 hot as hell。想形容天熱到受不了，除了 very hot，用這個說法更生動：It's hot as the devil today.
就是「上門、來一趟」。He won't come around here unless he has a police escort. 說的是空調師傅嫌這一帶不安全，除非有警察護送才肯來。
是，但通常罵得比較隨便。字面是「腦死亡」，口語裡指「腦子不好使、死腦筋」。維托說 He's brain-dead, Pop，就是當面吐槽哥哥皮諾笨。
這是句尾叮囑，等於「聽見沒有」。母親姐妹說 I don't want you falling out from the heat, you hear me, son?，就是在強調：別熱暈了，聽到沒有。
