這場戲：把機場當提款機
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亨利講他們怎麼把機場當自家提款機：親戚朋友提前通風報信，缺錢了就來一句 Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport（缺錢我們就去搶機場）。他還一句 To us, it was better than Citibank（在我們眼裡它比花旗銀行還好使）把囂張寫在臉上。想學怎麼雲淡風輕地講犯罪、盤點一票兄弟，這段是教科書。
「通風報信」是 tip us off
every bit of 每一丁點、全部grew up 在某地長大tip us off 給某人通風報信in charge of 主管、負責某事
❝ 獨白 · 7 句 「別的活法」英語說 any other way
any other way 別的活法、另一種方式worried about 為某事發愁no balls 沒膽量、慫all routine 全是例行公事、習以為常
亨利講他們怎麼在艾德威爾德機場撈錢：從小在機場邊上長大，到處都是朋友親戚上班，會 tip us off（通風報信），告訴什麼貨進港出港；卡車司機或航空公司不聽話，保利就讓工會拿罷工 scare them（嚇唬他們）。這事比賭彩票還賺，全由吉米 in charge of（負責）。缺錢了，就 Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport（去搶機場），在他們眼裡比花旗銀行還好使。後來這段回憶還串起一票弟兄的外號：兩遍吉米、沒鼻子弗雷迪、殺手皮特。亨利最後一句 For us, to live any other way was nuts（換種活法才是瘋了），把他們的邏輯說盡。
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。
“To us, it was better than Citibank.”
在我們眼裡，它比花旗銀行還好使。
拿銀行作比，把搶機場說得像理財，冷幽默裡全是價值觀。
to us, X was better than Y
想用誇張對比表達偏愛時能用；正式場合別拿違法的事作比。
to us, that shortcut was better than the main road
口語
To us 一頓，better than 連讀，Citibank 重音在頭。
To us, that little noodle stall was better than any fancy restaurant. 在我們眼裡，那家小麵攤比什麼高階餐廳都好。
“If we wanted something, we just took it.”
我們想要什麼，直接拿就是了。
七個字把一整套無法無天的邏輯說得理所當然。
if someone wanted something, they just took it
想自嘲自己從不客氣時能用；正經談規則時別這麼說。
if she wanted the last seat, she just took it
口語
If we wanted 連讀，just took it 三拍收住。
If I wanted the window seat, I just took it. 我想坐窗邊，就直接坐了。
“For us, to live any other way was nuts.”
對我們來說，換一種活法才是瘋了。
把反常當成常識，一句就把整夥人的世界觀翻了個面。
for us, to do X was nuts
想強調自己這群人和常人不一樣時能用；對不熟的人說顯得傲慢。
for us, to wait in line was nuts
口語
For us 一頓，any other way 連讀，nuts 重讀收尾。
For us, to start work before noon was nuts. 對我們來說，中午前開工才叫離譜。
“Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport.”
每次缺錢，我們就去搶機場。
把犯罪說得像取款一樣平常，一句話交代了這個圈子荒謬的日常。
Whenever we needed X, we'd Y
調侃自己一有需要就用老辦法時能用；對嚴肅的場合別拿來形容真事，會顯得輕佻。
Any time money got tight, we knew where to go ／ When we ran short, we just helped ourselves
口語
whenever 連成一體，needed 和 money 之間不停頓。
Whenever we needed a hand, he'd show up with a toolbox. 每次我們需要幫忙，他就帶著工具箱出現。
For us, to live any other way was nuts. To us, those goody good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks... and took the subway to work every day and worried about bills, were dead. They were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice, they got hit so bad they never complained again. It was just all routine. You didn't even think about it.
對我們來說，換一種活法才是瘋了。 在我們眼裡，那些老老實實、拿著爛工資幹爛活的人…… 每天擠地鐵上班、為賬單發愁的人，都等於死了。 他們是傻子。他們沒膽。 我們想要什麼，直接拿就是了。 誰要是抱怨兩次，就會被揍得再也不敢開口。 這一切都成了例行公事。你根本不會多想。
下一章 · 06like a clown像小丑一樣供人取樂這場戲：假裝翻臉逼問哪兒逗指主管、負責某件事，後面接負責的物件。戲裡說機場這攤生意 Jimmy was in charge of it all，就是全歸吉米管。
tip someone off，指偷偷把訊息告訴對方。戲裡親戚朋友會 tip us off，提前告訴什麼貨進港、什麼貨出港。
是罵人，指沒膽量、慫，等於說對方不敢。戲裡說那些老實上班的人 They had no balls，語氣很不屑。
all routine。routine 指每天照做的流程，It was just all routine 就是「這一切都習以為常」，形容幹壞事幹到麻木。
every bit of 指「每一丁點、全部」，強調一點不剩。戲裡那句 we tried to steal every bit of it，就是說機場的東西他們全想偷。
