這場戲：簽下送包裹的活兒
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尼爾赴約，見到要給他活兒的人，對方開口就是 Here's the deal（條件是這樣）：開車橫穿全國送一個包裹，不能弄丟、不能開啟、也不能打聽裡面是什麼，報酬到那一頭再給。他還被要求在檔案上按一滴血。想學談條件時怎麼把規矩一條條擺出來，這句最實用。
「條件是這樣」怎麼說？here's the deal
the other end 在另一頭、到那頭by way of 取道、經由find out 弄清楚、打聽出來
「用行動兌現說過的話」說 put his blood where his mouth is
the drop of your blood 一滴血put his blood where his mouth is 用行動兌現說過的話out there 在外面、在外頭
尼爾按時赴約，見到要給他活兒的人。對方開門見山：Here's the deal（條件是這樣）——開車橫穿全國送一個包裹，不能弄丟、不能開啟，也不能打聽裡面是什麼，報酬到那一頭再付，路線是走 60 號州際公路。尼爾嫌一切太超現實，問這活兒給多少錢、有什麼貓膩，對方只說 Can't really say（這個真不好說），最後還要他按一滴血封合同：put his blood where his mouth is（用行動兌現說過的話）。臨走還提醒他路上有個殺手。這些說法適合談條件、立規矩。
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。
“- Well the journey of life always includes a possibility of death.”
人生的旅程嘛，總帶著一絲死亡的可能。
把死亡說得像隨身行李，冷幽默裡透著一句大實話。
the journey of life always includes ...
朋友輕描淡寫談風險時能用；安慰真正害怕的人時別說。
Life always comes with a little death in it. ／ No journey is ever completely safe.
中性
journey of 連讀，possibility 重音靠後，句尾放平收。
The journey of life always includes a few wrong turns. 人生的旅程嘛，總會拐錯幾個彎。
“Traditionally, when a man means what he says, he'll put his blood where his mouth is.”
按老規矩，一個人要是說話算數，就會把血按在嘴上說過的地方。
把常見的打賭俗語換成血，一句就把承諾變成儀式。
put one's blood where one's mouth is
談承諾、立字據的場合能用；日常閒聊說會顯得誇張。
put your money where your mouth is ／ back up your words with action
literary
means what he 連讀，重音落在 blood 和 mouth 上。
Don't just promise, put your money where your mouth is. 別光嘴上答應，拿出實際行動來。
“Could be you're awake for the first time in your life.”
也許這是你這輩子第一次真正醒著。
把「醒來」說成第一次活著，點破整場戲的夢感。
for the first time in one's life
說某人終於醒悟時能用；對長輩或陌生人說會顯得冒犯。
Maybe you're seeing clearly for the first time. ／ Could be you've just woken up to it all.
中性
Could be 弱讀，first time in 連讀，重音在 awake 和 life。
For the first time in my life, I know what I want. 我這輩子第一次知道自己想要什麼。
“You don't loose it, you don't open it, and you don't try to find out what's inside it.”
不能弄丟，不能開啟，也不能去打聽裡面是什麼。
三個 don't 排比，把一份神秘契約的規矩說得沒有半點商量餘地。
You don't X, you don't Y, and you don't try to Z.
交代硬性規矩、發出最後通牒時能用；日常請人幫忙別用，太像命令。
Don't lose it, don't open it, don't ask what's inside. ／ You keep it sealed and you ask no questions.
正式
三個 don't 節奏一致，最後 inside it 稍慢。
You don't lose the key, you don't copy it, and you don't tell anyone. 鑰匙不能丟，不能配，也不能告訴任何人。
下一章 · 07happily ever after從此幸福地生活下去這場戲：重逢服務員送八號球意思是「條件是這樣、我直說吧」，常用來把規則或條件一條條講清楚。戲裡對方用它引出送貨任務的規矩。
戲裡說 put his blood where his mouth is，是最常見的 put your money where your mouth is 的變體，意思都是別光說，要用行動證明。
口語裡表示驚訝、不滿或不在乎，可譯成「搞什麼鬼」「管他呢」。戲裡尼爾問 what the hell is going on here 就是「這到底是怎麼回事」。
不是。cross country 在這裡是「橫穿全國、長途穿越」，指從一國這頭開到那頭。做名詞時 country 才和鄉村有關。
指「開始相信某套說法、某件事的人」。戲裡 I was fast becoming a believer in signs 就是「我很快就信了徵兆這回事」。
