這場戲：酒店經理上門催賬單
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酒店經理霍斯金斯堵住哈里催賬，要他 settle this bill（結清這筆賬），一次付清 in its entirety（全部、完整地）。哈里扮著大人物反問 Do you know who I am（知道我是誰嗎），壓不住場面時又低聲下氣求 Just give me this one break（就給我這一次機會）；對方不動聲色，補上一句要 impound your belongings（扣押你的財物）。
❝ 獨白 · 10 句 「成為有頭有臉的人」：be somebody
settle this bill 結清這筆賬in its entirety 全部、完整地be somebody 成為有頭有臉的人this one break 這一次機會、這一回通融
克里斯托先警告哈里：Born a hustler, you will die a hustler（天生的騙子，到死也是騙子）。接著酒店經理霍斯金斯堵住哈里催賬：三間套房住了三個星期，to date（到目前為止）一個便士沒付，限他當天現金結清二百八十七鎊，否則 impound your belongings（扣押財物）。哈里先嘴硬反問 Do you know who I am（知道我是誰嗎），被罵 a cheap spiv（下賤的投機販子）後又軟下來：I've fought and I waited for a chance to be somebody（我這輩子一直在拼，就等出人頭地的機會），Just give me this one break（就給我這一次機會）。可對方只回一句 Good day（再見）。最後哈里打電話給海倫改約：make it four o'clock（就定在四點鐘）。
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。
“Born a hustler, you will die a hustler.”
天生的騙子，到死也是騙子。
用一個生一個死把一生鎖死，短得刺人，也最難反駁。
Born a ... , you will die a ...
斷定某人本性難移時可用；非常重，別對朋友隨口說。
Once a liar, always a liar. ／ Born a cheat, you stay a cheat.
literary
Born a 輕讀，hustler 重讀兩次，中間略停。
Born a salesman, he will die a salesman. 他天生就是做銷售的，到死都是。
“All my life, Mr. Hoskins, I've fought and I waited for a chance to be somebody.”
霍斯金斯先生，我這輩子一直在拼，就等著出人頭地的機會。
一輩子的掙扎壓成一句話，卑微裡全是野心。
All my life, I've fought and waited for ...
講自己多年苦熬、爭取一個機會時用；對上級說顯得真情。
I've spent my whole life waiting for this chance. ／ I've fought for years to get this far.
中性
All my life 揚調，I've fought 弱讀，be somebody 重讀。
All my life I've worked to be taken seriously. 我這輩子都在努力，只為被人當回事。
“You'll get your money, every penny of it.”
你的錢會拿到，一個便士都不會少。
嘴上兜底的一句保證，越具體越像心虛。
You'll get ..., every ... of it.
向債主或客戶保證歸還時用；說滿了反而要小心兌現。
You'll get it back, all of it. ／ Every last cent will come back to you.
口語
every penny of it 四詞一頓，最後的 it 輕收。
You'll get your deposit back, every cent of it. 你的押金會退，一分都不會少。
“Indeed? I was rather under the impression that you've been deliberately avoiding me.”
是嗎？我倒覺得，你一直在有意躲著我。
用「我倒覺得」這種客套開場，把當面戳穿說得彬彬有禮，越客氣越讓人無從抵賴。
Indeed? I was rather under the impression that [observation].
對熟人點破對方小心思、又不想撕破臉時用；對親近朋友這麼說會顯得端著、有距離。
I rather got the feeling you were avoiding me. ／ That's odd, I thought you'd been keeping away.
正式
Indeed 短促上揚，rather under the impression 連讀放輕，deliberately avoiding me 逐字加重。
Indeed? I was rather under the impression that you'd been dodging this meeting. 是嗎？我倒覺得，你一直在躲這個會。
Please, sir, listen. I haven't got a penny, I'll admit it. But I did all this on 50 quid, and look what I've done, just look at this gym. You'll get your money, every penny of it. All my life, Mr. Hoskins, I've fought and I waited for a chance to be somebody. And now I'm almost there. I'm doing it. But if you throw us out of the hotel, I'll lose my partner. I'll lose everything. Please, sir, I... I beg you. Just give me this one break, and I promise you... I promise on my life...
先生，求您，聽我說。 我一個便士都沒有，我承認。 可這一切我是靠五十鎊做起來的，看看我幹成了什麼，就看看這間健身房。 你的錢會拿到，一個便士都不會少。 霍斯金斯先生，我這輩子一直在拼，就等著出人頭地的機會。 現在我就快到了。我做到了。 可你要是把我們趕出酒店，我就失去我的合夥人了。 我會失去一切。 先生，求您，我……我求您了。 就給我這一次機會，我向你保證……我拿命保證……
下一章 · 13throw good money after bad往虧本的事上繼續砸錢這場戲：合夥人當面撤資意思是「聽我把話說完」。原句 Please have to courtesy to hear me out，就是懇求對方別打斷、先聽自己講完，爭論或求人時很常用。
to date。原句 not one penny's been paid to date，就是「到目前為止一個便士都沒付」，比 so far 更書面，常見於賬單和報告。
英國老說法，指不幹正事、靠投機倒把撈錢的混混。原句 You are a cheap spiv，等於罵人「你就是個下賤的投機販子」。
be somebody。原句 I waited for a chance to be somebody，就是「我一直等著出人頭地的機會」，反義是 be nobody。
impound your belongings。原句 I shall impound your belongings，就是「我就扣押你的財物」，通常出現在欠租、欠賬被追討的場合。
eight-quid-a-week 是拿工資挖苦人。原句說對方是 eight-quid-a-week bookkeeper，等於罵「你這個一週才掙八鎊的寒酸賬房」，用具體數字貶低對方。
