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假扮男友進私人牌局:crack the game

一場私人牌局開場前,有人被交代:Here's the play(計劃是這樣的),你要扮成新男友、找固定牌局。桌上剛有人說自己牌打得一般,就被一句 Bullshit(胡扯)頂回去。後面還有 crack the game(摸透牌局),聊套路、牌局和生意場都用得上。

發生了什麼

一場私人牌局開桌前,有人先交代角色:Here's the play(計劃是這樣的),你要扮成新男友,想找固定牌局。上桌的人說自己 not much of a card player(牌打得一般),對面立刻回一句 Bullshit(胡扯)拆穿。牌局開打,暗號、擺籌碼全上,旁白說就算 straight up(不耍花樣地)也能 crack the game(摸透牌局),因為屋裡沒風險。旁白還搬出 caveat emptor(買者自慎)替千術開脫。這些說法能用在牌桌,也能形容談判、生意裡把規則摸透。

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這場戲看什麼

  • 留意假身份交代時的低聲與停頓
  • 聽蟲蟲裝輸時怎麼把輸錢演自然
  • 看富家子從客氣到爆粗的語氣拐點

留意這幾個短語

Here's the playnot much of a card playerBullshitcrack the game

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本章短語

crack the game

摸透牌局figure out how to beat the game

有人一邊出千一邊在心裡評估:就算不耍手段,他也能很快摸清這局的路數;語氣是職業選手的自信。

She cracked the game by watching three hands and saying nothing.她看了三手牌,一言不發就摸透了這局。

本章還有

  • Here's the play

    計劃是這樣的

  • not much of a card player

    牌打得一般

  • Bullshit

    胡扯;少來

  • sucker

    冤大頭

  • caveat emptor

    買者自慎

本章全部批註

47 句台詞裡標了 27 處

短語 · B1be running a little late

會晚到一會兒

- Hi. - Barbara. Worm said you'd be running a little late.
發音you'd be

you'd be 常弱化為 /jəd bi/:/d/ 只輕碰齒齦就滑向 b,be 短而輕,重音交給 running late。

- Hi. - Barbara. Worm said you'd be running a little late.
短語 · B1keep someone company

陪著某人

I probably won't even sit. You know, just kinda keep him company.
短語 · B2look for a regular game

想找固定牌局 regular game 指能長期參加的私人牌局

Here's the play... you're my new boyfriend, you're looking for a regular game.
發音that's precisely

重音壓在 precisely,that's 輕輕滑過。

Bullshit. Worm tells me that's precisely what you are.
短語 · B1enough money to do something

夠錢做某事

- Leave him enough money to buy me breakfast. - [Laughter] - Good luck. - Thanks, sweetie.
短語 · B1pull up a chair

拉把椅子坐下

Here, why don't you pull up a chair.
短語 · B1deal someone in

把某人算進牌局 deal 是發牌,也指讓人加入這局

Okay, well, deal me in, I guess.
短語 · B2make it [amount]

把注加到五 牌桌下注用語,不是“做成五個”

- I'm in. - I'm gonna make it five.
俚語 · B2big spender

出手闊綽的人——牌桌調侃人出手闊綽,帶酸味;正式場合別用

Hey, big spender.
短語 · B2fall into an old rhythm

迅速找回舊默契

Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.
發音Worm and I

Worm and I 快說時連成一串,別逐字斷。

Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.
短語 · B2old-school tricks

老派手法

We bring out all the old school tricks, stuff that would never play in the city...
短語 · B2would never play somewhere

在那種地方行不通 play 這裡指做法吃得開、行得通

We bring out all the old school tricks, stuff that would never play in the city...
語法 · B2stuff that would never play in the city

定語從句:stuff 由 that 從句補充說明:這些老招在城裡行不通。

We bring out all the old school tricks, stuff that would never play in the city...
短語 · B2do something straight up

不耍花樣地 這裡指不靠出千,靠真本事

I can probably crack the game just as quickly straight up, but there's no risk in this room.
短語 · B1look down on someone

看不起某人

Now, some people might look down on Worm's mechanics, call it immoral.
語法 · B2It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

形式主語:It 是形式主語,真正內容是 to let...;意思是“讓冤大頭保住錢才不道德”。

But as Canada Bill Jones said, "It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money."
短語 · B1be a little off

有點不對勁/差了點

His technique is flawless. But his judgment is a little off.
短語 · B2do something to perfection

做到完美

Still, he plays the part of the loser to perfection.
俚語 · B2fuck

操;媽的——極度惱火時爆粗,正式場合和陌生人面前停用

Ahh, fuck! You know what?
短語 · B2a never-ending string of something

沒完沒了的一連串

- Fuck you and your never-ending string of boats, okay? - Hey.
俚語 · C1boats

滿堂紅(葫蘆)——撲克圈內行話,指滿堂紅;圈外人可能聽不懂

- Fuck you and your never-ending string of boats, okay? - Hey.
短語 · B1when the money's gone

錢輸光的時候

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.
短語 · B2secret handshaking

暗中勾結的 字面是秘密握手,這裡指一夥人暗中串通

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.
發音money's gone

money's 的 s 很輕,直接滑到 gone。

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.
俚語 · B2assholes

混蛋們——罵人混蛋,衝突場面用;正式場合絕不能用

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.

看懂「假扮男友進私人牌局」

發音重點

  • you'd be — you'd be 常弱化為 /jəd bi/:/d/ 只輕碰齒齦就滑向 b,be 短而輕,重音交給 running late。
  • that's precisely — 重音壓在 precisely,that's 輕輕滑過。
  • Worm and I — Worm and I 快說時連成一串,別逐字斷。
  • money's gone — money's 的 s 很輕,直接滑到 gone。
But as Canada Bill Jones said, "It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money."

但正如加拿大·比爾·瓊斯所說:“讓冤大頭保住錢,才是不道德。” 把出千說成替天行道,一句歪理把牌桌道德整個翻面。

Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.

我和蟲蟲像克萊德·弗雷澤和珍珠·門羅那樣,立刻找回了舊日的默契。 用籃球傳奇寫搭檔默契,名字一齣,節奏和信任都活了。

His technique is flawless. But his judgment is a little off.

他的手法無懈可擊,但判斷力差了點。 先揚後抑,八個詞把搭檔的致命短板點透。

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.

我萊斯叔叔說過,錢輸光了就該走人,所以你們就享受吧,你們這群暗地裡握手的混蛋。 用家訓包裝逐客令,最後一句粗話把體面撕破。

關於這一章的問題

「計劃是這樣的」英語怎麼說?

Here's the play。意思是「計劃是這樣的」,play 在這裡指行動方案,不是遊戲或戲。臺詞裡這句後面直接跟具體安排:你是我新男友,想找固定牌局。

crack the game 是什麼意思?

摸透牌局,把一局牌或一門生意的門道吃透。臺詞裡說的是不用耍花樣也能很快拿下這局。

sucker 在牌桌上指什麼人?

冤大頭,容易被騙、被宰的人。臺詞引了一句話,說讓冤大頭把錢留著才是不道德。

caveat emptor 是什麼意思?

買者自慎,拉丁語老說法,提醒買方自己看清風險,別指望賣方替你擔保。

「把輸家演到位」英語怎麼說?

play the part of the loser to perfection,把輸家這個角色演到完美,形容裝弱裝得很像。

Bullshit 在這裡是什麼語氣?

胡扯、少來,是當面拆穿對方的客套話,語氣不客氣,熟人和牌桌上才這麼說。

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