這場戲：推翻全部安排送弟弟
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萊納斯一夜沒睡，進辦公室就下命令：油輪返航、停建新廠、取消合併，連婚禮也要 call off（取消），改送弟弟戴維跟薩布麗娜去巴黎。托馬斯一句 This one tasted like a goodbye kiss.（這個吻嚐起來像告別）讓他 add two and two together（把線索一拼就明白）。想學怎麼用短句下命令、怎麼含蓄點破心事，這段最精彩。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 calling off the wedding（取消婚禮）
bound for 開往某地calling off 取消（婚禮）as soon as possible 儘快
a goodbye kiss（告別之吻）
know nothing about 對某事一竅不通a goodbye kiss 告別之吻imagining things 多心、瞎想
萊納斯一夜沒睡好，一進辦公室就開始改計劃：先讓所有開往波多黎各的油輪返航，再讓建築公司停建新廠，連拉勒比塑膠的合併也取消，婚禮同樣 call off（取消）。他要把弟弟戴維、老拉勒比先生和泰森一家儘快叫來，as soon as possible（儘快）處理，還讓人備好 smelling salts（嗅鹽），怕有人當場暈過去。最後他把去巴黎的船票和艙房都改給了戴維，讓他陪薩布麗娜上船。可托馬斯不領情，他說那個吻 This one tasted like a goodbye kiss.（嚐起來像告別），讓萊納斯 add two and two together（把線索一拼就明白）。想學下命令、安排事情和含蓄點破的表達，這段都能用。
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。
“This one tasted like a goodbye kiss.”
她這個吻，嚐起來像是告別。
不說難過，只寫一個吻的味道，預感全在這一句裡。
This one tasted like a ...
用感官描寫說出一段關係要結束時用；對當事人直說會像在宣判。
That kiss felt like an ending. ／ It tasted the way a farewell tastes.
literary
tasted like 連讀，goodbye 加重，句尾放輕。
That hug felt like a goodbye, not a hello. 那個擁抱像是告別，不像重逢。
“Well, I may know nothing about Dow Jones Averages, but I do know something about kisses.”
我對道瓊斯指數也許一竅不通，可吻的事我還是懂一點的。
拿財經和無知做墊，把「我懂感情」說得又好笑又鄭重。
I may know nothing about X, but I do know something about Y
自嘲不懂某事、同時強調自己懂另一件事時用；正式彙報裡不合適。
I know nothing about stocks, but I know a goodbye when I see one. ／ Numbers are not my strength, people are.
中性
may know nothing 快讀，but I do know 的 do 重讀。
I may know nothing about cars, but I do know something about engines. 我對車也許一竅不通，可發動機我還是懂點的。
“Tell them to radio all our tankers bound for Puerto Rico to turn back.”
叫他們發電報給所有開往波多黎各的油輪，讓它們返航。
一句話調動整支船隊，商人的權柄在這句命令裡顯得輕描淡寫。
Tell them to ... all our ... to ...
向下屬傳達一條硬指令時用；語氣直接，日常對朋友說會顯得擺架子。
Have them call every ship back. ／ Radio the whole fleet and turn them around.
正式
tankers 重讀，bound for 連讀，turn back 收住。
Tell them to hold all orders until Monday. 叫他們所有訂單都壓到週一再說。
“Aren't you pleased with the news? What's the matter with you?”
聽到這訊息你不高興嗎？你這是怎麼了？
連問兩句，把兄弟間「你怎麼還不開心」的疑惑擺得明明白白。
Aren't you ...? What's the matter with you?
對方反應不對、你想追問緣由時用；對不熟的人這樣說會顯得冒犯。
Why aren't you happy about it? What's wrong? ／ Isn't this what you wanted? What's going on?
口語
Aren't you 略帶質問，What's the matter 放慢加壓。
Aren't you excited about the offer? What's the matter with you? 拿到這個機會你不興奮嗎？你這是怎麼了？
“I've been calling the house for an hour, and he isn't there.”
我往家裡打了一個小時電話，他都不在。
一個小時的徒勞和一句「他不在」，把找人時的焦躁一下說滿。
I've been ... for an hour, and ...
說自己長時間反覆做某事卻沒結果時用；常用於解釋為什麼著急。
I've been trying his number all morning with no luck. ／ An hour of calls and still no answer.
中性
I've been 連讀，for an hour 拉長表久，isn't 輕讀。
I've been waiting at the gate for an hour, and nobody came. 我在門口等了一個小時，一個人都沒來。
First, call Larrabee Shipping. Tell them to radio all our tankers bound for Puerto Rico to turn back. Next, call Larrabee Construction, tell them to stop work on the new plant. We're cancelling the Larrabee Plastics merger. We are? Next, I want Mr Larrabee, Sr, Mr Tyson and Miss Elizabeth Tyson here in this office as soon as possible.
第一，打給拉臘比航運。 叫他們發電報給所有開往波多黎各的油輪，讓它們返航。 第二，打給拉臘比建築，叫他們停建新廠。 拉臘比塑膠的合併，我們取消。 我們要取消？ 第三，我要老拉臘比先生、泰森先生和伊麗莎白·泰森小姐儘快到我辦公室來。
下一章 · 18if it's any consolation就算是個安慰這場戲：碼頭送別吐心聲「取消」某項活動，尤其是婚禮、會議、比賽。比如 call off the wedding（取消婚禮）、call off the meeting（取消會議）。比 cancel 更口語，語氣也輕一點。
as soon as possible，縮寫 ASAP。比如 Please reply as soon as possible.（請儘快回覆）。正式郵件和口語裡都常見，是催辦事情最標準的說法。
字面是「把二加二算出來」，實際指「把幾條線索一拼，就想明白了」。劇裡萊納斯就是靠香檳杯、塑膠生意和薩布麗娜這幾件事，一下想通了。
a goodbye kiss，字面就是「告別的吻」。想說得更含蓄，可以說 It tasted like a goodbye kiss.（這個吻嚐起來像告別），用味覺說情緒。
「嗅鹽」，一種氣味刺激的東西，舊時用來把人從暈厥中燻醒。劇裡說備一大瓶，是開玩笑說接下來的訊息會讓人當場暈倒。
make sure 是「確認、確保」，in order 指「齊備合規、沒問題」。比如 make sure it's in order 就是「確認一下它沒毛病」，護照、證件常用。
