這場戲：回老片廠求復出
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諾瑪重回派拉蒙，以為能復出，興奮地問 We'll be working again, won't we（我們又要開工了，對不對），德米爾卻先打預防針：pictures have changed quite a bit（電影變了不少）。她只回一句 I just want to work again（我只想再拍戲）。想聽懂委婉的拒絕、學會談工作時留餘地，這幾句最有用。
把劇本送人：It's all yours（全歸你了）
used to be 以前是、過去曾經是covered with 鋪滿、蓋著look it over 過目、檢視一下all yours 全歸你了
諾瑪帶著喬回到派拉蒙，以為自己的復出就在眼前，還問德米爾有沒有看見影迷。德米爾卻告訴她，電影這些年 pictures have changed quite a bit（變了不少），她的劇本拍起來會是一部 very expensive（非常花錢）的片子。諾瑪說 I don't care about the money（錢我不在乎），只求再拍一次戲。德米爾禮貌地回 nothing would please me more（再沒有比這更讓我高興的），卻始終沒有答應。馬克斯帶喬看當年的化妝間，物是人非。想學怎麼約談、怎麼婉拒、怎麼念舊，幾句全用得上。
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。
“I hope you haven't lost your sense of humor.”
希望你的幽默感還在。
壞訊息還沒出口，先遞一句預防針，客氣裡全是心虛。
I hope you haven't lost your ...
要說不中聽的話之前先用；對客戶、長輩先說這句能留臺階。
I hope you can still take a joke. ／ Don't shoot the messenger, okay?
中性
I hope you 輕帶，haven't lost 連讀，humor 落下重音。
I hope you haven't lost your sense of humor about deadlines. 希望你對交期這事兒還能笑得出來。
“We'll be working again, won't we, Chief? We'll make our greatest picture!”
我們又要開工了，對不對，老闆？我們要拍最了不起的片子！
一句反問加一句豪言，把沒影的事說成板上釘釘，越歡越心酸。
We'll be ..., won't we? We'll ...!
滿懷期待地確認計劃時用；對已知情的人反覆說會顯得天真。
We're doing this together, aren't we? We'll top everything! ／ Say yes, Chief. We'll make it bigger than ever!
口語
won't we 上揚，Chief 短促，greatest 加重。
We'll be back next season, won't we? We'll take the title! 下個賽季我們會回來的，對吧？冠軍是我們的！
“Oh, I don't care about the money. I just want to work again.”
哦，錢我不在乎。我只想再拍戲。
一句撇開錢，把慾望縮到最小也最真，聽的人反而更難受。
I don't care about the money. I just want to ...
表明要的是機會不是報酬時用；談薪酬時這麼說會吃虧。
Money is not the point. I just want to work. ／ Forget the money; give me the job.
口語
don't care about 連讀，just want to 弱讀，work again 放慢。
I don't care about the money. I just want to learn from this team. 我不在乎錢，我只想跟這個團隊學到東西。
“You don't know what it means to know that you want me.”
你不知道，知道你想要我，這對我意味著什麼。
把被需要說成全部意義，一句掏心窩的話，聽者卻無法回應。
You don't know what it means to ...
對懂自己的人說心裡話時用；在職場或客套場合說太重。
You have no idea how much this means to me. ／ You can't imagine what it's like to be wanted.
中性
what it means 連讀，to know that 輕帶，want me 略拖。
You don't know what it means to be trusted like this. 你不知道被人這樣信任，對我意味著什麼。
“You know, pictures have changed quite a bit.”
你知道，電影這些年的變化可不小。
用說變化代替說不，一句輕描淡寫把整整一個時代關在門外。
You know, ... have changed quite a bit.
委婉地告訴大家情況不同了時用；對當事人說等於宣佈出局。
The business isn't what it was. ／ Things have moved on a lot since then.
中性
You know 輕起，quite a bit 收得平，別上揚。
You know, publishing has changed quite a bit since your day. 你知道，出版業從你那時候到現在變了不少。
“Just so you don't think I'm a complete swine, if there's anything in Dark Windows you can use, take it. It's all yours.”
省得你覺得我是個十足的無賴，要是《暗窗》裡有你能用的東西，就拿去，全是你的。
把送掉心血說成洗白自己，自嘲底下是一份說不出口的成全。
Just so you don't think I'm ..., ... take it. It's all yours.
把東西送人又不想顯得施捨時用；對很重要的人別用這種玩笑口吻。
So I don't look like a total jerk, take the notes. ／ Don't think I'm stingy; it's all yours.
口語
complete swine 咬清，It's all yours 放慢收尾。
Just so you don't think I'm hoarding it, take the draft. It's all yours. 省得你以為我藏著掖著，草稿拿去，全給你。
下一章 · 15sell like hotcakes賣得火爆這場戲：和貝蒂偷偷合寫劇本意思是「再沒有比這更讓我高興的了」。臺詞裡德米爾說 Nothing would please me more，是禮貌地接話，卻把後面的話嚥了回去，等於婉拒。
pictures have changed。臺詞裡 You know, pictures have changed quite a bit，就是「電影這些年的變化可不小」，等於在暗示她的戲路已經過時。
意思是「在乎、在意」。諾瑪說 I don't care about the money，就是「錢我不在乎」，用不在乎錢來突出她只想拍戲。
是，意思是「豬玀、下流坯」。喬說 Just so you don't think I'm a complete swine，是自嘲式的粗話，朋友之間說不會真翻臉。
意思是「幽默感」。德米爾說 I hope you haven't lost your sense of humor，是在壞訊息前打圓場，提醒對方別當真生氣。
