這場戲：談妥留在豪宅改劇本
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諾瑪嫌劇本缺對白，又怕被人 butchered（被亂改），乾脆把喬留下改稿，還保證 I'll make it worth your while（不會讓你白乾），當晚就讓他住進車庫上的房間。喬心裡美滋滋，自嘲一句 I dropped the hook（下餌引對方上鉤）。想學談條件和自嘲式旁白，這段很地道。
她保證 I'll make it worth your while（不會讓你白乾）
another assignment 另一項要交的活兒make it worth your while 讓你覺得值、不白乾the rest of 剩下的那部分
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 旁白自嘲 I dropped the hook（下餌引對方上鉤）
dropped the hook 下鉤子、下餌a patch-up job 打補丁式的修補plenty of money 很多錢、錢管夠
喬說諾瑪 quite a character（真是個怪人）
quite a character 真是個有意思的怪人a lock of her hair 一縷頭髮the greatest of them all 最了不起的那個
諾瑪把自己的劇本拿給喬看，說 I will not have it butchered（我絕不許別人把它改得面目全非），卻又承認它 needs a little more dialog（需要多點對白）。她想找個信得過的人來編輯，問過喬的星座，聽說他是射手座，當場拍板 I want you to do this work（這活兒我要你來做），還保證 I'll make it worth your while（不會讓你白乾），甚至不讓他把稿子帶出家門。喬本想推掉，說自己還有另一個 assignment（活兒）要交，可待遇實在誘人。最後他住進了車庫上的房間，旁白得意地總結：I dropped the hook（我拋下魚鉤），她一口就咬上來了。想學談報酬、婉拒和旁白吐槽，這段都對得上。
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 will not have it butchered.”
我絕不許別人把它改得面目全非。
六個詞劃下底線：這是我的東西，誰也別想毀。
I will not have it + 過去分詞
護住作品或底線時對插手的人說；對上級、客戶別這麼撂話。
I won't let anyone butcher it. ／ Nobody is going to touch this.
中性
will not 重讀，butchered 尾音收乾脆，別拖。
I will not have my proposal rewritten overnight. 我絕不許別人一夜之間把我的方案重寫。
“I wouldn't worry about money. I'll make it worth your while.”
錢的事你不用擔心，我不會讓你白乾的。
談錢不直說錢，一句「讓你覺得值」就把人留住了。
make it worth someone's while
請人幫忙、談報酬時用；籤正式合同或對長輩說會顯得隨意。
You won't regret helping me. ／ I'll make sure you're paid well.
口語
make it 連讀，worth your 輕帶過，語調落在 while。
Cover my shift and I'll make it worth your while. 幫我頂個班，我不會讓你白乾的。
“I dropped the hook and she snapped at it.”
我拋下魚鉤，她一口就咬了上去。
用釣魚比喻算計和心動，自嘲裡透著得意，畫面感極強。
drop the hook and someone snaps at it
事後得意地講自己怎麼引人上鉤時用；當著當事人說很冒犯。
I set the trap and she walked right in. ／ I baited him and he took it.
口語
dropped 的 ed 吞掉，snapped at it 連成一串。
I dropped the hook and he signed before lunch. 我拋了個餌，他午飯前就簽字了。
“She was the greatest of them all. You wouldn't know. You're too young.”
她當年是她們當中最了不起的。你不會懂的，你太年輕了。
三句短句層層壓下來，懷念、驕傲和時代鴻溝都在裡頭。
You wouldn't know. You're too young.
過來人感慨你趕不上那個年代時用；對小輩說帶點居高臨下。
You missed it. You had to be there. ／ That was before your time.
中性
wouldn't know 弱讀，too young 兩個重音砸下來。
You wouldn't know that band. You're too young. 那個樂隊你不會知道，你太小了。
“What for? I can say anything I want with my eyes.”
要那個幹嗎？我想說什麼，用眼神就夠了。
默片明星的傲氣與職業自豪，一句話就把人物立住了。
I can say anything I want with ...
誇口或解釋自己不用開口就能傳意時用；正式場合作態。
My face does the talking. ／ I don't need words to say it.
口語
anything I want 連讀，with my eyes 放慢收尾。
She can say anything she wants with one raised eyebrow. 她眉毛一挑，什麼話都說明白了。
I felt kind of pleased with the way I'd handled the situation. I dropped the hook and she snapped at it. Now my car would be safe down below while I did a patch-up job on the script. And there should be plenty of money in it.
我對自己處理這件事的方式還挺滿意。 我拋下魚鉤，她一口就咬了上去。 這樣一來，我在上面給劇本打補丁時，車就能安全地停在下面了。 而且這活兒應該能掙不少錢。
下一章 · 07not by a long shot差得遠呢這場戲：被逼搬進豪宅改劇本意思是「不會讓你白乾、會讓你覺得值」。諾瑪請喬改劇本時說 I'll make it worth your while，就是承諾報酬給夠。
butchered。諾瑪心疼自己的劇本，說 I will not have it butchered，就是「我絕不許別人把它改得面目全非」。
指「真是個怪人」，也可以是好玩的、有個性的人。喬說諾瑪 quite a character，語氣裡又驚又好奇。
字面是「把魚鉤放下去」，引申為「下餌、設套引對方上鉤」。旁白說自己 dropped the hook，諾瑪一口就咬上來了。
是「把某人看成、認定是」。旁白說自己 pegged him as slightly cuckoo，就是把這管家歸為有點瘋瘋癲癲的那類人。
something wrong with。諾瑪提起喬說過 There's something wrong with your car，就是「你的車出了毛病」。
