這場戲：受託找回失蹤女兒
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貴族夫婦請人找回失蹤的女兒：家裡人說她 It sounds as though Laura fell in with the wrong crowd（勞拉像是跟錯了人），如今人不見了。接下這活的人轉頭把差事派給手下，對方不樂意，理由是 There's too many moving parts（變數太多、控不住）。想學有錢人怎麼體面求助、屬下怎麼委婉推活，這幾句很典型。
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 小報報道的旁白
一段話把小報的惡意修辭全抖出來，越華麗越像刀子。
勸人接活：Think of it as philanthropy（就當是做慈善）
due diligence 提前摸底、做盡職調查out of our jurisdiction 不歸我們管、超出管轄範圍moving parts 互相牽動的多個變數philanthropy 做慈善
普雷斯菲爾德勳爵夫婦找到米奇，請他找回失蹤的女兒勞拉。做父親的怪自己沒管好，旁人勸他 You mustn't keep beating yourself up（別老是自責），還分析她 fell in with the wrong crowd（跟錯了人），那陣子她正脆弱。米奇說 Let me see what I can do（先看看能幫什麼忙），轉頭把差事交給手下雷——她 fall for someone（迷上）一個過氣歌手，人在倫敦南區、不歸他們管，雷嫌 There's too many moving parts（變數太多），最後還是被一句 think of it as philanthropy（就當是做慈善）勸上了車。fall for someone 是迷上、為某人著迷；fell in with the wrong crowd 是跟錯人、混進壞圈子；moving parts 指互相牽動的多個變數。
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。
“You mustn't keep beating yourself up, dear.”
你別老是這麼自責了，親愛的。
一句安慰不勸大道理，只把對方從自責裡往外拉，聽著就暖。
You mustn't keep doing something
朋友陷入自責時用來安慰；對上司或客戶別說，太親密了。
You shouldn't keep blaming yourself. ／ Don't be so hard on yourself.
中性
mustn't 的 t 吞掉，keep beating 連讀，句尾放軟。
You mustn't keep blaming yourself for one bad meeting. 別因為一次糟糕的會議就一個勁兒怪自己。
“It sounds as though Laura fell in with the wrong crowd at a time when she was particularly vulnerable.”
聽起來，勞拉是在她特別脆弱的時候跟一幫不三不四的人混到了一起。
把一場醜聞歸因得既體面又不刺人，正是貴族式的分寸。
It sounds as though ...
替人找個不傷人的說法時用；別拿來替自己開脫。
It seems that Laura got in with a bad group. ／ It sounds like she was led astray.
正式
sounds as though 連讀，vulnerable 重音在首音節。
It sounds as though the delay came from outside our team. 聽起來這次延誤是外部原因，不怪我們組。
“There's too many moving parts, parts that we can't control.”
牽扯的變數太多，很多都不是我們能控制的。
用 moving parts 把一團亂麻說成一個專業判斷，既是拒絕也是自保。
too many moving parts that ...
談專案風險、推掉麻煩事時用；別拿它當偷懶的藉口。
Too many things are outside our control. ／ There are too many variables we can't manage.
中性
too many 連讀，moving parts 重音在 mov 和 parts。
There're too many moving parts to promise a date. 變數太多，我不敢把日期定死。
“It's happened to so many of our friends.”
我們那麼多朋友家裡都出過這種事。
用「很多朋友都這樣」把一件家醜說成普遍命運，既寬慰別人也寬慰自己。
It's happened to so many of our ...
安慰遭遇不幸的人、說明這事並不少見時用；對當事人說像在輕描淡寫。
So many families go through this. ／ It happens to more people than you think.
中性
It's happened to 連讀，so many of our friends 平緩，句尾放低。
It's happened to so many families around us. 我們周圍很多家庭都遇到過。
Lord Pressfield's daughter, the famous and talented Laura, all self hate and has fallen for this Power Noel's smacked out dark charm, and I want the lot of them. especially that slimy little jam rag Pearson, in bed with a skint discredited toff and supplying gear to young and reckless rock star royals, royals unbridled by distracted parents too busy skiing on the Swiss Alps to notice and too fucking stupid to care.
普雷斯菲爾德勳爵的女兒，那個出名又有才華的勞拉，滿身自我厭棄， 迷上了鮑爾·諾埃爾那種吸毒吸出來的陰暗魅力，這幫人我一個都不放過， 尤其是那個噁心下作的皮爾遜，跟一個窮酸落魄的貴族攪在一起， 還給那些年輕莽撞的搖滾明星王室成員供貨，那些王室子弟被心不在焉的父母放養，無人管束， 父母忙著在瑞士阿爾卑斯山滑雪，顧不上管，也他媽的蠢到根本不在乎。
下一章 · 07no good deed goes unpunished好心沒好報這場戲：登門找人被回絕意思是「跟錯了人、混進了壞圈子」。原句說 Laura fell in with the wrong crowd at a time when she was particularly vulnerable，就是「勞拉在最脆弱的時候交上了壞朋友」。
字面是「會動的零件」，常用來指一件事裡互相牽動、難以控制的多個變數。原句 There's too many moving parts，就是「變數太多，控不住」。
說 fell in with the wrong crowd。它專指交上不該交的朋友，常用來解釋一個人怎麼一步步走偏，比一般說法更地道。
後面接地道的請求，比如 Do you mind if I look into it，就是「你介不介意我去打聽一下」。比 Can I 更客氣，適合跟長輩、不熟的人開口。
意思是「就當是在做慈善」，用來給一件不想幹的活找個高尚的藉口。原句就是老闆哄下屬：就當是去做慈善，別嫌髒。
