這場戲：夢裡封王現實被拒
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魯伯特幻想全美電視上有人向他道歉、致敬，鏡頭一轉，現實是他在傑裡辦公室挨婉拒。一句 We think you have potential（我們覺得你有潛力）聽著像誇獎，緊跟著 I'm gonna be absolutely honest with you（我要跟你說實話）；他反手回敬一句 I don't have faith in your judgment（我不信任你們的判斷）。想學聽懂客氣拒絕，全是現成素材。
❝ 獨白 · 13 句 幻想裡的全國道歉
用婚禮和電視直播的腔調，把一個人的委屈放大成全國儀式。
「我跟你實話實說」：I'm gonna be absolutely honest with you
absolutely honest 完全坦白have potential 有潛力give us a call 給某人打個電話faith in 對……的信任
這段戲分兩半。前半是魯伯特的幻想：全美電視上，有人當眾說當年沒人覺得他能 amount to a hill of beans（有什麼出息），如今要 apologize to（向某人道歉）他本人，感謝他給眾人人生意義，還祝福他和麗塔長長久久。後半回到現實：魯伯特坐在傑裡辦公室，秘書凱茜轉述團隊的意見——你有潛力，但 We don't think you're ready yet（我們覺得你還沒準備好），有些 one-liners 不太有力。魯伯特追問 You're speaking for Jerry?（你是代表傑裡說話嗎），對方說是，他立刻回一句 I don't have faith in your judgment（我不信任你們的判斷），換來一句 That's your privilege（那是你的權利）。想學職場裡的委婉拒絕、以及怎麼把話說死，這段對話直接能用。
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。
“But we were wrong. And you, Rupert, you were right.”
可我們錯了。而你，魯伯特，你是對的。
讓全世界當眾認錯，一句話把白日夢推到最爽的一點。
We were wrong. And you were right.
承認自己看錯、給對方平反時用；吵架中賭氣說會顯得不真誠。
We were wrong about you, and you were right all along. ／ I admit it, you had it right and I did not.
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we were wrong 降調，you were right 放慢加重。
We were wrong about the plan, and you were right. 這個方案我們看錯了，你是對的。
“We think you have potential, which is why I'm gonna be absolutely honest with you.”
我們覺得你有潛力，所以我要跟你說實話。
先給一顆糖再補一刀，是職場拒絕最標準的開場。
We think you have potential, which is why ...
要提意見或拒絕前先墊一句好話時用；用多了像套路。
You have real potential, so let me be frank with you. ／ We see promise in you, which is why I will be direct.
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which is why 連讀，absolutely honest 逐詞加重。
We think you have potential, which is why I'm telling you this. 我們覺得你有潛力，所以才跟你說這些。
“That's your privilege, Mr. Pupkin.”
那是你的權利，普金先生。
一句客套的收場，把對方的抗議輕輕放回原位。
That's your privilege.
對方有權反對但你不打算改主意時用；帶點居高臨下。
You are entitled to your opinion. ／ That is entirely up to you.
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That's your 連讀，privilege 重音在第一音節。
You can disagree, that's your privilege. 你可以不認同，那是你的權利。
“But I have to tell you, I don't have faith in your judgment.”
但我得跟你說，我不相信你的判斷。
客套開頭接一句直白的否定，禮貌原封不動地包著一記耳光，專業與自尊都在裡頭。
I have to tell you, I don't have faith in ...
當面否掉對方的判斷又不想失禮時用，職場裡可行，對朋友或長輩要先想清楚後果。
I've got to say, I don't trust that call. ／ Sorry, but I don't share your judgment.
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have to 連讀，faith in your judgment 逐詞放慢。
I have to tell you, I don't have faith in that estimate. 我得說，我不信那個估價。
Dearly beloved, when Rupert here was a student at Clifton High School... ...none of us... Myself, his teachers, his classmates. - dreamt that he would amount to a hill of beans. But we were wrong. And you, Rupert, you were right. And that's why tonight, before the entire nation... ...we'd like to apologize to you personally... ...and to beg your forgiveness for... For all the things we did to you. And we'd like to thank you personally, all of us... ...for the meaning you've given our lives. Please accept our warmest wishes, Rita and Rupert... ...for a long and successful reign together. We'll be back to marry them right after this word.
親愛的各位，當魯伯特還在克利夫頓中學唸書的時候…… ……我們誰都沒有……我、他的老師、他的同學。 ——根本沒想到他將來能有什麼出息。 可我們錯了。而你，魯伯特，你是對的。 所以今晚，在全美觀眾面前…… ……我們想親自向你道歉…… ……並懇求你原諒…… 為我們對你做過的一切。 我們所有人，都想親自謝謝你…… ……感謝你給了我們人生意義。 請接受我們最誠摯的祝福，麗塔和魯伯特…… ……祝你們共同擁有長久而輝煌的統治。 廣告之後，我們馬上回來為他們主持婚禮。
下一章 · 11drop in不打招呼就上門這場戲：不請自來闖進別墅字面是「值一堆豆子」，引申為「有什麼出息、值幾個錢」，多用在否定句裡。當年沒人覺得他能 amount to a hill of beans，就是「沒人覺得他能有什麼出息」。
absolutely honest。... which is why I'm gonna be absolutely honest with you 就是「所以我要跟你說實話」，先把醜話說在前頭時很常用。
faith in。I don't have faith in your judgment 就是「我不信任你們的判斷」；in 後面接信任的物件，接人可以，接事也可以。
we mean what we say。We mean what we say when we thank you 就是「我們感謝你，這話是認真的」，用來強調不是客套。
字面是「把某人派下去」，引申為「派個人過去」。等你開始演了，我們會 send someone down，就是會派人到現場看你表演。
