這場戲：被攔車索要好處費
第 8 章 · 共 21 章 · 4'02"
墨西哥公路上，一家人被警察攔下。有人趕緊提醒 Remember we're the Millers.（記住咱們是米勒一家），對方卻要麼收點好處費、要麼讓他們坐牢。錢不夠時，他還伸手要「更私人的東西」，有人被勸 be a team player（顧全大局），最後一句 Keep the change（零錢不用找了）草草收場。想學裝鎮定、討價還價，這段最爆笑。
❝ 獨白 · 8 句 瓶蓋菸頭作戰圖
用瓶蓋菸頭講戰術，越認真越荒唐。
「This is your chance to be the hero.（這是你當英雄的機會）」
have no idea 一無所知chance to be the hero 你當英雄的機會
墨西哥公路上，一家人被警察攔下，有人趕緊提醒 Remember we're the Millers.（記住咱們是米勒一家）。對方直說要錢：It's a lot（太多了）時，他們現金不夠，他就暗示想要 something a little more personal（更私人一點的東西）。眾人推來推去，有人被勸 be a team player（顧全大局），硬著頭皮上；結果對方澄清要的是 pesos（比索），一百就夠了——Here you go. Keep the change（拿去，零錢不用找）。想學裝鎮定、討價還價和化解尷尬的說法，這些句子都能用。
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。
“I mean, you never really know until you know.”
我是說，你沒試過就永遠不知道。
把兩個 know 前後咬合，說出一句看似開放、其實在逼人就範的經驗之談，聽起來像道理，實則是推力。
You never really know until you ...
勸人別怕嘗試、用一句似懂非懂的經驗之談施壓時用；對方明顯不願時別硬勸。
You'll never know unless you try. ／ Only trying will tell you.
口語
You never really know 連讀，until you know 放慢重複收。
You never really know until you taste it yourself. 你不親自嘗一口就永遠不知道。
“Look, this gay panic situation you're having now, it's coming off a little homophobic.”
聽著，你現在這場同性戀恐慌，聽起來有點恐同。
用一個心理學式標籤給對方的慌張定性，把私人情緒判成社會偏見，語氣平靜而判斷極重。
This ... situation you're having, it's coming off a little ...
用輕描淡寫的措辭點出對方行為暴露了偏見時用，點到為止；對陌生人別說。
That reaction says more about you. ／ You're kind of proving the point.
口語
this gay panic situation 連讀，you're having now 稍停，a little homophobic 放慢收。
That panic over a harmless question is coming off a little defensive. 對一個小問題這麼慌，顯得有點防禦過頭。
“Because, believe me, they won't last two days in a Mexican prison.”
因為，相信我，她們在墨西哥監獄裡撐不過兩天。
用一句冷靜的估算替荒唐要求找理由，把道德問題換算成生存機率，很有說服力也很涼。
Believe me, they won't last two days in ...
用對他人處境的悲觀預測勸人妥協時用，理由說得現實；安慰人時別用。
They wouldn't survive a week in there. ／ That place would eat them alive.
中性
believe me 輕帶，they won't last 連讀，two days in a Mexican prison 放慢收。
Trust me, a paper umbrella won't last two minutes in this wind. 相信我，紙傘在這種風裡撐不過兩分鐘。
“See, I'm, how you say, a man who prefers the company of other men.”
您看，我，怎麼說來著，是個更喜歡男人陪伴的人。
用 how you say 假裝找詞的停頓把話說得格外委婉，越吞吞吐吐越顯出他並不打算掩飾，只是享受從容。
I'm, how you say, a man who prefers ...
用停頓和找詞的姿態把敏感或私人話題說得委婉時用；正式文書裡別這麼繞。
I'm, shall we say, fond of men. ／ Let's just say I prefer the company of men.
中性
I'm, how you say 停頓明顯，a man who prefers 放慢，of other men 收。
I'm, how you say, a person who prefers the quiet corner. 我，怎麼說呢，是個更喜歡安靜角落的人。
“This is your chance to be the hero.”
這是你當英雄的機會。
把一件荒唐差事包裝成一次當英雄的機會，用一個閃光名分撬動別人的猶豫，短卻給足動機。
This is your chance to be the ...
想推別人去做一件他猶豫的事時用，抬高他；反諷場合也能用，正式彙報別用。
This is your moment to shine. ／ Here's your shot at being the hero.
口語
This is your chance 連讀，to be the hero 放慢加重收。
This is your chance to be the person who speaks up first. 這是你當那個第一個開口的人的機會。
The plan is, um... Here. Come here, come here. Okay, um, let's see. You, you're this bottle cap. Right? And I am this cigarette butt. Okay, that's us. All right? Okay? He's over there, right by this, that bush. We'll make him the pebble. You will go and meet him behind the bush right over there. You suck his dick, and we get outta here.
計劃是，呃…… 過來。過來，過來。 好，呃，咱們看。你，你是這個瓶蓋。 對吧？我是這截菸頭。 好，這是咱們。行吧？好嗎？他在那邊，就在這叢、那叢灌木旁。 咱們拿這顆石子當他。 你到那邊灌木後面去見他。 你給他口，咱們就撤。
下一章 · 09look the part裝得像模像樣這場戲：過關時被查車指「顧全大局、配合團隊」，強調別隻顧自己。臺詞裡用它勸人配合一次荒唐的安排，語氣帶點無奈和調侃。
意思是「最多五秒鐘」，tops 加在數量後表示上限。臺詞裡用它把一件事說得很短、很輕，緩解對方的抗拒。
指「到前面來、站到中間」，原本是喊人往前站的命令。臺詞裡點名讓人上前，帶著不容拒絕的口吻。
意思是「零錢不用找了」，付錢時表現大方或急著走都會說。臺詞裡用它敷衍地結束一場尷尬交易。
no need to be alarmed。alarmed 是受驚、警覺，這句用來安撫對方別緊張，語氣正式又客氣，常出現在突發場合。臺詞裡就是用它讓夫人放心。
