这场戏：五十镑买回被扣母带
第 8 章 · 共 10 章 · 4'55"
快乐星期一主唱肖恩把母带扣下，众人猜他也许会开价十万镑。谈判桌上，托尼却只掏出钱包说 That's 50 quid, that's all I've got（我就这么多，一共五十镑），还补一句 You wouldn't get that in the January sales（跟捡漏似的）。想学怎么在讨价还价里把价压到底，这场就是范本。
❝ 独白 · 7 句 荒岛独白
把拖稿写成海难求生，越一本正经越荒唐，最后一句破功。
担心他开口十万「不会让步」：back down 就是「退缩、让步」
buy it off 从…手里买下back down 让步、退缩nothing to do with me 跟我没关系mention a figure 先开个价
快乐星期一的主唱肖恩吸毒失控，把录好的母带扣下，工厂唱片的人担心他开口要十万镑赎金。托尼·威尔逊赴约干吧酒吧，却用钱包里全部五十镑就把母带买了回来，还嘲讽说这价钱一月大减价都淘不到。这里能学到三组表达：back down 是「让步、退缩」，谈判里放话不会松口就用它；take someone's eye out 是「把别人眼睛戳瞎」，用来警告对方别乱挥危险东西；out of your wages 是「从你工资里扣」，老板追责、罚款时常这么说。三个都出现在火药味十足的对话里，学完就能用在讨价还价、警告和追责的场合。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“That's 50 quid, that's all I've got.”
就五十镑，我全部家当就这些。
把寒酸亮在桌面上，反而成了最狠的谈判姿态。
that's all I've got
谈钱、谈条件时示弱用，熟人之间可以，正式谈判别装穷。
that's every penny I have ／ I've got nothing more than this
口语
50 quid 重读，all I've got 放慢收尾。
That's 20 quid, that's all I've got on me. 就二十镑，我身上只有这些。
“You could... You could take someone's eye out.”
你可能会……你可能会把别人的眼睛戳瞎。
对着一个拿着玩具的成年人说这种家长式警告，反差特别好笑。
you could take someone's eye out
吐槽危险玩具、玩笑提醒时用，熟人之间说，别对真小孩吓唬。
you'll have someone's eye out with that ／ watch it, that's dangerous
口语
You could 重复时语气更重，eye out 连读。
Put the stick down, you could take someone's eye out. 把棍子放下，你会戳到别人眼睛的。
“You wouldn't get that in the January sales.”
这种便宜货，一月的打折季都碰不上。
用买衣服的口气调侃一笔天价交易，损得不动声色。
you wouldn't get that in the sales
调侃超值或超亏的交易时用，熟人之间玩笑，别对客户说。
that's a bargain you won't see in the sales ／ even the sales can't beat that
口语
January sales 连读，句尾降调带讽刺。
Half price? You wouldn't get that in the January sales. 半价？一月打折季都没这价。
“My only distraction was to write lyrics for my forthcoming album.”
我唯一的消遣，就是给即将发行的专辑写歌词。
把绝境讲得像度假，越平静越显出荒诞。
my only X was to Y
自嘲无聊或困境时用，朋友之间可以，正式场合别太戏剧化。
my only comfort was to X ／ all I had left to do was X
literary
only 重读，forthcoming album 放慢，句尾降调。
My only distraction was to reorganise the whole kitchen. 我唯一的消遣就是把厨房整个重新整理了一遍。
“If he says 100 grand, he won't back down.”
他要是开口十万，就不会松口。
一句话把对方的脾气算透，谈判里最有用的判断。
if he says X, he won't back down
预判对手、商量底线时用，熟人和同事之间都行，别当着对方说。
once he names a number, he sticks to it ／ if she commits to X, there's no moving her
口语
100 grand 重读，back down 连读降调。
If she says ten thousand, she won't back down. 她要是喊一万，就不会让步。
I was stranded on a desert island... ..with no shelter nor companionship. Every day I kept watch for rescue... ..but no-one came. My only distraction was to write lyrics for my forthcoming album. But then I thought... ..why the fuck should I?/
我困在一座荒岛上， 没住处，也没人陪。 每天我都盼着有人来救， 可是没人来。 我唯一的消遣就是给即将到来的专辑写歌词。 可后来我想…… ……我他妈凭什么写？
下一章 · 09drop a bollock捅娄子这场戏：饭局谈签约压着人声让步、退缩。谈判或争论里，本来坚持某个要求，后来松口了，就叫 back down。台词里说 if he says 100 grand, he won't back down，意思是「他要是开口十万，就不会松口」。
out of your wages。老板发现东西被弄坏、钱被浪费时，会说 It's coming out of your wages，意思是这笔钱要算在你工资头上。台词里就是这么吼偷用录音棚的人。
对，字面就是「把别人的眼睛弄瞎」，通常用来警告别人别乱挥剪刀、枪之类危险的东西。台词里肖恩晃着枪，托尼就说 You could take someone's eye out。
本意是「双管齐下、火力全开」，也指事情两头都占。台词里肖恩同时用海洛因和美沙酮，旁人就说 Both barrels，等于说他「两样全上」。
That's 50 quid, that's all I've got 就是「一共五十镑，我就这么多」。托尼把钱包抖空，用极低的价从肖恩手里赎回母带，既省钱又灭了对方的要价。
