这场戏：棺材塞不进墓穴
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夜店人多气氛爆，却全靠摇头丸撑着，赚不到钱，钱都进了毒贩口袋，暴力枪支也来了。有人感叹，毒贩 Drug dealers are like any other businessmen（跟别的生意人没两样），都想扩大市场份额。等到参加汉尼特的葬礼，一句 We're all equal in the grave（进了坟墓人人平等）把一切看轻了。聊生意、毒品和生死，这段够用。
「市场份额」英语说 market share
fuelled by 由…助燃、靠…撑着spending money on 把钱花在…上increase their market share 扩大市场份额
❝ 独白 · 9 句 一个父亲的自白
把亏欠、遗憾和自我定位一口气说完，平静里全是悔意。
哈仙达夜店天天爆满，却因为客人全靠摇头丸助兴、吧台卖不动酒，总不赚钱，钱都流进了毒贩的口袋。毒贩就像别的生意人，Drug dealers are like any other businessmen（跟别的生意人没两样），只想扩大自己的 market share（市场份额），供应商之间也不压价，而是直接 get rid of the competition（除掉竞争对手）。暴力蔓延到夜店，最后只能让毒贩穿上制服看门。后来托尼去参加马丁·汉尼特的葬礼，路上说起自己不是好父亲，还念起「放纵之路通往智慧之宫」；看着棺材塞不进墓穴，他感叹 Death puts things in perspective（死亡让人看清轻重），We're all equal in the grave（进了坟墓人人平等）。这些说法聊生意、聊生死都能用。
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。
“Drug dealers are like any other businessmen.”
毒贩和别的生意人没什么两样。
一句冷冰冰的类比，把犯罪说成市场行为，越平静越瘆人。
X are like any other Y.
讽刺某行当其实一样势利时用；对受害者家属说会非常刺耳。
They are businessmen first, criminals second. ／ It is just business with worse hours.
中性
like any other 连读，businessmen 重音在首音节。
Consultants are like any other salesmen, just better dressed. 咨询顾问和别的销售没两样，只是穿得体面些。
“I'm a minor character in my own story.”
我在自己的故事里只是个配角。
把自嘲推到哲学高度，一句就承认自己没活成主角。
a minor character in one's own story
自谦或感慨自己不重要时用；在需要鼓舞人的场合说会扫兴。
I am a footnote in my own story. ／ I barely have a cameo in my own life.
literary
minor 轻读，in my own story 放慢收尾。
At every party I feel like a minor character in my own story. 每场聚会上，我都觉得自己故事里的配角。
“We're all equal in the grave.”
在坟墓里，人人平等。
一句老生常谈，用在这里却给整段暴力按下了暂停键。
We're all equal in the grave.
谈生死、劝人看开时用；在丧亲者面前说会显得轻率。
Death does not care who you were. ／ The grave levels everyone.
literary
equal 重读，in the grave 压低收尾。
We are all equal in the grave, so why fight over a seat? 在坟墓里人人平等，那还争什么座位。
“So huge, his coffin wouldn't fit in his grave.”
他太巨大了，棺材都塞不进墓穴。
用一场葬礼事故收尾，把悲伤拧成黑色幽默。
So X, his Y wouldn't fit.
熟人葬礼后私下回忆时用；当着家属的面说会冒犯人。
He was so big the coffin would not go down. ／ Even the ground could not take him.
口语
So huge 停顿一下，wouldn't fit 重读。
He was so tall his coffin would not fit in the lift. 他太高了，棺材都进不了电梯。
I should have found time to tell you earlier,... ..I did have children with my second wife, Hilary,... ..and there was a time when I was with Lindsay when that was all I wanted... ..and, no, I've not been the best father in the world,... ..yes, I could have been there more than I have,... ..and obviously I've got regrets. But this is not a film about me. I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be. I'm a minor character in my own story.
我本该早点抽空告诉你， 我跟第二任妻子希拉里确实有孩子， 跟琳赛在一起那阵子，我最想要的就是这个， 是的，我不是世界上最好的父亲， 没错，我本可以多陪陪你们， 显然，我有很多遗憾。 但这不是一部关于我的电影。 我不是哈姆雷特王子，也从来不是。 在我自己的故事里，我只是个小角色。
下一章 · 08back down让步这场戏：五十镑买回被扣母带就是「市场份额」，指一家公司在整个市场里占的销量或营收比例。戏里说毒贩也像生意人，总想扩大自己的市场份额，意思是他们也想多占一块地盘。
说 turn someone away。戏里说，知道对方身上带着枪，就很难把人拦在门外，用的就是 turn them away，指不让某人进场、把人打发走。
就是「被查封、被勒令停业」。戏里说，俱乐部里毒品和枪支一多，迟早 get shut down，所以必须想办法管住门口。
指「让人看清事情的轻重」，把小事和大事摆在一起对比。戏里说 Death puts things in perspective，就是面对死亡，很多纠结一下就变得不重要了。
多半是自责。戏里他说 I've not been the best father in the world，字面是「我不是世上最好的父亲」，其实是在承认自己陪孩子太少、有很多遗憾。
英式口语里指「耍人、故意逗你」，比如 You're on a wind-up 就是「你在逗我玩吧」。戏里门卫被人纠缠时就这么回了一句。
