这场戏：新邻居登门又做买卖
第 8 章 · 共 14 章 · 3'06"
莱斯特隔篱笆结识新邻居，两位先生先客套两句；转头里基带他进屋，摊出一笔私下的买卖。里基说自己 cut a deal（谈成互惠条件）换对方长期供货，又大方地说你 good for it（信得过你会付钱），先拿货后付钱。想学讨价还价、套近乎，还有用 actually（其实）打圆场，这场最齐。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 「来日方长」说 I had my whole life ahead of me（前程还长、来日方长）
flipped burgers 在快餐店煎汉堡打工ahead of me 前程还长、来日方长the power of denial 自欺的力量
莱斯特隔篱笆碰到新邻居，先是一句 we haven't met（我们还没正式见过），对方报上菲茨上校的身份。转头里基把他带进屋，谈起一笔私下交易：里基说自己 cut a deal（谈成互惠条件），让对方长期供给他干净尿样去过药检；又说不急着收钱，因为 you're good for it（信得过你会付钱），只收现金。两人还聊起音乐和往事，提到年轻时整个夏天 flipped burgers（在快餐店煎汉堡）、只为买一盘磁带，那时的感觉是 I had my whole life ahead of me（前程无限）。末了一句 Never underestimate the power of denial（永远别小看自欺的力量）。想学讨价还价、赊账、和套近乎闲聊，都用得上。
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。
“You don't have to pay now. I know you're good for it.”
你不用现在付，我知道你还得起。
先给货再收钱，一句话把生意的信任说穿，比任何客套都重。
I know you're good for it
赊账或先给货时说，对熟客能用，对陌生人别乱说。
I know you'll come through ／ you'll square it with me later
口语
重音在 good，for it 轻收别上扬。
Take the tickets tonight; I know you're good for it. 票你先拿着，我知道你会补上。
“I had my whole life ahead of me.”
那时我整个人生都还在前头。
用最平常的几个词，把青春和可能性一起说没了；回望时最疼。
have one's whole life ahead of someone
回头看年轻时光时用，带点感伤，别拿去教训别人。
I had everything ahead of me ／ the whole world was ahead of me
literary
whole life 连读，ahead of 轻快带过。
She's twenty and has her whole life ahead of her. 她才二十岁，前程还长着呢。
“When I was your age, I flipped burgers all summer just to buy an 8-track.”
我像你这么大时，整个夏天煎汉堡，就为买一台八轨机。
一句代际对比：用最累的活和最想要的小物件，把青春说得很实在。
When I was your age, I did X just to Y
对晚辈讲过去时用，带自嘲可以，别用来压人。
Back in my day, I worked for what I had ／ When I was your age, things were different
口语
when I was your age 连读，buy 重读
When I was your age, I walked an hour just to reach the library. 我像你这么大时，走一小时就为去趟图书馆。
“All I did was party and get laid.”
我当时就只顾着派对和上床。
把青春一句话归零，轻描淡写里全是再也回不去。
All I did was ...
回忆某段时光、自嘲当初不务正业时用；正式场合别说。
That's all I did back then. ／ I just partied the years away.
口语
All I did was 连读，party 稍重，get laid 快速收尾。
All I did was work and sleep that year. 那一年我就只顾着上班和睡觉。
Now I know how you can afford all this equipment. When I was your age, I flipped burgers all summer just to buy an 8-track. That sucks. No. Actually, it was great. All I did was party and get laid. I had my whole life ahead of me.
这下我知道你怎么买得起这些设备了。 我像你这么大时，整个夏天翻汉堡，就为买盘八轨磁带。 惨。 不，其实挺爽的。 我成天就是玩、搞对象。 那时我前程无限。
下一章 · 09nothing to lose没什么可失去的这场戏：车库顶嘴后敲诈公司意思是「谈成一笔互惠的交易」，双方各让一步、各取所需。剧中里基用它说明自己和护士的私下约定：他给好处，对方长期给他提供干净尿样。
good for it。常见说法是 I know you're good for it，就是「我知道你不会赖账」。常用于赊账、借钱时，表示信得过对方的信用。
意思是「我们还没正式见过」，初次搭话时用，比自我介绍更自然。后面常接 I live next door 之类的说明，把关系拉近。
字面是「否认的力量」，实际指「自欺的力量」——人宁愿相信一个舒服的假象，也不愿面对真相。剧中用它点破父亲对儿子行为的视而不见。
常用来「纠正」上一句，表示「其实、实际上是」。比如对方说 That sucks，回一句 Actually, it was great，就是把话锋扳回来。
