这场戏：开拍前十一天没钱
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离《女巫》开拍只剩十一天，马克才猛然发现钱和剧本都没准备好。他不找借口：There's no excuses（没什么借口可找），No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse（从没人买票来看你找借口）。最后他摆好稻草人，一句 We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.（我们今天在美国，准备开拍）。想学怎么用英语讲「没辙」和「开工」，别错过。
没人买票看你找借口：paid admission（买票进场）
put on 煮上、烧上have them copied 让人把东西复印好paid admission 买票进场
高中「中途退学」：drop out of
as far as 就……而言straighten out 拉回正轨
❝ 独白 · 9 句 「准备就绪、随时开拍」说 ready to roll
peppermint schnapps 薄荷利口酒That's senseless 毫无意义establishing shots 交代环境的镜头ready to roll 准备就绪、随时开拍
清晨要赶今晚的会，还有人得把材料打出来、have something copied（让人把东西复印好）。一句 There's no excuses（没什么借口可找），因为 No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse（从来没人花钱买票，就为看你怎么找借口）。可离《女巫》开拍只剩十一天，钱、剧本、选角、场地（scant at best，充其量就那几处）都还没到位。有人回忆他 drop out of（中途退学）高中、当过兵，最后又回来拍片。到了片场，马克摆好稻草人，喊一句 We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.（我们今天在美国，准备开拍）。想学怎么用英语讲紧迫、钱紧和开工，很值得反复听。
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。
“No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse.”
从来没人花钱买票，就为看你怎么找借口。
把借口当成没人买账的烂片，一句话把找理由说成不值一张票钱。
No one has ever paid admission to see ...
想劝人别找借口时用，先立一个谁都不买账的对象；对长辈别用来顶嘴。
Nobody pays to watch excuses. ／ Excuses don't sell tickets.
中性
重音压在 paid admission 和 excuse，句尾降调收。
No one has ever paid admission to see a late assignment. 没人会花钱买票看一份迟交的作业。
“He dropped out of high school because he felt he didn't learn anything there.”
他高中退学了，因为觉得在那儿什么都学不到。
把退学说成主动决定：不是读不下去，是觉得没东西可学。
He dropped out of ... because he felt ...
讲某人为某个理由中途退出时用，后面接 because 交代原因；别拿来劝人随便放弃。
He quit school because he felt he learned nothing. ／ He left school for the same reason.
口语
dropped out of 连读，because 后的 felt 轻读。
She dropped out of the program because she felt she was not learning anything. 她退出了那个项目，因为觉得学不到东西。
“That's pathetic, man. Is that what you want to do with your life?”
真可悲，老兄。你这辈子就想干这个？
先甩一句狠评价，马上用反问把问题丢回对方，逼自己面对。
Is that what you want to do with your life?
劝人清醒时用，先表态再用反问施压；对同事或长辈别这么冲。
Is this really how you want to spend your life? ／ Is that all you want out of life?
口语
pathetic 拉长，反问句升调，man 轻带过。
Is that what you want to do with your life, drink until noon? 你这辈子就想这么过，喝到中午？
“We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.”
我们今天在美国，准备开拍。
半句报地点、半句报状态，ready to roll 一出口就是开干的号令。
We're in ... today, and we're ready to roll.
开工、出发前喊一嗓子时用，口语带劲；写正式报告时别用这句话。
We're here and good to go. ／ We're on location and ready to shoot.
口语
America 和 today 各顿一下，roll 收得干脆。
We're on set today, and we're ready to roll. 我们今天进了片场，准备开拍。
Coven, man. We got to get this sucker done though. Seriously. Last night, I was so drunk I was calling Morocco. Calling, trying to get the hotel Hilton at Tangiers and Casablanca. That's pathetic, man. Is that what you want to do with your life? Suck down peppermint schnapps and try to call Morocco at 2:00 in the morning? That's senseless. But that's what happens, man. So we're here today to redeem it... get these establishing shots for Coven... and do what you can.
《女巫》啊，老兄。这片子非得拍完不可。说真的。 昨晚我醉得都给摩洛哥打电话了。 打电话，想订丹吉尔和卡萨布兰卡的希尔顿酒店。 真可悲，老兄。你这辈子就想干这个？ 灌着薄荷利口酒，凌晨两点给摩洛哥打电话？ 毫无意义。可事情就是这样，老兄。 所以我们今天来这儿，就是要把它扳回来…… 给《女巫》拍几组交代环境的镜头…… 然后尽力而为吧。
下一章 · 05kosher靠谱这场戏：劝比尔出钱拍片paid admission 就是「买票进场、掏钱入场」。那句 No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse 意思是：没人会花钱买票，就为看你找借口。
drop out of。drop out of high school 就是「高中退学」，也可以泛指中途退出某个项目或比赛。
ready to roll。剧组开拍前喊一句 We're ready to roll，就是「我们都准备好了，随时可以开拍」。
known to man 意思是「人类已知的每一种」，常用来夸张：every f-stop known to man 就是「人类知道的所有光圈档都用上了」。
compelled to 是「被逼着、不得不」。片里说那个酒鬼被仅剩的朋友 compelled to 去参加互助会，就是被逼着去的。
