这场戏：吐槽破车被劝及时止损
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玛丽一来就大吐苦水：车发动不了、被撬窗、卫生纸全被偷，接着是三次爆胎、掉排气管、扣分和一堆罚单，去布莱顿路上还抛锚，整个就是 a catalogue of disaster（一连串的倒霉事）。汤姆听完只说 Cut your losses（及时止损），她却舍不得那笔钱。
a catalogue of disaster（一连串的倒霉事），玛丽的破车故事
nice and early 早早地chill out 放松下来my window's been smashed 车窗被砸a catalogue of disaster 一连串的倒霉事
❝ 独白 · 8 句 cut your losses（及时止损），汤姆劝玛丽处理掉破车
cut your losses 及时止损fed up with 对……烦透了take it back 拿回去退换broke down 半路抛锚
玛丽来串门，一坐下就讲她那辆车的种种灾难：车发动不了、只好坐地铁；昨晚车窗被撬，卫生纸被偷光；这一周爆了三次胎、排气管掉了、化油器也坏了，驾照被扣九分、吃了九张罚单；去布莱顿的路上还抛锚，被拖到最不想去的克劳利，花了近五百镑。汤姆说她这是 a catalogue of disaster（一连串倒霉事），劝她 Cut your losses（及时止损），可玛丽说钱都花了，I can't just sell it now（现在就这么卖了，我不甘心）。想学抱怨、吐槽和给人出主意，这段全是活口语。
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。
“Cut your losses, Mary. Get rid of it.”
及时止损吧，玛丽，把它处理掉。
两句祈使把话说死：赔就认了，别为沉没成本继续往里填钱。
Cut your losses and ...
劝朋友别再往亏本项目里砸钱时用；对方正难过时别太冷硬。
Cut your losses before it gets worse. ／ Better to walk away than sink more money in.
中性
losses 重读，Get rid of it 快而干脆。
Cut your losses now, before the stock drops any further. 趁股价还没继续跌，赶紧止损吧。
“But I've spent so much on it, Tom. I can't just sell it now.”
可我在它身上花了那么多钱，汤姆，现在就这么卖了我不甘心。
把沉没成本说得明明白白：钱已花出去，人却怎么也舍不得放手。
I've spent so much on something
解释自己为何舍不得放弃某物时用；谈正事时别拿它当理由。
I've put too much into it to quit. ／ I can't walk away after all I've spent.
中性
so much 重读，can't just 连读成一串。
I've paid so much for this course that I can't just drop it now. 这课我交了这么多钱，现在真舍不得退。
“But if you keep it, it's only going to get worse.”
可你要是留着它，情况只会越来越糟。
用 only going to 把后果说死，一句就堵住拖延的退路。
if you keep it, it gets worse
劝人早点处理烂摊子时用；对刚受打击的人别马上说这句。
Leave it and it will only get worse. ／ It won't fix itself if you keep waiting.
中性
only 加重，going to 口语里常缩成 gonna。
If you keep ignoring it, it's only going to get worse. 你要是继续拖着不管，只会越来越严重。
“This car's been a catalogue of disaster, hasn't it?”
这车就是一连串的灾祸，是吧？
把接连倒霉说成一份清单，无奈里透着自嘲的幽默。
be a catalogue of disaster
吐槽一连串倒霉事时用，朋友之间很贴切；对商家投诉或正式场合别用。
It's been one disaster after another. ／ This thing has been nothing but trouble.
口语
catalogue 重读，of disaster 连读放慢。
The whole renovation has been a catalogue of disaster, hasn't it? 这趟装修就是一连串的灾祸，是吧？
It keeps making funny noises. I got towed away and I wasn't even parked on a double-yellow line. I've got seven parking tickets... no, nine parking tickets. And then... I broke down on the motorway on the way to Brighton and I got towed to Crawley, which is the last place I want to go, because I grew up there and I hate it. So, I had to get the train home and then the train back to Crawley the next day and the guy kept trying to touch me up. It cost me nearly £500 and I never even got my weekend in Brighton. That was supposed to be my summer holiday.
它老是发出奇怪的响声。 我被拖过车，可我根本没停在双黄线上。 我吃了七张停车罚单……不对，九张。 然后…… 去布莱顿的路上，我在高速上抛锚了，被拖到了克劳利，那是我最不想去的地方，因为我就在那儿长大的，我恨那儿。 结果我只好坐火车回家，第二天又坐火车回克劳利，那男的还一直动手动脚。 这花了我将近五百镑，我连布莱顿的周末都没过成。 那本来是我的暑假啊。
下一章 · 17a mean curry做得一手好菜这场戏：被当成乔的阿姨「及时止损、见好就收」。指别继续往注定亏本的事里砸钱，趁早停手。汤姆劝玛丽 Cut your losses. Get rid of it，就是「趁亏得少赶紧收手，把车处理掉」。
「一连串的倒霉事」。catalogue 是目录，把灾祸比成一长串清单。汤姆说这辆车就是 a catalogue of disaster，意思是坏事一件接一件。
be broken into。指车、房子被撬开闯入。台词里 And it got broken into last night，就是「昨晚车还被人撬了」。
chill out。口语里指放松、别再紧绷。玛丽说忙完只想 chill out，然后美美喝杯酒。
I'm fed up with it。fed up with 表示对某事烦透了。玛丽说 I'm fed up with it, to be honest，就是「说实话我真受够它了」。
