这场戏：追问当特工的代价
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埃里克的婚姻出了问题，前辈先安慰他，再给他一句 keep your head on straight（保持清醒、别乱了阵脚）。随后埃里克反问：Do you think it's worth it（你觉得这一切值得吗），换来的回答是 Ask me when we've caught him（等我们抓到他，你再问我）。想学英文里怎么给建议、怎么拖延一个难题，这场对话很实用。
「保持清醒、别乱了阵脚」英语说 keep your head on straight
problems at home 家里的麻烦事offer you some advice 给你点建议keep your head on straight 保持清醒、别乱了阵脚best shot at 做某事最好的机会
「你觉得这一切值得吗」英语说 Do you think it's worth it
getting back to 回到、接着做What it costs 代价是什么worth it 值得、划得来
❝ 独白 · 4 句 「我一直被人跟踪」英语说 I'm tailed all the time
pick me up 开车来接我something wrong with 出了什么毛病not beneath 某人做得出来all the time 一直、总是
埃里克因为家里和妻子朱莉安娜闹矛盾，被前辈安慰了几句。对方说自己连只猫都没养，给不了什么好建议，能说的只有 keep your head on straight（保持清醒、别乱了阵脚），然后 do your job，说这是 get this over with（把这事赶紧了结）的最好办法。接着有人汇报：汉森后备箱的园艺垃圾袋里搜出三百页机密材料，下一次交接 imminent（迫在眉睫）。埃里克忍不住问，当特工、付出这些代价 worth it（值得吗），对方只回一句：等我抓到他你再问。之后汉森让埃里克周一接送自己，还说要把车 swept for（扫描排查）电子设备。想学职场安慰、汇报和谈代价，这场都很典型。
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“I'm sorry you're having problems at home.”
很遗憾你家里出了些状况。
先认下对方的难处再给建议，一句体谅把上下级拉近。
I'm sorry you're having problems with ...
对方遇到麻烦、你想先表体谅时用；正式或半正式场合都合适。
I'm sorry you're dealing with a lot. ／ Sorry you're going through this.
中性
sorry 稍重，problems 与 at home 连读。
I'm sorry you're having problems with the new team. 很遗憾你在新团队里遇到了麻烦。
“I'd offer you some advice, but it wouldn't be worth much.”
我倒想给你点建议，可那也值不了几个钱。
自嘲式开场，用「我的建议不值钱」卸掉说教味。
I'd offer you ..., but it wouldn't be worth much.
想给建议又怕显得说教时用；熟人之间自嘲，正式场合少用。
I'd give you advice, but who am I? ／ I could advise you, for what it's worth.
口语
offer you 连读，worth much 放慢。
I'd offer you a tip, but it wouldn't be worth much. 我倒想给你个建议，可那也没多大用。
“All I can tell you is you keep your head on straight and you do your job.”
我能告诉你的，就是保持清醒、把活干好。
把劝诫压成一句大白话，朴素却有分量。
All I can tell you is ...
对方来讨主意、你只想给一句实在话时用；带长辈或上级口吻。
All I can say is keep going. ／ The only thing I'll tell you is to stay calm.
中性
All I can 连读，head on straight 重读。
All I can tell you is to keep your head on straight. 我能告诉你的就是保持清醒。
“Do you think it's worth it?”
你觉得这一切值得吗？
把「值不值」问出口，平静一句却压着整段职业的代价。
Do you think it's worth it?
面对取舍、想认真问对方后不后悔时用；语气偏严肃。
Is it really worth it? ／ Do you think it pays off?
中性
worth it 连读，句尾升调表认真发问。
Do you think it's worth it to move abroad? 你觉得搬到国外值得吗？
“Ask me when we've caught him.”
等我们抓到他，你再来问我。
不正面回答，把问题推到任务结束之后，回避得漂亮。
Ask me when ...
不想现在回答、把话题推到以后时用；可软可硬，看语气。
Ask me again later. ／ Ask me after this is over.
中性
when we've 连读，caught him 收得干脆。
Ask me when the deadline is behind us. 等截止日期过去你再来问我。
“It's not beneath the Russians to track me.”
俄国人干得出跟踪我这种事。
用「不齿于」的双重否定，把偏执说成一种世故。
It's not beneath someone to do ...
说某人做得出来、不顾体面时用；偏书面，带点轻蔑。
It wouldn't be beneath them to lie. ／ They're not above tracking me.
正式
not beneath 吞 t，Russians 重读。
It's not beneath him to leak the story. 他干得出把消息捅出去这种事。
“They know how much I know.”
他们清楚我掌握了多少。
六个词把恐惧与自负一起说出，越平静越让人不安。
They know how much I ...
强调对方心里有数、自己处境微妙时用；语气平静而紧张。
They know what I'm worth. ／ They know exactly what I have.
中性
how much I 连读，know 两次重读。
They know how much I risked for this. 他们清楚我为这事冒了多大险。
Been sensing signal bursts coming through my radio lately, and car alarms go off when I drive past. It's not beneath the Russians to track me. I'm tailed all the time. They know how much I know.
最近我的收音机里老收到信号脉冲，我一开车经过，汽车警报就响。 跟踪我这种事，俄国人完全干得出来。 我一直被人跟踪。 他们清楚我知道多少。
下一章 · 20at the end of the day说到底这场戏：靶场被上司举枪逼问worth it 是“值得、划得来”，常用来问某件事值不值得。台词 Do you think it's worth it? 就是“你觉得这一切值得吗？”，这里问的是当特工要付出的代价到底值不值。
字面是“把头摆正”，实际是保持清醒、别乱了阵脚。台词 All I can tell you is you keep your head on straight and you do your job 是一句很实在的劝告：稳住，把本职工作做好。
imminent，意思是某事马上就要发生、已经很近了。台词 His next drop appears to be imminent 是说汉森的下一次交接看来就在眼前，appears to be 表示“看来、似乎”。
get something over with，意思是把一件不愉快的事尽快做完、了结掉。台词 It's your best shot at getting this over with 是说这是尽快把这件事了结的最好机会。
tail 本来是尾巴，作动词是跟踪、盯梢，tailed 就是被跟踪。台词 I'm tailed all the time 意思是“我一直被人跟踪”，用被动语态，常见于谍战、侦探题材。
sweep 是扫，swept for electronic devices 指把场所或车辆从头到尾扫一遍，排查有没有窃听器、电子设备。台词 I'm having it swept 用了 have something done 的结构，表示“找人来做这件事”。
