这场戏：妻子劝他找新人合作
第 4 章 · 共 30 章 · 2'47"
安德森把剧本寄来后，迈拉一直劝西德尼给这个年轻人打电话合作，说这是 a god-sent opportunity（天赐良机）。西德尼嘴上算着这部戏能赚三五百万美元，迈拉一句话戳破：你为了再有一部卖座戏，真的会 kill to have（为了得到不惜一切）。夫妻俩把杀人当玩笑，越聊越冷。
❝ 独白 · 7 句 劝人抓住 a god-sent opportunity（天赐良机）
a change of pace 换个节奏、换种花样a god-sent opportunity 天赐良机go through periods 经历这样的低谷期get yourself started 让自己重新起步
❝ 独白 · 6 句 为一部卖座戏 kill to have（为了得到不惜一切）
kill to have 为了得到不惜一切hit play 卖座的戏in today's market 在当今市场上a thinking man's motive 理性人的动机
安德森把剧本寄来后，迈拉一边调侃通灵师海尔加能用雷达捕捉信号，一边劝西德尼给年轻学生打电话，说这是 a god-sent opportunity（天赐良机），合作能让他 get yourself started（重新起步）。西德尼心里算起这部戏能净赚三五百万美元，而迈拉一句话戳中要害：你为了再有一部卖座戏，真的会 kill to have（为了得到不惜一切）。西德尼听完总结：Now, if that isn't a thinking man's motive for murder（这都不算理性人的杀人动机）。值得学的三个说法：a god-sent opportunity 是千载难逢的好机会；a change of pace 是换个节奏、调整状态；kill to have 表示为了得到一样东西不惜一切。想学夫妻间半真半假的试探对白，这段很生动。
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。
“She's probably down there with her radar picking up your blips.”
她多半正待在那儿，用她的雷达捕捉你的信号点呢。
把灵媒说成雷达，一句玩笑把神神叨叨的事讲得又具体又好笑。
picking up your blips
打趣某人像雷达一样随时盯着你时用；正式场合说会显得轻浮。
picking up your signals from miles away. ／ tuning in to everything you do.
口语
picking up your 连读，blips 短促收尾。
My boss is upstairs picking up my every blip. 我老板在楼上，把我的一举一动全盯着。
“No, darling, it's not the money. I'm okay, which means you're okay, dopey.”
不，亲爱的，不是为了钱。我没事，你也就没事，傻瓜。
一句「傻瓜」把宠溺和辩护都说了，钱的话题被她轻轻盖过去。
I'm okay, which means you're okay
安慰伴侣或家人、把对方的担忧接过来时用；对不熟的人别用亲昵称呼。
If I am fine, you are fine. ／ My being okay means you are okay.
口语
it's not 连读，which means 轻带，dopey 要放柔。
Relax, I am okay, which means you are okay too. 放心，我没事，你也就没事。
“You actually would kill to have another hit play.”
你为了再有一部卖座的戏，真的会去杀人。
用最日常的 would kill to have，把杀心包装成一句轻飘飘的欲望。
would kill to have something
夸张地说自己极想要某样东西时用；真涉及暴力的话题别拿来开玩笑。
would die for another hit. ／ would do anything for another success.
口语
would kill to 连读，actually 重读，hit play 收干脆。
I would kill to have a quiet weekend. 我为了能有个清静周末，什么都愿意干。
“Now, if that isn't a thinking man's motive for murder...”
要说这都不算理性人杀人的动机，那什么才算……
把百万利润说成冷静的谋杀动机，理智和罪恶一句话焊在一起。
if that isn't a ... motive for ...
反着说某件事已经很充分、很说明问题时用；法庭和正式文书里别这么调侃。
if that is not a reason to act, I do not know what is. ／ that is motive enough for anyone.
literary
if that isn't a 连成一片，motive for murder 逐词稍慢。
If that is not a motive for quitting, I do not know what is. 要说这都不算辞职的理由，那还有什么算。
Darling, you're a writer. All writers go through periods like this. All you need is a change of pace. Anything. A collaboration. To work with someone young. Younger. Don't you see? By teaching Mr. Anderson, you'll get yourself started again. Darling, really, I think it is a god-sent opportunity. I really do. Call him.
亲爱的，你是作家。所有作家都会经历这样的阶段。 你需要的只是换个节奏。随便换个什么都行。 一次合作。 跟一个年轻人一起工作。更年轻的人。你不明白吗？ 你指导安德森先生的过程，正好能让自己重新起步。 亲爱的，说真的，我觉得这是天赐良机。 我说真的。给他打电话。
I think that you're thinking that after last night... You actually would kill to have another hit play. Do you know what this play would net it's author in today's market? Between $3 and $5 million. And that is without the Deathtrap T-shirts. Now, if that isn't a thinking man's motive for murder...
我觉得你在想，经过昨晚之后…… 你为了再有一部卖座的戏，真的会去杀人。 你知道这部戏在今天的市场上能给作者净赚多少吗？ 三百万到五百万美元之间。 这还没算《死亡陷阱》的周边T恤。 要说这都不算理性人杀人的动机，那什么才算……
下一章 · 05all the makings具备一切条件这场戏：电话邀年轻作者上门天赐良机，指好得像是老天送来的机会。台词里有人劝人赶紧抓住这次合作，就是「这是天赐良机」。想劝人别错过好机会，用它比 good chance 更有力。
give one pause。字面是「让人停一下」，就是让人心里咯噔、犹豫或警醒。台词里 That does give one pause 是在感叹通灵师说得太准，让人汗毛一竖。
字面是「为了得到不惜去杀」，实际是夸张说法，指非常想要某样东西。台词里 You actually would kill to have another hit play 是「你为了再有一部卖座戏真的什么都干得出来」。
它是英式粗口，类似「该死的」，但语气比中文轻，常用来加强语气。台词里 the same bloody key ring 就是「居然是一模一样的钥匙圈」，别对着长辈或正式场合用。
believe implicitly in someone。implicitly 是毫无保留地，就是完全相信、不打折扣。台词里 The European police believe implicitly in her 是说欧洲警方对她深信不疑。
