这场戏：酒吧里谈绑架交易
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昏暗的酒吧里，杰里一见两个受雇的绑匪就急着表忠心：I got every confidence here in you fellas（我对你们哥俩百分百放心）。可卡尔不买账，先嫌 What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense（谢普说的很多地方讲不通），再点破 You want your own wife kidnapped（你想让人绑架自己的老婆）。谈买卖想听出对方拆台，这几句很典型。
「都安排妥当了」英语怎么说？all worked out
a whole lot of 很多、一大堆all worked out 都安排妥当了well-off 手头宽裕、有钱
开场不久，杰里在一家酒吧里见两个受雇的绑匪卡尔和盖尔。他要这两人绑架自己的妻子，好向有钱的岳父要赎金。双方先对暗号：车是全新的，已经停在停车场；杰里一句 I got every confidence here in you fellas（我对你们哥俩百分百放心）想赶紧把事定下来。卡尔却觉得这计划像 rob Peter to pay Paul（拆东墙补西墙），又指出 You want your own wife kidnapped（你想让人绑架自己的老婆），还嫌 What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense（谢普说的很多地方讲不通）。整段真正在做的是：表面确认交易，其实互相试探。谈判、跟人谈条件时，这些句子都很有用。
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。
“It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.”
这就像拆东墙补西墙。
一句老俗语点破整桩买卖的荒唐：借一处还一处，窟窿永远填不满。
It's like doing A to do B.
劝人别借新债还旧债时用；正式报告里最好换成中性说法。
You're just robbing Peter to pay Paul. ／ That's borrowing from one to pay the other.
中性
重音落在 Peter 和 Paul，中间 to pay 轻读带过。
Paying that card with this one is just robbing Peter to pay Paul. 用这张卡还那张卡，就是拆东墙补西墙。
“You want your own wife kidnapped.”
你想让人绑架你自己的老婆。
把整桩交易最冷的一句摊开说，语气几乎不动声色，反而更瘆人。
You want something done.
点破对方真实意图时用；开玩笑的场合别拿它指人。
You're asking us to take your own wife. ／ Your own wife is the target.
口语
重音在 own 和 kidnapped，句尾下沉收住。
You want your own team cut, and you won't even say it. 你想裁掉自己的团队，却连说都不肯说。
“I got every confidence here in you fellas.”
我对你们哥俩是百分百放心。
用一个老派又客气的说法收场，把心里的不安藏在热络里。
I've got every confidence in someone.
托付事情、给对方打气时用；出了事先说这句会显得虚。
I have complete confidence in you. ／ I trust you fellas completely.
中性
every confidence 连读，fellas 轻轻收尾。
I have every confidence in this crew to get it done. 我完全相信这个团队能搞定。
“What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.”
谢普跟我们说的那套，根本讲不通。
一句轻描淡写把中间人的话全否了，也为后面的翻脸埋了火线。
What someone told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.
听出对方传话前后对不上、想留个心眼时用；对当事人直说要有证据。
That story just doesn't add up. ／ What he told you doesn't hold together.
口语
didn't 轻读吞音，whole lot 连读，句尾 sense 降调。
The timeline they gave us doesn't make a whole lot of sense. 他们给的时间表根本讲不通。
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下一章 · 02a heck of a lot一大堆这场戏：谈绑架又向老丈人借钱字面是「抢彼得的钱去还保罗」，意思是拆东墙补西墙：挪一处来补另一处。卡尔用它形容杰里的计划——让妻子被绑架，再拿岳父的赎金补自己的窟窿。
可以说 rob Peter to pay Paul，这是一句老话，直译是抢彼得的钱去还保罗。凡是借新债还旧债、挪一笔补一笔，都能用它形容。
mix-up 是「搞岔、误会」，指事情出了差错、对接错了。杰里两次用 It was a mix-up 解释车和钱对不上，卡尔回一句 You already said that，就是嫌他老拿这个当借口。
说 vouch for someone。谢普是中间人，杰里说 Shep vouched for you and all，强调有人替他们打包票；反过来也可以说 I can vouch for him。
pay in advance 是「提前付款」。杰里急着强调 it's not a whole pay-in-advance deal，意思是他先交了车，但不想把剩下的钱也提前垫上，想把交易拉回对等的节奏。
