这场戏：签下送包裹的活儿
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尼尔赴约，见到要给他活儿的人，对方开口就是 Here's the deal（条件是这样）：开车横穿全国送一个包裹，不能弄丢、不能打开、也不能打听里面是什么，报酬到那一头再给。他还被要求在文件上按一滴血。想学谈条件时怎么把规矩一条条摆出来，这句最实用。
「条件是这样」怎么说？here's the deal
the other end 在另一头、到那头by way of 取道、经由find out 弄清楚、打听出来
「用行动兑现说过的话」说 put his blood where his mouth is
the drop of your blood 一滴血put his blood where his mouth is 用行动兑现说过的话out there 在外面、在外头
尼尔按时赴约，见到要给他活儿的人。对方开门见山：Here's the deal（条件是这样）——开车横穿全国送一个包裹，不能弄丢、不能打开，也不能打听里面是什么，报酬到那一头再付，路线是走 60 号州际公路。尼尔嫌一切太超现实，问这活儿给多少钱、有什么猫腻，对方只说 Can't really say（这个真不好说），最后还要他按一滴血封合同：put his blood where his mouth is（用行动兑现说过的话）。临走还提醒他路上有个杀手。这些说法适合谈条件、立规矩。
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“- Well the journey of life always includes a possibility of death.”
人生的旅程嘛，总带着一丝死亡的可能。
把死亡说得像随身行李，冷幽默里透着一句大实话。
the journey of life always includes ...
朋友轻描淡写谈风险时能用；安慰真正害怕的人时别说。
Life always comes with a little death in it. ／ No journey is ever completely safe.
中性
journey of 连读，possibility 重音靠后，句尾放平收。
The journey of life always includes a few wrong turns. 人生的旅程嘛，总会拐错几个弯。
“Traditionally, when a man means what he says, he'll put his blood where his mouth is.”
按老规矩，一个人要是说话算数，就会把血按在嘴上说过的地方。
把常见的打赌俗语换成血，一句就把承诺变成仪式。
put one's blood where one's mouth is
谈承诺、立字据的场合能用；日常闲聊说会显得夸张。
put your money where your mouth is ／ back up your words with action
literary
means what he 连读，重音落在 blood 和 mouth 上。
Don't just promise, put your money where your mouth is. 别光嘴上答应，拿出实际行动来。
“Could be you're awake for the first time in your life.”
也许这是你这辈子第一次真正醒着。
把「醒来」说成第一次活着，点破整场戏的梦感。
for the first time in one's life
说某人终于醒悟时能用；对长辈或陌生人说会显得冒犯。
Maybe you're seeing clearly for the first time. ／ Could be you've just woken up to it all.
中性
Could be 弱读，first time in 连读，重音在 awake 和 life。
For the first time in my life, I know what I want. 我这辈子第一次知道自己想要什么。
“You don't loose it, you don't open it, and you don't try to find out what's inside it.”
不能弄丢，不能打开，也不能去打听里面是什么。
三个 don't 排比，把一份神秘契约的规矩说得没有半点商量余地。
You don't X, you don't Y, and you don't try to Z.
交代硬性规矩、发出最后通牒时能用；日常请人帮忙别用，太像命令。
Don't lose it, don't open it, don't ask what's inside. ／ You keep it sealed and you ask no questions.
正式
三个 don't 节奏一致，最后 inside it 稍慢。
You don't lose the key, you don't copy it, and you don't tell anyone. 钥匙不能丢，不能配，也不能告诉任何人。
下一章 · 07happily ever after从此幸福地生活下去这场戏：重逢服务员送八号球意思是「条件是这样、我直说吧」，常用来把规则或条件一条条讲清楚。戏里对方用它引出送货任务的规矩。
戏里说 put his blood where his mouth is，是最常见的 put your money where your mouth is 的变体，意思都是别光说，要用行动证明。
口语里表示惊讶、不满或不在乎，可译成「搞什么鬼」「管他呢」。戏里尼尔问 what the hell is going on here 就是「这到底是怎么回事」。
不是。cross country 在这里是「横穿全国、长途穿越」，指从一国这头开到那头。做名词时 country 才和乡村有关。
指「开始相信某套说法、某件事的人」。戏里 I was fast becoming a believer in signs 就是「我很快就信了征兆这回事」。
