这场戏：酒店经理上门催账单
第 12 章 · 共 19 章 · 4'09"
酒店经理霍斯金斯堵住哈里催账，要他 settle this bill（结清这笔账），一次付清 in its entirety（全部、完整地）。哈里扮着大人物反问 Do you know who I am（知道我是谁吗），压不住场面时又低声下气求 Just give me this one break（就给我这一次机会）；对方不动声色，补上一句要 impound your belongings（扣押你的财物）。
❝ 独白 · 10 句 「成为有头有脸的人」：be somebody
settle this bill 结清这笔账in its entirety 全部、完整地be somebody 成为有头有脸的人this one break 这一次机会、这一回通融
克里斯托先警告哈里：Born a hustler, you will die a hustler（天生的骗子，到死也是骗子）。接着酒店经理霍斯金斯堵住哈里催账：三间套房住了三个星期，to date（到目前为止）一个便士没付，限他当天现金结清二百八十七镑，否则 impound your belongings（扣押财物）。哈里先嘴硬反问 Do you know who I am（知道我是谁吗），被骂 a cheap spiv（下贱的投机贩子）后又软下来：I've fought and I waited for a chance to be somebody（我这辈子一直在拼，就等出人头地的机会），Just give me this one break（就给我这一次机会）。可对方只回一句 Good day（再见）。最后哈里打电话给海伦改约：make it four o'clock（就定在四点钟）。
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。
“Born a hustler, you will die a hustler.”
天生的骗子，到死也是骗子。
用一个生一个死把一生锁死，短得刺人，也最难反驳。
Born a ... , you will die a ...
断定某人本性难移时可用；非常重，别对朋友随口说。
Once a liar, always a liar. ／ Born a cheat, you stay a cheat.
literary
Born a 轻读，hustler 重读两次，中间略停。
Born a salesman, he will die a salesman. 他天生就是做销售的，到死都是。
“All my life, Mr. Hoskins, I've fought and I waited for a chance to be somebody.”
霍斯金斯先生，我这辈子一直在拼，就等着出人头地的机会。
一辈子的挣扎压成一句话，卑微里全是野心。
All my life, I've fought and waited for ...
讲自己多年苦熬、争取一个机会时用；对上级说显得真情。
I've spent my whole life waiting for this chance. ／ I've fought for years to get this far.
中性
All my life 扬调，I've fought 弱读，be somebody 重读。
All my life I've worked to be taken seriously. 我这辈子都在努力，只为被人当回事。
“You'll get your money, every penny of it.”
你的钱会拿到，一个便士都不会少。
嘴上兜底的一句保证，越具体越像心虚。
You'll get ..., every ... of it.
向债主或客户保证归还时用；说满了反而要小心兑现。
You'll get it back, all of it. ／ Every last cent will come back to you.
口语
every penny of it 四词一顿，最后的 it 轻收。
You'll get your deposit back, every cent of it. 你的押金会退，一分都不会少。
“Indeed? I was rather under the impression that you've been deliberately avoiding me.”
是吗？我倒觉得，你一直在有意躲着我。
用「我倒觉得」这种客套开场，把当面戳穿说得彬彬有礼，越客气越让人无从抵赖。
Indeed? I was rather under the impression that [observation].
对熟人点破对方小心思、又不想撕破脸时用；对亲近朋友这么说会显得端着、有距离。
I rather got the feeling you were avoiding me. ／ That's odd, I thought you'd been keeping away.
正式
Indeed 短促上扬，rather under the impression 连读放轻，deliberately avoiding me 逐字加重。
Indeed? I was rather under the impression that you'd been dodging this meeting. 是吗？我倒觉得，你一直在躲这个会。
Please, sir, listen. I haven't got a penny, I'll admit it. But I did all this on 50 quid, and look what I've done, just look at this gym. You'll get your money, every penny of it. All my life, Mr. Hoskins, I've fought and I waited for a chance to be somebody. And now I'm almost there. I'm doing it. But if you throw us out of the hotel, I'll lose my partner. I'll lose everything. Please, sir, I... I beg you. Just give me this one break, and I promise you... I promise on my life...
先生，求您，听我说。 我一个便士都没有，我承认。 可这一切我是靠五十镑做起来的，看看我干成了什么，就看看这间健身房。 你的钱会拿到，一个便士都不会少。 霍斯金斯先生，我这辈子一直在拼，就等着出人头地的机会。 现在我就快到了。我做到了。 可你要是把我们赶出酒店，我就失去我的合伙人了。 我会失去一切。 先生，求您，我……我求您了。 就给我这一次机会，我向你保证……我拿命保证……
下一章 · 13throw good money after bad往亏本的事上继续砸钱这场戏：合伙人当面撤资意思是「听我把话说完」。原句 Please have to courtesy to hear me out，就是恳求对方别打断、先听自己讲完，争论或求人时很常用。
to date。原句 not one penny's been paid to date，就是「到目前为止一个便士都没付」，比 so far 更书面，常见于账单和报告。
英国老说法，指不干正事、靠投机倒把捞钱的混混。原句 You are a cheap spiv，等于骂人「你就是个下贱的投机贩子」。
be somebody。原句 I waited for a chance to be somebody，就是「我一直等着出人头地的机会」，反义是 be nobody。
impound your belongings。原句 I shall impound your belongings，就是「我就扣押你的财物」，通常出现在欠租、欠账被追讨的场合。
eight-quid-a-week 是拿工资挖苦人。原句说对方是 eight-quid-a-week bookkeeper，等于骂「你这个一周才挣八镑的寒酸账房」，用具体数字贬低对方。
