替人先占座
有人急着去处理私事，便让同伴先替自己 warm up a seat，说自己随后跟上，语气像随口交代，不是正式请求。
Hey, hey, why don't you warm up a seat for me. I'll catch up with you.Rounders · 1998 — 第 12 / 26 章 · 2'28" · B2
牌桌上点破小动作：tells
牌室里，几个来玩的人刚坐下，一句 They wear their tells like signs around their necks（他们把破绽挂在脖子上当招牌）就把底露了。接着一句 If a fish acts strong, he's bluffing（鱼装强势，就是在诈唬）。想在牌桌或谈判桌上读懂别人的虚张声势，这两句很实用。
发生了什么
大西洋城的切斯特菲尔德牌室里，几个来玩的人坐上牌桌，以为扑克跟家里的牌局差不多。有人一句 They wear their tells like signs around their necks（他们把破绽挂在脖子上当招牌），说这些人的小动作全在暴露牌面；接着又用 If a fish acts strong, he's bluffing（鱼装强势，就是在诈唬）和 If he acts meek, he's got a hand（鱼装怂，就是手里有好牌）总结读牌口诀。tells 指下意识的露馅信号，act strong 是装强势，got a hand 是手里有好牌，牌桌、谈判、砍价都能借来观察对手。
这场戏看什么
- 留意旁白用食人鱼比喻猎食
- 看小动作怎样被读成 tells
- 注意挖苦台词与冷静旁白的反差
留意这几个短语
warm up a seatin your dreamsscumbagsdon't do us any favors
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本章短语
tells
破绽；露馅信号giveaway signs
这句把两个人无意识的小动作称为 tells，说它们像挂在脖子上的牌子，语气笃定，像在解说猎物。
His nervous tapping and quick glances were obvious tells.他紧张地敲桌子、眼神乱瞟，都是明显的破绽。
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- warm up a seat
替人先占座
- in your dreams
想得美
- scumbags
人渣
- don't do us any favors
别摆出帮忙的架子
- walk into
毫无防备地陷入
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随后赶上某人
Hey, hey, why don't you warm up a seat for me. I'll catch up with you.don't you 快说时挤成一团，t 与 y 别硬拆。
Hey, hey, why don't you warm up a seat for me. I'll catch up with you.去处理某事
- I got certain needs I gotta attend to, okay? - Hey, good.开始对某人不放心
- I mean, I'm overdue. - Good, man, hey, I was startin' to wonder about you.让人发生了一些变化
I thought, maybe, you know, the boys upstate brought about a few changes in you.宾语从句：thought 后省略 that，整段 the boys... in you 是宾语从句；maybe/you know 只是插入语，拆开就不绕。
I thought, maybe, you know, the boys upstate brought about a few changes in you.想得美
对方刚暗示北边那帮人可能让人变了，这句 in your dreams 用玩笑顶回去，语气亲昵又带刺，像熟人间的打趣。
Hey, in your dreams, lover.重音压在 dreams，in your 轻轻带过，别平均用力。
Hey, in your dreams, lover.脸蛋；面孔——熟人玩笑，略带粗鲁，别对陌生人用。
Come all the way to Atlantic City just to see your mugs, huh?定语从句：who don't play 修饰 someone，说明“你这个不打牌的人”；口语里用 don't，正式应说 doesn't。
For someone who don't play, you spend a lot of time in card rooms.某人该待的地方
Mike McDermott where he belongs... sittin' with the scumbags.人渣——熟人间的贬损，正式场合别用。
Mike McDermott where he belongs... sittin' with the scumbags.偶尔赢下一局底池 drag 不是拖拽，是牌桌行话，指赢走底池。
Tellin' jokes, draggin' the occasional pot.赚点真钱
Forget her, Face. I was actually gonna try and make some real money tonight.为向某人或某事致敬
But in honor of Mike's alley-like return to the ring, I'll sit with you all for a while.给某人帮个忙；赏脸 这里前面加 don't 构成反讽：少摆出施恩的架子。
Hey, don't do us any favors, Knish.正准备去做某事
- They're about to go to the board to fill these seats. - Bet it.wanted to 快说时中间 t 常被吞，两个词黏成一团。
I raise. You know, if we wanted to take each other's rolls, we could have just stayed home.赌本；资金——牌桌行话，圈外人可能听不懂。
I raise. You know, if we wanted to take each other's rolls, we could have just stayed home.完全不知道
These two have no idea...毫无防备地陷入
台词说这两个人根本不知道自己要 walk into 什么局面，语气冷静，像提前替他们判了输赢。
what they're about to walk into.名词性从句：what 从句作 have no idea 的宾语，意思是“不知道他们将走进什么局面”，不能拆成两个问句。
what they're about to walk into.给某事一个尝试
why not give poker a try?天大的运气
All the luck in the world isn't gonna change things for these guys.isn't gonna 压成一串，gonna 很轻，重音留给 change。
All the luck in the world isn't gonna change things for these guys.宾补结构：see 后接 piranhas 再加 eating，强调看见动作正在进行；反问句 do you 是在求认同。
It's like the Nature Channel. You don't see piranhas eating each other, do you?牌桌弱手——扑克圈行话，别当面叫人 fish。
If a fish acts strong, he's bluffing.手里有好牌
下一句接着说，若对方显得怯弱，反而可能 got a hand，收束得像一句判词，把牌桌读法说死。
If he acts meek, he's got a hand. It's that simple.看懂「牌桌上点破小动作」
发音重点
- don't you — don't you 快说时挤成一团，t 与 y 别硬拆。
- in your dreams — 重音压在 dreams，in your 轻轻带过，别平均用力。
- wanted to — wanted to 快说时中间 t 常被吞，两个词黏成一团。
- isn't gonna — isn't gonna 压成一串，gonna 很轻，重音留给 change。
We're not playing together, but then again, we're not playing against each other either.我们不是一伙打牌，但话说回来，我们也不是在互相对打。 用两个否定把牌桌关系说透：既非队友，也非敌人。
It's like the Nature Channel. You don't see piranhas eating each other, do you?这就像自然频道。你没见过食人鱼互相吃吧？ 用自然纪录片比喻牌桌：捕食者彼此不动手，只吃外来者。
They wear their tells like signs around their necks.他们把破绽挂在脖子上，像招牌一样。 把牌桌上的破绽写成脖子上的牌子，画面狠又准。
All the luck in the world isn't gonna change things for these guys.再多的运气也改变不了这几个人的结局。 先给足运气，再一句否定，宿命感很重。
If a fish acts strong, he's bluffing.如果一个弱手装得很强，他就是在诈唬。 一句牌桌口诀：越弱的玩家越爱装强，短促好记。
关于这一章的问题
tells 是什么意思？
tells 指牌桌上不自觉的小动作，也就是「破绽；露馅信号」。台词说 They wear their tells like signs around their necks，意思是这些人的破绽像挂在脖子上的招牌，一眼就能看见。
「装强势」英语怎么说？
可以说 act strong。台词里 If a fish acts strong, he's bluffing 的意思是：鱼要是装得很凶，那就是在诈唬；这里的重点是 act strong 表示「装强势」。
「手里有好牌」英语怎么表达？
台词里用 got a hand：If he acts meek, he's got a hand，意思是要是装得很怂，那就是「手里有好牌」。got a hand 就是这个意思。
scumbags 这个词有多重？
scumbags 是「人渣」，是很重的骂人话。台词说 Mike McDermott where he belongs... sittin' with the scumbags（迈克·麦克德莫特就该待在那儿，跟一帮人渣坐一块儿），等于把跟他坐一块儿的人直接叫人渣，贬义很明确。
don't do us any favors 是什么语气？
是带刺的回绝，等于「别摆出帮忙的架子」。台词里 Hey, don't do us any favors, Knish（嘿，别摆出帮忙的架子，克尼什）是在对方说“陪你们坐一会儿”之后，把这份“赏脸”顶回去。
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第 2 章represent that you have something牌桌上点破所有人的牌
第 3 章read his hand blind为法官读牌被质问
第 4 章get cleaned out接出狱老友，被劝重返牌桌
第 5 章crack the game假扮男友进私人牌局
第 6 章cut this room up牌桌边警告别轻敌
第 7 章shear a sheep亮牌太慢惹出争执
第 8 章the juice is still runnin'债主合并债务
第 9 章tight, but aggressive酒吧里聊看牌识人
第 10 章can't run from who we are神童放弃拉比之路
第 11 章the rake楼下寒风中聊失恋
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第 13 章juice债滚到一万五
第 14 章throw in your cards庭审引错先例
第 15 章run someone up上门聊起欠账
第 16 章in hock拒绝再替朋友兜底
第 17 章good for it替朋友担保求宽限
第 18 章wait someone out牌桌边抽雪茄诈唬
第 19 章total fish敲定宾厄姆顿牌局
第 20 章let the cards do the talking警察牌局抓老千
第 21 章get outta Dodge挨揍后为跑路吵翻
第 22 章go into hock借钱被老友拒绝
第 23 章put it all on the line讲泰姬赌场赢陈那一手
第 24 章vouch for为赌债开口借钱
第 25 章let it ride被激将后继续押注
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