这场戏：推翻全部安排送弟弟
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莱纳斯一夜没睡，进办公室就下命令：油轮返航、停建新厂、取消合并，连婚礼也要 call off（取消），改送弟弟戴维跟萨布丽娜去巴黎。托马斯一句 This one tasted like a goodbye kiss.（这个吻尝起来像告别）让他 add two and two together（把线索一拼就明白）。想学怎么用短句下命令、怎么含蓄点破心事，这段最精彩。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 calling off the wedding（取消婚礼）
bound for 开往某地calling off 取消（婚礼）as soon as possible 尽快
a goodbye kiss（告别之吻）
know nothing about 对某事一窍不通a goodbye kiss 告别之吻imagining things 多心、瞎想
莱纳斯一夜没睡好，一进办公室就开始改计划：先让所有开往波多黎各的油轮返航，再让建筑公司停建新厂，连拉勒比塑料的合并也取消，婚礼同样 call off（取消）。他要把弟弟戴维、老拉勒比先生和泰森一家尽快叫来，as soon as possible（尽快）处理，还让人备好 smelling salts（嗅盐），怕有人当场晕过去。最后他把去巴黎的船票和舱房都改给了戴维，让他陪萨布丽娜上船。可托马斯不领情，他说那个吻 This one tasted like a goodbye kiss.（尝起来像告别），让莱纳斯 add two and two together（把线索一拼就明白）。想学下命令、安排事情和含蓄点破的表达，这段都能用。
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“This one tasted like a goodbye kiss.”
她这个吻，尝起来像是告别。
不说难过，只写一个吻的味道，预感全在这一句里。
This one tasted like a ...
用感官描写说出一段关系要结束时用；对当事人直说会像在宣判。
That kiss felt like an ending. ／ It tasted the way a farewell tastes.
literary
tasted like 连读，goodbye 加重，句尾放轻。
That hug felt like a goodbye, not a hello. 那个拥抱像是告别，不像重逢。
“Well, I may know nothing about Dow Jones Averages, but I do know something about kisses.”
我对道琼斯指数也许一窍不通，可吻的事我还是懂一点的。
拿财经和无知做垫，把「我懂感情」说得又好笑又郑重。
I may know nothing about X, but I do know something about Y
自嘲不懂某事、同时强调自己懂另一件事时用；正式汇报里不合适。
I know nothing about stocks, but I know a goodbye when I see one. ／ Numbers are not my strength, people are.
中性
may know nothing 快读，but I do know 的 do 重读。
I may know nothing about cars, but I do know something about engines. 我对车也许一窍不通，可发动机我还是懂点的。
“Tell them to radio all our tankers bound for Puerto Rico to turn back.”
叫他们发电报给所有开往波多黎各的油轮，让它们返航。
一句话调动整支船队，商人的权柄在这句命令里显得轻描淡写。
Tell them to ... all our ... to ...
向下属传达一条硬指令时用；语气直接，日常对朋友说会显得摆架子。
Have them call every ship back. ／ Radio the whole fleet and turn them around.
正式
tankers 重读，bound for 连读，turn back 收住。
Tell them to hold all orders until Monday. 叫他们所有订单都压到周一再说。
“Aren't you pleased with the news? What's the matter with you?”
听到这消息你不高兴吗？你这是怎么了？
连问两句，把兄弟间「你怎么还不开心」的疑惑摆得明明白白。
Aren't you ...? What's the matter with you?
对方反应不对、你想追问缘由时用；对不熟的人这样说会显得冒犯。
Why aren't you happy about it? What's wrong? ／ Isn't this what you wanted? What's going on?
口语
Aren't you 略带质问，What's the matter 放慢加压。
Aren't you excited about the offer? What's the matter with you? 拿到这个机会你不兴奋吗？你这是怎么了？
“I've been calling the house for an hour, and he isn't there.”
我往家里打了一个小时电话，他都不在。
一个小时的徒劳和一句「他不在」，把找人时的焦躁一下说满。
I've been ... for an hour, and ...
说自己长时间反复做某事却没结果时用；常用于解释为什么着急。
I've been trying his number all morning with no luck. ／ An hour of calls and still no answer.
中性
I've been 连读，for an hour 拉长表久，isn't 轻读。
I've been waiting at the gate for an hour, and nobody came. 我在门口等了一个小时，一个人都没来。
First, call Larrabee Shipping. Tell them to radio all our tankers bound for Puerto Rico to turn back. Next, call Larrabee Construction, tell them to stop work on the new plant. We're cancelling the Larrabee Plastics merger. We are? Next, I want Mr Larrabee, Sr, Mr Tyson and Miss Elizabeth Tyson here in this office as soon as possible.
第一，打给拉腊比航运。 叫他们发电报给所有开往波多黎各的油轮，让它们返航。 第二，打给拉腊比建筑，叫他们停建新厂。 拉腊比塑料的合并，我们取消。 我们要取消？ 第三，我要老拉腊比先生、泰森先生和伊丽莎白·泰森小姐尽快到我办公室来。
下一章 · 18if it's any consolation就算是个安慰这场戏：码头送别吐心声「取消」某项活动，尤其是婚礼、会议、比赛。比如 call off the wedding（取消婚礼）、call off the meeting（取消会议）。比 cancel 更口语，语气也轻一点。
as soon as possible，缩写 ASAP。比如 Please reply as soon as possible.（请尽快回复）。正式邮件和口语里都常见，是催办事情最标准的说法。
字面是「把二加二算出来」，实际指「把几条线索一拼，就想明白了」。剧里莱纳斯就是靠香槟杯、塑料生意和萨布丽娜这几件事，一下想通了。
a goodbye kiss，字面就是「告别的吻」。想说得更含蓄，可以说 It tasted like a goodbye kiss.（这个吻尝起来像告别），用味觉说情绪。
「嗅盐」，一种气味刺激的东西，旧时用来把人从晕厥中熏醒。剧里说备一大瓶，是开玩笑说接下来的消息会让人当场晕倒。
make sure 是「确认、确保」，in order 指「齐备合规、没问题」。比如 make sure it's in order 就是「确认一下它没毛病」，护照、证件常用。
