这场戏：富豪来电借故分手
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酒店房间里，游艇上的富豪打来电话，糖糖还沉浸在甜蜜里，对方却抛出一句 I'm not coming back at all（我根本不回来了），理由竟是 What we call high finance（所谓的资本运作）。想拿体面借口抽身，high finance（资本运作）这种大词最能唬人；想给分手留句狠话，a kick in the teeth（当头一棒）也现成。
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把依恋编成一串航海小事，越天真越显出她后来被骗的可怜。
这事「挺复杂」：What we call high finance（所谓的资本运作）
high finance 大资本运作、金融大动作board of directors 董事会oil syndicate 石油辛迪加that kind of merger 那种合并
酒店房间里，乔和杰瑞正盘算着卖掉手镯、逃去南美躲起来。这时游艇上的富豪打来电话找糖糖，却突然告诉她 Something unexpected came up（出了点意外的事），自己马上要出海。糖糖问去哪儿，答案是 South America（南美）：他说在委内瑞拉有石油生意，董事会决定要合并。糖糖还以为只是生意，直到他补上一句 I'm not coming back at all（我根本不回来了），又说这事 What we call high finance（所谓的资本运作）——其实只是甩掉她的借口。想体面地抽身，可以用 high finance（资本运作）这种大词；想表达事情突然冒出来，用 come up（突然发生）；想说自己不玩虚的，on the level（来真的）也很好用。
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“Well, it's all rather complicated. What we call high finance.”
嗯，这事挺复杂的。就是我们说的资本运作。
用体面的金融词把薄情说成生意，越一本正经越显凉薄。
What we call ...
把难堪的事包装成专业术语时用；对当事人说显得推脱。
What we call a business decision. ／ It's what people call market forces.
正式
rather 轻读，high finance 两词都重读，语气装得很从容。
It's all rather complicated, what we call restructuring. 这事挺复杂的，就是我们说的重组。
“As a matter of fact, I'm not coming back at all.”
事实上，我根本不回来了。
把最狠的话说得最客气，客套语一垫，绝情反而更刺人。
As a matter of fact, ...
纠正对方预期、说出残酷事实时用；对伤心人别这么冷。
Actually, I won't be coming back. ／ To be honest, I'm not returning.
中性
As a matter of fact 连成一块，not coming back 放慢加重。
As a matter of fact, I'm not coming back to this office. 事实上，我不会再回这间办公室了。
“You know, a man in my position has a certain responsibility to the stockholders.”
你知道，处在我的位置，对股东是有责任的。
搬出股东当挡箭牌，把私情说成义务，冠冕堂皇得可笑。
a man in my position has a responsibility to ...
用身份和职责为自己的选择开脱时用；对朋友说像在打官腔。
Someone in my position has duties to others. ／ I have a responsibility to the people who trust me.
正式
in my position 轻快带过，responsibility 重音在 -bil-。
A man in my position has a responsibility to his team first. 处在我的位置，得先对团队负责。
“Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth.”
什么时候开始的？你平时都甩手走人，只留人家一嘴血。
当面翻旧账，一句戳穿伪善，骂得漂亮。
Since when? You usually ... and leave 'em with ...
对朋友揭短时能用；对客户或长辈说会撕破脸。
Since when? You normally vanish and never call. ／ You usually leave with a slam of the door.
口语
Since when 短促上扬，a kick in the teeth 每个词都咬重。
Since when? You usually leave the dishes for me. 什么时候开始的？你平时都把碗留给我。
“But that's the way the oil gushes.”
可石油就是这么喷出来的。
拿石油行话给负心找借口，油腻得理直气壮。
But that's the way the ... gushes.
朋友间调侃命运无常时能用；对伤心的人别拿来抖机灵。
But that's how the market crashes. ／ That's the way the river runs.
中性
But 轻转，oil 重读，gushes 拖长带油腔滑调。
But that's the way the coffee spills. 可咖啡就是这么洒出来的。
I was still on the yacht, and the anchor broke loose. We drifted for days and days. You were the captain, and I was the crew. I kept a lookout for icebergs. I sorted your shells and mixed your cocktails. And I wiped the steam off your glasses. And when I woke up, I wanted to swim right back to you.
我还在游艇上，锚松脱了。 我们漂流了一天又一天。 你是船长，我是船员。 我替你盯着冰山。 我替你整理贝壳，给你调鸡尾酒。 还帮你擦掉眼镜上的水汽。 等我醒来，我真想立刻游回你身边。
下一章 · 18crawl with到处都是这场戏：后台哭诉与黑帮密谋字面是「高级金融」，实际常带调侃，指大资本运作、复杂的金融操作。原句 What we call high finance，就是拿这个听起来高大上的词来搪塞，说「这事儿很复杂」。
用 come up。原句 Something unexpected came up，就是「出了点意外的事」，临时有状况、突然冒出来都用它。
字面是「被踢了一脚牙齿」，实际指沉重打击、当头一棒。原句 leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth，就是甩手走人、只留给对方一记闷棍。
不是。on the level 是口语，意思是「来真的、没骗人」。原句 It's on the level this time，就是「这次是认真的」，常用来强调自己没耍花招。
意思是「躲藏、藏身」，常指为躲避追捕或麻烦而藏起来。原句 hide out in one of the banana republics，就是「躲在某个香蕉共和国里」。
