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老助理给新人立规矩:punch below the belt

老助理拉着盖伊立规矩:老板要什么你猜不到,只能 The trick is to have everything ready(诀窍是把一切都提前备好),明天他要代糖你也得先备着。末了还撂一句狠话,这行 Punching below the belt is not only all right(打腰以下不但没关系),it is rewarded(还会被奖励)。想在职场听懂这种半真半吓的话,这几句最典型。

发生了什么

上班头几天,带他的老助理把规矩一条条摆出来:诀窍是 The trick is to have everything ready(把一切都提前备好),还得 anticipate(提前猜到),明天他要一包代糖,你最好两种甜味剂都带着。盖伊听得直说 that's crazy(太疯狂了),对方却回一句 This is not a business(这不是做生意),Punching below the belt is not only all right, it is rewarded(打腰以下不但没关系,还会被奖励)——这才是这行的玩法。后面电话铃响个不停,道恩上门谈事,新人一天就被现实教育。lose-lose situation 说的是怎么选都吃亏;punch below the belt 是出阴招、打人要害;roll up your sleeves 是撸起袖子准备干活。碰上职场里的潜规则、狠话和临时差事,这几句最用得上。

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Punch below the belt

出阴招、往人要害上打to act unfairly by attacking someone's weak point

前辈给盖伊讲娱乐圈的规矩:这里不是做生意,打腰以下这种犯规不但允许,还会被奖励,所以你得想清楚凭什么让人记住你。

Bringing up his divorce during the meeting was punching below the belt.会上提他离婚的事,这是往人痛处戳。

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  • A lose-lose situation

    怎么选都吃亏、两头不讨好的局面

  • Roll up your sleeves

    撸起袖子,准备动手干活

  • Patch someone through

    把电话转接给某人、接通某条线路

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100 句台词里标了 28 处

短语 · B1ask someone for something

问你要一包代糖

Tomorrow, he'll ask you for an Eequal.
短语 · A2can't win

赢不了、没胜算

You can't win.
短语 · B2a lose-lose situation

怎么选都吃亏、两头不讨好的局面

前辈给盖伊讲巴迪的规矩:他想要的东西转眼就变,你今天做对的事,明天就变成买代糖这种琐事;这活怎么做都不算赢,是个两头不讨好的局面。

It's a lose-lose situation.
短语 · B2change in a second

转眼就变

What he wants, what he needs can change in a second.
短语 · B2the trick is to do something

诀窍在于

The trick is to have everything ready.
短语 · B1have something ready

把一切提前备好

The trick is to have everything ready.
短语 · A2bring something back

带回来

Next time, bring back an Equal and a Sweet'N Low.
短语 · B2protect someone's interests

护好他的利益

Remember, protect his interests and serve his needs.
短语 · B2serve someone's needs

满足他的需求

Remember, protect his interests and serve his needs.
短语 · B1say it with me

跟我一起说

Come on. Say it with me.
短语 · B2no way to run a business

经营公司的烂办法

That's no way to run a business.
短语 · B1no rules here

这里没规矩

No rules here.
短语 · B1show business

娱乐业、演艺圈

show business.
短语 · C1punch below the belt

出阴招、往人要害上打

前辈给盖伊讲娱乐圈的规矩:这里不是做生意,打腰以下这种犯规不但允许,还会被奖励,所以你得想清楚凭什么让人记住你。

Punching below the belt is not only all right...
短语 · B1ask oneself

问问你自己

So in this, this business of show, you gotta ask yourself...
短语 · C1sit up and take notice

刮目相看、注意到你

What is it that is gonna make them sit up and take notice of you?
短语 · B1get to know someone

去了解它们

Get to know them.
短语 · B2roll up one's sleeves

撸起袖子,准备动手干活

老助理把一堆规矩讲完后,招呼盖伊别光站着,卷起袖子一起干活,因为接下来还有一整天的工作。

Come on. Roll up your sleeves.
短语 · B1be in big trouble

惹上大麻烦

You are in big trouble.
短语 · B2be dead in this town

在这圈子里死定了

Start making funeral arrangements, because you are dead in this town.
短语 · B1not be kidding someone

没跟你开玩笑

I am not kidding you.
短语 · B2by the end of the day

今天下班前

Is there any way you can have that delivered by the end of the day?
短语 · B1pick up the phone

接电话

Pick up the phone, pick up the phone!
短语 · B2draw blood

要见血(夸张的狠话)

If I get that answering machine one more time, I draw blood!
短语 · B2how many times have I told you

我跟你说过多少遍了

How many times have I told you?
短语 · B2patch someone through

把电话转接给某人、接通某条线路

巴迪让盖伊把斯特拉打来的电话直接转进他的分机,还强调要立刻接通,别让线路空等。

Patch her through to me right away. All right?
短语 · B1run late

有点迟了

Well, Buddy's running a little late, so, uh...
短语 · B1have a seat

请坐

just have a seat.

看懂「老助理给新人立规矩」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 make it in 表达在行业出头
  • 听懂 bullshit 和 screw up 的真实语气
  • 掌握 much less 的递进用法
  • 听懂关键短语在本场的真实语气
  • 把台词搭配放进新的日常回应里
Start making funeral arrangements, because you are dead in this town.

开始准备后事吧,你在这行已经死了。 用死亡比喻封杀,一句话就判了职业死刑,比任何脏话都更决绝。

What is it that is gonna make them sit up and take notice of you?

到底是什么能让他们猛地坐直、开始注意到你? 把竞争问成一个自省问题:想让别人看见你,先想清楚凭什么。

The trick is to have everything ready.

诀窍就是把一切都提前备好。 把「从容」还原成准备:不是天赋,不是运气,而是在事情发生前就把答案摆在手边。

This is not a business.

这里不是生意场。 六个字把娱乐行业的本质挑明:这里不按生意的规矩来。短、狠、反常识,是整章的题眼。

关于这一章的问题

A lose-lose situation 是什么意思?

意思是两头不讨好、怎么选都吃亏的局面。这里老助理在说,老板的需求随时变,你无论怎么做都可能被挑错,根本赢不了。

「出阴招」英语怎么说?

说 punch below the belt。字面是拳击里打腰带以下的位置,属于犯规,引申为用下三滥的手段伤人。剧中还说这种招在这行不但没事,反而会被奖励。

roll up your sleeves 是「卷袖子」吗?

字面是卷起袖子,实际是准备动手干活的固定说法,带点要下场拼的意思。老助理用它招呼盖伊别愣着,接下来有活要干。

patch someone through 怎么用?

意思是把电话转接给某人、把线路接通。剧中上司让盖伊 patch her through to me,就是马上把某人的电话接进来。

「这不是做生意」英语怎么说?

说 This is not a business。剧中接着还有 No rules here,意思是在娱乐圈这一行没有规矩可讲,别拿普通生意的逻辑来理解。

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