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找不到人被老板痛骂:It's not brain surgery

老板让助理找回女星,助理说她在漂流、联系不上,老板当场炸了:It's not brain surgery(又不是什么难事),还说这个办公室没有「联系不上」这个词。有人低声问 Is he in one of his moods?(他是不是又心情不好了),一句就点出全办公室的生存法则。想听懂老板的阴阳和火气,这几句最实用。

发生了什么

巴迪是制片厂高管。他让助理去找一位失联的女星,助理说对方在漂流、根本联系不上,巴迪当场翻脸:It's not brain surgery(又不是什么难事),还宣布这办公室没有「联系不上」这个词。听到老板发脾气,旁边的人低声问 Is he in one of his moods?(他是不是又在闹脾气)。后来他嘴上说 hold all my calls(替我挡下所有来电),助理照做漏接了重要来电,又被骂到狗血淋头。It's not brain surgery 形容事情简单到不用动脑,吐槽别人小题大做时说;in one of his moods 指某人正赶上心情不好;hold all my calls 就是让助理挡掉所有来电,给老板当助理天天用得到。

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It's not brain surgeryHad I knownIn one of his moodsHold all my calls

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本章短语

It's not brain surgery

又不是什么难事、没那么复杂it is not complicated or difficult to do

助理说联系不上斯特拉,巴迪当场炸毛,骂他是没用的家伙,说找人根本不是什么难事,别拿做不到的借口回来。

Come on, assembling this shelf is not brain surgery.得了吧,装这个架子又不是什么难事。

本章还有

  • Had I known

    早知道……(当初就会……)

  • In one of his moods

    正赶上他心情不好、闹脾气的那一阵

  • Hold all my calls

    替我挡下所有来电、暂不接任何电话

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101 句台词里标了 28 处

短语 · B2track someone down

把她找到

Yeah? So? Track her down.
短语 · B1find out where ...

查清楚在哪里

Find out where she's staying.
短语 · B1not see the problem

看不出问题在哪

I don't see the problem.
短语 · B1have something

有直升机

They have helicopters, don't they?
短语 · B2you little twerp

小废物、没用的家伙

You suppose? Listen, you little twerp, I can't spend my day telling you how to do your job!
短语 · C1it's not brain surgery

又不是什么难事、没那么复杂

助理说联系不上斯特拉,巴迪当场炸毛,骂他是没用的家伙,说找人根本不是什么难事,别拿做不到的借口回来。

It's not brain surgery, you know? Get me Stella.
短语 · B2never want to hear that word again

再也不想听到那个词

I don't ever wanna hear that word again.
短语 · B2get out of one's way

别挡我的路

Get outta my way!
短语 · B2there's no such word as ...

根本没有……这个词

There is no such word as "unreachable" for this office.
短语 · B2Who do you work for?

你替谁干活

Who do you work for?!
短语 · B2by the time ...

等我回来的时候

If she's not on the phone by the time I get back...
短语 · C1Had I known ...

早知道……(当初就会……)

雷克斯在停车场撞见盖伊,为之前抢车位的事道歉,说早知道你是替巴迪工作的,当初肯定会把位子让给你。

Had I known that you work for Buddy, I certainly would have let you...
短语 · B1not need it from someone

不用从我这里受这个

You don't need it from me.
短语 · B1handle someone

应付得了某人

Believe me, I can handle Buddy.
短语 · B2other hacks

外面那些无能之辈

"Unreachable" may work for other hacks out there, but not here!
短语 · C1a brain-dead assistant

白痴助理

I just need to, um, yell at my mongoloid brain-dead assistant for a second.
短语 · B2swear to god

对天发誓

If you ever use the fucking word "unreachable" in my office again, I swear to god I will send you goddamn through the lobby in a mail chute.
短语 · B2hold one's calls

替我挡下所有来电、暂不接任何电话

巴迪要专心跟制片人唐恩谈事,吩咐盖伊把这段时间的所有来电都拦住,谁打来都不接。

Guy, hold all my calls.
短语 · C1win, place, or show

赢、进名次或至少出场(三甲不入)

Dawn, I just don't think that this pony is gonna win, place, or show.
短语 · B2feel dissed

觉得被轻视

You're of that age. You... you feel dissed?
短语 · B2break double digits

突破两位数

The one before that didn't even break double digits.
短语 · B1be away from someone too long

离开我太久了

You've been away from me too long.
短语 · B2go to someone with something

拿这件事去找某人

Or I could just go to Stella with it.
短语 · B2put someone through

把他的电话接进来

Cyrus, and you didn't put him through?
短语 · B2What good are you?

你有什么用

What good are you? Do you have a brain?
短语 · B2the only way it sticks

唯一能让人长记性的方式

That's the only way it sticks, Dawn.
短语 · B2intrude on something

打扰我们共处的时光

And I certainly hope you wouldn't want anyone to intrude on our time together.
短语 · B2get someone on the phone

把他们接到电话线上

Get them on the phone. If they aren't on

看懂「找不到人被老板痛骂」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 track someone down 表示找到某人
  • 听懂 hold all my calls 等电话指令
  • 分辨 dissing 等非正式职场口语
  • 理解 win place or show 的赛马比喻
  • 听懂关键短语在本场的真实语气
There is no such word as "unreachable" for this office.

在这个办公室里,没有“联系不上”这个词。 把「不可能」直接宣布为不存在的词:不是问题难,而是这个词被禁用。专横,却精准地道出权力对现实的定义。

Come back to my team, and we can make some real movies.

回到我的团队来,我们就能拍些真正的电影。 把招揽包装成理想:不是给你饭碗,而是邀你一起干点像样的事。用「我们」和「真正的」同时给面子与诱惑。

That's the only way it sticks, Dawn.

只有这样你才记得住,道恩。 为自己的粗暴辩护:不是失控,是手段。把这句听懂,就明白有些人把伤害当成教学方法。

Excuse me. My male macho bullshit just broke 180 Mil'.

不好意思,我那套大男子主义的狗屁玩意儿刚刚破了 1 亿 8 千万票房。 把对方用来贬低你的词原样接过,再用票房数字打脸,是全书最痛快的一记回击:不辩论,只摆结果。

关于这一章的问题

It's not brain surgery 是什么意思?

字面是「又不是脑外科手术」,真正的意思是「又不是什么难事、没那么复杂」。老板嫌你把简单的事搞砸、或吐槽别人小题大做时,常这么说。

「替我挡下所有来电」英语怎么说?

就是 hold all my calls。助理对老板、秘书对上司常用,意思是先别把电话接进来。也可以说 hold my calls,省略 all。

in one of his moods 怎么理解?

指某人正赶上心情差、爱发脾气的那一阵。问 Is he in one of his moods? 就是「他是不是又在闹脾气」,同事间常用来悄悄提醒彼此。

「早知道」用英语怎么说?

可以说 Had I known,后面接「当初就会……」的结果。它是倒装说法,等于 If I had known,语气更书面、更像脱口而出。

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