这场戏：受托找回失踪女儿
第 6 章 · 共 15 章 · 2'41"
贵族夫妇请人找回失踪的女儿：家里人说她 It sounds as though Laura fell in with the wrong crowd（劳拉像是跟错了人），如今人不见了。接下这活的人转头把差事派给手下，对方不乐意，理由是 There's too many moving parts（变数太多、控不住）。想学有钱人怎么体面求助、属下怎么委婉推活，这几句很典型。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 小报报道的旁白
一段话把小报的恶意修辞全抖出来，越华丽越像刀子。
劝人接活：Think of it as philanthropy（就当是做慈善）
due diligence 提前摸底、做尽职调查out of our jurisdiction 不归我们管、超出管辖范围moving parts 互相牵动的多个变数philanthropy 做慈善
普雷斯菲尔德勋爵夫妇找到米奇，请他找回失踪的女儿劳拉。做父亲的怪自己没管好，旁人劝他 You mustn't keep beating yourself up（别老是自责），还分析她 fell in with the wrong crowd（跟错了人），那阵子她正脆弱。米奇说 Let me see what I can do（先看看能帮什么忙），转头把差事交给手下雷——她 fall for someone（迷上）一个过气歌手，人在伦敦南区、不归他们管，雷嫌 There's too many moving parts（变数太多），最后还是被一句 think of it as philanthropy（就当是做慈善）劝上了车。fall for someone 是迷上、为某人着迷；fell in with the wrong crowd 是跟错人、混进坏圈子；moving parts 指互相牵动的多个变数。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“You mustn't keep beating yourself up, dear.”
你别老是这么自责了，亲爱的。
一句安慰不劝大道理，只把对方从自责里往外拉，听着就暖。
You mustn't keep doing something
朋友陷入自责时用来安慰；对上司或客户别说，太亲密了。
You shouldn't keep blaming yourself. ／ Don't be so hard on yourself.
中性
mustn't 的 t 吞掉，keep beating 连读，句尾放软。
You mustn't keep blaming yourself for one bad meeting. 别因为一次糟糕的会议就一个劲儿怪自己。
“It sounds as though Laura fell in with the wrong crowd at a time when she was particularly vulnerable.”
听起来，劳拉是在她特别脆弱的时候跟一帮不三不四的人混到了一起。
把一场丑闻归因得既体面又不刺人，正是贵族式的分寸。
It sounds as though ...
替人找个不伤人的说法时用；别拿来替自己开脱。
It seems that Laura got in with a bad group. ／ It sounds like she was led astray.
正式
sounds as though 连读，vulnerable 重音在首音节。
It sounds as though the delay came from outside our team. 听起来这次延误是外部原因，不怪我们组。
“There's too many moving parts, parts that we can't control.”
牵扯的变数太多，很多都不是我们能控制的。
用 moving parts 把一团乱麻说成一个专业判断，既是拒绝也是自保。
too many moving parts that ...
谈项目风险、推掉麻烦事时用；别拿它当偷懒的借口。
Too many things are outside our control. ／ There are too many variables we can't manage.
中性
too many 连读，moving parts 重音在 mov 和 parts。
There're too many moving parts to promise a date. 变数太多，我不敢把日期定死。
“It's happened to so many of our friends.”
我们那么多朋友家里都出过这种事。
用「很多朋友都这样」把一件家丑说成普遍命运，既宽慰别人也宽慰自己。
It's happened to so many of our ...
安慰遭遇不幸的人、说明这事并不少见时用；对当事人说像在轻描淡写。
So many families go through this. ／ It happens to more people than you think.
中性
It's happened to 连读，so many of our friends 平缓，句尾放低。
It's happened to so many families around us. 我们周围很多家庭都遇到过。
Lord Pressfield's daughter, the famous and talented Laura, all self hate and has fallen for this Power Noel's smacked out dark charm, and I want the lot of them. especially that slimy little jam rag Pearson, in bed with a skint discredited toff and supplying gear to young and reckless rock star royals, royals unbridled by distracted parents too busy skiing on the Swiss Alps to notice and too fucking stupid to care.
普雷斯菲尔德勋爵的女儿，那个出名又有才华的劳拉，满身自我厌弃， 迷上了鲍尔·诺埃尔那种吸毒吸出来的阴暗魅力，这帮人我一个都不放过， 尤其是那个恶心下作的皮尔逊，跟一个穷酸落魄的贵族搅在一起， 还给那些年轻莽撞的摇滚明星王室成员供货，那些王室子弟被心不在焉的父母放养，无人管束， 父母忙着在瑞士阿尔卑斯山滑雪，顾不上管，也他妈的蠢到根本不在乎。
下一章 · 07no good deed goes unpunished好心没好报这场戏：登门找人被回绝意思是「跟错了人、混进了坏圈子」。原句说 Laura fell in with the wrong crowd at a time when she was particularly vulnerable，就是「劳拉在最脆弱的时候交上了坏朋友」。
字面是「会动的零件」，常用来指一件事里互相牵动、难以控制的多个变数。原句 There's too many moving parts，就是「变数太多，控不住」。
说 fell in with the wrong crowd。它专指交上不该交的朋友，常用来解释一个人怎么一步步走偏，比一般说法更地道。
后面接地道的请求，比如 Do you mind if I look into it，就是「你介不介意我去打听一下」。比 Can I 更客气，适合跟长辈、不熟的人开口。
意思是「就当是在做慈善」，用来给一件不想干的活找个高尚的借口。原句就是老板哄下属：就当是去做慈善，别嫌脏。
