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商定餐厅里藏枪:business, not personal

医院那事后,家里围了一圈新面孔。有人报今早已经动手,对方点名要迈克尔去听条件,还把交易说成 too good to refuse(好到没法拒绝)。另一句把打父亲说成 business, not personal(是生意,不是私怨)。谈判翻脸时听懂这两句,才分得清谁在谈交易、谁在压仇。

发生了什么

医院事后,宅子围满新面孔。有人报信:桑尼火了,今早干掉了布鲁诺。对方要当天见面,点名让迈克尔去听条件,并保证这笔生意 too good to refuse(好到没法拒绝),谈合作、拉人时常拿这句把对方堵死。有人把打父亲说成 business, not personal(是生意,不是私怨),想把仇算成交易。对方不接,拒绝再听 patch things up(把关系或局面修补好)的劝,只要帮手打赢。接着有人点破:麦拉斯基拿索洛佐的大钱,还答应当保镖,再拖老爸就危险。会面于是定在有人的餐厅,人会被搜身,枪得先藏好。听到「好到没法拒绝」或「不是私怨」,多半是狠话被包成了交易。

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  • 汤姆何时把枪击说成生意
  • 桑尼怎样拒绝再谈
  • 迈克尔怎样把餐厅说成动手地点

留意这几个短语

business, not personalrun for coverpatch things uptoo good to refuse

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business, not personal

是生意,不是私怨nothing personal, only business

桑尼要为父亲报仇,汤姆却提醒他,家族讲究把生意和私人恩怨分开看。

The layoffs were business, not personal.那次裁员是生意考量,不是针对谁。

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  • run for cover

    赶紧躲开、自保

  • patch things up

    把关系或局面修补好

  • too good to refuse

    好到没法拒绝

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短语 · B2what's with something

……是怎么回事

-What's with all the new faces? -We'll need them now.
短语 · B1get mad

火了、生气了

After the hospital thing, Sonny got mad.
俚语 · B2hit

干掉、做掉(黑话)——黑帮语境里指暗杀或袭击某人,等于动手除掉。日常没有这个用法,随便用会被听成真在谈暴力,正式场合更不能用。

We hit Bruno Tattaglia this morning.
短语 · B2the nerve

胆子、好意思

The Turk wants to talk! Imagine the nerve of the son-of-a-bitch.
发音the nerve

the nerve 里 the 缩成很轻的 ðə,元音几乎听不见,紧贴 nerve,重音压在 nerve 上。

The Turk wants to talk! Imagine the nerve of the son-of-a-bitch.
短语 · B2too good to refuse

好到没法拒绝

索洛佐派人传话,说只要柯里昂家肯坐下来谈,他开出的条件好得让人没法拒绝,实际上是用利益诱对方上桌。

He promises that the deal is too good to refuse.
语法 · B1too good to refuse

too ... to 结构:too good to refuse 用 too 加形容词再接不定式,表示好得让人无法拒绝。这种结构里 to refuse 含否定意味,等于说不可能拒绝。

He promises that the deal is too good to refuse.
短语 · B1part of the deal

交易的一部分

-And Bruno Tattaglia? -That's part of the deal.
短语 · B2cancel out

抵消

-He cancels out what they did to Father. -We should listen to them.
短语 · A2listen to someone

听他们说

-He cancels out what they did to Father. -We should listen to them.
短语 · B2someone's tricks

某人的花招

No more meetings, discussions, or Sollozzo tricks.
短语 · B1go to war

开战

I want Sollozzo, or we go to war...
短语 · B2business, not personal

是生意,不是私怨

桑尼要为父亲报仇,汤姆却提醒他,家族讲究把生意和私人恩怨分开看。

This is business, not personal!
语法 · B1This is business, not personal

not 对举:This is business, not personal 用逗号加 not 把两种性质并列对照,等于说这属于生意范畴,不算私人恩怨。省略了重复的主谓,读起来干脆有力。

This is business, not personal!
发音business, not personal

business, not personal 里 not 的 t 轻轻收住,直接滑进 personal,business 末尾的 s 只留一点气。

This is business, not personal!
短语 · B2patch things up

把关系或局面修补好

桑尼听腻了修复关系的建议,叫汤姆别再教他怎么把局面圆回来。

No more advice on how to patch things up. Just help me win.
短语 · B1find out about something

查清了某事

I found out about Captain McCluskey, who broke Mike's jaw.
短语 · B2on someone's payroll

被某人收买、拿某人的钱

He's definitely on Sollozzo's payroll, and for big money.
短语 · B2for big money

为了大钱

He's definitely on Sollozzo's payroll, and for big money.
短语 · B2gun down

枪杀

Nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain.
发音gunned down

gunned down 里两个 d 碰在一起只留一个爆音,常连成 /ɡʌndaʊn/,重音落在 down 上。

Nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain.
短语 · B2come after someone

来追杀你

All the families would come after you. The Corleone family would be outcasts!
短语 · B2run for cover

赶紧躲开、自保

汤姆警告说,一旦动了纽约的警察队长,连教父的政治保护伞都会赶紧躲开。

Even the old man's political protection would run for cover.
语法 · B2would run for cover

would 表推测:would run for cover 里的 would 表示在那种情况下很可能会发生的事,不是过去式。前面 Even 把程度推到极端:连最可靠的政治保护也会跑。

Even the old man's political protection would run for cover.
短语 · B2take something into consideration

把某事考虑进去

Do me a favor. Take this into consideration.
短语 · B1no matter what

不管怎样

No matter what Sollozzo says, he's going to kill Pop.
俚语 · A2Pop

老爸(口语称呼)——美国口语里对父亲的称呼,比 dad 更随意、更老派。对自家父亲说很自然,对别人的父亲用会显得没分寸。

No matter what Sollozzo says, he's going to kill Pop.
短语 · B1have got to do something

必须去办

That's the key for him. We've got to get Sollozzo.
短语 · A2ask someone something

问你件事

-Mike is right. -Let me ask you something.
短语 · B1what do we do with someone

怎么处置这个警察

What about this McCluskey? What do we do with this cop?
短语 · B1set a meeting

把会面定下来

Let's set the meeting.
短语 · B2find out

查出来、弄清楚

Get our informers to find out where it's going to be held.
短语 · A2a public place

公共场所

We insist it's a public place. A bar, a restaurant.
短语 · A2feel safe

觉得安全

Some place where there are people, so I feel safe.
短语 · B1search someone

搜我的身

They'll search me when I meet them, right?
短语 · B1have something on me

身上带着武器

So I can't have a weapon on me.
短语 · B2figure out a way

想出办法

But if Clemenza can figure out a way to have a weapon planted there for me
短语 · B2plant something somewhere

预先藏在某处

But if Clemenza can figure out a way to have a weapon planted there for me
语法 · B1can figure out a way

can 表能力:can figure out a way 用情态动词 can 表示具备想出办法的能力,后面接动词原形。这里是假设:如果克莱门扎有本事安排,那才谈得上动手。

But if Clemenza can figure out a way to have a weapon planted there for me

看懂「商定餐厅里藏枪」

这一章能学到

  • 用 business, not personal 把仇说成公务
  • 用 Do me a favor 听出下令的外壳
  • 用 set the meeting 把饭局钉成计划
  • 用 figure out a way 在限制里找路

发音重点

  • the nerve — the nerve 里 the 缩成很轻的 ðə,元音几乎听不见,紧贴 nerve,重音压在 nerve 上。
  • business, not personal — business, not personal 里 not 的 t 轻轻收住,直接滑进 personal,business 末尾的 s 只留一点气。
  • gunned down — gunned down 里两个 d 碰在一起只留一个爆音,常连成 /ɡʌndaʊn/,重音落在 down 上。
This is business, not personal!

这是生意,不是私人恩怨! 用一条冷规则给暴力划界:伤人也有分类,只分公事和私怨,是托词也是这个世界的运行法则。

No more advice on how to patch things up. Just help me win.

别再劝我怎么把事圆回去。就帮我打赢。 把安慰和建议一起拒之门外,只留一个请求:别劝和,帮我赢。写出被逼到墙角的人不要道理。

Some place where there are people, so I feel safe.

得有人的地方,我才觉得安全。 把安全感寄托在陌生人身上,一句朴素的要求反过来点出行凶者的心思:要观众,也要退路。

Nobody has ever gunned down a New York police captain.

还没有人敢枪杀纽约的警察队长。 点出一条没人越过的底线,暗示此刻的疯狂。说事实不带评价,反而更吓人。

关于这一章的问题

business, not personal 是什么意思?

有人用来压住仇:打父亲也被说成是生意,不是私怨。谈判里听到这句,对方是在把狠事说成交易,不让你按私人恩怨翻脸。

「好到没法拒绝」英语怎么说?

说 too good to refuse。这场有人转述,那笔生意好到没法拒绝,用来堵死退路。别人开的条件好得夸张、想让你没法摇头,就可以用这句。

patch things up 什么时候用?

关系或局面弄僵、想劝人把关系或局面修补好,就用 patch things up。这里有人拒绝再听这种劝,只要帮手打赢。同事闹翻、合作告吹,劝人和解时都能用。

run for cover 是什么意思?

字面是跑去找掩护,这里指赶紧躲开、自保。有人警告,真要枪杀纽约的警察队长,连老头子的政治保护伞都会赶紧躲开。

「预先藏在某处」英语怎么说?

说 planted there。人会被搜身,身上不能带武器,所以要克莱门扎想办法,把枪预先藏在会面的地方。藏东西、埋伏笔,都能用这个说法。

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