还有比这更简单的吗
What could be simpler?The Menu · 2022 — 第 4 / 13 章 · 5'03" · B2
这顿晚餐不上面包。客人讨要无果,有人开始 pull this card(搬出这层关系),亮出身份想换来通融;也有人套近乎说 play on the same team(是一伙的),想让服务员偷偷塞一点;还有人怀疑这是主厨安排的 a fake out(假动作)。想靠关系开口又不撕破脸,饭桌、职场都用得上这几句。
霍桑餐厅的这顿晚餐没有面包,客人向服务员讨要却被挡回。于是有人开始 pull this card(搬出这层关系),亮出自己的身份,想换来一点特权;有人跟服务员套近乎,说 we all play on the same team(是一伙的),想让人偷偷塞点面包;还有人半信半疑,追问 it's not a fake out(假动作),怀疑整件事是主厨刻意安排的噱头。主厨则说面包自古以来就是普通人的食物,今晚却要客人少吃一点。学抬身份、套近乎、质疑对方做戏,这几句能直接套用。
这场戏看什么
留意这几个短语
the girl next doorplay on the same teampull this cardfake out
本章短语
打出这张牌、搬出这层关系to use a particular leverage
客人本来不想动用身份,最后还是拿「你知道我们是谁」来施压。
I hate to pull this card, but I signed off on your budget.我不想搬出这层,可你的预算是我批的。
邻家女孩、普通亲切的姑娘
站在同一阵线、是一伙的
假动作、骗人的幌子
96 句台词里标了 47 处
还有比这更简单的吗
What could be simpler?what could be 反问句:What could be simpler 用疑问形式表达「没有比这更简单的了」。could 把语气放软,其实答案早已定死,是一种自问自答的修辞。
What could be simpler?求得每日的口粮
If not to beg for our daily bread. Beg for our daily bread.if not to 结构:这里用 if not to 反问,等于说「如果不是为了求这个,那还为了什么」。它用否定条件把答案逼出来,语气郑重,适合讲道理或引经据典的场合。
If not to beg for our daily bread. Beg for our daily bread.普通人、平民百姓
It is and has always been the food of the common man.更上一层、高一个档次
This is next level. FELICITY: How are you not gonna...不是开玩笑
Wow, he's not kidding.虚晃一枪、障眼法
It's not a fake out, is it?肯定是在搞效果
It's gotta be a bit.他妈的(加强语气)——fuckin 嵌在词前加强情绪,是粗话;只适合私下爆粗或影视对白,正式场合、对长辈和客户绝对不能用。
Are you fuckin serious?本着这个精神
In this spirit, please enjoy the unaccompanied accompaniments.致力于、专注于
Crafted with our partners at the Tehachapi Grain Project, devoted to preserving heirloom grains.老品种谷物
Crafted with our partners at the Tehachapi Grain Project, devoted to preserving heirloom grains.太离谱了、疯了吧
This is insane. GEORGE: Mmm. I gotta say that the shit around the total absence of the bread得说一句
This is insane. GEORGE: Mmm. I gotta say that the shit around the total absence of the bread完全没有、彻底缺席
This is insane. GEORGE: Mmm. I gotta say that the shit around the total absence of the bread有点过分
I mean, it's a little outrageous, isn't it?敏锐地意识到
I mean, he's always been keenly aware of food as a history of class 19945606. I mean, as have I.我也是如此
I mean, he's always been keenly aware of food as a history of class 19945606. I mean, as have I.它坏了、酱汁分离了
I mean, I wasn't gonna say anything. I noticed as soon as it came down 199456. It's broken. It's broken.高一个档次的狠活
Oh my God. I mean, it's next level badassery.厉害劲儿、狠活(俚语)——badassery 是 badass 的名词形式,夸人或事又猛又酷,语气夸张、带玩笑;熟人之间很自然,正式场合、书面表达不合适。
Oh my God. I mean, it's next level badassery.贯穿全篇的主题
The way he weaves in historical allegories, I mean, the game is trying to guess what the overarching themenot…until 结构:You won t know until the end 用 not 加 until,表示「到结尾之前都不会知道」。它把答案压到最后一刻,制造悬念,是讲故事的人最爱用的一句。
You won't know until the end.没听懂、没领会
No, no, no. You don't get it.相信我
Trust me. He's telling a story.Trust me 里 trust 末尾的音和 me 连读,听起来像 trus-me,中间不断开。
Trust me. He's telling a story.压根不在乎(粗俗)
And he doesn't give a fuck about the rules.邻家女孩、普通亲切的姑娘
同伴自嘲说,别把我当成什么邻家女孩,规矩还是得讲。
Call me the girl next door, but maybe there are some rules自己做的面包
I make my own bread.很乡土、很粗朴
Oh yeah. I mean, it's very rustic.农家风、乡土风
It's peasant style. Yeasty.那当然了、果然
Well, of course you make your own yeast from apples.你这个调皮鬼(打趣)
You wicked thing. ELSA: [CLEARS THROAT]分离的乳化酱汁
Ms. Bloom, mmm, here is another broken emulsion.合你心意
Is everything to your liking, sir?多谢你问一句
Well, actually, no. Thanks for asking.打出这张牌、搬出这层关系
客人本来不想动用身份,最后还是拿「你知道我们是谁」来施压。
This is all very clever, and I didn't want to pull this card, but you know who we are, right?站在同一阵线、是一伙的
客人搬出关系,暗示大家是自己人,想让主厨通融。
And so, you know, we all play on the same team. So just slip us a little bread.偷偷给我们塞点
And so, you know, we all play on the same team. So just slip us a little bread.不告诉任何人
Please, we won't tell a soul, lady.就这样、没别的事了
That will be all, though. Thanks.很高兴为您服务
It's a pleasure to serve you.pleasure to 里 pleasure 末尾的音和 to 相接,读得顺滑,to 很轻。
It's a pleasure to serve you.把我泡在这里面吧
It's so fucking good. Embalm me in this.上吧、来吧
I'll take it and eat it. Yeah, go for it.go for it 里 for 和 it 连读,听起来像 fo-rit,三个词几乎连成一串。
I'll take it and eat it. Yeah, go for it.You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve你会吃得比你想吃的少,比你该得的却多。 一句祝福,也是一记宣判:它同时点出人的贪和亏欠。措辞越端庄,越让人不安。
It is and has always been the food of the common man它一直是、也从来都是平民百姓的食物。 把面包的历史一句话讲完:身份越低,越离不开它。用最朴素的词汇,给一道菜立起了阶级的坐标。
He s not just a chef He s a storyteller他不只是个厨师,他是个讲故事的人。 把职业抬高一层:做饭只是手段,叙事才是野心。拥护者最常说的一句辩护,也最危险。
I know who you are我知道你们是谁。 客人亮出身份想走后门,主厨只回这一句,既不惊讶也不买账。短短五个词,把「你以为能唬住我」的希望当场掐灭,是全片权力反转的转折点。
字面是「抽出这张牌」,实际指在谈话里搬出身份、关系或底牌来施压,等于「我就亮这张牌了」。求人办事、谈判时都能用。
we play on the same team。字面是「我们在同一队打球」,用来暗示彼此是一个阵营、该互相帮忙。饭桌上想让人通融,这句比直接求更有用。
the girl next door。形容一个普通、亲切、没架子的姑娘。电影里有人用这句话给自己定人设,暗示「我也没什么特别,就按普通人的规矩来」。
a fake out 指虚晃一枪、故意做给人看的假动作,不一定带恶意。电影里客人怀疑「这一切是不是在演」,就会问 Is it a fake out?
除了 pull this card,也可以说 play the ... card,比如 play the friendship card(打友情牌)。意思都是拿某种关系或身份换取好处。
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第 1 章running interference登船前往孤岛餐厅
第 2 章on the edge of the abyss吃货说厨师才是艺术家
第 3 章not brain surgery端上石头却说只许品尝
正在看 · 第 4 章pull this card为一口面包讨说法
第 5 章on the map主厨讲七岁的塔可之夜
第 6 章plausible deniability玉米饼里烤出罪证
第 7 章aspires to greatness主厨当众念信羞辱厨子
第 8 章name dropping开枪之后客人发现逃不掉
第 9 章hard home truths喝茶时当众清算旧账
第 10 章rattle you主厨认出她的行当
第 11 章refused his advances自曝真名翻出旧账
第 12 章swore you to secrecy主厨戳穿铁杆粉丝
第 13 章bear witness to美食家被逼当众掌勺