在心底里、打心底
You know, in the bottom of my heart after thinking it all over, you're so right.The Shop Around the Corner · 1940 — 第 8 / 19 章 · 4'42" · B2
为请一晚假吵到翻脸：call it a day
打烊后还得留下布置橱窗的晚上，一个店员开口请假，被一句 Well, you're out of luck（那你运气不好）挡了回来；吵到最后，老员工撂下一句 Perhaps we'd better call it a day（也许我们还是收工吧），等于说不干了。想学怎么拒绝又不撕破脸，或者怎么用一句轻描淡写的话收场，这场戏够用。
发生了什么
打烊后，店里还要留下人布置橱窗。一个店员为了晚上的约会开口向同事请假，先问 Do you think you could spare me tonight?（今晚能不能放我一马），被一句 Well, you're out of luck（那你运气不好）回绝——对方还笑这招太明显，说 I almost fell for it（我差点也上了当）。两人从翻旧账吵到人身攻击，直到老板被卷进来。老员工最后一句 Perhaps we'd better call it a day（也许我们还是收工吧），其实是在说这份工作不干了。这几个表达都很日常：请假被拒、识破别人的小算盘、用一句轻话结束一场僵局。
这场戏看什么
- 留意夸奖后突然转入请求的策略
- 观察请假如何变成彼此控诉
- 听老板怎样用玩笑表达不满
留意这几个短语
fell for itcall it a dayset an examplehave the nerve
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call it a day
今天到此为止、收工to stop working and finish for the day
克拉利克和老板越说越僵，他撂下一句也许该收工了，把这场谈不下去的对话画上句号。
We've done enough for today—let's call it a day.今天做得够多了，收工吧。
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- fell for it
信了、上当了
- set an example
树立榜样
- have the nerve
居然有脸、竟敢（做某事）
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把某件事从头想过
You know, in the bottom of my heart after thinking it all over, you're so right.不愿意承认
Of course, I wouldn't admit it at the time but what woman would? We hate to admit we are wrong.表现出一点判断力
...you know, this is the first time you've shown a little sense.某人变化不小
Quite a change in you, Miss Novak.保持下去
Now, if you just keep this up and I think we'll be able to get along much better.能不能放某人一马
Do you think you could spare me tonight?放某人一马、准假
And then maybe Mr. Matuschek would let me off.运气不好、没戏了
Well, you're out of luck.out 末尾的音接上 of，of 几乎被吞掉，听起来像 ou-tə-luck，三个词连成一串。
Well, you're out of luck.这么拙劣的花招
Oh, that was such an obvious trick.信了、上当了
诺瓦克小姐先夸克拉利克人好，转头就想借机请假，克拉利克识破之后说这招太明显，自己差点也上钩。
- I almost fell for it, too. - Please, Mr. Kralik.想尽了办法
You know, for the last six months, you've done everything you could to antagonized me and now you have the nerve-- You haven't been very nice to me either.居然有脸、竟敢（做某事）
老板当众数落克拉利克：全店最老的员工本该做榜样，居然还有脸带头走人，语气里满是错愕和恼火。
You know, for the last six months, you've done everything you could to antagonized me and now you have the nerve-- You haven't been very nice to me either.不管我做什么
No matter what I do, it's wrong.提个建议
If I make a suggestion and some of them are very good..充满活力和热情
When I first came into this shop I was full of life and enthusiasm and now I'm nothing!把某样东西夺走
You've taken my personality away!处于某种境地
Well, let me tell you, Mr. Kralik any day now I may be in a position where I don't have to work anymore.把对你的看法直说出来
And then Mr. Kralik, I'll really tell you what I think of you.至于那件衬衫
As for that blouse, I think it's beautiful and I'm going to wear it tonight!没有某人也应付得来
Can you get along without Miss Novak tonight?非常感激
Well, yes, sir. I'd appreciate it very much.对某事表现出的关心
Is this the interest you show in my shop?一年一次
Once a year, I ask you to stay.要是我早点知道就好了
I'm sorry, sir, if I'd only known yesterday.if 引导虚拟条件句：if 从句里用 I'd known，是对过去事实的虚拟：其实昨天并不知道。加上 only，把遗憾推到顶点。主句本该补上「本来会怎样」，说话人却没说完整，留下一个欲言又止的道歉，正是这种省略让懊悔更明显。
I'm sorry, sir, if I'd only known yesterday.给你寄一张正式请柬
Well, next time, I'll send you an engraved announcement.把事情都谈开了
I have talked everything over with Mr. Kralik.征求你的意见
Did I ask you for your advice?没有你也能应付
I think we can manage without you.开口求人帮忙
Mr. Matuschek, this is the first time in years I have asked a favor. If it weren't so very important-- I've given you your evening. What more do you want?给某人送行
Do you want a brass band to see you off?see 的尾音和 you 紧扣，/j/ 再滑向 off，常连成 /siːjəˈwɔf/；三个词当一口气吐出，中间不换气，重音压在 off。
Do you want a brass band to see you off?be being 表暂时表现：be 动词也能用进行时，写成 being，强调这一刻的做法，而不是一贯的性格。这里说的不是「你是个不公正的人」，而是「你眼下这么做不公平」。加上 being，就把指控缩小到当下这一次，语气反倒更克制，也给对方留了收回的余地。
Mr. Matuschek, I think you're being unjust!劳驾、麻烦您
Six people I ask, one day a year to be so kind as to redecorate a window.树立榜样
老板训斥克拉利克，说他是店里资历最老的员工，本该给大家做个榜样，结果却带头想请假。
And you have the nerve, Mr. Kralik the oldest employee in the place who should set an example.比你想的理由更多
Maybe I have more reason than you think.比较级 more 搭配 than：more 后面接名词，再用 than 引出比较的对象，意思是理由比你以为的更多。这种比较不点明具体数量，故意含糊，把底牌扣住。老板拿它回应下属的追问，既不解释，又暗示自己另有隐情，是一种居高临下的留白。
Maybe I have more reason than you think.自己下结论吧
Well, you can draw your own conclusions.今天到此为止、收工
克拉利克和老板越说越僵，他撂下一句也许该收工了，把这场谈不下去的对话画上句号。
Perhaps we'd better call it a day.it 和 a 连得很紧，t 在美音里弹成一个轻快的 flap，听起来像 ca-li-tə-day，重音落在 call 和 day 上。
Perhaps we'd better call it a day.看懂「为请一晚假吵到翻脸」
这一章能学到
- 学会用 spare me 委婉请求今晚放行
- 分清 let me off 与 let me go 的语气
- 听懂 out of luck 的带刺拒绝
- 用 call it a day 自然结束工作
发音重点
- out of luck — out 末尾的音接上 of，of 几乎被吞掉，听起来像 ou-tə-luck，三个词连成一串。
- see you off — see 的尾音和 you 紧扣，/j/ 再滑向 off，常连成 /siːjəˈwɔf/；三个词当一口气吐出，中间不换气，重音压在 off。
- call it a day — it 和 a 连得很紧，t 在美音里弹成一个轻快的 flap，听起来像 ca-li-tə-day，重音落在 call 和 day 上。
Of course, I wouldn't admit it at the time but what woman would? We hate to admit we are wrong.当然，我那时候不会承认，可哪个女人会承认？我们都讨厌承认自己错了。 先自嘲再概括：把「嘴硬」说成人人共有的毛病，还顺手把性别也拉进来。它既是认错，又是替所有不肯认错的人开脱，一句话说尽了那种别扭的自尊，换到谁身上都成立。
Perhaps we'd better call it a day.也许我们还是收工吧。 一句体面的收场：不吵了，也不认输，只说今天到此为止。它给僵住的局面留了台阶，既不撕破脸，也不假装和解，是成年人结束无解争辩时最常用的一招。
Well, you're out of luck.那你运气可不太好。 五个词就关上一扇门：不解释、不同情，只告诉你没戏了。它干脆、带点冷幽默，日常里拒绝请求、宣布坏消息时都很好用，短得让人没法反驳。
When I first came into this shop I was full of life and enthusiasm and now I'm nothing!我刚进这家店时满身活力和热情，可现在什么都不是了！ 用前后对比把多年积压的委屈一次倒出来：从前有精力和热情，如今被磨得什么都不剩。它不谈具体对错，只讲一个人怎么被日复一日地消磨，很多人在职场里都听得出自己的影子。
关于这一章的问题
call it a day 是什么意思？
意思是今天到此为止、收工。戏里老员工用这句话结束一场争吵，其实是在说这份工作不干了。日常收尾一次加班、一次讨论都能用。
「居然有脸」英语怎么说？
用 have the nerve，比如 have the nerve to do something，意思就是居然有脸、竟敢做某事。老板用它责怪对方时，语气很重。
fell for it 用在什么场合？
意思是信了、上当了。戏里有人说自己差点也上了这个显而易见的当。别人设套、开玩笑，你识破了或差点中招，都可以用它。
「树立榜样」英语怎么说？
说 set an example，比如店里最资深的员工本该做个榜样。工作、家庭、球队里劝人带好头，都能用这个说法。
为什么老板不肯准假？
一年就这么一次，他要留下六个人布置橱窗。他觉得员工平时就在店里讲笑话聊电影，让他付房租、煤气和工资，所以谁开口请假他都觉得不被领情。
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第 1 章make something out of nothing清早到店同事互相打趣
第 2 章earn one's daily bread念匿名笔友来信
第 3 章make up your mind为唱歌的烟盒吵翻天
第 4 章go through the whole routine假装买包其实求职
第 5 章have a weakness for推销音乐糖果盒
第 6 章knock on wood没见面就爱上笔友
第 7 章pick on someone老板翻脸专挑老员工
正在看 · 第 8 章call it a day为请一晚假吵到翻脸
第 9 章of one's own accord被老板客气辞退
第 10 章mind your own business辞退老员工后遭背叛
第 11 章had enough bad news for today咖啡座认出笔友是同事
第 12 章instead of a heart, a handbag咖啡馆里互怼的笔友
第 13 章kept in strictest confidence老板坦白嫉妒后让位
第 14 章a yes man升任经理后当场炒人
第 15 章not in the same planet登门探望生病同事
第 16 章ruin Christmas平安夜挑圣诞礼物
第 17 章from the bottom of my heart老板平安夜回店发奖金
第 18 章your whole life ahead of you邀请孤身少年回家过节
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