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The Shop Around the Corner · 1940 — 第 13 / 19 章 · 4'13" · C1

老板坦白嫉妒后让位：kept in strictest confidence

马图切克精神崩溃后，认定克拉利克和自己的妻子有私情，当面把嫉妒全倒出来；他又亲手把「马图切克公司」的钥匙交给对方，还提拔救了自己一命的佩皮。谈机密时会说 kept in strictest confidence（严格保密），而一句 That's how far jealousy can drive a man（嫉妒就是能把人逼到这一步），聊猜疑心态最贴切。

发生了什么

马图切克精神崩溃住了院，出院后把克拉利克叫到家里，先谢他赶来，接着坦白：一封匿名信说妻子和员工有私情，他越想越疑，甚至恨到受不了对方在眼前，事后才说「嫉妒就是能把一个人逼到这种地步」。误会澄清，他把马图切克公司的钥匙交给克拉利克，还叮嘱瓦达什的事悄悄处理、别闹丑闻。另一边，救了他一命的佩皮也借机从跑腿升成店员。要托人保守秘密，可以说 kept in strictest confidence（严格保密）；描述猜疑钻进脑子里，用 get into a man's mind（让人起了疑心）；需要拿主意，先跟人 talk something over（把某事跟人商量一下）也是好用的说法。

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  • 留意医学术语和冷幽默的反差
  • 观察老板如何承认嫉妒并道歉
  • 听出钥匙交接后的权力变化

留意这几个短语

kept in strictest confidenceget into a man's mindtalk something over with someonein other words

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kept in strictest confidence

严格保密、绝不外传kept completely secret

老板在自家客厅把匿名信的事告诉克拉利克，叮嘱他这件事只能在极小的圈子里知道，一个字都不能漏出去。

Everything you tell me will be kept in strictest confidence.你告诉我的一切都会严格保密。

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  • get into a man's mind

    钻进脑子里、让人起了疑心

  • talk something over with someone

    把某事跟人商量一下

  • in other words

    换句话说、也就是说

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69 句台词里标了 28 处

短语 · B2have a nervous breakdown

精神崩溃、神经衰弱

Well, doctor, I would say it's a nervous breakdown.
短语 · B2hold a position with a company

你担任什么职务

Precisely what position do you hold with Matuschek and Company?
短语 · B2describe oneself as something

把自己说成是……

Well, uh, I would describe myself as a contact man.
俚语 · C1pill-peddler

卖药小贩（对医生的贬称）——pill-peddler 是带嘲讽的说法，把开药的人说成沿街兜售药丸的小贩，用来挖苦医生或药商。它属于人身攻击式的贬称，只能在影视对白或熟人斗嘴里听到，正式场合和对医生本人说都非常冒犯。

Doctor, did I call you a pill-peddler?
短语 · B1be a terrible shock

是个沉重的打击

It was a terrible shock.
短语 · B1get over something

缓过来、挺过去

Well, I have to get over it.
发音get over it

get 末尾的 t 在两个元音之间带一点弹舌，get over 连起来像 ge-dover，over 和 it 又几乎连成一串。

Well, I have to get over it.
短语 · C1keep something in strictest confidence

严格保密、绝不外传

老板在自家客厅把匿名信的事告诉克拉利克，叮嘱他这件事只能在极小的圈子里知道，一个字都不能漏出去。

Now this whole thing must be kept in strictest confidence.
短语 · B2between the two of us

只在我们几个人之间（不外传）

What I told you over the telephone is between the three of us. Me, Mr. Matuschek, and you. Here.
短语 · B1make someone manager of something

让你当店里的经理

I might take it easier and maybe by Christmas make you manager of the shop.
语法 · B2I might take it easier and maybe by Christmas make you manager of the shop

might 表不太确定的承诺：这里用 might 而不是更肯定的说法，表示一种还没定下来的可能：如果生意顺利，也许会让你当经理。它把话说得很留有余地，既给了甜头，又不真正把承诺钉死。老板在拉拢人时最爱这种口气。

I might take it easier and maybe by Christmas make you manager of the shop.
短语 · B2would you care to do something

愿意（再）为我工作吗

Would you care to work for me again?
短语 · B1don't even think about it

想都别想

Don't even think about it, sir.
发音even think about it

think 和 about 连读，about 和 it 又滑成一串，听起来像 thin-kabout-it，中间不停顿。

Don't even think about it, sir.
短语 · B2can't stand someone or something

受不了你在眼前

I-I couldn't stand your presence anymore.
短语 · B1send someone flowers

送我妻子花

Well, you see, you were the only one of my employees who had been to my home and you sent my wife flowers -
语法 · B2you were the only one of my employees who had been to my home

who 引导的定语从句：who 从句用来限定前面那个人，说明「唯一一个」到底特殊在哪。这里老板把怀疑的根据说得像事实：所有员工里只有你去过我家。从句和主句一挂，指控的分量就出来了。

Well, you see, you were the only one of my employees who had been to my home and you sent my wife flowers -
短语 · B2get into someone's mind

钻进脑子里、让人起了疑心

老板向克拉利克坦白，那封匿名信里的猜疑一旦进了脑子，就再也甩不掉，连他自己都控制不住。

I.. But when that poison gets into a man's mind, it's-it's..
短语 · B1as quietly as possible

尽可能悄悄地

I want him dismissed as quietly as possible.
语法 · B2I want him dismissed as quietly as possible

want 加宾语加过去分词：在要求别人被处理时，用宾语加过去分词，表示希望某人被怎样对待，重点落在结果上，也不用点明是谁去做。这里等于说让他走人，但别声张，语气冷静，把一场人事处理说得像公事。

I want him dismissed as quietly as possible.
短语 · C1lower oneself

自降身价、掉价

We won't lower ourselves.
短语 · B1the biggest something in the history of ...

在……的历史上

And this is going to be the biggest Christmas in the history of Matuschek and Company.
语法 · B1this is going to be the biggest Christmas in the history of Matuschek and Company

be going to 表不久的将来：be going to 用来讲已经能预见的将来，比另一种将来说法更强调眼下已经成形的势头。这里老板刚经历风波又重新掌权，用这句话给全店打气，把一场危机翻成了要办大事的序曲。

And this is going to be the biggest Christmas in the history of Matuschek and Company.
短语 · B2talk something over with someone

把某事跟人商量一下

老板开玩笑让新上任的克拉利克给自己加薪，克拉利克顺势接话说要先跟自己商量商量，再决定给自己加多少。

Well, sir, I'll talk it over with myself and if I don't ask for too much money I'll give it to myself. Thank you, sir.
短语 · B2nothing but something

不过是个跑腿的

I'm still nothing but an errand boy at Matuschek and Company.
短语 · B2in other words

换句话说、也就是说

佩皮绕着弯子说自己还只是个跑腿的，老板听出弦外之音，用这个词组把他的小心思直白地翻译出来，带点调侃。

In other words, you'd like to be a clerk, huh?
发音In other words

In 和 other 连读，听起来像 in-other，重音落在 other 和 words 上，节奏干脆。

In other words, you'd like to be a clerk, huh?
短语 · C1put it that way

说得那么难听、那么狠

I wouldn't put it that brutally.

看懂「老板坦白嫉妒后让位」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 get over it 表达缓过来
  • 掌握 take it easier 的减压语气
  • 能听懂 give yourself a raise 的玩笑
  • 理解 drive someone 的情绪比喻

发音重点

  • get over it — get 末尾的 t 在两个元音之间带一点弹舌，get over 连起来像 ge-dover，over 和 it 又几乎连成一串。
  • even think about it — think 和 about 连读，about 和 it 又滑成一串，听起来像 thin-kabout-it，中间不停顿。
  • In other words — In 和 other 连读，听起来像 in-other，重音落在 other 和 words 上，节奏干脆。
That's how far jealousy can drive a man.

嫉妒就是能把一个人逼到这种地步。 一句替失控开脱的话，也是一句冷峻的总结：不是人坏，是嫉妒太狠。它把老板连日的猜疑、羞辱和发落一笔带过，既像忏悔，又像给自己找台阶，放在任何讲冲动、讲占有欲的场合都成立。

And this is going to be the biggest Christmas in the history of Matuschek and Company.

而且这将是马图谢克公司历史上最盛大的一个圣诞节。 刚经历一场信任危机，转头就宣布要办史上最大的圣诞，把翻身仗说成节日喜讯。它适合任何想用一句大话把低谷盖过去的时刻，气势足，又带一点可爱的不自量力。

Well, sir, I'll talk it over with myself and if I don't ask for too much money I'll give it to myself. Thank you, sir.

先生，我会先跟自己商量一下；要是我没要太多，我就给自己加薪。谢谢您，先生。 老板让他给自己加薪，他把这套客气话原样搬回自己身上，一本正经地演了一出自我批准。整句是绅士式的顶嘴：既接住了玩笑，又把分寸拿得死死的，是这类老派职场幽默的样板。

Well, I have to get over it.

好吧，我得想办法走出来。 把最沉的事说得最淡：不哭诉，不解释，只说必须挺过去。它既是病人的自我打气，也是给旁边人的台阶，短得像声明，适合在低谷里给自己定下方向。

关于这一章的问题

kept in strictest confidence 是什么意思？

意思是「严格保密、绝不外传」。戏里对方把秘密告诉克拉利克后，特意叮嘱整件事必须 keep in strictest confidence，也就是只能留在我们几个人之间。

「严格保密」英语怎么说？

kept in strictest confidence。想强调事情只许少数人知道，还可以说 between the three of us（只在我们几个人之间），两句连着用，口气特别慎重。

想说自己受不了某人，英文能怎么讲？

couldn't stand your presence，字面就是「受不了你在眼前」。戏里老板承认嫉妒时，正是用这句说自己一看到对方就受不了，情绪比单纯说 I hate you 更重。

被冤枉、想解释又不想吵起来，英文怎么开口？

可以先问一句 How could you suspect me?（你怎么会怀疑我呢？），把委屈说出来又不带火气；再补一句 Just try to understand.（你试着理解一下），态度软一点，比硬顶更容易收场。

想把员工悄悄辞掉、不闹大，英文用哪个说法？

as quietly as possible，意思是尽可能悄悄地。戏里老板交代解雇瓦达什时，就要求 as quietly as possible、no scandal（别闹出丑闻），既开除了人，又留了体面。

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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正在看 · 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第 19 章swept me off my feet绕圈子承认动了心
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