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为外人插手公司翻脸:get left behind

沃多飞过来,发现肖恩已经住进房子还管着约会面;他忍不住发火:I'm the business end of this company(管钱管事的可是我)。马克则回敬说,你不过来就 get left behind(被甩在后面)。想学合伙人吵架时怎么划地盘、怎么讲「别被落下」,这段值得反复看。

发生了什么

沃多从东海岸飞到帕洛阿尔托,一进门就发现不对劲:肖恩·帕克已经住进这栋房子,还替公司到处约会面。他当场不高兴,质问为什么让一个外人掺和商务。马克解释公司跑得比想象中快,需要更多服务器和钱;两人越说越僵,一边强调 I'm the business end of this company(我才是管钱管事的那一头),另一边甩出那句 I'm afraid if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind(我怕你不过来,就会被甩下),随后又赶紧反悔、不让外传。想学合伙人之间怎么划清界限、怎么讲「别被落下」,这一场很够味。

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the next big thingthe business endbig-ticketwhere it's all happening

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get left behind

被落下、被甩在后面To be left out of the progress

Mark 对 Eduardo 说 I'm afraid if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind,用被落下来催他搬到加州。

Move fast or the whole team gets left behind.动作快点,不然整个团队都要被落下。

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  • the next big thing

    下一件大事、即将爆火的东西

  • the business end

    真正管事、管钱的那一头

  • big-ticket

    大额的、花大钱的

  • where it's all happening

    事情正在发生的地方、风口所在

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66 句台词里标了 36 处

短语 · A2what happened here

这里出什么事了

What happened here?
短语 · B1the more ..., the more ...

越……就越……

The more bad I get at this, the more wasted I get.
语法 · B2The more bad I get at this, the more wasted I get

比较结构:the more ... the more ... 表示两件事同步增减:我玩得越差,喝得越多。前半句是从句,后半句是主句,两边都用 the 加比较级开头。它把因果关系说成一起变动的曲线,而不是简单的因为所以。

The more bad I get at this, the more wasted I get.
俚语 · B2wasted

喝醉、嗑嗨——口语里指醉或嗨到不清醒,比 drunk 更随意;朋友聚会说说可以,职场、对长辈不合适。

The more bad I get at this, the more wasted I get.
短语 · B1it's not polite to ask

问这个不礼貌

It's not polite to ask.
短语 · B1read enough

看够了、了解得够多了

I've read enough.
短语 · B1wait an hour for someone

等了你一个小时

- I waited an hour for you at the airport. - What time is it?
短语 · B1set up something

安排、搭好

Forget the Wall, tell him about the meeting I've got set up.
短语 · C1make an investment

做一笔天使投资

Thiel might wanna make an angel investment.
短语 · B1have a long flight

飞了很久

- You've had a long flight. - No, I had a long wait on the tarmac at JFK,
短语 · B1in between

在两者之间、中间那段

and in between there was a long flight.
发音in between

in 的词尾 n 贴着 between 起头,常连成 /ɪnbɪˈtwiːn/,重音落在 tween 上。

and in between there was a long flight.
短语 · C1the business end of something

真正管事、管钱的那一头

Eduardo 强调 I'm the business end of this company,说自己才是公司里管生意的那个。

I'm the business end of this company.
短语 · B2live rent free

白住、不交房租

And he is a houseguest living here rent free on a very generous grant from the Eduardo Saverin Foundation.
发音rent free

rent 的词尾 t 轻碰 free 的 f,常连成 /rɛnfriː/,两个词一口气挤在一起。

And he is a houseguest living here rent free on a very generous grant from the Eduardo Saverin Foundation.
短语 · C1big-ticket + noun

大额的、花大钱的

Eduardo 提到 Mark 的广告投放:I heard about your big-ticket ad buys. Gary's Tuxedos,用高价订单的说法反讽这些客户有多小。

I heard about your big-ticket ad buys. Gary's Tuxedos.
短语 · B2a step away from something

离某事只差一步

You're just a small step away from bagging Snookies Cookies, I can feel it.
俚语 · C1bagging

拿下、搞到手——口语里指成功得到合同、猎物或机会,带点打猎的比喻;朋友间调侃可用,正式谈判里说 securing 更稳。

You're just a small step away from bagging Snookies Cookies, I can feel it.
短语 · B1talk to someone alone

单独跟我聊

- You wanna talk to me alone for a minute? - Sure.
发音Bong hit

Bong hit 两个词都重读,中间几乎不停,收得短促干脆。

Bong hit.
俚语 · B2Bong hit

抽一口水烟筒——指用 bong 吸烟的一口,多与大麻相关;私密语境才有,正式场合、书面材料都不能出现。

Bong hit.
短语 · A2on one's first day

在第一天

We talked about this on the phone. I quit on my first day.
短语 · B2do + verb(强调)

确实记得(加强语气)

I do remember you saying that.
俚语 · C1psychotic

神经病、疯了(夸张骂人)——本意是精神疾病,日常被拿来夸张地骂人;对熟人吐槽可以,用来形容真的病人或对陌生人就是冒犯。

I mean, she's actually psychotic.
短语 · B1be frightened of someone

怕某人

She's insanely jealous, she's irrational, and I'm frightened of her.
短语 · C1represent oneself as something

以某种身份自居、自称是

I do not want that guy representing himself as part of this company.
短语 · B2where it's all happening

事情正在发生的地方、风口所在

他催人搬过来,说 this is where it's all happening,把眼前这个地方说成事情真正发生之处,人留在别处就算站在圈外。

You gotta move out here, Wardo, this is where it's all happening.
短语 · B2get left behind

被落下、被甩在后面

Mark 对 Eduardo 说 I'm afraid if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind,用被落下来催他搬到加州。

I'm afraid if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind.
语法 · B2if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind

if 条件句:if 从句用一般现在时 don't come,主句用 be gonna 表将来后果:如果你不过来,就会被甩下。前面加上 I'm afraid,把威胁包成担心,听起来像关心,其实是催人来。中文的「我怕你……」,正是这个味道。

I'm afraid if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind.
发音left behind

left 的词尾 t 在 behind 前被吞掉,听起来像 lef behind,重音在 hind。

I'm afraid if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind.
短语 · B2move faster than ...

比……发展得更快

It's moving faster than any of us ever imagined it would.
语法 · C1It's moving faster than any of us ever imagined it would

比较结构:faster than 引出的比较对象是一整句 any of us ever imagined it would,than 后面接从句,it would 的 would 呼应想象中的情形。它说的不是具体速度,而是超过所有人预期的程度。中文说「比谁想的都快」,英文把预期也放进比较里。

It's moving faster than any of us ever imagined it would.
短语 · B1be aware of something

知道、清楚这一点

I'm aware of that! Mark, I am the CFO!
语法 · B2more servers than I ever expected we'd need

比较结构:more ... than 后面接 I ever expected we'd need,比较的是需求量和当初的预期。than 引导的从句里用 would 表示当时对未来的估计。整句把扩张的压力说成一串超出预料的缺口。

We need more servers than I ever expected we'd need.
短语 · B2without someone knowing

在某人不知情的情况下

- Without me knowing anything about it. - You're in New York.
短语 · B1how's it going

目前进展怎么样

And how's it going so far?

看懂「为外人插手公司翻脸」

发音重点

  • in between — in 的词尾 n 贴着 between 起头,常连成 /ɪnbɪˈtwiːn/,重音落在 tween 上。
  • rent free — rent 的词尾 t 轻碰 free 的 f,常连成 /rɛnfriː/,两个词一口气挤在一起。
  • Bong hit — Bong hit 两个词都重读,中间几乎不停,收得短促干脆。
  • left behind — left 的词尾 t 在 behind 前被吞掉,听起来像 lef behind,重音在 hind。
I'm afraid if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind.

我怕你要是不搬过来,就会被甩在后面。 把催促包成担心:我不是逼你,我是怕你掉队。它用「为你好」的语气说出最难拒绝的一句。

It's moving faster than any of us ever imagined it would.

它的速度快过我们任何一个人的想象。 把失控说成赞美:增长快到没人跟得上。它让人兴奋,也提醒人已经身不由己。

I'm the business end of this company.

我才是这家公司管生意的那一头。 在权力被稀释的时刻,用一句身份宣告把位置钉住:不是帮忙的人,是管钱的人。

I do not want that guy representing himself as part of this company.

我不想让那家伙以公司一员的身份自居。 把「他不是我们的人」说成一条正式立场:不是私怨,是身份认定。冷静的句子,划出一条不可越的线。

The more bad I get at this, the more wasted I get.

我越玩不好这个,就越喝得多。 用一句绕口令式的自嘲把堕落说成规律:越差越喝,越喝越差。轻飘飘一句,把失控交代得清清楚楚。

关于这一章的问题

get left behind 是什么意思?

意思是「被落下、被甩在后面」,指别人都往前走了,自己没跟上。台词里说 if you don't come out here, you're gonna get left behind,就是「你不过来就会被甩下」,既是关心也是施压。

「被甩在后面」英语怎么说?

get left behind。它可以指被落下、被时代或团队甩在后面。想说自己怕跟不上,可以说 I don't want to get left behind,很口语也很好懂。

the business end 怎么理解?

字面是「事物干活、管事的那一头」,比如工具尖端,用来说人就是「真正管钱管事的人」。台词里有人强调 I'm the business end of this company,是在宣示自己才是负责商务的一方。

rent free 是什么意思?

意思是「白住、不交房租」。台词里说某人 a houseguest living here rent free on a very generous grant,就是把「靠别人供养白住」说得更刻薄,火药味很足。

这段争执的焦点是什么?

焦点是「谁算公司的人、谁有资格代表公司」。一个外人住进来又约会面,负责商务的一方觉得被架空,另一边却越来越依赖他,两人的信任从这里开始出现裂缝。

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