这场戏：差评反成免费宣传
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《福布斯》来给乔丹做专访，他只答了一个词 diversification（多元化）。文章一出，标题管他叫「华尔街之狼」，他气得骂这是 hatchet job（恶意抹黑），转头对妻子说 bad publicity（负面宣传）根本不算坏事：There is no such thing as bad publicity（根本没有所谓的负面宣传）。想学怎么嘴硬洗白、把黑红当流量，这两句很经典。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 hatchet job 就是「恶意抹黑、砍杀式批评」
hatchet job 恶意抹黑、砍杀式批评bad publicity 负面宣传、坏名声beat a path to my door 踏破门槛、蜂拥而来drag him down 把某人拖下水、拉下马
❝ 独白 · 5 句 麦克斯的电话咆哮
从暴怒到接电话一秒切换，反差把父亲的怪脾气演活了。
《福布斯》杂志来给乔丹做专访，他只回了一个词 diversification（多元化）。文章刊登后，标题把他写成「The Wolf of Wall Street」（华尔街之狼），他怒斥这是 hatchet job（恶意抹黑、砍杀式批评），却又搬出那句 There is no such thing as bad publicity（根本没有所谓的负面宣传）。果然，文章让他成了明星，每天都有想钱想疯了的孩子 beat a path to my door（踏破门槛），办公室几个月就 doubled in size。有人眼红想 drag him down（把他拉下马），他也不在乎。想学怎么聊媒体、名声和黑红，这些表达都好用。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“There is no such thing as bad publicity, sweetheart.”
根本没有所谓的负面宣传，宝贝。
一句把名声生意的逻辑说透，轻佻又冷酷，极像人物。
There is no such thing as ...
宽慰被骂的人时用；对认真受伤的人说会显得轻慢。
All publicity is good publicity. ／ There's no such thing as bad press.
口语
no such thing as 连成一串，sweetheart 轻声收尾。
There is no such thing as bad attention for a new brand. 对一个新品牌来说，没有所谓的坏关注。
“there's always gonna be some asshole trying to drag him down.”
总会有个混蛋想把他拽下来。
把成功者的宿命说得又糙又准，一句立住全片的处世观。
there's always gonna be someone trying to ...
感慨有人使坏时用；抱怨可以，正式场合换成更中性的说法。
Someone always wants to pull you down. ／ There is always a hater waiting.
口语
always gonna 连读，drag him down 三词一顿一压。
There's always gonna be someone trying to take credit. 总有人想抢你的功劳。
“It wasn't long before Forbes magazine, the flagship of Wall Street, called to do a profile on me.”
没过多久，华尔街的旗舰《福布斯》杂志就打来电话，要给我做一篇专访。
一句旁白就把「成名」交代完，插入语把杂志的分量也点到了。
It wasn't long before ...
叙述事情很快发生、迅速到来时用；正式写作里也常见。
Before long, Forbes came calling. ／ It did not take long for the magazine to call.
中性
wasn't long before 连读，插入语 the flagship 轻快带过。
It wasn't long before the offers started coming in. 没过多久，邀约就一个接一个地来了。
“Forbes made me a superstar.”
《福布斯》把我捧成了超级明星。
媒体造神一句话说完，骄傲和天真都在里面。
X made me a superstar
调侃某人一夜成名时能用；对当事人或正式场合别带讽刺。
That feature turned him into a star. ／ One article made him famous.
口语
Forbes 重读，made me a 连读，superstar 拖长。
One viral clip made her a superstar in a week. 一个爆火视频让她一周就成了超级明星。
Who the fuck has the goddamn gall to call this house on a Tuesday night? God damn it! You're gonna miss it! Ooh, please, tell me something I don't know. I wait all week for the fucking Equalizer and they have to fucking... Hello.
他妈的是谁这么大胆，周二晚上往家里打电话？ 该死！ 你要错过了！ 哦，拜托，说点我不知道的。 我等了一整周的《伸冤人》，他们偏要他妈……喂。
Forbes made me a superstar. Every day, dozens of money-crazed kids beat a path to my door. If we hired 'em, they dropped straight out of college overnight and spent whatever allowance they had on a new suit from our Stratton tailor.
《福布斯》把我捧成了超级明星。 每天都有几十个想钱想疯了的孩子踏破我的门槛。 只要雇了他们，他们一夜之间就从大学退学，把手里那点零花钱全花在 一套我们斯特拉顿裁缝做的新西装上。
下一章 · 09loophole法律漏洞这场戏：老爸查账撞见荒唐开支意思是「恶意抹黑、砍杀式批评」，指专挑毛病、往死里写的报道或评论。乔丹把《福布斯》那篇文章骂成 hatchet job，就是这个意思。
bad publicity。There is no such thing as bad publicity. 就是「根本没有所谓的负面宣传」，意思是黑红也是红，被骂也照样有关注。
beat a path to a door，字面是「在门口踩出一条路」。dozens of kids beat a path to my door 就是「几十个孩子踏破我的门槛」，形容人抢着上门。
drag someone down。别人一往上爬，总有人想 drag him down，就是「把他拽下来」，形容见不得别人好、专泼冷水。
hair-trigger temper。We called him Mad Max because of his hair-trigger temper. 就是「因为他脾气一点就着，我们叫他疯狂麦克斯」。
