Casino Royale《皇家赌场》（六）

Le Chiffre: Anyone wants to play poker¹ now? Someone is in a hurry.

Bond: Would you excuse me? You taste nice.

Lynd: I thought we dispense² our covers.

Bond: No, we dispense the one with no use and create another it is. Is he watching?

Mathis: Yes. Good.

Lynd: This is me in character pissed off because you're losing so fast, we wouldn't be able pass mid³ night. I think my character's feeling mirrors my own.

Bond: You know that's not half bad. I am gonna have to think of a name for that. It was worth it, to discover his tell.

Mathis: What do you mean?

Bond: The twitch⁴ he has to hide when he bluffs⁵.

Lynd: Bluffs? He has the best hand?

Bond: Which he got on the last card, the odds⁶ against was 22:1 and he knew that. When he did his first raise, he had nothing. Winning was blind luck. You get the bug⁷?

Mathis: Yes.

Bond: Thank you.

Mathis: Maybe he can actually pull this off.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. In character

这个片语的意思是"in harmony with one's personal character or disposition与某人的特性或行为相符的"，例如：Her failure to answer the invitation was completely in character.

In character 还可以表示"（演员）符合角色的"，例如：an actor in character

In character 的反义词是 out of character，意思是"与某人特性或行为不相符的"，例如：It was out of character for him to refuse the assignment.

2. I think my character's feeling mirrors my own.

Bond 和Lynd 是以假身份作掩护的。Lynd的意思是"她真的生气了，她扮演的这个角色也生气了"。

3. Not half bad

这个片语也写作not bad, not so / too bad, not too shabby，意思是"Fairly good"，例如：The movie wasn't half bad, but Jerry wanted to go home.

4.The odds against was 22:1

Odds 这里表示"机会"，这句话的意思是"赢的几率"是二十二分之一。

5. Raise

在游戏中，raise 指"增加赌注，加注超过他人" 或者"加叫：增加（某人的桥牌对家）的叫牌"。

6. Blind luck

"纯粹的运气"。Where the person who has the luck doesn't do anything to make it happen, but just gets lucky without doing anything to help it along.