Sabrina 《情归巴黎》（五）

Linus: You re here.

Mack: So are you.

Linus: I want you to call Seattle and Tokyo and tell them to stop construction. Then get the Rons and Tysons and tell them there s an emergency meeting on the merger^{1 here at noon. And take this Paris ticket that was in my name and transfer it to the name of David Larrabee. I need to see my mother.}

David: Linus!

Linus: Need to see my mother as soon as she gets in.

Mack: Good morning, David. Can I get you some coffee? No? OK.

Linus: I got a surprise for you. 

David: Yeah. I got one for you, too. I ve watched you do business for years, but I thought there was a limit to how sick you could... How could you, Linus? How could you do what you did to me and her? How could you go that far ? What the hell makes you think you have the right?

Linus: Habit. Listen, David, I tried something and it didn t work, I mean it worked, but it didn t really work. I want you to go to Paris today, with Sabrina.

David: What?

Linus: This whole thing was a business tactic^{2, I let it get out of hand. Somehow I lost my focus. I screwed up everything. But I know it can be fixed3. I manipulated her, I confused her. But she s loved you all her life. You re what she really wants. You re what she s always wanted. Go with her, it s not too late. Things will work out. She ll make you happy. I don t want her to have to leave here alone.}

David: What about Patrick and the merger? You d blow a billion dollars for this? I see.

Linus: Get going. Go on. Don t miss the plane.

David: Ms. McCartle I want to see you in my office right away. Where is it?

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. in one s name

“以某人的名字……”的意思。例如：This book is published in my name.

2. there is a limit to

“有一个限度”。例如：He knows his own limits.

3. go that far

“做得过分”的意思。它是由词组 go too far 变化而来，表示行为“不可理喻，过火”；例如：Insulting your teacher is going too far. 本文中的 How could you go that far? 意思就是“你太过分了。”

4. blow a billion dollars

在这里要简单提一下 blow 的用法。首先大家先看一下例句，You d blow a billion dollars for this? 按照上下文的意思，这里blow 应译为“放弃可以赚 a billion dollars 的机会”。在日常生活当中我们最常用的是 blow it ，例如：我们搞砸了某个项目，就可以说 we blow it！