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场景 05 · 18 分钟大空头 · The Big Short
The client disclosure 场景学习单
本场重点:向客户解释非对称风险、费用激励、最坏结果并检查真实理解
01
理解
先读场景与人物目标,不逐词翻译。
02
遮挡复述
遮住中文,用英文复述关键意思。
03
迁移表达
把高价值表达改写到自己的情境。
语言观察
“Disclosure is complete when the listener can explain the loss, not when the speaker finishes.” 信息披露的完成标准是对方能够复述风险。
Read and notice
原创双语场景
INT. INVESTMENT OFFICE — AFTERNOON
内景 · 投资办公室 · 下午
A client signs beside a chart whose upside is large and whose loss appears in small print.
客户在一张收益醒目、损失却写在小字里的图表旁准备签字。
ADVISER
The risks are on page twelve. Your signature confirms disclosure.
风险都在第十二页。你的签字就确认已经披露。
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Disclosure is complete when the listener can explain the loss, not when the speaker finishes.
只有听者能够解释损失,披露才算完成,而不是说话者讲完就算。
ADVISER
You pay the fee every quarter. If the index falls past the barrier, losses accelerate and exit may be delayed.
你每季度支付费用。如果指数跌破障碍位,损失会加速,而且退出可能延迟。
CLIENT
So I can lose more quickly when the market falls, while you still receive the fee. I need time before deciding.
也就是说市场下跌时我的损失会更快,而你仍收取费用。我需要时间再决定。
The group returns to the opening concern—“The risks are on page twelve. Your signature confirms disclosure.”—and compares it with the later response before closing the scene.
众人重新审视开场问题——“风险都在第十二页。你的签字就确认已经披露。”——并在结束场景前把它与后续回应进行比较。
ADVISER
What is the price, what obligation follows, when does it end, and what happens if either side declines?
价格是什么,会产生什么义务,义务何时结束,任何一方拒绝时又会发生什么?
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
We will compare the written options directly by total cost, timing, dependencies, exit terms, and the strongest credible alternative.
我们会按总成本、时点、依赖条件、退出条款和最强可信替代方案比较书面选项。
Two phrases remain visible on the shared note: “the listener can explain the loss” and “losses accelerate,” each linked to the exact line that gives it force in the discussion.
共用记录上保留两个表达:“the listener can explain the loss”(听者能够解释损失)与“losses accelerate”(损失加速),并分别连接到赋予其讨论力量的原句。
CLIENT
No answer is due until the full terms, independent advice, correction process, and cooling-off period are available.
在完整条款、独立建议、纠错流程和冷静期都可用之前,不要求作出答复。
The extended exchange turns pressure into a comparison whose costs, owners, deadlines, and exits can all be checked.
延伸后的交流把压力转成可核对的比较,成本、责任人、截止时间和退出方式都清楚可见。
A second pass through “The client disclosure” slows the exchange where “The risks are on page twelve. Your signature confirms disclosure.” still leaves motive, consequence, or responsibility unstated.
第二轮细读“The client disclosure”时,交流在“风险都在第十二页。你的签字就确认已经披露。”仍未说明动机、后果或责任的位置慢下来。
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Which term transfers the most risk, which promise is measurable, and what leverage remains after the agreement is signed?
哪项条款转移了最多风险,哪个承诺可以衡量,而协议签署后还剩下什么谈判筹码?
ADVISER
The comparison will include total value, timing, dependencies, enforcement, renewal, termination, dispute handling, and the cost of the best alternative.
比较会包括总价值、时点、依赖条件、执行方式、续期、终止、争议处理和最佳替代方案的成本。
The speakers test how “the listener can explain the loss” changes the force of “while you still receive the fee,” then restate the distinction without relying on either phrase.
说话者检验“the listener can explain the loss”(听者能够解释损失)如何改变“while you still receive the fee”(而你仍然收取费用)的语气力度,然后不依赖这两个短语重新说明区别。
CLIENT
A faster agreement is not better if its vague obligation becomes the other side’s permanent advantage.
如果含糊义务会变成对方的长期优势,更快达成协议并不代表更好。
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
We will revise the ambiguous clause, attach an owner and date to each promise, and preserve an exit if the central assumption fails.
我们会修订含糊条款,为每项承诺指定负责人和日期,并在核心假设失效时保留退出方式。
They rehearse one careful version, one direct version, and one version for a listener who enters late, checking that “losses accelerate” still leads to the same next step.
他们分别排练谨慎版、直接版和面向迟到听众的版本,检查“losses accelerate”(损失加速)是否仍然导向同一个下一步。
Before the scene closes, “the listener can explain the loss” and “while you still receive the fee” are placed beside the unresolved pressure in “The client disclosure,” giving the speakers one more round to challenge, concede, reframe, and hand off the decision.
场景结束前,“the listener can explain the loss”(听者能够解释损失)与“while you still receive the fee”(而你仍然收取费用)被放回“The client disclosure”尚未解决的压力旁,让说话者再完成一轮质疑、让步、重述与交接。
ADVISER
If the preferred agreement disappears tonight, which underlying interest still matters, which term is merely a position, and what alternative keeps the relationship workable?
如果首选协议今晚消失,哪个深层利益仍然重要,哪项条款只是立场,又有什么替代方案能让关系继续运作?
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
I can acknowledge the cost behind your request without accepting the entire proposal, and I can explain which limit is real rather than using a vague refusal.
我可以承认你方请求背后的成本而不接受整份方案,也可以说明哪项限制真实存在,而不是用含糊拒绝带过。
CLIENT
Then we will compare packages by value, risk, timing, authority, and repair terms, instead of bargaining over one visible number as if it were the whole dispute.
那么我们会按价值、风险、时间、权限和补救条款比较组合方案,而不是把一个显眼数字当成全部争议。
ADVISER
I will write down the agreed terms, open questions, owners, deadlines, approval limits, and the exact event that sends us back to the table.
我会写下已同意条款、开放问题、负责人、期限、审批限制,以及触发重新谈判的确切事件。
The longer dialogue now leaves “The client disclosure” with an acknowledged objection, a revised frame, a named owner, and a handoff that can be checked after the conversation ends.
更长的对话让“The client disclosure”在结束时留下已被承认的异议、经过修订的框架、具名负责人,以及能在谈话结束后继续核验的交接。
The longer exchange shows a negotiation moving from pressure to terms that can be priced, assigned, tested, and ended.
更长的交流展示谈判如何从压力推进到可以定价、分配、检验和终止的条款。
The unsigned page remains on the desk beside the client’s written summary.
未签署的页面留在桌上,旁边是客户写下的风险总结。
Useful language
高价值表达
the listener can explain the loss
/ðə ˈlɪsənər kæn ɪkˈspleɪn ðə lɔːs/
听者能够解释损失
通过复述检查是否真正理解风险。
我的例句
losses accelerate
/ˈlɔːsɪz əkˈseləreɪt/
损失加速
说明非线性或杠杆风险。
我的例句
while you still receive the fee
/waɪl ju stɪl rɪˈsiːv ðə fiː/
而你仍然收取费用
指出顾问与客户之间的激励差异。
我的例句
输出练习
1. 用 2 句英文概括场景中的沟通问题。
2. 选一个高价值表达,改写成你本周可能真正使用的句子。
3. 如果你是场景中的另一方,你会怎样回应?
我能说清场景目标
我能复述关键台词
我写了自己的例句