Rogue Trader 魔鬼營業員
Part Three（場景三）

Nick贏得了總部的信任，事業蒸蒸日上，在遠東股票和期貨市場努力地工作，很快就脫穎而出，成為巴林銀行新加坡的明星交易人。今天我們聽到的這一幕，是Nick在對他的團隊進行指導，從這里，我們可以看出初期的他還是很出色的，他富有耐心和毅力，善于邏輯推理，工作能力也很強。
Nick

【播放原聲】
I took him at his word.My team were young, hungry
.....and they didn't have a clue.
A futures contract allows you to buy
or sell a specified amount of a commodity
.....at a specified price at a future date.
Right. Um... It's like, if I agree to sell you this cup of cappuccino,
which I don't yet own,.....at 45 cents a month from now
... If I can buy the cappuccino at, say, 43 cents, I make a profit.
If the price goes the other way. I have to pay more, and I lose.
It's timing - buying and selling at the right moment.
Sometimes espresso might be the best deal, or salt, or pepper.
So, we're running a supermarket?
We're not buying and selling anything real.
It's just numbers - contracts based on the value of the Nikkei,
.....the Tokyo stock market.
Er, we do this for the bank?
No, no, We do this for the customers.
We are not allowed to trade on behalf of the bank.
Be sure you remember that, all right?

【逐句對照】
I took him at his word. My team were young,
hungry.....and they didn't have a clue.
我相信了他的話。我的團隊很年輕，求知若渴，
而且他們對于這個市場毫無頭緒。

【原聲播放】
A futures contract allows you to buy
or sell a specified amount of a commodity
.....at a specified price at a future date.
期貨合約允許在將來的某一個日期，
以一個預定的價格買進或賣出指定數量的某種商品。

【原聲播放】
Right. Um...It's like, if I agree to sell you this cup of cappuccino,
which I don't yet own,.....at 45 cents a month from now
...If I can buy the cappuccino at, say, 43 cents, I make a profit.
這么說吧，恩，就象，
如果我同意將這杯cappuccino賣給你們，
但我自己現在還沒有這個貨，
我可以在一個月后以45美分的價格售出，
如果我能以，比如說43美分的價格買到cappuccino的話，
我就賺到利潤了。

【原聲播放】
If the price goes the other way. I have to pay more, and I lose.
It's timing - buying and selling at the right moment.
Sometimes espresso might be the best deal, or salt, or pepper.
但如果價格往反方向走的話，
那我得付出更多錢才能買到這杯cappuccino，那我就虧損了。
那是取決于時機的把握-買賣都要適時。
有時espresso咖啡有可能是最佳交易，或者是鹽，或是辣椒。

【原聲播放】
So, we're running a supermarket?
那么，我們是要開一間超市嗎？

【原聲播放】
We're not buying and selling anything real.
It's just numbers - contracts based on the value of the Nikkei,
.....the Tokyo stock market.
我們不買賣任何實物，一切都只是數字概念
---合約都以日經指數、東京股票市場為基礎。

【原聲播放】
Er, we do this for the bank?
那么，我們是為銀行買賣期貨嗎？
原聲播放--請用心收聽、理解
No, no,We do this for the customers.
We are not allowed to trade on behalf of the bank.
Be sure you remember that, all right?
不，不，我們是為客戶交易。
我們是不允許代表銀行進行交易的。
一定要記住這一點，明白了嗎？

【語言點】
I took him at his word.
take somebody at his word
accept one's word, believe one's word
When he said he wanted to be left alone,
we took him at his word and went away.
My team were young, hungry.....and they didn't have a clue.
hungry 渴望的，渴求的
not have a clue 毫無頭緒， 什么也不知道
I don't have a clue why David is so upset.
A futures contract allows you to buy
or sell a specified amount of a commodity
.....at a specified price at a future date.
futures 期貨
futures contract 期貨合約
Contracts based on the value of the Nikkei,
.....the Tokyo stock market.
Nikkei 日經指數
stock market 股票市場
We are not allowed to trade on behalf of the bank.
on behalf of somebody
My husband could not be here today,
but l want to thank you on his behalf.

【重新聽一次英文原文】
I took him at his word.My team were young, hungry
.....and they didn't have a clue.
A futures contract allows you to buy
or sell a specified amount of a commodity
.....at a specified price at a future date.
Right. Um... It's like, if I agree to sell you this cup of cappuccino,
which I don't yet own,.....at 45 cents a month from now
... If I can buy the cappuccino at, say, 43 cents, I make a profit.
If the price goes the other way. I have to pay more, and I lose.
It's timing - buying and selling at the right moment.
Sometimes espresso might be the best deal, or salt, or pepper.
So, we're running a supermarket?
We're not buying and selling anything real.
It's just numbers - contracts based on the value of the Nikkei,
.....the Tokyo stock market.
Er, we do this for the bank?
No, no, We do this for the customers.
We are not allowed to trade on behalf of the bank.
Be sure you remember that,all right?