欢迎收看English @ the Movies（《电影中的英语》）
Welcome to English @ the Movies.
本节目将为您讲解电影中遇到的美式英语
where we teach you American English heard at the movies.
今天要学习的是“the cost of doing business”
Our expression today is “the cost of doing business”
取自电影The Accountant（《会计刺客》）
from The Accountant.
这部电影讲述了
This film tells the story of a man
一个擅长财务计算
who is very good at mathematics
却为犯罪团伙办事儿
and keeping financial records
的数学天才的故事
but he works for a bad people.
欣赏电影片段 找出这个用法“the cost of doing business”
Listen for the saying “the cost of doing business”.
这个家伙赌上性命
This guy risks his life uncooking the books
为这个世界最可怕的亡命徒做假账
for some of the scariest people on the planet.
想想他掌握多少秘密
Imagine the secrets this guys has.
如果他们的秘密太多了
If their secrets get too big
杀了他也许就是the cost of doing business
killing him may be the cost of doing business.
你知道”the cost of doing business“是什么意思吗？
So what is the meaning of “the cost of doing business”?
是某人为做过的事付出代价呢
Is it the price someone pays for an action
还是某事花费巨大呢？
or something that costs too much?
这个家伙赌上性命
This guy risks his life uncooking the books
为这个世界最可怕的亡命徒做假账
for some of the scariest people on the planet.
如果他们的秘密太多了
If their secrets get too big
代价就是办了他（亡命徒就会办了他）
killing him may be the cost of doing business.
“The cost of doing business”意思是
“The cost of doing business” means
你为某种行为付出的代价
the price you pay for an action.
在这里不是简单指金钱 也不是什么好事
It is not just about money and it is not a good thing.
影片中 男主握有雇主太多秘密
In the film the man might be killed because he knows too much about
可能被灭口
the people he works for.
他们（雇主）收买他做违法的事
They pay him to do something illegal.
杀了他就是他们做坏事（为保全自己）付出的代价
Killing him would be the cost of doing their bad business.