Chapter 14 of 18 · 3'03"
The Stabbing Angle 刺法疑云IMDb ↗
一个动作细节让多数人再次动摇
12-angry-men-1957 · 1957
CEFR B2IELTS 6.5jury-room雅思Deduction
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe jury is stuck, yet one small physical detail refuses to disappear: the downward angle of the stab wound. When a juror compares the victim’s height with the boy’s, the discussion turns from courtroom theory to lived experience. A juror who grew up around switchblades demonstrates how a street fight would actually look, forcing the room to reconsider what the evidence really says. The scene matters because doubt becomes something they can see and feel.
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Chapters
18 parts · AI-cut01First Impressions陌生人闲聊时很快暴露各自立场B13'25"02One Dissenting Vote一票异议让所有人重新开口B26'59"03A Motive in Doubt越追问案情越看见证词漏洞B23'41"04Prejudice Takes Over偏见一开口真相就开始变形B25'20"05A Second Knife一件新证物让铁证突然失去重量B23'49"06The Next Ballot有人改变立场全桌立刻起火B24'55"07The Soft Sell有些人越想说服你越像在做广告B24'33"08Testimony Through Noise关键证词经不起一次安静推演B27'46"09Why Return Home?越想把案情说死新疑点越多B24'59"10Timing the Old Man细节越小越可能推翻整条证词B23'17"11Reconstructing the Scene重演一次证词现场竟让人彻底失控B23'23"12Duty and a Tie争议越深越要学会把事实说清B23'03"13Memory Under Pressure自信的记忆也可能经不起当场追问B23'45"14The Stabbing Angle一个动作细节让多数人再次动摇B23'03"15Prejudice Breaks愤怒越大越暴露背后的真实动机B23'59"16The Last Holdouts当所有人都怀疑只剩最后一关B23'31"17Eyeglasses and Doubt最后的目击者也可能看错整场B24'07"18Eleven to One最后一个人不松口全桌逼他解释B21'37"
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00:00
Okay with me.
我没意见。
00:02
Uh, there's something I'd like to say.
呃，我想说点什么。
00:04
I mean, it's been bothering me a little, and as long as we're stuck .
我的意思是，这事一直让我有点在意，反正我们还得困在这儿。
00:07
Well, there was this whole business about the stab wound and how it was made...
嗯，关于那道刺伤，以及它是怎么造成的，之前不是有一大堆说法吗……
00:11
the downward angle of it, you know?
就是那个向下的刺入角度，你懂吧？
00:13
Don't tell me we're gonna start with that again.
别告诉我我们又要从这个说起。
00:15
They've been over it and over it.
他们已经翻来覆去讨论过了。
00:17
Well, I know they did, but I don't go along with it .
我知道他们讨论过，但我不接受那个说法。
00:19
Now, the boy was 5 feet 7 inches tall. His father was 6'2...
现在，男孩身高五英尺七英寸。他父亲六英尺二英寸……
00:23
That's a difference of seven inches .
相差七英寸。
00:26
It's a very awkward thing to stab down into the chest of someone...
要向下刺进一个人的胸口，非常别扭……
00:28
who's more than half a foot taller than you are .
而那个人比你高六英寸多。
00:30
Give me that.
把那个给我。
00:33
I'll give you a demonstration . Somebody get up.
我给你们演示一下。有人站起来。
00:37
You...
你……
00:43
I want you to watch this 'cause I don't want to have to do it again.
我希望你看清楚，因为我可不想再来一遍。
00:46
I'll make myself about six or seven inches shorter, okay?
我会让自己矮上六七英寸，行吗？
00:49
- It's about right. Maybe a little more. - Okay. A little more.
- 差不多了。也许还要再多一点。 - 好，再多一点。
01:00
That's not funny.
这不好笑。
01:04
Now, nobody's hurt. Right?
现在，没人受伤，对吧？
01:09
Right. Nobody hurt.
对。没人受伤。
01:14
Now, this is the way I'd stab a man who was taller than I was.
现在，如果对方比我高，我会这样刺一个人。
01:19
Look at the angle - down and in.
看这个角度——向下，向内。
01:21
And this is the way it was done.
而事情当时就是这么发生的。
01:24
Now tell me I'm wrong.
现在告诉我，我错了。
01:28
- Down and in. I guess there's no argument. - Hold it a minute, will ya ?
- 向下，向内。我想没什么可争的了。 - 等一下，行吗？
01:32
Can you give me that?
你能把那个给我吗？
01:34
Boy, I hate these things.
伙计，我真讨厌这些东西。
01:36
- Did you ever see a knife fight? - No.
- 你以前见过持刀打斗吗？ - 没有。
01:38
- You? - No.
- 你呢？ - 没有。
01:40
Anybody here ever see a knife fight?
这里有人见过持刀打斗吗？
01:43
Well, I have. You know, on my back stoop...
我见过。你知道，在我家后门台阶上……
01:46
the lot across the street, backyard.
街对面的那块空地，后院里。
01:48
Switchblades came with the neighborhood where I lived.
我住的那片街区，弹簧刀是家常便饭。
01:50
It's funny I never thought of it before. I guess you try to forget those things.
说来也怪，我以前从没想到这一点。我想，人总会试着忘掉那些事。
01:54
- How do you use a switchblade? - Well, you'd never use it like this.
- 弹簧刀要怎么用？ - 嗯，你绝不会像这样用。
01:59
See, you use too much time switching hands.
你看，这样换手太耗时间。
02:03
Here's how - underhanded.
应该这样——反手，从下往上。
02:08
Anyone who's ever used a switch knife wouldn't handle it any other way .
凡是用过弹簧刀的人，都不会用别的方式拿它。
02:11
- Are you sure? - I'm sure.
- 你确定？ - 我确定。
02:14
That's why they're made to open like that.
所以它们才会设计成那样弹开。
02:16
- You'd say the boy was pretty handy with a knife? - Mm-hmm.
- 你会说那男孩很会使刀？ - 嗯。
02:19
You think he could have made the kind of wound that killed his father?
你觉得他能用这种方式，造成杀死他父亲的那种伤口吗？
02:22
No. Not with the experience he'd had all his life handling these things.
不能。以他一辈子摆弄这类刀具的经验，不会。
02:26
I feel he'd have gone for him underhanded.
我觉得他会用反手的方式对他下手。
02:28
How do you know? Were you in the room when the father was killed?
你怎么知道？父亲被杀时你在房间里吗？
02:31
No. Neither was anybody else.
不在。其他人也都不在。
02:33
So what are you giving us all this mumbo jumbo for? I don't believe it.
那你跟我们讲这一堆鬼话干什么？我不信。
02:36
I don't think you can determine what type of wound the boy might or might not have made ...
我不认为仅凭男孩会使刀，就能判断他可能或不可能造成哪一种伤口……
02:40
simply because he knew how to handle a knife .
不能只因为他知道怎么用刀，就下这个结论。
02:43
What do you think?
你怎么看？
02:45
- I don't know. - What do you mean you don't know?
- 我不知道。 - 你说你不知道是什么意思？
02:47
I don't know.
我不知道。
02:53
How about you?
你呢？
02:55
I don't know about the rest of them , but I'm getting a little tired of this yackety-yackin' back and forth .
我不知道其他人怎么想，但我有点受够了这样来来回回地瞎扯。
02:59
It's gettin' us nowhere . So I guess I'll have to break it up .
这让我们毫无进展。所以我想，我得把这事打住。
03:03
I change my vote to not guilty .
我改投无罪。
03:05
- You what? - You heard me. I've had enough.
- 你说什么？ - 你听见了。我受够了。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationB1↩ 00:04
as long as + clause
as long as + clause
既然我们还困在这里
这里更接近“既然”，不只是“只要”。
I mean, it's been bothering me a little, and as long as we're stuck .
我的意思是，这事一直让我有点在意，反正我们还得困在这儿。
Pronunciation↩ 00:04
as long as
as 常弱读 /əz/，整串连起来听。
I mean, it's been bothering me a little, and as long as we're stuck .
我的意思是，这事一直让我有点在意，反正我们还得困在这儿。
CollocationB2↩ 00:07
the whole business about something
the whole business about something
关于某事的整摊问题
Well, there was this whole business about the stab wound and how it was made...
嗯，关于那道刺伤，以及它是怎么造成的，之前不是有一大堆说法吗……
CollocationB1↩ 00:17
go along with something
go along with something
接受或认同某事
Well, I know they did, but I don't go along with it .
我知道他们讨论过，但我不接受那个说法。
CollocationB1↩ 00:23
a difference of + amount
a difference of + amount
相差某个数值
That's a difference of seven inches .
相差七英寸。
CollocationB1↩ 00:28
be + amount + taller than someone
be + amount + taller than someone
比某人高出某个长度
who's more than half a foot taller than you are .
而那个人比你高六英寸多。
GrammarB1↩ 00:28
who's more than half a foot taller than you are
定语从句：who 引出修饰 someone 的信息，补充说明这个人的身高。
who's more than half a foot taller than you are .
而那个人比你高六英寸多。
CollocationB1↩ 00:33
give someone a demonstration
give someone a demonstration
给某人做演示
I'll give you a demonstration . Somebody get up.
我给你们演示一下。有人站起来。
GrammarB1↩ 00:43
I want you to watch this
宾语加不定式：want 后接人再接 to do，表示希望某人做某事。
I want you to watch this 'cause I don't want to have to do it again.
我希望你看清楚，因为我可不想再来一遍。
Pronunciation↩ 00:43
want you to
you、to 弱读并连读，像 wantcha tə。
I want you to watch this 'cause I don't want to have to do it again.
我希望你看清楚，因为我可不想再来一遍。
Pronunciation↩ 01:28
will ya
will you 的口语缩略，ya 轻读。
- Down and in. I guess there's no argument. - Hold it a minute, will ya ?
- 向下，向内。我想没什么可争的了。 - 等一下，行吗？
Pronunciation↩ 01:50
try to forget
to 弱读 /tə/，别把三个词等重。
It's funny I never thought of it before. I guess you try to forget those things.
说来也怪，我以前从没想到这一点。我想，人总会试着忘掉那些事。
CollocationB2↩ 02:08
handle something any other way
handle something any other way
换别的方式处理它
Anyone who's ever used a switch knife wouldn't handle it any other way .
凡是用过弹簧刀的人，都不会用别的方式拿它。
GrammarB1↩ 02:08
who's ever used a switch knife
定语从句：who 引出修饰 anyone 的从句，ever 表示“曾经”。
Anyone who's ever used a switch knife wouldn't handle it any other way .
凡是用过弹簧刀的人，都不会用别的方式拿它。
CollocationB1↩ 02:26
go for someone
go for someone
朝某人下手
这里不是“去找他”，而是攻击他。
I feel he'd have gone for him underhanded.
我觉得他会用反手的方式对他下手。
SlangB2↩ 02:33
mumbo jumbo
胡说八道——口语贬义，正式场合别用。
So what are you giving us all this mumbo jumbo for? I don't believe it.
那你跟我们讲这一堆鬼话干什么？我不信。
CollocationB2↩ 02:36
might or might not + verb
might or might not + verb
可能会也可能不会造成
I don't think you can determine what type of wound the boy might or might not have made ...
我不认为仅凭男孩会使刀，就能判断他可能或不可能造成哪一种伤口……
GrammarB2↩ 02:36
what type of wound the boy might or might not have made
宾语从句：what 引导 determine 的宾语，说明要判断的是哪种伤口。
I don't think you can determine what type of wound the boy might or might not have made ...
我不认为仅凭男孩会使刀，就能判断他可能或不可能造成哪一种伤口……
GrammarB1↩ 02:40
because he knew how to handle a knife
原因从句：because 从句说明前面判断不能成立的原因。
simply because he knew how to handle a knife .
不能只因为他知道怎么用刀，就下这个结论。
Pronunciation↩ 02:45
What do you mean
do you 连读弱读，整串像 whaddaya mean。
- I don't know. - What do you mean you don't know?
- 我不知道。 - 你说你不知道是什么意思？
CollocationA2↩ 02:55
the rest of something
the rest of something
其余的人或事物
I don't know about the rest of them , but I'm getting a little tired of this yackety-yackin' back and forth .
我不知道其他人怎么想，但我有点受够了这样来来回回地瞎扯。
CollocationB1↩ 02:55
back and forth
back and forth
来来回回；反复进行
I don't know about the rest of them , but I'm getting a little tired of this yackety-yackin' back and forth .
我不知道其他人怎么想，但我有点受够了这样来来回回地瞎扯。
SlangB2↩ 02:55
yackety-yackin'
没完没了地闲扯——非常口语，带明显嫌弃。
I don't know about the rest of them , but I'm getting a little tired of this yackety-yackin' back and forth .
我不知道其他人怎么想，但我有点受够了这样来来回回地瞎扯。
CollocationB2↩ 02:59
get someone nowhere
get someone nowhere
让某人毫无进展
It's gettin' us nowhere . So I guess I'll have to break it up .
这让我们毫无进展。所以我想，我得把这事打住。
CollocationB1↩ 02:59
break something up
break something up
把某事打断或结束
It's gettin' us nowhere . So I guess I'll have to break it up .
这让我们毫无进展。所以我想，我得把这事打住。
Pronunciation↩ 02:59
gettin' us nowhere
getting 与 us 连起，不要逐词断开。
It's gettin' us nowhere . So I guess I'll have to break it up .
这让我们毫无进展。所以我想，我得把这事打住。
CollocationB1↩ 03:03
change one's vote to + choice
change one's vote to + choice
把票改投为某个选项
I change my vote to not guilty .
我改投无罪。
Pronunciation↩ 03:03
not guilty
not guilty 重读，突出改票决定。
I change my vote to not guilty .
我改投无罪。
Teaching points
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CollocationB1↩ 00:17
go along with something
赞同；接受
In the scene他说自己知道大家讨论过，但不接受这个解释。
I don't go along with that plan.我不赞成那个计划。
In daily life
公司会议I can go along with the revised schedule.我可以接受修改后的日程。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 02:26
go for someone
朝某人下手
In the scene这里指男孩会用反手方式攻击父亲。
The dog went for my backpack.那条狗扑向了我的背包。
In daily life
公园遇狗The dog went for my backpack, so I stepped back.那条狗扑向我的背包，所以我退了一步。
above my level
VocabularyB2↩ 02:03
underhanded
从下方出手
In the scene演示折刀时，指反手、从下往上刺的动作。
She tossed the beanbag underhanded to the child.她用下手投的方式把沙袋扔给孩子。
In daily life
教孩子投球Try an underhanded throw until you learn the motion.先学会这个动作，再尝试下手投球。
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VocabularyB1↩ 01:54
switchblade
弹簧刀；折刀
In the scene陪审员用它说明街头持刀经验与伤口角度的关系。
The museum display explains how a switchblade opens.博物馆展品介绍了弹簧刀如何打开。
In daily life
博物馆参观That old switchblade is kept behind glass.那把老式弹簧刀被放在玻璃柜里。
above my level
SlangB2↩ 02:33
mumbo jumbo
胡说八道；玄乎话
In the scene他说对方的用刀推理听着玄乎，根本不值得相信。
Skip the mumbo jumbo and show me the numbers.别讲那些玄乎话，直接给我看数据。
In daily life
听产品介绍There was too much mumbo jumbo in the sales pitch.那段销售说辞里有太多玄乎的废话。
above my level
SlangB2↩ 02:55
yackety-yack
没完没了地闲扯
In the scene他说大家反复争论只是在没完没了地闲扯。
I need quiet, not more yackety-yack.我需要安静，不想再听没完没了的闲扯。
In daily life
同事闲聊Enough yackety-yack; let's finish the report.闲扯够了，咱们把报告做完吧。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“It's funny I never thought of it before. I guess you try to forget those things.”
说来也怪，我以前从没想到这一点。我想，人总会试着忘掉那些事。
Why it's great
先用自嘲承认迟来的联想，再用温和语气触及创伤记忆。
Pattern
I guess you try to + 动词
When to use
谈及自己为何避开某段不愉快经历时。
Similar
I suppose you try to move on. ／ I guess people try to forget.
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neutral
Shadowing tip
It's funny 后轻停，forget 和 things 重读。
Use it yourself
回忆失误I guess you try to learn from those mistakes.我想，人总会试着从那些错误中吸取教训。
“I don't know about the rest of them, but I'm getting a little tired of this yackety-yackin' back and forth.”
我不知道其他人怎么想，但我有点受够了这样来来回回地瞎扯。
Why it's great
先保留余地再明确不耐烦，口语节奏和态度转折都很鲜明。
Pattern
I don't know about X, but I'm getting tired of Y
When to use
委婉表达自己已经厌烦某种反复争论或拖延。
Similar
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm getting tired of waiting. ／ I can't speak for them, but I've had enough of this debate.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
rest、tired、back and forth 重读，but 前后略停。
Use it yourself
会议拖延I don't know about the others, but I'm getting tired of repeating the same point.我不知道其他人怎么想，但我已经厌倦了一遍遍重复同一个观点。
“I change my vote to not guilty.”
我改投无罪。
Why it's great
短句干脆有力，把漫长推理后的立场转变钉在瞬间。
Pattern
I change my vote to + 选项
When to use
正式表决中改变选择，也可借用来宣布立场转向。
Similar
I change my answer to yes. ／ I've decided to vote against it.
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formal
Shadowing tip
change、vote、not guilty 重读，句末降调。
Use it yourself
团队表决I change my vote to approve the proposal.我改投赞成这项提案。