Chapter 10 of 18 · 3'17"
Timing the Old Man 老人路线重算IMDb ↗
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12-angry-men-1957 · 1957
CEFR B2IELTS 6.5jury-room雅思Deduction
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Everything you need before watchingAfter another vote leaves the jury divided, one holdout refuses to let the old man's testimony pass unexamined. The men reconstruct the apartment route from bedroom to front door, turning a vague memory into a question of seconds. As tempers flare, courtroom language, baseball sarcasm, and precise time phrases expose how easily confidence can outrun evidence before anyone notices the contradiction.
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Mr. Foremanjury foreman
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B26'53"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B24'48"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B27'39"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
What are ya talking about? I mean, we're all going crazy in here or something.
你在说什么啊？我是说，咱们都快在这儿疯了之类的。
00:02
The kid is guilty. Why don't you listen to the facts?
这孩子就是有罪。你们怎么就不听听事实呢？
00:05
Tell him, will ya ? Now this is getting to be a joke.
告诉他，行不行？现在这都快成笑话了。
00:08
The vote is eight to four, favor of guilty.
现在票数是八比四，赞成有罪。
00:11
What is this, love your underprivileged brother week or something?
这是什么，“关爱弱势兄弟周”吗？
00:15
I want you to get up and tell me why you changed your vote .
我希望你站起来，告诉我你为什么改了票。
00:17
- Come on. Give me your reasons. - I don't have to defend my decision to you.
——得了。说说你的理由。——我没必要向你为自己的决定辩解。
00:22
There is a reasonable doubt in my mind .
我心里存在合理怀疑。
00:24
What reasonable doubt ? That's nothing but words . Here, look at this.
什么合理怀疑？那不过是几句话。来，看看这个。
00:27
The kid you just decided isn't guilty was seen ramming this into his father.
你刚刚认定无罪的那个孩子，被人看见把这东西捅进了他父亲身体里。
00:32
Now, what about this, Mr. Reasonable Doubt?
现在呢，合理怀疑先生，这个你怎么说？
00:34
That's not the knife. Don't you remember?
那不是凶器。你不记得了吗？
00:36
Oh, brilliant.
哦，真高明啊。
00:39
I'm telling ya, this is the craziest.
我跟你说，这简直疯了。
00:41
I mean, what are we supposed to believe?
我是说，我们到底该信什么？
00:43
I mean, you're sittin' here, you're pulling stories out of thin air, you know?
我是说，你坐在这儿，凭空编故事，你知道吧？
00:46
A guy like this, if he's, uh, sitting ringside at the Dempsey-Firpo fight...
像这种人，要是坐在邓普西和菲尔波的拳赛场边……
00:50
he'd be trying to tell you that, uh...
他肯定会跟你说，呃……
00:53
Look. Now, what about the old man?
等等。那老人呢？
00:55
Are we supposed to believe that he didn't get up and run to his door...
难道我们要相信，他没有起身跑到门口……
00:58
and see the kid tearing down the steps 15 seconds after the killing?
然后在命案发生十五秒后，看到那孩子冲下楼梯？
01:01
He's just saying so to be important, right?
他只是想显得自己重要，才这么说的，对吧？
01:03
- I mean, what's the point of the whole thing? - Wait. Hold it a second , will you?
我是说，这一切到底有什么意义？——等一下，先停一会儿，行吗？
01:06
Oh, and the Baltimore rooter is heard from again now...
哦，现在又轮到那个巴尔的摩球迷发言了……
01:09
and pop-ups are fallin' for base hits wherever we look.
我们放眼望去，到处都是高飞球落地变成安打。
01:11
Hold it a second . Now, look - Did the old man say he ran to the door?
等一下。你们听着——老人说他是跑到门口的吗？
01:14
Ran, walked. What's the difference ? He got on, didn't he? I mean, he got there, didn't he?
跑也好，走也好，有什么区别？反正他不是到了吗？我是说，他不是赶到了吗？
01:17
- No, now wait a second. - He said he ran. At least I think he did.
——不，等一下。——他说他是跑过去的，至少我记得他是这么说的。
01:20
Look, I don't remember what he said, but I don't see how he could have run to the door.
听着，我不记得他说了什么，但我看不出他怎么可能跑到门口。
01:23
Ηe said he went from his bedroom to the front door.
他说他是从卧室走到前门的。
01:26
- Now, isn't that enough? - Where was the bedroom?
——现在，这还不够吗？——卧室在哪儿？
01:27
- It was down the hall somewhere. - I thought you remembered everything.
——就在走廊那边。——我还以为你什么都记得呢。
01:30
- Don't you remember that? - No.
——你不记得了吗？——不记得。
01:32
Mr. Foreman, I'd like to see a diagram of the apartment.
福尔曼先生，我想看看这套公寓的示意图。
01:34
- Why don't we just have 'em run the trial all over again so you can get everything straight ? - Mr. Foreman.
——要不我们让法庭把整个审判重新来一遍，好让你把一切都搞清楚？——福尔曼先生。
01:38
How come you're the only one in this room wants to see exhibits all the time?
怎么整个房间里只有你老想看证物？
01:40
- I want to see this one too. - And I'd like to stop wasting time .
——我也想看看这份。——我想停止浪费时间。
01:43
If we're gonna start wading through all that nonsense about where the body was found...
要是我们要开始费劲翻查尸体被发现地点那些废话……
01:46
We're not, not unless somebody else wants to.
我们不查，除非还有别人想查。
01:48
But I'd like to find out if an old man...
但我想弄清楚，一个老人……
01:50
who drags one foot when he walks 'cause he had a stroke last year...
他去年中风后走路总拖着一只脚……
01:52
can get from his bedroom to his front door in 15 seconds.
能不能在十五秒内从卧室走到自家门口。
01:55
- He said 20 seconds. - Ηe said 15.
——他说是二十秒。——他说的是十五秒。
01:57
He said 20 seconds. What are you trying to distort...
他说是二十秒。你想歪曲什么……
01:59
- He said 15. - How does he know how long 15 seconds is?
——他说十五秒。——他怎么知道十五秒到底有多长？
02:02
You can't judge a thing like that.
这种事不能这么判断。
02:04
- He said 15 seconds. - He was very positive about it.
——他说十五秒。——他对此说得非常肯定。
02:06
He was an old man. Half the time he was confused.
他是个老人。大半时间都糊里糊涂的。
02:09
How could he be positive about anything?
他怎么可能对什么事都那么确定？
02:18
I don't see what you're going to prove here. The man said he saw the boy running out.
我看不出你想在这儿证明什么。那个人说他看见男孩跑出去了。
02:23
Well, let's see if the details bear him out .
好，那我们看看细节能不能证明他说得对。
02:25
As soon as the body hit the floor, he said he heard footsteps upstairs...
尸体一倒地，他说自己听到了楼上的脚步声……
02:28
running toward the front door...
朝前门跑去……
02:30
heard the upstairs door open, the footsteps start down the stairs .
听见楼上的门打开，脚步声开始下楼梯。
02:33
He said he got to his own front door as fast as he could ...
他说自己尽可能快地赶到了自家门口……
02:35
and he swore it couldn't have been more than 15 seconds.
还发誓说，绝不会超过十五秒。
02:37
Now, if the killer began running immediately...
现在，假设凶手一开始就立刻跑起来……
02:39
- Maybe he didn't. - The old man said he did.
——也许他没有。——老人说他跑了。
02:41
You ought to be at Atlantic City at that hairsplitters convention.
你该去大西洋城参加那个吹毛求疵大会。
02:45
Hey, why don't you stop makin' smart remarks all the time, huh?
喂，你能不能别老是挖苦人，啊？
02:48
My friend, for your three dollars a day , you have to listen to everything, you know?
朋友，既然你一天拿三美元，就得听完所有人的话，懂吗？
02:51
Now that you've got that thing in here, what about it?
既然你把那东西搬进来了，打算拿它怎么办？
02:53
All right. Here's the apartment where the killing took place .
好。这里就是发生命案的公寓。
02:55
The old man's apartment was directly beneath and exactly the same.
老人的公寓就在正下方，格局一模一样。
02:58
Here are the el tracks, the bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom.
这里是高架铁路轨道、卧室、客厅、厨房和浴室。
03:01
Here's the hall. Here are the stairs.
这是走廊。这边是楼梯。
03:03
Now, the old man was in this bedroom right here.
老人当时就在这间卧室里，就在这里。
03:06
He says he crossed to the door and walked down the hall...
他说自己走到门口，再沿走廊走下去……
03:08
opened the front door just in time to see the boy running down the stairs .
打开前门，正好看见男孩跑下楼梯。
03:12
- Am I right so far? - That's the story, for the 19th time.
——我说得对吗？——这就是事情经过，我都说第十九遍了。
03:15
- Fifteen seconds after the body hit the floor. - Correct.
——尸体倒地十五秒后。——没错。
03:19
Now, let's see. It was...
让我想想。那是……
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoPronunciation↩ 00:05
Tell him, will
him 常弱读成 /əm/，will 也轻读。
Tell him, will ya ? Now this is getting to be a joke.
告诉他，行不行？现在这都快成笑话了。
SlangA2↩ 00:05
will ya
行不行——随意催促或请求，正式场合少用。
Tell him, will ya ? Now this is getting to be a joke.
告诉他，行不行？现在这都快成笑话了。
CollocationA2↩ 00:15
get up
get up
起身
I want you to get up and tell me why you changed your vote .
我希望你站起来，告诉我你为什么改了票。
CollocationB1↩ 00:15
change one's vote
change one's vote
改变投票立场
I want you to get up and tell me why you changed your vote .
我希望你站起来，告诉我你为什么改了票。
GrammarB1↩ 00:15
why you changed your vote
宾语从句：tell me 后接 why 引导的从句，说明要对方解释什么。
I want you to get up and tell me why you changed your vote .
我希望你站起来，告诉我你为什么改了票。
Pronunciation↩ 00:15
want you to
you to 连读弱读，听感接近 wantcha tə。
I want you to get up and tell me why you changed your vote .
我希望你站起来，告诉我你为什么改了票。
Pronunciation↩ 00:17
have to defend
have to 常读 /hæftə/，不要逐词重读。
- Come on. Give me your reasons. - I don't have to defend my decision to you.
——得了。说说你的理由。——我没必要向你为自己的决定辩解。
CollocationB2↩ 00:22
reasonable doubt
reasonable doubt
合理怀疑
There is a reasonable doubt in my mind .
我心里存在合理怀疑。
CollocationA2↩ 00:22
in someone's mind
in someone's mind
在某人看来或心里
There is a reasonable doubt in my mind .
我心里存在合理怀疑。
Pronunciation↩ 00:22
reasonable doubt
reasonable doubt 双重音，突出法律判断的分量。
There is a reasonable doubt in my mind .
我心里存在合理怀疑。
CollocationB1↩ 00:24
nothing but + noun
nothing but + noun
只不过是些话
What reasonable doubt ? That's nothing but words . Here, look at this.
什么合理怀疑？那不过是几句话。来，看看这个。
GrammarC1↩ 00:27
you just decided isn't guilty
省略关系词：kid 后省略了关系词，拆成‘你刚判定无罪的孩子’。
The kid you just decided isn't guilty was seen ramming this into his father.
你刚刚认定无罪的那个孩子，被人看见把这东西捅进了他父亲身体里。
Pronunciation↩ 00:43
you're sittin' here
sittin' 吞掉词尾 g，you're 也要轻快带过。
I mean, you're sittin' here, you're pulling stories out of thin air, you know?
我是说，你坐在这儿，凭空编故事，你知道吧？
SlangA2↩ 00:43
sittin'
坐着——口语省略 sitting 的词尾，非正式。
I mean, you're sittin' here, you're pulling stories out of thin air, you know?
我是说，你坐在这儿，凭空编故事，你知道吧？
GrammarB1↩ 00:46
if he's, uh, sitting ringside at the Dempsey-Firpo fight...
条件从句：if 从句先设想场景，主句在下一行补出结果。
A guy like this, if he's, uh, sitting ringside at the Dempsey-Firpo fight...
像这种人，要是坐在邓普西和菲尔波的拳赛场边……
CollocationA2↩ 01:03
hold it a second
hold it a second
等一下
- I mean, what's the point of the whole thing? - Wait. Hold it a second , will you?
我是说，这一切到底有什么意义？——等一下，先停一会儿，行吗？
SlangB2↩ 01:06
rooter
支持某队的球迷——棒球语境的口语说法，指狂热支持者。
Oh, and the Baltimore rooter is heard from again now...
哦，现在又轮到那个巴尔的摩球迷发言了……
SlangB2↩ 01:09
pop-ups
高飞小球——棒球行话，正式语境外通常只谈比赛。
and pop-ups are fallin' for base hits wherever we look.
我们放眼望去，到处都是高飞球落地变成安打。
CollocationA2↩ 01:14
what's the difference
what's the difference
有什么区别
Ran, walked. What's the difference ? He got on, didn't he? I mean, he got there, didn't he?
跑也好，走也好，有什么区别？反正他不是到了吗？我是说，他不是赶到了吗？
CollocationB1↩ 01:34
all over again
all over again
从头再来
- Why don't we just have 'em run the trial all over again so you can get everything straight ? - Mr. Foreman.
——要不我们让法庭把整个审判重新来一遍，好让你把一切都搞清楚？——福尔曼先生。
CollocationB1↩ 01:34
get something straight
get something straight
把事情弄清楚
- Why don't we just have 'em run the trial all over again so you can get everything straight ? - Mr. Foreman.
——要不我们让法庭把整个审判重新来一遍，好让你把一切都搞清楚？——福尔曼先生。
CollocationA2↩ 01:40
waste time
waste time
浪费时间
- I want to see this one too. - And I'd like to stop wasting time .
——我也想看看这份。——我想停止浪费时间。
SlangA2↩ 01:43
gonna
将要——口语化的 going to，正式写作不用。
If we're gonna start wading through all that nonsense about where the body was found...
要是我们要开始费劲翻查尸体被发现地点那些废话……
CollocationA2↩ 01:48
find out if...
find out if...
查明是否
But I'd like to find out if an old man...
但我想弄清楚，一个老人……
GrammarB2↩ 01:50
who drags one foot when he walks 'cause he had a stroke last year...
定语从句：who 从句修饰 old man，里面又嵌入 when 和原因从句。
who drags one foot when he walks 'cause he had a stroke last year...
他去年中风后走路总拖着一只脚……
CollocationB2↩ 02:23
bear someone out
bear someone out
证明某人说得对
Well, let's see if the details bear him out .
好，那我们看看细节能不能证明他说得对。
CollocationA2↩ 02:25
as soon as + clause
as soon as + clause
一……就……
As soon as the body hit the floor, he said he heard footsteps upstairs...
尸体一倒地，他说自己听到了楼上的脚步声……
CollocationB1↩ 02:33
as fast as someone can
as fast as someone can
尽可能快地
He said he got to his own front door as fast as he could ...
他说自己尽可能快地赶到了自家门口……
GrammarB1↩ 02:37
if the killer began running immediately...
条件从句：if 引出一个待验证的前提，后文再推算它带来的时间结果。
Now, if the killer began running immediately...
现在，假设凶手一开始就立刻跑起来……
SlangB2↩ 02:41
hairsplitters
吹毛求疵的人——带贬义的调侃说法，不适合正式称呼。
You ought to be at Atlantic City at that hairsplitters convention.
你该去大西洋城参加那个吹毛求疵大会。
Pronunciation↩ 02:48
three dollars a day
dollars 和 a 之间自然连读，别逐词停顿。
My friend, for your three dollars a day , you have to listen to everything, you know?
朋友，既然你一天拿三美元，就得听完所有人的话，懂吗？
CollocationA2↩ 02:53
take place
take place
发生
All right. Here's the apartment where the killing took place .
好。这里就是发生命案的公寓。
CollocationB1↩ 03:08
just in time to do something
just in time to do something
及时做某事
opened the front door just in time to see the boy running down the stairs .
打开前门，正好看见男孩跑下楼梯。
Pronunciation↩ 03:08
down the stairs
the 弱读 /ðə/，down-the 连得像一个节奏块。
opened the front door just in time to see the boy running down the stairs .
打开前门，正好看见男孩跑下楼梯。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:22
reasonable doubt
合理怀疑
In the scene第八号陪审员表示证据仍有疑点，不能轻率定罪。
The missing receipt creates reasonable doubt about the charge.缺失的收据让这笔指控存在合理怀疑。
In daily life
报销争议There is reasonable doubt about who paid for the meal.谁付了这顿饭仍有合理疑点。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:43
out of thin air
凭空捏造
In the scene反对者指责对方坐在桌边凭空编故事。
She didn't invent the deadline out of thin air.她不是凭空编出这个截止日期的。
In daily life
核查消息The reporter did not pull that figure out of thin air.那名记者不是凭空编出那个数字的。
above my level
Phrasal verbB2↩ 02:23
bear someone out
证明某人说得对
In the scene陪审员要用细节核对老人关于脚步声的说法。
The latest test results bear her out.最新的检测结果证明她说得对。
In daily life
核对预测The sales numbers bear our forecast out.销售数据证明我们的预测没错。
auto-pauses
IronyB1↩ 00:36
oh brilliant
真是‘高明’啊
In the scene对方拿出刀来后，陪审员用假夸奖表达不耐烦。
Oh, brilliant—you deleted the only copy.真高明——你把唯一的副本删了。
In daily life
文件误删Oh, brilliant, the printer ran out of ink again.真高明，打印机又没墨了。
auto-pauses
SlangB1↩ 02:45
smart remarks
挖苦话
In the scene一名陪审员嫌对方不停讥讽，直接让他收声。
Save the smart remarks until you know the whole story.等你了解全貌后再挖苦人吧。
In daily life
同事拌嘴I can do without the smart remarks during this meeting.开会时我不需要听这些挖苦话。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“There is a reasonable doubt in my mind.”
我心里存在合理怀疑。
Why it's great
法律判断中的克制表达，把不确定性说得精准。
Pattern
There is ... in my mind.
When to use
对证据或消息仍不放心时。
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I have serious doubts about it. ／ Something doesn't add up.
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Shadowing tip
重读 reasonable doubt，mind 降调收尾。
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核对账单There is some doubt in my mind about this charge.我对这笔收费有些怀疑。
“Well, let's see if the details bear him out.”
好，那我们看看细节能不能证明他说得对。
Why it's great
用 bear out 把抽象争论落到证据上，简洁有力。
Pattern
Let's see if the details bear someone out.
When to use
核实朋友的说法或传闻时。
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Let's check whether the evidence supports her story. ／ The facts back him up.
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Shadowing tip
Well 轻读，details 和 bear him out 重读。
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核对传闻Let's see if the receipts bear her out.我们看看收据能不能证明她说得对。
“You can't judge a thing like that.”
这种事不能那样下判断。
Why it's great
短句带出审慎原则，像给情绪踩刹车。
Pattern
You can't judge ... like that.
When to use
别人凭片面印象下结论时。
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Don't jump to conclusions. ／ You can't decide that so quickly.
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can't 和 judge 重读，like that 降调收束。
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评价同事You can't judge a coworker like that after one mistake.不能因为一次失误就那样评价同事。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 老人证词复盘
As soon as the body hit the floor, he said he heard footsteps upstairs... running toward the front door... heard the upstairs door open, the footsteps start down the stairs. He said he got to his own front door as fast as he could...
尸体一倒地，他说自己听到了楼上的脚步声…… 朝前门跑去…… 听见楼上的门打开，脚步声开始下楼梯。 他说自己尽可能快地赶到了自家门口……
把零散证词按声音和动作逐步拼回十五秒。