Chapter 5 of 17 · 7'50"
Back on the Job 记者重回现场IMDb ↗
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His Girl Friday · 1940
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Everything you need before watchingHildy returns to the courthouse press room claiming she is saying goodbye, yet she quickly slips back into reporting the Williams hanging. Her colleagues tease her plans for marriage, while Walter quietly uses a check and a phone call to pull her toward the newsroom again. The scene mixes newsroom slang, political satire, and persuasive emotional pressure.
希
Hildy Johnsonreporter
沃
Walter Burnsnewspaper editor
布
Bruce BaldwinHildy's fiancé
墨
Murphyreporter
埃
Eddiereporter
罗
Royreporter
Chapters
17 parts · AI-cut01The Ex-Wife Returns离开旧爱先别急着走C17'07"02Quit the News你想过普通日子他偏不放手B25'01"03Lunch with the Ex一顿午餐谈崩一场婚事B25'06"04A Deal to Save a Life救人之前先谈清价码B24'22"05Back on the Job嘴上要走身体却回到现场C17'50"06Interviewing Earl一句话能救人也能定罪B22'42"07Mollie Tells the Truth被写成情人她当场翻脸B22'29"08A Hanging on Schedule为了赶版面有人要提前行刑C16'04"09The Jailbreak Scoop逃犯跑了记者先抢独家B24'46"10The Fiancé Arrested未婚夫再被抓她还得写稿C13'34"11Bribing a Witness官位不稳就先找人背锅C13'16"12A Fugitive in the Desk枪口下先让对方放下戒心B22'50"13Hide the Fugitive把人藏好还要骗过一屋子记者B23'53"14Mother Jumps出了乱子反而成了头条C13'51"15Stay or Take the Train婚礼在等人头条也在等人C16'53"16A Missing Mother一场车祸让所有人慌了神B23'33"17The Police Close In警察一进门秘密就藏不住了C11'56"
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00:00
What's the matter with you guys? Crippled or something?
你们这些家伙怎么了？残废了还是怎么的？
00:00
I'll just bet 20 cents.
我敢押二十美分。
00:02
Press room. Wait a minute.
报房。等一下。
00:04
Hello, Sarge, McCue talking. Hold the line, will you ? What?
喂，萨奇，我是麦库。别挂电话，行吗？什么？
00:07
I told you this is the press room of the criminal courts building.
我告诉过你，这里是刑事法院大楼的报房。
00:10
Jake, new lead on the hanging.
杰克，绞刑案有新线索。
00:12
This alienist from New York, Dr. Max J. Egelhoffer.
纽约来的这位精神科医生，马克斯·J·伊格尔霍夫博士。
00:16
He's interviewing Williams in about half an hour in the sheriff's office.
他大约半小时后会在警长办公室会见威廉姆斯。
00:20
Must be the tenth alienist they've put on Williams.
他们给威廉姆斯找的精神科医生肯定有第十个了。
00:22
If he wasn't crazy, he would be by the time...
他要是本来没疯，等到……
00:24
...ten of those babies got through psychoanalyzing him.
……那十个家伙给他做完精神分析，也该疯了。
00:27
- Is this guy Egelhoffer any good? - You figure it out .
— 这个伊格尔霍夫医生靠谱吗？— 你自己判断吧。
00:30
He's the guy they sent to Washington to interview the Brain Trust.
就是他们派去华盛顿采访“智囊团”的那个人。
00:34
He said they were sane.
他说他们都神志正常。
00:35
Here's the situation on the eve of the hanging.
绞刑前夕的情况是这样。
00:37
I'll pick up a little fudge. This is Murphy. More slop on the hanging.
我先去弄点小道消息。这是墨菲。又是一篇关于绞刑的烂稿。
00:41
A double guard has been thrown around the jail, municipal buildings...
监狱、各市政大楼周围都增派了双岗警卫……
00:44
...railroad terminals, and elevated stations...
……铁路终点站和高架车站也一样……
00:46
... to prepare for the expected general uprising ...
……为应对预计会在行刑时刻爆发的……
00:48
...of radicals at the hour of execution.
……激进分子大暴动……
00:50
The sheriff has put 200 more relatives on the payroll...
警长还把200名亲属弄进工资名册……
00:53
...to protect the city from the Red Army...
……好保护城市不受红军的侵袭……
00:55
...which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes.
……而红军再过几分钟就要离开莫斯科了。
00:58
Trouble is, when the real Red Menace shows up...
问题是，等真正的“赤色威胁”出现……
01:00
...the sheriff will still be crying wolf . What do you got?
……警长还会继续喊“狼来了”。你有什么消息？
01:03
- Is that good? - Sure looks good from here.
— 这个不错吗？— 我看着挺不错。
01:05
Hildy, when did you get back?
希尔迪，你什么时候回来的？
01:08
- How are you, Eddie? - Glad to see you.
— 你好吗，埃迪？— 见到你真高兴。
01:09
- Glad to see you. - Where'd you get the hat?
— 见到你真高兴。— 你这顶帽子哪儿买的？
01:11
- I paid 12 bucks for that hat. - Coming back to work?
— 我花了12块钱买的。— 你要回来工作了？
01:14
It's a farewell appearance. I'm going into business for myself.
这是告别演出。我准备自己做生意。
01:17
- What doing? - I'm getting married tomorrow.
— 做什么？— 我明天要结婚。
01:20
Again? Are we invited to the wedding?
又结？我们受邀参加婚礼吗？
01:23
I might use you for a bridesmaid, Roy.
罗伊，我也许会让你当伴娘。
01:26
- How are you, Murphy? - What are you getting married for?
— 你好吗，墨菲？— 你干吗要结婚？
01:29
- None of your business. - Ain't fooling us, are you?
— 不关你的事。— 你骗不了我们，对吧？
01:31
Fooling? Look what I've got in here.
骗？看看我这里有什么。
01:34
Three tickets to Albany on the 6:00 train tonight.
今晚六点的火车，三张去奥尔巴尼的票。
01:36
Three?
三张？
01:37
For me and my beau and, hats off boys, his sweet darling ma.
我、我的未婚夫，还有——各位先生，摘帽致意吧——他那位甜心老妈。
01:41
- That's nice. - What kind of marriage is that?
— 这挺好的。— 这算哪门子婚姻？
01:44
I'm settling down . I'm through with the newspaper business.
我要安定下来了。我跟报纸这一行彻底告别。
01:47
Can you picture Hildy singing lullabies and hanging out didies ?
你们能想象希尔迪唱摇篮曲、晾尿布的样子吗？
01:51
- Swapping lies over the back fence? - Sour grapes.
— 隔着后院篱笆交换瞎话？— 吃不着葡萄就说葡萄酸。
01:53
She'll get tired beating rugs.
她会厌倦捶地毯的。
01:55
I'm not going to beat any rugs.
我才不会去捶什么地毯。
01:58
That's 3rd and Jefferson. Where the Central School is.
那是第三街和杰斐逊街。中央学校就在那儿。
02:01
- No school this time of day. - What do you care for? You quit.
— 这时候学校早放学了。— 你管得着吗？你都辞职了。
02:03
You said you were through.
你说过你不干了。
02:04
I just thought it might be a good fire, that's all.
我只是觉得这可能是条不错的新闻，就这样。
02:08
- What's that? - Practicing for the Williams party.
— 什么？— 为报道威廉姆斯案练练手。
02:11
- You'll miss a nice hanging. - Not interested.
— 你会错过一场精彩的绞刑。— 没兴趣。
02:14
Tell them to pipe down.
让他们安静点。
02:20
Keep quiet down there ! How do you expect us to get any work done?
下面安静！你们指望我们怎么工作？
02:25
Shut up!
闭嘴！
02:27
Very little respect for the press around here.
这地方的人可真不把记者当回事。
02:30
Say, did anybody phone me?
喂，有人给我打过电话吗？
02:32
Not that I know of.
据我所知没有。
02:33
Say, Hildy, does Walter know you're getting married?
希尔迪，沃尔特知道你要结婚吗？
02:36
- Just had lunch with him. - Does he know you're quitting?
— 刚跟他吃过午饭。— 他知道你不干了吗？
02:38
- I told him. Any more questions? - Shall I deal you in?
— 我告诉他了。还有问题吗？— 要不要给你发牌？
02:41
I haven't got time. I have to do a yarn on Williams.
我没时间。我得写一篇关于威廉姆斯的报道。
02:44
Did he know what he was doing when he fired that gun?
他开枪时知道自己在干什么吗？
02:46
If you ask us, no. If you ask the state alienist, the answer is yes .
要是问我们，不知道。要是问州里的精神科医生，答案是知道。
02:50
- Who is he? What's he do? - He was a bookkeeper.
— 他是谁？干什么的？— 他以前是个簿记员。
02:52
He starts at $20 a week. After 14 years...
他一开始每周挣20块。十四年后……
02:54
...he works himself up to $17.50. - Got more gum?
……他好不容易涨到每周17块50。— 还有口香糖吗？
02:57
McClosky Company goes out of business . Williams loses his job.
麦克洛斯基公司倒闭了。威廉姆斯丢了工作。
03:00
Can't get another.
再也找不到下一份。
03:02
I'm in.
我押。
03:04
So he hangs around the park listening to soapbox spellbinders...
于是他在公园里晃荡，听那些街头演说家慷慨陈词……
03:08
...making speeches, and begins believing them.
……听着他们演讲，开始相信他们说的话。
03:10
And makes some of his own.
还开始讲起自己的那一套。
03:11
- Up a dime. - I'm in.
— 加一毛。— 我押。
03:15
- Anything else, Doc? - No, that'll be all, Mr. Burns.
— 还有别的吗，医生？— 没了，伯恩斯先生。
03:18
Everything okay?
一切还好吧？
03:19
Nothing to worry about.
没什么可担心的。
03:21
Good, good.
好，好。
03:22
How are you doing, Bruce?
你怎么样，布鲁斯？
03:23
Just one more thing.
还有一件事。
03:25
- Good day, Mr. Burns. Mr. Baldwin. - Goodbye, Doc. Thanks very much.
— 你好，伯恩斯先生。鲍德温先生。— 再见，医生。多谢。
03:29
Who's the beneficiary?
受益人是谁？
03:31
- Excuse me? - That is, in case of your death.
— 什么？— 我的意思是，万一你去世，钱给谁？
03:34
- Who do we pay the money to? - Why, Hildy, of course.
— 我们把钱付给谁？— 希尔迪，当然。
03:37
I don't know. That would make me feel pretty funny.
我不知道。那会让我感觉挺怪的。
03:41
Now, why shouldn't I make Hildy my whatever-it-was?
那我为什么不能把希尔迪填成那个……叫什么来着？
03:44
I feel I should take care of her .
我觉得我应该照顾她。
03:46
But you will take care of her , Bruce.
可你会照顾她的，布鲁斯。
03:49
Say, if that doctor is right, I'm good for a long time yet.
嘿，如果医生说得对，我还活得长着呢。
03:52
Look, Bruce, this is a debt of honor with me.
听我说，布鲁斯，这对我来说是一笔道义债。
03:55
I was a bad husband to Hildy.
我对希尔迪不是个好丈夫。
03:58
She could have claimed a lot of alimony.
她本来可以要求一大笔赡养费。
04:00
But she wouldn't take any.
可她一分也没要。
04:02
She had it coming to her , but she was too independent.
那本来就是她应得的，只是她太独立了。
04:04
- I'm independent too, you know. - I know you are.
— 我也很独立，你知道。— 我知道。
04:07
But look, you just figure it this way.
可是你换个角度想。
04:10
I'm good for, we'll say at least 25 years yet.
我少说还能活25年。
04:13
By then, you'll have made enough so that money won't mean anything to you .
到那时候，你已经赚够了钱，钱对你来说就无所谓了。
04:18
But suppose you haven't made good.
可要是你没闯出名堂呢？
04:20
What about Hildy's old age? Think of Hildy.
那希尔迪老了以后怎么办？想想希尔迪。
04:23
I can see her now.
我现在就能想象到她。
04:25
White-haired, lavender and old lace.
满头白发，穿着薰衣草色衣服，戴着老式蕾丝。
04:28
- Can't you see her, Bruce? - Yes, yes, I can.
— 你想象不到吗，布鲁斯？— 想，想得到。
04:31
She's old, isn't she?
她老了，不是吗？
04:34
Don't you think that Hildy's entitled to spend her remaining years ...
你不觉得希尔迪有权在余生里……
04:38
...without worries of money? Of course you do, Bruce.
……不用为钱发愁吗？你当然这么觉得，布鲁斯。
04:42
Of course, if you put it that way .
当然，你这么一说也是。
04:44
And remember, I love her too.
别忘了，我也爱她。
04:48
Yes, I'm beginning to realize that.
是啊，我开始意识到了。
04:51
And the beauty of it is...
而这件事最妙的地方是……
04:53
...she'll never have to know until I've passed on .
……直到我去世，她都不必知道。
04:56
Maybe she'll think kindly of me...
也许我死后……
04:59
...after I'm gone.
……她会对我留点好印象。
05:13
You make me feel like a heel , coming between you.
你让我觉得自己像个混蛋，横在你们之间。
05:15
No, no, Bruce. You didn't come between us.
不，不，布鲁斯。不是你横在我们之间。
05:18
It was all over for her before you came on the scene. For me...
对她来说，在你出现之前一切就结束了。可对我……
05:22
...it'll never be. What do you want?
……永远不会结束。你想要什么？
05:24
Can I see you a minute, please?
我能跟你单独说一分钟吗？
05:28
Excuse me, Bruce.
失陪一下，布鲁斯。
05:30
Did you get it , you get it?
你拿到了吗？拿到了吗？
05:32
Where is it? Come on.
在哪儿？快点。
05:34
- Certified? - Sure. But Walter, that's for $2,500.
— 是保付的吗？— 当然。可是沃尔特，那是2500块。
05:40
Here we are certified and everything.
在这儿，保付的，一切都办好了。
05:42
Certified.
保付的。
05:45
I'm afraid Hildy'll feel ashamed to think she hasn't trusted you.
我怕希尔迪会觉得惭愧，觉得她竟然没信任你。
05:49
But she'll know some day.
但总有一天她会知道的。
05:50
You promised to phone her as soon as you got the check.
你答应过，拿到支票就马上给她打电话。
05:54
Oh, yes, yes, of course.
哦，对，对，当然。
05:56
Get me Hildy Johnson, press room, criminal courts building.
给我接希尔迪·约翰逊，刑事法院大楼报房。
05:59
Sit down, Bruce. The operator will get her for you.
坐下吧，布鲁斯。接线员会帮你接通。
06:04
Excuse me, will you ?
劳驾，可以吗？
06:07
Yes, I'll wait, thank you.
好，我等，谢谢。
06:11
Start hollering. Hildegarde.
开始喊吧，希尔德加德。
06:14
Thank you.
谢谢。
06:16
Hildy Johnson speaking.
希尔迪·约翰逊。
06:20
Take it easy, will you ?
别急，行吗？
06:25
Did you get the check? Is it certified?
支票拿到了吗？是保付的吗？
06:27
Certified and everything. I have it right in my pocket.
保付的，手续齐全。我就放在口袋里。
06:30
In your pocket. That's fine.
在你口袋里？那很好。
06:32
Wait. Maybe it isn't so fine. Where are you?
等等，也不一定好。你在哪儿？
06:35
Mr. Burns' office.
伯恩斯先生的办公室。
06:36
Is he there?
他在吗？
06:38
Look, Bruce. I don't want you to carry that check in your pocket.
听我说，布鲁斯，我不想让你把那张支票放在口袋里带着。
06:42
Well, because...
这个嘛，因为……
06:44
Yes, yes, I know all that. But...
是，是，我知道那些。可是……
06:48
There's an old newspaper superstition...
报界有个老迷信……
06:50
...that the first big check you get, you put in the lining of your hat.
……你拿到的第一张大额支票，要塞进帽子的衬里。
06:54
In your hat. It brings good luck.
放帽子里？那会带来好运。
06:57
I've been a reporter for 20 years. I never heard that.
我当记者20年了，从没听说过。
06:59
Neither did I. I know it sounds silly, dear, but do it for me.
我也没听说过。我知道这听着很傻，亲爱的，但就当是为我做的。
07:02
Yes, yes, right now.
好，好，现在就放。
07:04
All right. Just a minute.
好吧，等一下。
07:15
There, I've done it.
好了，我放进去了。
07:17
Anything else?
还有别的吗？
07:19
Oh, yes.
哦，有。
07:20
All right.
好。
07:24
Yes, I'll tell him. Goodbye.
好的，我会告诉他。再见。
07:27
Everything all right?
一切都还顺利吗？
07:28
Hildy said she'll get right to work .
希尔迪说她马上就开始工作。
07:30
- Fine. - I must be going now.
— 好。— 我现在得走了。
07:32
You don't want to forget this. It might rain, you know.
你可别忘了这个。你知道，可能会下雨。
07:35
Thanks.
谢谢。
07:36
You mind if I don't show you out? I'm so busy in here.
你不介意我不送你出去吧？我这儿忙得不可开交。
07:39
Thanks for everything.
谢谢你做的一切。
07:41
- What did you say? - Thanks for everything.
— 你说什么？— 谢谢你做的一切。
07:43
Nonsense. Don't thank me. I should thank you.
别傻了。别谢我，该我谢你。
07:46
- So long. - So long.
— 再见。— 再见。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoPronunciation↩ 00:04
will you
will 弱读，you 与前词连成轻快的附加问句。
Hello, Sarge, McCue talking. Hold the line, will you ? What?
喂，萨奇，我是麦库。别挂电话，行吗？什么？
SlangB2↩ 00:10
lead
新闻线索——报界行话，指新消息或线索
Jake, new lead on the hanging.
杰克，绞刑案有新线索。
CollocationB1↩ 00:27
figure something out
figure something out
自己想明白、判断出来
- Is this guy Egelhoffer any good? - You figure it out .
— 这个伊格尔霍夫医生靠谱吗？— 你自己判断吧。
Pronunciation↩ 00:27
figure it out
figure 末尾 r 与 it 连读，再顺滑带出 out。
- Is this guy Egelhoffer any good? - You figure it out .
— 这个伊格尔霍夫医生靠谱吗？— 你自己判断吧。
CollocationC1↩ 00:35
on the eve of something
on the eve of something
在某事发生前夕
Here's the situation on the eve of the hanging.
绞刑前夕的情况是这样。
SlangC1↩ 00:37
slop
低质稿件——非正式贬称，指粗糙的报道
I'll pick up a little fudge. This is Murphy. More slop on the hanging.
我先去弄点小道消息。这是墨菲。又是一篇关于绞刑的烂稿。
GrammarB2↩ 00:46
to prepare for the expected general uprising
目的不定式：to prepare 表示目的，后面接 for 加名词短语。
... to prepare for the expected general uprising ...
……为应对预计会在行刑时刻爆发的……
CollocationB2↩ 01:00
cry wolf
cry wolf
反复把假危险说成真事
这里讽刺警长夸大所谓赤色威胁
...the sheriff will still be crying wolf . What do you got?
……警长还会继续喊“狼来了”。你有什么消息？
SlangB1↩ 01:29
Ain't
不是、没有——非正式口语，正式写作不用
- None of your business. - Ain't fooling us, are you?
— 不关你的事。— 你骗不了我们，对吧？
CollocationB2↩ 01:44
settle down
settle down
安定下来过日子
I'm settling down . I'm through with the newspaper business.
我要安定下来了。我跟报纸这一行彻底告别。
SlangC1↩ 01:47
didies
尿布——老派口语，现代通常说 diapers
Can you picture Hildy singing lullabies and hanging out didies ?
你们能想象希尔迪唱摇篮曲、晾尿布的样子吗？
Pronunciation↩ 02:20
Keep quiet down there
Keep、quiet、down、there 逐步重读，命令感增强。
Keep quiet down there ! How do you expect us to get any work done?
下面安静！你们指望我们怎么工作？
SlangC1↩ 02:41
yarn
新闻报道——报界行话，不是毛线
I haven't got time. I have to do a yarn on Williams.
我没时间。我得写一篇关于威廉姆斯的报道。
GrammarB2↩ 02:46
If you ask the state alienist, the answer is yes
条件句：If 从句设定提问角度，主句给出相应答案。
If you ask us, no. If you ask the state alienist, the answer is yes .
要是问我们，不知道。要是问州里的精神科医生，答案是知道。
CollocationB2↩ 02:57
go out of business
go out of business
停业、倒闭
McClosky Company goes out of business . Williams loses his job.
麦克洛斯基公司倒闭了。威廉姆斯丢了工作。
CollocationB1↩ 03:04
hang around
hang around
在某处闲待
So he hangs around the park listening to soapbox spellbinders...
于是他在公园里晃荡，听那些街头演说家慷慨陈词……
CollocationA2↩ 03:46
take care of someone
take care of someone
照顾某人、对某人负责
But you will take care of her , Bruce.
可你会照顾她的，布鲁斯。
CollocationB2↩ 04:02
have it coming to someone
have it coming to someone
某人本来就该得到或承受
这里说 Hildy 本该拿到赡养费
She had it coming to her , but she was too independent.
那本来就是她应得的，只是她太独立了。
GrammarC1↩ 04:13
you'll have made enough so that money won't mean anything to you
将来完成时：you’ll have made 表示到未来某时已经完成，so that 引出结果。
By then, you'll have made enough so that money won't mean anything to you .
到那时候，你已经赚够了钱，钱对你来说就无所谓了。
GrammarB2↩ 04:34
that Hildy's entitled to spend her remaining years
宾语从句：that 从句作 think 的宾语，内含 be entitled to 结构。
Don't you think that Hildy's entitled to spend her remaining years ...
你不觉得希尔迪有权在余生里……
CollocationB1↩ 04:42
put it that way
put it that way
你这么一说、换个角度看
Of course, if you put it that way .
当然，你这么一说也是。
CollocationB2↩ 04:53
pass on
pass on
去世的委婉说法
这里 Walter 用委婉语谈自己的死亡
...she'll never have to know until I've passed on .
……直到我去世，她都不必知道。
GrammarB2↩ 04:53
she'll never have to know until I've passed on
until 时间从句：主句说明持续状态，until 从句限定它结束的时间。
...she'll never have to know until I've passed on .
……直到我去世，她都不必知道。
SlangB2↩ 05:13
a heel
卑鄙的家伙——老派口语，带责备意味
You make me feel like a heel , coming between you.
你让我觉得自己像个混蛋，横在你们之间。
Pronunciation↩ 05:30
Did you get it
did you 读成 /dɪdʒə/，get it 中间不要断开。
Did you get it , you get it?
你拿到了吗？拿到了吗？
CollocationB1↩ 07:28
get right to work
get right to work
马上开始工作
Hildy said she'll get right to work .
希尔迪说她马上就开始工作。
Pronunciation↩ 07:32
You don't want to
want to 弱读成 wanna，整段快速带过。
You don't want to forget this. It might rain, you know.
你可别忘了这个。你知道，可能会下雨。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
SlangC1↩ 00:37
slop
粗制滥造的稿子
In the scene墨菲把关于绞刑的又一篇报道嘲成烂稿，带着记者圈的嫌弃。
The website is full of slop, so I read the original report.那个网站满是粗制滥造的内容，所以我去看原报道。
In daily life
批评文章This draft is slop; send it back for a rewrite.这份草稿太粗糙了，退回去重写。
above my level
IronyB2↩ 01:00
cry wolf
反复虚报警报
In the scene墨菲讽刺警长一再渲染“赤色威胁”，真威胁来了也没人信。
If you cry wolf about every small bug, the team will ignore a real outage.如果每个小故障都拉响警报，团队会忽略真正的宕机。
In daily life
项目预警Don’t cry wolf every time a minor task slips.别每次小任务延期就大惊小怪。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:51
sour grapes
吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸
In the scene同事嘲笑 Hildy 的婚姻计划，她用一句 sour grapes 反击他们的酸话。
Calling the concert boring after missing it is just sour grapes.错过演唱会后说它无聊，不过是吃不着葡萄说葡萄酸。
In daily life
朋友嘴硬He says the prize was silly, but that sounds like sour grapes.他说奖品没意思，但听着像是在酸。
above my level
Phrasal verbB2↩ 01:44
settle down
安定下来过日子
In the sceneHildy 宣称要结婚、安定下来，借此向同事告别报纸行业。
After years of travel, Maya wants to settle down near her family.旅行多年后，玛雅想在家人附近安定下来。
In daily life
人生规划I’m ready to settle down and buy a small home.我准备安定下来，买一套小房子。
above my level
CollocationC1↩ 03:52
a debt of honor
一笔道义债
In the sceneWalter 把亏欠 Hildy 的责任说成必须偿还的道义债。
Keeping my promise to her feels like a debt of honor.遵守对她的承诺，让我觉得这是必须偿还的道义债。
In daily life
履行承诺Returning the favor is a debt of honor between old friends.老朋友之间，回报这份情谊是一种道义责任。
above my level
VocabularyC1↩ 03:29
beneficiary
受益人
In the scene医生谈到人寿保险，询问 Bruce 去世后保单的钱给谁。
Please name a beneficiary for your retirement account.请为你的退休账户指定一名受益人。
In daily life
填写保单She listed her brother as the beneficiary.她把哥哥列为受益人。
above my level
DiscourseB2↩ 04:07
figure it this way
换个角度想
In the sceneWalter 用这句重排 Bruce 的思路，把眼前的花费包装成长期保障。
Figure it this way: a short delay is better than a costly mistake.换个角度想，短暂延误总比昂贵的错误好。
In daily life
解释取舍Figure it this way: we save now and replace it next month.换个角度想，我们现在先省下来，下个月再换。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“...the sheriff will still be crying wolf. What do you got?”
……警长还会继续喊“狼来了”。你有什么消息？
Why it's great
用《狼来了》的典故讽刺官方反复夸大威胁，笑里藏着对权力的怀疑。
Pattern
cry wolf when the real danger arrives
When to use
提醒别人别反复夸大风险，否则真出事没人信。
Similar
Don’t raise a false alarm. ／ People stop listening to repeated warnings.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
重读 sheriff、real、crying wolf，wolf 前短停。
Use it yourself
提醒别夸大If we exaggerate every delay, people will stop listening when the real problem arrives.如果每次延误都夸大其词，真出问题时大家就不会听了。
“She had it coming to her, but she was too independent.”
那本来就是她应得的，只是她太独立了。
Why it's great
have it coming to her 既能说应得的待遇，也带出 Walter 对 Hildy 性格的复杂评价。
Pattern
have it coming to someone
When to use
谈某人本该得到某种回报、惩罚或待遇时使用。
Similar
She deserved it. ／ It was rightfully hers.
Register
neutral
Shadowing tip
had it coming 连成一组，but 后换轻微转折语气。
Use it yourself
讨论补偿After years of unpaid work, he had a raise coming to him.多年无偿加班后，他本来就该得到加薪。
“...she'll never have to know until I've passed on.”
……直到我去世，她都不必知道。
Why it's great
用 passed on 委婉谈死亡，表面温柔，实际服务于 Walter 的情感操控。
Pattern
not have to know until someone passes on
When to use
谈敏感秘密或遗愿时委婉表示“直到某人去世才知道”。
Similar
until I’m gone ／ after I’m no longer here
Register
neutral
Shadowing tip
never 和 know 重读，until 后语速放慢收住。
Use it yourself
保守惊喜She need not know about the surprise until the guests arrive.客人到之前，她不必知道这个惊喜。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 绞刑案讽刺报道
A double guard has been thrown around the jail, municipal buildings... ...railroad terminals, and elevated stations... ...to prepare for the expected general uprising... ...of radicals at the hour of execution. The sheriff has put 200 more relatives on the payroll... ...to protect the city from the Red Army... ...which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes. Trouble is, when the real Red Menace shows up... ...the sheriff will still be crying wolf. What do you got?
监狱、各市政大楼周围都增派了双岗警卫…… ……铁路终点站和高架车站也一样…… ……为应对预计会在行刑时刻爆发的…… ……激进分子大暴动…… 警长还把200名亲属弄进工资名册…… ……好保护城市不受红军的侵袭…… ……而红军再过几分钟就要离开莫斯科了。 问题是，等真正的“赤色威胁”出现…… ……警长还会继续喊“狼来了”。你有什么消息？
一本正经堆叠官腔，最后用 crying wolf 把荒谬感猛地翻出来。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Catch the sarcasm in crying wolf
- Learn insurance vocabulary like beneficiary
- Use sour grapes to dismiss envy
- Tell newsroom slang from everyday speech
People also search
Questions, then the linesWhat does crying wolf mean here?
It means making repeated false alarms until nobody believes a real warning.
What does sour grapes mean?
It describes dismissing something only because you could not get it.
Who is the beneficiary in the scene?
The beneficiary is the person named to receive the insurance money.
Why does Hildy return to the press room?
She still loves reporting, and Walter gives her a push back into the story.