Chapter 8 of 14 · 4'00"
Fight at the Memorial 纪念会起争执IMDb ↗
追悼会上,话怎么扯到身份
Knives Out · 2019
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingAt Harlan's memorial, a family toast curdles into an immigration fight. Richard, still in the red cap, talks about losing a way of life; Joni fires back with Nazis and cages. Then they remember Marta is in the room and haul her over as the immigrant who did it right. She can barely breathe. A beat later the same relatives soften: they have talked it over, and would like to help her out financially.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingchampers
香槟的口语说法
from the ground up
从零开始往上挣
help out
帮一把,解个围
face the consequences
承担后果
count on
可以指望、靠得住
you're shitting me
你在开玩笑吧
conflate
把两件事混为一谈
talk over
商量过后决定
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I'm gonna disappear until the politics talk is done.”
政治聊完之前,我先消失。
用 disappear 当离场借口,轻松好套,把话题挡在门外。
I'm gonna + 动作 + until 某事结束。
饭局、家庭群聊一拐到政治,想体面离场时用。
Call me when this dies down. / I'll be in the kitchen until it's over.
informal
gonna 粘住,done 落下并停。
“We are losing our way of life and our culture.”
我们正在失去自己的生活方式和我们的文化。
政治套话的标准骨架,抽象名词叠在一起,听着像口号。
We are losing our + 抽象名词。
识别演讲、评论里的危机修辞,也可反着用。
We're losing what we stand for. / Our way of life is under threat.
formal
losing 拉长,way of life 连成一块。
“Financially, we'd like to help you out.”
在钱上,我们想帮你一把。
先把范围收成「财务」,听着体贴,其实在划边界。
副词开场,再 we'd like to + 提议。
谈资助、补贴、不想全包时,先限定范围。
Money-wise, we can cover the deposit. / Financially, we're happy to chip in.
neutral
Financially 后停半拍,后半句连读。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageyour family is from Uruguay, but you did it right. I mean, what I'm saying is they did it legally. She did it the right way. You work hard, and you'll earn your share from the ground up. Just like Dad and like all the rest of us. And I'll bet you agree with me, right?
你家是乌拉圭来的,但你们走的是正道。 我是说,他们是合法过来的。 她走的是正道。 你努力干活, 从零干起,就能挣到你那份。 就像爸,也像我们剩下这些人。 我敢说你也同意我,对吧?
