Chapter 4 of 14 · 5'06"
Marta Fails the Lie Test 门外测谎IMDb ↗
问到关键处,人为什么突然想吐
Knives Out · 2019
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe police tell Marta to wait inside. Blanc stops her on the porch instead. He asks about her hours, her pay, then whether a kind heart makes a good nurse. Then he says what he heard: she throws up if she lies. Richard's affair, Joni's double tuition, Walt's job—every answer is a body test. The family is hiding things. Someone mailed Blanc cash and a clipping, and stayed anonymous. This scene turns Marta into a lie detector—and still hides why Blanc is here.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingpoke around
私下打听、摸底
a little bird told me
有人悄悄告诉我
how shall I put this
我该怎么说才得体
weak sauce
理由站不住、很弱
speak figuratively
打比方、不是字面
cut someone off
断供、一分不给
bump someone off
把人干掉、谋杀
clean house
大清洗、整顿门户
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Does having a kind heart make you a good nurse?”
心肠好,就能当好护士吗?
心肠好被他拧成一把刀,把职业资格和人品绑在一起逼问。
Does having X make you a Y?
质疑「有某品质就能胜任某角色」时用。
心好就能当医生吗? / Nice doesn't mean qualified.
literary
having 轻轻带过,kind heart 和 nurse 落重音。
“A yes or no will do.”
答是或否就行。
把开放题收成是非题,礼貌口吻里藏着封口的钳子。
A yes or no will do.
对方绕弯子、你只要一句干脆答复时用。
别解释,说是或不是。 / Just yes or no.
informal
yes 和 no 顿开,will do 轻轻收。
“Compels me, though.”
可它就是让我放不下。
两个词承认这事没道理,好奇心却把人拴在现场。
It compels me, though.
明明不合理,你还是想跟下去时用。
说不通,可我就是在意。 / I can't let it go.
literary
Compels 咬实,though 下沉一顿。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageYou have been very patient, my friend. And yes, you are right. None of these weak alibis and domestic squibbles answer your question... "Why is Benoit Blanc here?" Well, now I will tell you why. I'm here because this mornin', someone dodged a very important question.
你一直很有耐心,我的朋友。 而且是的, 你说得对。 这些站不住的托词和家里那些鸡毛蒜皮 都答不上你的问题…… 「贝努瓦·布兰克为什么会在这儿?」 好,现在我告诉你为什么。 我来这儿,是因为今天早上, 有人躲开了一个非常关键的问题。
It's something I've had since I was a kid. It's a physical thing that I... (SHUDDERS) Just the thought of lying... Yeah, it makes me puke.
我从小就这样。 是身体上的,我……(打寒战) 光是想到撒谎…… 对,就会吐。
