Chapter 12 of 14 · 4'38"
The Donut and the Client 甜甜圈与雇主IMDb ↗
请人吃东西,其实在套话
Knives Out · 2019
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingMarta will not budge: she killed Harlan, and that is an immovable fact. Blanc agrees, then returns to the donut. Her confession seems to fill the hole at the center. Look closer, and that hole has a hole of its own. He was hired before the sealed will was read, so his client already knew the inheritance, the crime, and her role. Fran wanted money, not exposure. Then Blanc turns and asks Ransom why a detective was hired at all.
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Language points
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Review right after watchingindulge me
容我说完、听我讲
at first glance
乍看之下
fishing for
试探着捞、钓取
ergo
因此、所以
twist the knife
往伤口再捅一刀
it was up
事情已经败露
heavy-duty conjecture
很重的臆测
make do
将就着自己过
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“A donut hole in a donut's hole.”
甜甜圈的洞里,又套了一个甜甜圈洞。
把「看似填满」收成一句绕口令,推理突然变成能看见的画面。
A hole in a hole:洞里还套着洞
表面说得通、再一看不对时,用来点破套层漏洞。
洞里还套着洞。 / It's a hole inside the hole.
literary
两个 hole 咬清,中间略停,像套圈。
“But I was hired before the sealed will was read.”
可我是在拆封遗嘱之前就被雇的。
一句话翻盘:雇探早于拆封,雇主必已知情。
I was + 过去分词 + before + 事件
用时间顺序推翻对方结论:这件事发生得太早。
I was brought in before anyone knew. / 拆封之前我就接了案。
neutral
hired、before 重读,sealed will 连紧。
“the arc of this case is a tragedy of errors.”
这案子走下来,就是一出失误叠失误的悲剧。
把案件弧线收成文学判断:连环失误酿成的悲剧。
the arc of X is a tragedy of Y
复盘一连串失误、收束判断时用。
a comedy of errors / 一连串失误酿成的悲剧
literary
arc 略扬,tragedy 拉长,errors 落下。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageBut... But, I spoke in the car about the hole at the center of this donut. And what you and Harlan did that fateful night seems at first glance to fill that hole perfectly. A donut hole in a donut's hole. But we must look a little closer. And when we do, we see the donut hole has a hole in its center. It is not a donut hole, but a smaller donut with its own hole and our donut is not whole at all!
可是……可是,我在车里说过那个洞 就在这个甜甜圈的正中心。 而你和哈兰在那个命运之夜做的事 乍看之下,正好把那个洞填得严严实实。 甜甜圈洞里的甜甜圈洞。 可我们必须再凑近看一点。 仔细一看,这个甜甜圈洞 中心还有一个洞。 那不是一个甜甜圈洞, 而是一个更小的、自己也带洞的甜甜圈 而我们的甜甜圈,根本就不完整!
But I was hired before the sealed will was read. So, yes, the person must have known the contents of the will. But one step further, that same person must have known a crime was committed, and further... If the intent was to reverse Marta's inheritance, they must have known that Marta was responsible. An intriguing combination of factors. Someone who knew what Marta did wanted to expose it but could not reveal how they knew.
可我是在拆封遗嘱之前就被雇的。 所以,没错, 那人一定事先知道遗嘱的内容。 可再往前一步, 同一个人一定还知道发生了罪案, 而且更进一步…… 如果目的是推翻玛尔塔的继承权, 他们一定知道责任在玛尔塔身上。 这几个条件叠在一起,耐人寻味。 有人知道玛尔塔做了什么 想把这事揭出来 却不能透露自己是怎么知道的。
