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老对手一聊到过去，嘴硬的人先松口
My Fellow Americans · 1996
CEFR B1IELTS 6.5woods雅思reflection
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Everything you need before watchingTwo former presidents wander into an unexpectedly honest conversation. They begin by trading jabs about a White House cook and a dangerously described pizza, then drift toward the people who voted one of them out. The scene matters because the jokes slowly expose embarrassment, loneliness, and an uneasy desire to reconnect. Listen for contractions, sarcastic understatement, political vocabulary, and the way a crude punch line keeps the mood from becoming sentimental.
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Russell P. Kramerformer president
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Matt Douglasformer president
Chapters
13 parts · AI-cut01An Awkward Golf Talk自以为坦率的人，往往最不会说话B21'34"02Scandal in the Archives旧账一翻出来，所有人都想改口B21'32"03Taken from Home争吵还没结束，危险已经找上门来B21'30"04Flight Gone Wrong命令说得再清楚，也未必有人敢执行B22'00"05Survival and Evidence被追杀的人，先要学会怎么活下来B22'12"06Presidents on a Train冒充大人物之后，普通人也会露馅B11'48"07An Unlikely Ride陌生人好心搭车，嘴上却不肯留情B12'07"08Old Rivals Open Up老对手一聊到过去，嘴硬的人先松口B12'02"09Politics in the Back Seat被逼到绝路的人，终于敢问一句真话B23'49"10Evidence in the Library查一份旧记录，才能看见谁在说谎B23'09"11Breaking the Cover-Up真相一开口，所有借口都会裂开B23'37"12Escape Through the Tunnel逃命路上还要斗嘴，越危险越不服输B21'33"13Haney Faces the Truth真相摆到眼前，最会装的人先慌了B21'34"
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00:02
Let's talk.
咱们聊聊。
00:03
Why? 'Cause I'm bored.
为什么？因为我闲得无聊。
00:05
I have nothing to say to you . Well, I have nothing to say to you.
我没什么话跟你说。好吧，我确实没什么话跟你说。
00:08
That doesn't mean we can't talk.
这不代表我们就不能聊天。
00:10
My parents proved that conclusively.
我父母已经把这点证明得再清楚不过了。
00:14
What do you miss most about the office ?
你最想念那间办公室里的什么？
00:16
I don't miss anything. I don't live in the past.
我什么都不怀念。我不活在过去。
00:20
Rita. What about Rita?
丽塔。丽塔怎么了？
00:22
Oh, God, Rita. Yes, I do miss Rita.
哦，天哪，丽塔。对，我确实想她。
00:24
Greatest cook the White House ever had.
白宫有史以来最棒的厨师。
00:26
The only cook the White House ever had.
白宫有史以来唯一的厨师。
00:28
I think Rita started with George Washington.
我觉得丽塔从乔治·华盛顿那会儿就开始干了。
00:30
You know, when I couldn't sleep ,
你知道，我睡不着的时候，
00:31
I'd go downstairs, and she'd make this dessert.
我就下楼，她会给我做点甜品。
00:33
It was a cream puff with raspberry sauce--
是一种覆盆子酱奶油泡芙——
00:37
Did you ever have one of her pizzas?
你以前吃过她做的披萨吗？
00:39
It was like a wet dream with a crust.
那就像披着饼皮的春梦。
00:42
A wet dream ?
春梦？
00:44
I don't think I need to hear Russell P. Kramer saying
我可不想听拉塞尔·P·克莱默说
00:47
the words " wet dream "
“春梦”这两个字。
00:48
I'll wake up screaming every night till I die.
我会每晚尖叫着醒来，直到死为止。
00:50
There's nothing wrong with wet dream s. Stop!
做春梦又没什么不对。住口！
00:53
I had a couple when I was a kid.
我小时候也做过几次。
00:54
Great. I'll look for that exhibit in your library.
好极了。我会去你图书馆里找找那个展品。
00:56
Just stop!
住口！
00:59
Okay, I got one.
好，我想到一个。
01:01
When you were in the White House,
你在白宫的时候，
01:03
who was the person you were most excited to meet ?
你最想见的人是谁？
01:06
Nelson Mandela. I'm not a reporter.
纳尔逊·曼德拉。我又不是记者。
01:08
Ella Fitzgerald. Ah.
埃拉·菲茨杰拉德。啊。
01:10
Mandela was a great man, but he couldn't sing worth shit .
曼德拉是个伟人，可他唱歌烂透了。
01:12
Joe DiMaggio.
乔·迪马吉奥。
01:14
That was a thrill.
那可真让人激动。
01:21
What?
什么？
01:24
Eighty million.
八千万人。
01:27
That's how many people voted against me
有八千万人投票反对我
01:29
the last time out .
上一次竞选的时候。
01:34
That's how many people
有那么多人
01:36
didn't trust me, didn't like me, didn't...
不信任我，不喜欢我，不……
01:43
Who knows?
谁知道呢？
01:50
I stayed in bed for a week and a half
我在床上躺了整整一个半星期
01:52
after they voted me out .
就因为他们把我投下了台。
01:58
Let's stop talking. We're about to bond . It'll make me vomit.
别聊了。我们马上要和好了，我会吐的。
02:01
Oh, why don't you go to hell ?
哦，你怎么不下地狱呢？
02:03
Now, that's better.
这就好多了。
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'Cause
因为，口语缩略——日常口语解释原因，正式写作用 because
Why? 'Cause I'm bored.
为什么？因为我闲得无聊。
CollocationB1↩ 00:05
have nothing to say to someone
have nothing to say to someone
没什么话对某人说
I have nothing to say to you . Well, I have nothing to say to you.
我没什么话跟你说。好吧，我确实没什么话跟你说。
CollocationB1↩ 00:08
it doesn't mean (that) ...
it doesn't mean (that) ...
这并不代表……
That doesn't mean we can't talk.
这不代表我们就不能聊天。
CollocationB1↩ 00:14
miss most about something
miss most about something
最怀念某事的某一面
What do you miss most about the office ?
你最想念那间办公室里的什么？
Pronunciation↩ 00:14
do you miss
do you 弱读并连起来，听感接近 də-yə。
What do you miss most about the office ?
你最想念那间办公室里的什么？
CollocationA2↩ 00:20
What about someone/something?
What about someone/something?
那……呢？
Rita. What about Rita?
丽塔。丽塔怎么了？
CollocationA2↩ 00:28
start with something
start with something
从某事或某人开始
I think Rita started with George Washington.
我觉得丽塔从乔治·华盛顿那会儿就开始干了。
CollocationA2↩ 00:30
can't/couldn't sleep
can't/couldn't sleep
睡不着
You know, when I couldn't sleep ,
你知道，我睡不着的时候，
Pronunciation↩ 00:30
when I couldn't
when I 的 n 连到 I，开头别刻意断开。
You know, when I couldn't sleep ,
你知道，我睡不着的时候，
Pronunciation↩ 00:31
and she'd make
and 弱读成 ən，和 she'd 连起来。
I'd go downstairs, and she'd make this dessert.
我就下楼，她会给我做点甜品。
CollocationA2↩ 00:37
Did you ever have something?
Did you ever have something?
你以前吃过或经历过……吗？
Did you ever have one of her pizzas?
你以前吃过她做的披萨吗？
SlangB2↩ 00:39
wet dream
梦遗或性梦——成人话题，熟人玩笑可用，正式场合谨慎
It was like a wet dream with a crust.
那就像披着饼皮的春梦。
GrammarB2↩ 00:44
hear Russell P. Kramer saying
感官动词宾补：hear 后接人加现在分词，表示听见某人正在说。
I don't think I need to hear Russell P. Kramer saying
我可不想听拉塞尔·P·克莱默说
CollocationA2↩ 00:54
look for something
look for something
寻找某物
Great. I'll look for that exhibit in your library.
好极了。我会去你图书馆里找找那个展品。
Pronunciation↩ 00:54
look for that exhibit
for 弱读，that 不重读，exhibit 承担信息重音。
Great. I'll look for that exhibit in your library.
好极了。我会去你图书馆里找找那个展品。
CollocationB1↩ 01:03
be excited to meet someone
be excited to meet someone
很期待见到某人
who was the person you were most excited to meet ?
你最想见的人是谁？
GrammarB1↩ 01:03
the person you were most excited to meet
省略关系词：person 后省略 that 或 who，you...meet 修饰 person。
who was the person you were most excited to meet ?
你最想见的人是谁？
Pronunciation↩ 01:10
sing worth shit
worth、shit 双重重读，突出嫌弃。
Mandela was a great man, but he couldn't sing worth shit .
曼德拉是个伟人，可他唱歌烂透了。
SlangB2↩ 01:10
worth shit
糟透了——粗俗的强烈吐槽，正式场合别用
Mandela was a great man, but he couldn't sing worth shit .
曼德拉是个伟人，可他唱歌烂透了。
CollocationB1↩ 01:27
vote against someone
vote against someone
投票反对某人
That's how many people voted against me
有八千万人投票反对我
GrammarB2↩ 01:27
how many people voted against me
数量从句：how many 从句作表语，说明人数，不是单纯提问。
That's how many people voted against me
有八千万人投票反对我
Pronunciation↩ 01:27
voted against me
voted 中间 t 轻弹，against 首音节弱读。
That's how many people voted against me
有八千万人投票反对我
CollocationB2↩ 01:29
last time out
last time out
上一次出场或尝试
the last time out .
上一次竞选的时候。
GrammarB1↩ 01:52
after they voted me out
时间状语从句：after 引导先后关系，说明被投下台发生在躺床之后。
after they voted me out .
就因为他们把我投下了台。
CollocationA2↩ 01:58
be about to do something
be about to do something
马上要做某事
Let's stop talking. We're about to bond . It'll make me vomit.
别聊了。我们马上要和好了，我会吐的。
GrammarA2↩ 01:58
We're about to bond
即将结构：be about to 后接动词原形，表示某事马上发生。
Let's stop talking. We're about to bond . It'll make me vomit.
别聊了。我们马上要和好了，我会吐的。
Pronunciation↩ 01:58
about to bond
to 弱读成 tə，about to 连得很快。
Let's stop talking. We're about to bond . It'll make me vomit.
别聊了。我们马上要和好了，我会吐的。
SlangB1↩ 02:01
go to hell
滚开；见鬼去——争吵时的强烈顶嘴，不适合礼貌交流
Oh, why don't you go to hell ?
哦，你怎么不下地狱呢？
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CollocationA2↩ 00:16
miss something
想念或怀念某人某物
In the scene克莱默先嘴硬说不怀念过去，其实仍惦记白宫生活。
I miss the quiet mornings at my old job.我怀念以前工作时安静的早晨。
In daily life
想念故乡She misses her hometown every winter.她每年冬天都会想念家乡。
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IdiomB1↩ 00:16
live in the past
沉溺于过去
In the scene他把不愿承认的怀念说成自己不沉溺往事。
He still lives in the past after losing the championship.输掉冠军后，他仍然活在过去。
In daily life
安慰朋友You cannot live in the past forever.你不能永远活在过去。
above my level
VocabularyB2↩ 00:39
wet dream
梦遗；性梦
In the scene他用成人性话题夸张形容披萨，故意让对方尴尬。
The health class explained that wet dreams are normal.健康课解释说，梦遗是正常现象。
In daily life
健康咨询He asked the doctor a private question about wet dreams.他就梦遗向医生问了一个私密问题。
above my level
IronyB2↩ 00:54
great
反话：真棒啊
In the scene他假装认真找“展品”，讽刺对方把性经历说得像收藏品。
Great, the printer broke again right before my presentation.真棒，我演讲前打印机又坏了。
In daily life
遇到坏消息Great, now we have to start all over.真棒，现在我们得全部重来。
above my level
SwearingB2↩ 01:10
worth shit
糟透了；差得要命
In the scene他承认曼德拉伟大，却用粗话嘲笑对方的歌唱水平。
This old printer is not worth shit anymore.这台旧打印机现在差得一塌糊涂。
In daily life
吐槽设备That bargain charger is worth shit.那个便宜充电器烂透了。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 01:52
vote someone out
投票把某人赶走
In the scene他说选民通过投票让自己离开总统职位。
The board voted the chair out after the scandal.丑闻后，董事会投票罢免了主席。
In daily life
社团换届The club voted its treasurer out.俱乐部投票罢免了财务。
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DiscourseB1↩ 00:44
I don't think I need to
我觉得没必要……
In the scene他用委婉开头表达强烈抗拒，不想再听那个词。
I don't think I need to explain that again.我觉得没必要再解释一遍。
In daily life
拒绝加班I don't think I need to stay late tonight.我觉得今晚没必要加班到很晚。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“That doesn't mean we can't talk.”
这不代表我们就不能聊天。
Why it's great
用让步转折保留余地，把拒绝改写成仍可沟通。
Pattern
That doesn't mean we can't + 动词
When to use
想否定一个结论、又不想把话说死时。
Similar
That doesn't mean you should quit. ／ It doesn't mean we're finished.
Register
neutral
Shadowing tip
重读 mean 和 talk，can't 前短停顿。
Use it yourself
拒绝推销That doesn't mean I want to buy it.这不代表我想买它。
“Let's stop talking. We're about to bond. It'll make me vomit.”
别聊了。我们马上要和好了，我会吐的。
Why it's great
把情感和解夸张成生理不适，嘴硬得好笑。
Pattern
be about to do：马上要做某事
When to use
描述某事即将发生，常用于提醒或预告。
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We're about to leave. ／ You're about to find out.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
about to 连读，bond 和 vomit 重读。
Use it yourself
会议开始We're about to start the meeting.我们马上要开始会议了。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 落选后的自白
That's how many people voted against me the last time out. That's how many people didn't trust me, didn't like me, didn't... Who knows? I stayed in bed for a week and a half after they voted me out.
有八千万人投票反对我 上一次竞选的时候。 有那么多人 不信任我，不喜欢我，不…… 谁知道呢？ 我在床上躺了整整一个半星期 就因为他们把我投下了台。
从数字转入自我否定，重复与停顿显出创伤。