Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingPhil Saviano walks into the Globe meeting room with a box and a blunt question: is he the first survivor they have actually sat down with? He offers SNAP's files, then walks them through how a priest grooms a poor Catholic kid until refusal feels like refusing God. Then he turns on the paper: he sent all of this five years ago, and nobody wanted it. After he steps out, the reporters argue whether he has an agenda, and whether thirteen names in Boston would change everything.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingprayed for / preyed upon
祈祷 vs 猎食
pain in the ass
讨厌的人/事
you think?
反问,其实不同意
groom someone
诱骗、养成猎物
go along with
顺着、被迫配合
have an agenda
另有所图
rob someone of
夺走某人的某物
the collar
神职衣领/身份
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“How do you say no to God, right?”
你要怎么对上帝说不,对吧?
把神父换成上帝,拒绝立刻变成渎神,一句钉死诱骗的核心。
How do you say no to + 权威?
指出某人对权威无法拒绝、只能顺着的时候。
How do you refuse someone like that? / You can't really say no to that.
literary
no 和 God 都重,right 轻轻落下。
“And when a priest does this to you, he robs you of your faith.”
神父对你做这种事,就是把你的信仰抢走。
robs you of 把伤害说成被偷走的东西,比 abused 更有画面。
rob someone of something
讲某人被夺走信心、时间或机会的时候。
It takes your faith away. / You're left with nothing to believe in.
literary
robs you of 稍顿,faith 收住下沉。
“And I don't mean prayed for. I mean preyed upon.”
我不是说为我祈祷。我是说被他猎食。
同音词硬拆开,听的人没法假装听成祝福。
I don't mean X. I mean Y.
纠正误会、把听错的词钉到真意思上时。
Not that kind of pray. / I mean prey, as in hunter and prey.
informal
prayed 和 preyed 同音,靠 upon 把第二层砸实。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageWhen you're a poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot. And when a priest pays attention to you, it's a big deal. He asks you to collect the hymnals or take out the trash, you feel special. It's like God asking for help. So maybe it's a little weird when he tells you a dirty joke, but now you got a secret together, so you go along. Then he shows you a porno mag, and you go along. And you go along, and you go along, until one day he asks you to jerk him off or give him a blow job. And so you go along with that, too, because you feel trapped, because he has groomed you. How do you say no to God, right? See, it is important to understand that this is not just physical abuse, it's spiritual abuse, too. And when a priest does this to you, he robs you of your faith. So you reach for the bottle or the needle. Or if those don't work, you jump off a bridge. That's why we call ourselves survivors.
你要是穷孩子、穷人家,宗教就很重要。 神父要是关注你,那可是件大事。 他让你去收赞美诗本 或者去倒垃圾,你会觉得自己被选中了。 就像上帝在请你帮忙。 所以他给你讲荤段子时,也许会觉得有点怪, 可你们已经有了共同的秘密,于是你就顺着。 然后他给你看色情杂志,你还是顺着。 你顺着,再顺着, 直到有一天他让你给他手淫,或者给他口交。 于是那件事你也顺着做了, 因为你觉得自己被困住了, 因为他已经把你一步步养成了。 你要怎么对上帝说不,对吧? 听着, 必须明白,这不只是身体上的虐待, 也是精神上、信仰上的虐待。 神父对你做这种事,就是把你的信仰抢走。 于是你去抓酒瓶,或者去抓针管。 要是那些都不灵,你就从桥上跳下去。 所以我们才自称幸存者。
