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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingA wall of mist has swallowed the parking lot, and Dan rushes into the store with a terrifying report: something out there took John Lee. Customers try to explain it as pollution, but panic quickly overwhelms reason. As one woman insists on getting home to her children, David struggles to keep everyone inside and calm. This chapter captures the blunt, repetitive language people use when fear takes over.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchinggotta
得;必须
check something out
查看;调查
catch your breath
喘口气
stay put
待在原地别动
figure something out
弄清楚;想出办法
stay cool
保持冷静
in shock
处于震惊状态
shit
糟了;他妈的
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“let s just try to figure out what happened”
我们先冷静点,想办法弄清楚发生了什么。
在混乱里用柔和的提议把大家拉回理性,口语感很强。
Let’s try to figure out...
遇到故障、误会或突发状况时提议查明原因。
Let’s work out what went wrong. / We need to find out what happened.
neutral
just try to连读,figure和out重读,happened降调收尾。
“Everybody just stay put okay”
大家先待在原地,好吗?
stay put比stay here更有现场指挥感,短促有力又地道。
stay put
让别人暂时别走、别动,等待消息或帮助时使用。
Stay where you are. / Please remain in place.
neutral
Everybody和stay重读,put okay连读,okay用确认语气。
“I hope you all rot in hell”
我希望你们全都下地狱腐烂。
极端诅咒把被抛下后的愤怒推到顶点,影视里冲击力很强。
I hope + someone + verb
只能在戏剧化的愤怒或夸张玩笑中识别,别随便对人说。
I hope you get what you deserve. / I hope karma catches up with you.
informal
hope、all、hell重读,句尾压低,表达怒意而非平静愿望。
