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陳述唸到一半有人動槍:get someone on a wire

一場正式談話裡,有人一條條念出投訴:深夜來電、威脅、還要用廣場酒店的套房去賄賂議員。一句 peeling the first layer of the onion(只是冰山一角)把案子說得深不見底,一句 get someone on a wire(給某人秘密錄音)點出查案關鍵。想聊竊聽、爆料或層層挖內幕,這兩句都用得上。

發生了什麼

一場正式談話裡,有人一條條念出投訴:深夜來電、威脅、還要用廣場酒店的套房去賄賂議員。一句 I am so sorry(非常抱歉)打斷陳述,接著有人說想 talk from my heart(說心裡話)、get vulnerable(袒露脆弱),場面很快失控,甚至有人掏槍。等大家坐回去,案子越談越大:peeling the first layer of the onion(只是冰山一角)說明才揭開第一層,get someone on a wire(給某人秘密錄音)則成了辦案關鍵。想學查案、談判或形容事情才剛開始,這幾句都能直接搬用。

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留意這幾個短語

Procedures exist for purposesget vulnerablepeeling the first layer of the onionget someone on a wire

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本章短語

get someone on a wire

給某人秘密錄音secretly record someone

有人否掉一千萬美元的打法,要用 get someone on a wire 這種更穩妥的路子:不硬來,先把目標人物的話錄下來當證據。

They hoped to get someone on a wire before the meeting.他們希望在會面前給某人秘密錄音。

本章還有

  • Procedures exist for purposes

    程式自有其意義

  • get vulnerable

    袒露脆弱

  • peeling the first layer of the onion

    只是冰山一角

  • for real

    不是鬧著玩

  • otherwise, you're doing a great job

    反話式誇獎

本章全部批註

79 句台詞裡標了 26 處

語法 · B2purposes that we must respect

定語從句:that we must respect 修飾 purposes,說明‘我們必須尊重的那些目的’,不是另起一句。

"Procedures exist for purposes that we must respect.
語法 · C1demanded that I allow him

賓語從句:demanded that 後接要求內容,從句用 I allow him to use,不能用過去式。

"Subsequently, he demanded that I allow him "to use the Sherman Suite of the Plaza Hotel "for purposes of bribing members of Congress."
短語 · C1have nothing but respect for someone

對某人只有敬意

I have nothing but the utmost respect for you as my mentor and...
短語 · B2talk from the heart

說心裡話

I just want to talk from my heart.
短語 · C1put something on record

正式記錄在案

I don't want to put it on record or anything. I want to get vulnerable.
發音want to

want to 快說時縮在一起,t 只輕碰,重心放到後面動詞。

I don't want to put it on record or anything. I want to get vulnerable.
短語 · B1finish one's statement

把陳述說完

Can I finish my statement? Of course, of course.
發音what are you

what are you 連得快,are 很輕,重點落在 doing 上。

Hello. Hey, hey, hey, hey- Hey, hey, what are you doing?
短語 · B2control one's passion

壓住自己的激情

It's just hard for me to control my passion. I'm a very passionate person.
短語 · C1in confidence

私下裡、要求保密 不是‘有信心’,是‘私下、保密’

That was told to you in confidence.
發音gonna hit

gonna hit 裡 gonna 常弱化為 /ˈɡənə/,末尾 /ə/ 短促收住,hit 的 h 正常出氣,重音壓在 hit 上。

I'm not even gonna hit you.
短語 · B1hang out with someone

和他混在一起 不是掛起來,是一起消磨時間

I hung out with him.
短語 · C1any number of + plural noun

一大批議員

Yeah, we can get him, we can get his whole organization, as well as getting any number of congressmen.
語法 · C1as well as getting

並列結構:as well as 後接動名詞 getting,把‘抓議員’追加到目標清單,不是比較。

Yeah, we can get him, we can get his whole organization, as well as getting any number of congressmen.
短語 · B2peel the first layer of something

才揭開第一層 洋蔥比喻層層隱藏的調查

That's just peeling the first layer of the onion.
俚語 · C1skims

抽頭黑錢——賭場、犯罪行話,外行別裝懂亂用

How are we trapping him? They're gonna promise to build casinos, handle the skims, do the licensing...
短語 · C1have someone on tape

有某人的錄音證據 tape 這裡指錄音,不是磁帶本身

And you have what? You have him on tape saying this?
短語 · B2find a safer way to do something

找更安全的做法

I want you to find a safer way to get Victor Tellegio on a wire.
短語 · C1entrap someone

設套誘捕某人

Even to entrap Tellegio, it's crazy.
俚語 · C1pinch

逮捕——警匪或街頭口語,別對警察隨便用

I want to pinch us some congressmen, okay?
短語 · B1keep one's job

保住工作

Good luck keeping your job, by the way, and staying out of jail,
短語 · B1stay out of jail

別進監獄

Good luck keeping your job, by the way, and staying out of jail,
短語 · B1do a great job

乾得很好

and not being killed by the Mob, but otherwise, you're doing a great job.
語法 · C1not being killed by the Mob

被動動名詞:not being killed 是動名詞被動式,和 keeping、staying 並列,意思是‘不被殺’。

and not being killed by the Mob, but otherwise, you're doing a great job.
俚語 · B2the Mob

黑手黨、黑幫——新聞和口語常用,正式文本別用

and not being killed by the Mob, but otherwise, you're doing a great job.
短語 · B1the end of the story

故事的結局

What's the end of the ice fishing story?

看懂「陳述唸到一半有人動槍」

發音重點

  • want to — want to 快說時縮在一起,t 只輕碰,重心放到後面動詞。
  • what are you — what are you 連得快,are 很輕,重點落在 doing 上。
  • gonna hit — gonna hit 裡 gonna 常弱化為 /ˈɡənə/,末尾 /ə/ 短促收住,hit 的 h 正常出氣,重音壓在 hit 上。
"Procedures exist for purposes that we must respect.

程式之所以存在,自有我們必須尊重的目的。 把官僚腔說成一句原則宣言,冷靜、完整,適合拿來背正式表達。

I don't want to put it on record or anything. I want to get vulnerable.

我不想把它正式記錄在案什麼的。我想袒露脆弱。 一邊拒絕留檔一邊要求交心,職場套話和心理諮詢詞撞在一起,人物立刻活了。

That's just peeling the first layer of the onion.

那只是剝開洋蔥的第一層。 用廚房畫面講調查才開頭,輕巧地把大案說成多層結構,畫面感強。

I'm not telling you the end of the ice fishing story!

我不會告訴你冰釣故事的結局! 一句拒絕把懸念和私人邊界都頂回來,短促、孩子氣又好笑。

關於這一章的問題

get someone on a wire 是什麼意思?

意思是給某人秘密錄音。臺詞裡有人要找一個更穩妥的辦法給泰萊吉奧上竊聽,用的就是這個說法。

「只是冰山一角」英語怎麼說?

可以說 peeling the first layer of the onion,也就是「只是冰山一角」;臺詞裡用它說明這案子才揭開第一層,後面還有更多。

for real 在這裡是什麼意思?

意思是「不是鬧著玩」、動真格的。臺詞裡說,這樣一來就能讓對方知道我們是 for real。

otherwise, you're doing a great job 是什麼語氣?

是反話式誇獎。前面先列保住飯碗、別進監獄、別被黑幫幹掉,最後才說除此之外你幹得漂亮,明顯是在挖苦。

「袒露脆弱」英語怎麼說?

用 get vulnerable,意思是袒露脆弱。臺詞裡有人說,不想把話正式記錄在案,只想 get vulnerable,說說真實感受。

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