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幼鯨被運走母鯨哭喊:never crossed my mind

夜裡拉網,把四歲的幼鯨從媽媽身邊隔開,裝上卡車運去機場;母鯨縮在池角發抖、尖叫。有人回憶自己從沒想過會發生這種事:never crossed my mind(念頭從沒出現過),最後只剩下 besides grief(除了悲痛沒有別的)。想表達「完全沒想到」或「無法用別的詞形容」,這兩個說法都很頂用。

發生了什麼

一場夜間轉移在鯨池裡進行:訓練師拉網隔開幼鯨和母鯨,把四歲的幼鯨裝上卡車送去機場,母鯨留在池角發抖、尖叫。有人回憶,自己當初以為有責任讓它們一家待在一起,也從沒料到會拆散母女,never crossed my mind(念頭從沒出現過)說的就是這種毫無準備;面對主管的挖苦,shut me up(把我的話堵住)又寫出了被噎住的無力。事後回看,最後能找到的說法只有 besides grief(除了悲痛不能叫別的)。這些表達適合講突然的壞訊息、被人頂回去,或描述難以命名的悲傷。

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  • 聽「你的」怎麼變成「歸他們」

留意這幾個短語

naive of menews to usnever crossed my mindwithout her mommy

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點一句台詞就從那裡放

本章短語

never crossed my mind

念頭從沒出現過the idea never showed up

聽說幼鯨要被轉走時,有人說這件事 never crossed my mind。這不是證明自己反對過,而是那念頭根本沒出現。說的時候滿是後怕。

It never crossed my mind that the cafe would shut on Monday.咖啡館週一就關,我腦子裡沒閃過這念頭。

本章還有

  • naive of me

    我那樣想太天真

  • news to us

    我們事先不知情

  • without her mommy

    娃娃腔挖苦人的擔心

  • shut me up

    把我的話堵住

  • removed from the scene

    像清場一樣弄走

本章全部批註

25 句台詞裡標了 30 處

短語 · B2naive of someone

我那樣想太天真

有人開口就先認naive of me,才說出本想守住鯨的一家。這是事後把判斷放低,不是向誰撒嬌。嘲弄還沒來,先把自己說小。

I know it was naive of me, but I thought that...
發音but I thought

but貼住I,t點一下就走

I know it was naive of me, but I thought that...
短語 · B1as much as someone could

做得到的全部都做上

it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.
短語 · B2keep family units together

讓一家子還能待在一起

it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.
短語 · B1in the wild

在野外

it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.
短語 · B1someone's newest star

最新捧出來的臺柱 不是天上的星,是園區拿來表演的幼鯨

Baby Shamu-- SeaWorld's newest star...
短語 · B2quite disruptive

已經明顯會添亂

She had become quite disruptive and challenging her mom a little bit and disrupting some shows and that kind of thing.
短語 · B2challenge someone

跟母親對著較勁

She had become quite disruptive and challenging her mom a little bit and disrupting some shows and that kind of thing.
語法 · B2It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved

形式主語:It佔位,真正內容在that後,by才指出是誰定的。

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.
發音four and a half

and只留輕n,重音給數字

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.
俚語 · B2higher-ups

上面那些領導——私下聊上司可以,正式檔案別用

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.
短語 · B2news to someone

我們事先不知情

幼鯨轉園已經定了,正在帶她的人卻說這是 news to us。不是閒聊裡的新鮮事,是決定已經做出,他們卻沒聽說。語氣發悶。

And that was news to us as trainers that were working with her.
語法 · B1trainers that were working with her

定語從句:that從句只限trainers,指當時正在帶她的那些人。

And that was news to us as trainers that were working with her.
短語 · B2never cross someone's mind

念頭從沒出現過

聽說幼鯨要被轉走時,有人說這件事 never crossed my mind。這不是證明自己反對過,而是那念頭根本沒出現。說的時候滿是後怕。

To me, it had never crossed my mind that they might be moving the baby from her mom.
語法 · B2that they might be moving the baby from her mom

主語從句:it 佔位,that 後才是從沒出現的事,might 仍把它留在可能。

To me, it had never crossed my mind that they might be moving the baby from her mom.
短語 · B2mock someone

拿我來嘲諷

was kind of mocking me, like, "Oh, you're saying, 'Poor Kalina,"' you know, "'what's she going to do without her mommy?"'
短語 · B2shut someone up

把我的話堵住

嘲弄落定之後,講述者補了一句of course,說那一下就shut me up。這不是服氣,是承認可憐腔真把人堵住。全程沒有還嘴,語氣又短又像認輸。

And, you know-- and that of course just shut me up.
短語 · B1separate someone

把雙方隔開 這裡隔開的是母鯨和幼鯨

So, the night of the move, we had to deploy the nets to separate them and get Kalina, the baby, into the med pool.
俚語 · B2med pool

醫療隔離水池——圈內行話,對外人得補一句

So, the night of the move, we had to deploy the nets to separate them and get Kalina, the baby, into the med pool.
短語 · B2overly vocal

過分愛出聲 這句有 not,她並不是這種鯨

She was not an overly vocal whale.
發音not an overly

not an貼緊滑,t別收死

She was not an overly vocal whale.
短語 · B2removed from the scene

像清場一樣弄走

當夜講到卡利娜,用的就是removed from the scene,後面才接上車、去機場。聽著像清場,不像母子被拆開。語氣平,手續壓著感情。

After, Kalina was removed from the scene and put on the truck and taken to the airport,
短語 · A2once or twice

次數少,就那麼一兩回

And the other females in the pool, maybe once or twice during the night they'd come out and check on her.
短語 · A2check on someone

過去看看她還好不好

And the other females in the pool, maybe once or twice during the night they'd come out and check on her.
短語 · C1nothing besides something

除了悲痛不能叫別的

卡蒂娜在池角又抖又叫,別的鯨靠近又退開,然後才聽見besides grief。這不是在寫觀察報告,是不許人換詞。語氣放慢,像定案。

There was nothing that you could call that, watching it, besides grief.
語法 · C1watching it

插入語:watching it插在中間,要先看再命名,besides只剩grief。

There was nothing that you could call that, watching it, besides grief.
短語 · B2not your + noun

不是你的那些東西 這裡指鯨不歸你

Those are not your whales.
發音not your whales

重音壓not和your,尾音收冷

Those are not your whales.
短語 · B1the one that does something

做這件事的那個人 不是隨手一碰,是上手照料

You know, you love them and you'll think, "I'm the one that touches them,
短語 · B1keep someone alive

讓它們活下去

feeds them, keeps them alive, gives them the care that they need."

看懂「幼鯨被運走母鯨哭喊」

發音重點

  • but I thought — but貼住I,t點一下就走
  • four and a half — and只留輕n,重音給數字
  • not an overly — not an貼緊滑,t別收死
  • not your whales — 重音壓not和your,尾音收冷
it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.

我們有責任盡己所能,讓它們的家庭還在一起,因為我們知道野外就是這樣。 拿園裡的做法去跟野外比,責任說滿,後面一拆就疼。

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.

上面的人定了:她才四歲、四歲半,就要被轉到另一個園區。 被動把人藏進higher-ups,年齡說兩遍,像不敢相信自己說出口。

To me, it had never crossed my mind that they might be moving the baby from her mom.

對我來說,我從沒想過他們會把寶寶從媽媽身邊弄走。 比沒想到更空:念頭從未出現,might還不敢說死。

And, you know-- and that of course just shut me up.

然後,你知道,那一下當然就把我的嘴堵住了。 of course不是同意,是承認嘲諷奏效,也承認自己退了。

There was nothing that you could call that, watching it, besides grief.

看著那一幕,除了悲痛,你沒法把它叫成別的。 先排除別的名字,只把grief留下,像一句宣判。

Those are not your whales.

那些不是你的鯨。 五個詞把感情改成產權,刺點在your。

關於這一章的問題

never crossed my mind 是什麼意思?

意思是「念頭從沒出現過」,用來強調某件事自己完全沒想過。臺詞裡有人說,從沒想過他們會把幼鯨從母親身邊帶走。

「我們事先不知情」英語怎麼說?

可以說 news to us。臺詞裡說,這件事對當時照顧幼鯨的訓練師來說是 news to us,也就是他們之前完全不知道這個決定。

shut me up 是「讓我閉嘴」還是「把我噎住」?

這裡更接近「把我的話堵住」:對方一句挖苦,讓說話的人當場不再作聲。不是讓人物理上閉嘴,而是話被頂回去。

besides grief 能理解成「除了悲痛不能叫別的」嗎?

可以。臺詞裡說,看著那一幕,除了 grief 沒有別的詞能稱呼它,也就是「除了悲痛不能叫別的」。

「產權在他們手裡」英語怎麼說?

用 own them。最後一句 They own them 強調的不是你愛它們、照顧它們,就代表它們屬於你。

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