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馴鯨員拆穿圈養話術:twisted and turned

曾在園區工作的馴鯨員承認,當年園方說什麼就信什麼:bought into(全盤相信一套說法)。而難堪的事實,也會被 twisted and turned(擰彎、歪曲)。想聊輕信、公關話術或職場洗腦,這兩句直接能用。

發生了什麼

先是宣傳口吻:動物相處得很好,訓練虎鯨就跟訓練家裡的狗一樣,孩子們是沙木的粉絲。隨後有人回憶,自己當年 I was blind(當時看不明白),對園方那套話 bought into(全盤相信一套說法),還學會照著說給觀眾聽;後來才承認,自己對虎鯨的自然史一無所知。說到壽命、背鰭和族群,又有人指出,難堪的事實總會被 twisted and turned(被擰彎、被歪曲)。聊輕信、公關話術或職場洗腦,這三個說法都能直接搬用。

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這場戲看什麼

  • 套話和拆穿的語氣差
  • 誰在重複數字、誰在否定
  • family、nations 各指什麼

留意這幾個短語

I was blindbought intothey like to sayof course that's false

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本章短語

twisted and turned

被擰彎、被歪曲distorted and bent out of true

「獸醫能讓鯨活得更久」剛被否定。說話的人把範圍擴大:別的難堪事實也會被 twisted and turned,然後再否認。不是身體在扭。語氣像收束,一句罩住前面那些數字。

The timeline was twisted and turned until the delay looked planned.時間線被擰來擰去,延誤看起來倒像安排好的。

本章還有

  • I was blind

    當時看不明白

  • bought into

    全盤相信一套說法

  • they like to say

    他們嘴上愛這麼講

  • of course that's false

    這話當然不成立

  • different nations

    不同文化的族群

本章全部批註

47 句台詞裡標了 28 處

短語 · B1start believing something

開始把這件事當真

There's so many things that were told to us that they tell us-- they tell you so many times that you just-- you start believing it.
短語 · A2get along

相處得很融洽

So all the animals here get along very well.
短語 · B1not know what one is doing

連自己在做什麼都沒弄清

I didn't know what I was doing, really.
發音didn't know what

didn't 的尾音別停,滑進 know

I didn't know what I was doing, really.
短語 · B1a real good + noun

口頭夸人幹得非常漂亮 real 是程度「非常」,不是真假的真

You did a real good job.
短語 · B2buy into something

全盤相信一套說法

這人先說 I just really bought into what they told us,下一句才說自己學會把別人教的詞講給觀眾。bought into 承認的是自己也信了,不是隻動嘴。語氣平,像事後搖頭,不是當場對質。

I just really bought into what they told us.
發音bought into what

bought into 尾音後貼,別拆開

I just really bought into what they told us.
短語 · B1just about anything

幾乎任何事,差不多沒有限制

We can do just about anything we want.
短語 · B1know nothing about something

對這件事其實一竅不通

I really know nothing about killer whales.
發音know nothing about

重音只給 nothing,前後的詞讓開

I really know nothing about killer whales.
短語 · B1in some ways

在某些方面,不全是這樣

I really in some ways believed a lot of what I was learning from them, because why would they lie?
短語 · B1die young

沒活到該有的歲數

Because the whales in their pools die young, they like to say that all orcas die at 25 or 30 years.
短語 · B2like to say that

把一句標成對方愛講的口徑

Because the whales in their pools die young, they like to say that all orcas die at 25 or 30 years.
語法 · B2Because the whales in their pools die young

原因從句:Because 從句給的是他們為何要這麼說,不是鯨的死因。

Because the whales in their pools die young, they like to say that all orcas die at 25 or 30 years.
短語 · B1half a dozen

大約六個,不必精確

We knew by 1980, after half a dozen years of the research,
短語 · B2equivalent to something

壽命大致比得上人

that they live equivalent to human life spans.
短語 · B2one way or another

用某種辦法,反正總會

And every other potentially embarrassing fact is twisted and turned and denied one way or another.
發音twisted and turned

and 留輕,別和兩邊的動詞搶重音

And every other potentially embarrassing fact is twisted and turned and denied one way or another.
短語 · B1in the wild

在野外,不在表演池裡

So, in the wild, they live...
短語 · B1turn over

翻過去,折向一邊 不是人翻身,是鰭折過去

25% of whales have a fin that turns over like that as they get older.
短語 · C1dorsal collapse

背鰭失去支撐而塌下

Dorsal collapse happens in less than 1% of wild killer whales.
俚語 · C1pods

鯨自己的家族群——講鯨的人用的行話,日常別硬塞

They have their pods.
短語 · C1an artificial assemblage of something

人拼出來的一群,不是天生的

an artificial assemblage of their collection, however management decides they should mix them and whichever ones happen to be born or bought and brought in.
短語 · B2bought and brought in

買來之後再運進去

an artificial assemblage of their collection, however management decides they should mix them and whichever ones happen to be born or bought and brought in.
語法 · C1however management decides they should mix them

讓步狀語:however 在這裡是「無論管理層怎樣混」,不是「然而」。

an artificial assemblage of their collection, however management decides they should mix them and whichever ones happen to be born or bought and brought in.
短語 · B1grow up with someone

從小跟它們一起長大

Well, what could happen as a result of them being thrown in with other whales that they haven't grown up with,
語法 · C1what could happen as a result of them being thrown in

主語從句:what 引導的整段是主語,真正的結果要等下一句的 is。

Well, what could happen as a result of them being thrown in with other whales that they haven't grown up with,
短語 · B2in captivity

關在人工環境裡養著

...a lot of violence, a lot of killing in captivity that you don't ever see in the wild.

看懂「馴鯨員拆穿圈養話術」

發音重點

  • didn't know what — didn't 的尾音別停,滑進 know
  • bought into what — bought into 尾音後貼,別拆開
  • know nothing about — 重音只給 nothing,前後的詞讓開
  • twisted and turned — and 留輕,別和兩邊的動詞搶重音
There's so many things that were told to us that they tell us-- they tell you so many times that you just-- you start believing it.

有太多事是被人告訴我們的,他們講了一遍又一遍,講到你自己也開始信。 told、tell us、tell you 換著說,重複本身就在把人說動。結巴也像當場回憶。

I just really bought into what they told us.

我當時真把他們講給我們的那套全盤信了。 bought into 把相信說成一筆買進:不只是照著念給觀眾,入套是自己點的頭。

I really know nothing about killer whales.

我對虎鯨其實一無所知。 前面還以為自己什麼都懂,nothing 一句打掉。落差就是這句被記住的原因。

I really in some ways believed a lot of what I was learning from them, because why would they lie?

在某些方面,我真信了不少從他們那兒學來的東西,心想他們騙我圖什麼呢? because 後面不解釋,直接把天真的反問留下。比罵騙子更刺人。

And every other potentially embarrassing fact is twisted and turned and denied one way or another.

其他每一樣可能丟人的事實,也都被扭來扭去,再用某種方式否認掉。 三個被動排成一串,事實成了被搓的東西,誰的手卻不出現。

That's not a family, you know. Come on.

那可不是一個家庭。得了吧。 先把「家庭」這個好聽的詞否掉,再甩一句 Come on,不用長篇大道理也夠狠。

關於這一章的問題

bought into 是什麼意思?

這裡指把一套說法全盤接受、真心信了。臺詞先說同樣的話講多了就會 start believing it(開始把這件事當真),後面又說 I just really bought into what they told us,就是承認自己當年真的信了。

「當時看不明白」英語怎麼說?

可以說 I was blind。臺詞原句是 I was blind, you know. I was a kid.,意思是當時年紀小、沒看清自己在信什麼。這裡的 blind 不是眼睛看不見,而是看不明白。

twisted and turned 在臺詞裡指什麼?

指事實被擰彎、被歪曲,還被否認。原句說 every other potentially embarrassing fact is twisted and turned and denied one way or another,其中 one way or another 是「用某種辦法」,意思是可能讓園方難堪的事實都被這樣處理。

「他們嘴上愛這麼講」英語怎麼說?

用 they like to say。臺詞原句是 Because the whales in their pools die young, they like to say that all orcas die at 25 or 30 years,意思是池子裡的鯨死得早,他們就把「所有虎鯨都只活二三十歲」掛在嘴上。

of course that's false 語氣有多重?

很直接,就是「這話當然不成立」。前面剛說圈養環境有獸醫照顧、鯨會活得更久,緊接著 And of course that's false,等於當場把前面的說法否掉。

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