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追問性騷擾調查:political football

有人剛坐下,寒暄沒幾句就轉到 internal investigation(內部調查)和 political football(被各方踢來踢去的政治議題)。一句反問把話題擋回去,體面話裡全是刀;工作場合遇到調查、推責、話裡有話,這幾句都用得上。

發生了什麼

一場會面從寒暄開始,很快轉到 internal investigation(內部調查)和即將到來的共和黨大會。有人直接說這純屬胡扯,又用 political football(被各方踢來踢去的政治議題)提醒別讓性暴力變成政治工具。接著有人追問調查會不會查出讓人不舒服的事,也有人預判對方會拿 solicitous(體貼的;關切的)給一句越界的話貼金。話裡有否認、有反諷、有對 likability issue(討喜度問題)的冷嘲,適合拿來學怎麼質問、怎麼轉移話題,也適合看懂體面話裡的刀。

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本章短語

political football

被各方踢來踢去的政治議題an issue used for political advantage

有人說不想看性暴力議題變成 political football,口氣像在表明立場、替女性說話;緊接著才追問調查會不會查出難堪的事。

Don't turn the housing crisis into a political football.別把住房危機變成政治皮球。

本章還有

  • bullshit

    胡說;狗屁

  • missed your chance

    錯過機會

  • solicitous

    體貼的;關切的

  • likability issue

    討喜度問題;不招人喜歡

  • salty

    言語粗俗、愛開黃腔

本章全部批註

39 句台詞裡標了 26 處

短語 · B2internal investigation

內部調查

There's an internal investigation, but I'm not gonna wait for it to clear me.
短語 · B2clear someone

洗清我的嫌疑 clear 不是清除,是洗清嫌疑

There's an internal investigation, but I'm not gonna wait for it to clear me.
發音I'm gonna fight it

I'm gonna 快說時縮成一團,重音留給 fight

This is bullshit. I'm gonna fight it.
俚語 · B2bullshit

胡扯、狗屁——私下發火;正式場合和長輩面前別用

This is bullshit. I'm gonna fight it.
短語 · B2repay someone for something

為某事報答你

I love that fate has given me a chance to repay you for when I was in intensive care.
語法 · B2if they didn't fix every stitch of damage done

條件從句:if 從句交代威脅條件;done 後置修飾 damage,不是謂語。

Told them he'd put me on the air live from the hospital bed if they didn't fix every stitch of damage done.
短語 · B2deal with an issue

處理過這個問題

But I'm also here as someone who has dealt with this issue for years, years on the side of women.
短語 · B2on the side of + group

站在女性一邊 不是站在旁邊,是站隊支援

But I'm also here as someone who has dealt with this issue for years, years on the side of women.
短語 · B2political football

被各方踢來踢去的政治議題

有人說不想看性暴力議題變成 political football,口氣像在表明立場、替女性說話;緊接著才追問調查會不會查出難堪的事。

I don't wanna see it become some damn political football.
發音wanna see it

wanna see it 順勢連過去,it 別重重砸下

I don't wanna see it become some damn political football.
俚語 · B2damn

該死的(加強語氣)——口語洩憤;正式郵件別用

I don't wanna see it become some damn political football.
短語 · B2in that spirit

本著這個意思;既然如此 spirit 不是幽靈,是「這個思路」

In that spirit, I need to ask, will an investigation find anything, well, uncomfortable?
短語 · B1miss one's chance

錯過機會

這句用 missed your chance 反問,把性騷擾說成一次錯過的好機會,語氣是冷笑式的;字面像替對方惋惜,實際是把指控倒過來羞辱。

You missed your chance for me to harass you? Come on.
俚語 · C1fuckable

有性吸引力的——粗俗性評價;公開場合絕對別說

Telling a woman she was fuckable a long time ago.
發音Who the hell

重音壓在 hell,句尾 works 降調收住

Who the hell thinks that works?
俚語 · B2the hell

到底、究竟(加強反問)——熟人吐槽;對客戶或長輩別用

Who the hell thinks that works?
短語 · C1a severe + noun + issue

嚴重的討喜度問題

Gretchen is a very competitive woman facing a severe likability issue.
語法 · B2facing a severe likability issue

現在分詞短語:facing... 修飾 woman,等於 who faces...;不是兩個並列動作。

Gretchen is a very competitive woman facing a severe likability issue.
短語 · B2shield someone from something

替她擋住 shield 不是盾牌,是替她擋住

One that I shielded her from for years.
語法 · B2that I shielded her from

定語從句:that 指 likability issue,是 from 的賓語;from 留在句尾,別把 that 當連詞。

One that I shielded her from for years.
短語 · B2take a joke

開得起玩笑 take 不是拿走,是承受、接受

And she can't take a joke.
俚語 · C1salty

言語粗俗、愛開黃腔——形容人的葷話風格;正式場合別用

Roger is very salty.
短語 · B1find something amusing

覺得它好笑

I find it amusing. It's my fault. I encourage it.
短語 · B2be behind something

可能是幕後主使 behind 不是在後面,是幕後操縱

James Murdoch could be behind this.
語法 · C1that inside the Obama White House, there have been discussions

賓語從句:believe that 後整段作賓語;inside... 是前置狀語,主幹仍是 there have been discussions。

I have good reason to believe that inside the Obama White House, there have been discussions, on what level I do not know...
短語 · C1have someone killed

讓人殺掉我 have 是使役,不是擁有

of having me killed.

看懂「追問性騷擾調查」

發音重點

  • I'm gonna fight it — I'm gonna 快說時縮成一團,重音留給 fight
  • wanna see it — wanna see it 順勢連過去,it 別重重砸下
  • Who the hell — 重音壓在 hell,句尾 works 降調收住
This is bullshit. I'm gonna fight it.

這是胡扯。我要抗爭到底。 兩句髒話加宣戰,短促、粗糲,把不服氣說成行動。

I don't wanna see it become some damn political football.

我不想看它變成該死的政治皮球。 political football 把議題被踢來踢去的命運說透,damn 添怒。

I don't wanna see sexual violence trivialized.

我不想看到性暴力被輕描淡寫。 把沉重議題壓縮成一句立場,trivialized 一詞點明對方在淡化。

Gretchen is a very competitive woman facing a severe likability issue.

格雷琴是個非常好勝的女人,正面臨嚴重的討喜度問題。 把職場打壓包裝成對方性格缺陷,公關話術的冷。

關於這一章的問題

political football 是什麼意思?

指被各方踢來踢去的政治議題,誰需要就拿來用一下。臺詞裡有人不想讓性暴力變成這種被踢來踢去的政治議題。

「有充分理由相信」英語怎麼說?

have good reason to believe。臺詞裡有人用這句話引出對歐巴馬白宮的懷疑,語氣比單純說「我認為」更確定,也更像正式指控。

solicitous 在臺詞裡是夸人嗎?

不是單純誇獎。它的意思是「體貼的;關切的」,臺詞裡有人設想對方會把一句越界的話說成是關心體貼。

salty 是「鹹的」嗎?

不是味道。它的意思是「言語粗俗、愛開黃腔」,臺詞裡有人用它形容羅傑說話粗俗;緊接著的臺詞又說「我覺得挺有意思,怪我自己,是我縱容的」,把這事說成無傷大雅。

「討喜度問題」英語怎麼說?

likability issue。臺詞裡有一句 a severe likability issue,意思是「嚴重的討喜度問題」,也就是不招人喜歡。

missed your chance 是「錯過機會」嗎?

字面是「錯過機會」,但臺詞裡是反著說,帶嘲諷:一句反問把「你錯過了讓我騷擾你的機會」這種荒唐邏輯丟回去。

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