這場戲：報信被白宮晾七小時
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凱特和明迪到白宮報信，被晾了七個多小時，連叫都沒叫進去；臨走發現將軍把免費零食賣給了他們——He charged us for the snacks, but they're free.（他收了我們零食的錢，可這些本來是免費的。）Why on earth would he do that?（他到底為什麼要這麼幹？）把憋屈說透。辦事被晾、被人佔便宜時，這幾句最解氣。
白宮的零食也收錢：on earth（到底、究竟）
put you up 安排你們住下on earth 到底、究竟（表強烈不解）called us in 叫我們進去、召見kidding me 跟我開玩笑（不敢相信）
❝ 獨白 · 7 句 主播的猛料播報
一段播報步步加碼，把一場政治醜聞抖得又狠又好笑。
凱特和明迪到白宮想當面報信，卻被晾在大廳裡整整七個多小時，始終沒人叫他們進去。臨走他們還發現，將軍把本該免費的零食賣給了他們——He charged us for the snacks, but they're free.（他收了我們零食的錢，可這些本來是免費的。）氣得人半天說不出話。電視上，總統正陷在一場空前的醜聞裡，主持人聊得眉飛色舞；回家後，一家人又為誰該開口、誰在繞彎子鬧得不痛快。想學吐槽、抱怨和「繞著不正面談」這類說法，這些表達都很地道。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“He charged us for the snacks, but they're free.”
他收了我們零食的錢，可這些本來是免費的。
一句大白話把白宮的體面和將軍的小氣同時揭穿。
He charged us for ..., but ...
吐槽被多收錢、被人佔小便宜時用；跟當事人當面說會撕破臉。
He made us pay for something that was free. ／ They billed us for snacks, if you can believe it.
口語
charged us 連讀，but they're free 要放慢強調。
He charged us for water, but it's free at the counter. 他收了我們水的錢，可櫃檯那兒明明是免費的。
“Why on earth would he do that?”
他到底為什麼要這麼幹？
on earth 一加，困惑和不滿全冒出來了。
Why on earth would ...?
遇到想不通的事、表達強烈不解時用；正式文書裡別用。
Why would he possibly do that? ／ What on earth made him do that?
口語
on earth 重讀，would 輕帶，句尾降下來。
Why on earth would you tell him that? 你到底為什麼要告訴他那個？
“And then they made us wait for over seven hours, but they never called us in. I couldn't believe it.”
然後他們讓我們等了七個多小時，卻一直沒叫我們進去。我簡直不敢相信。
冷靜陳述裡全是被人輕視的憋屈，比大罵更扎心。
They made us wait for ... but they never ...
講述被怠慢、被放鴿子的經歷時用；正式投訴裡可保留但語氣要收。
They kept us waiting all day and never called us in. ／ We sat there for hours and nobody came for us.
中性
over seven hours 重讀，never called us in 稍作停頓。
They made us wait for an hour, but they never called us in. 他們讓我們等了一小時，卻始終沒叫我們進去。
“President Orlean is in the middle of an all-time shit storm.”
奧爾林總統正陷在一場空前的大丑聞裡。
一句新聞腔配上一個粗口，把政治亂局說得又準又狠。
be in the middle of an all-time ...
形容某人正陷在巨大麻煩裡時用；粗話，公開場合要說 mess。
She is in the middle of a total disaster. ／ The White House is drowning in scandal.
口語
in the middle of 連讀，all-time 重讀，句尾往下收。
The team is in the middle of an all-time mess. 這個團隊正陷在一場空前的亂局裡。
“I feel like we're skirting around this.”
我覺得我們一直在繞著這件事打轉。
不說重話，卻準確點破兩個人都在躲的那件事。
I feel like we're skirting around ...
想把話題拉回正題、又不想指責時用；對上級用會有點直。
I feel like we're avoiding the real issue. ／ We keep dancing around this.
口語
skirting around 連讀，this 稍拉長，句尾放平。
I feel like we're skirting around the real problem here. 我覺得我們一直在繞開真正的問題。
Sheriff Wade Conlon was already a controversial nominee, with no law degree and a record of "shoot first and ask questions later." You watching? With his background as a nude life model… Yeah, I'm watching it right now. …the White House is in full crisis mode. And, get this. I found five former students who are willing to go on record that Conlon got noticeably aroused when he posed for their drawing class.
警長韋德·康倫本就是個爭議人選，沒有法律學位，還有「先開槍後問話」的前科。 你在看嗎？ 憑他當裸體寫生模特那段經歷…… 在，我這不正看著呢。 ……白宮已進入全面危機狀態。 還有，你聽這個。 我找到五名他以前的學生，願意公開作證：康倫給他們當寫生模特時，明顯起了反應。
下一章 · 04sit tight and assess按兵不動先評估這場戲：向總統彙報彗星撞地字面是「屎風暴」，日常裡指局面徹底失控、醜聞纏身的那種大爛攤子。新聞裡說 President Orlean is in the middle of an all-time shit storm，就是總統正陷在一場空前的醜聞裡。這是粗話，正式場合別用。
skirt around something。I feel like we're skirting around this 就是「我覺得我們一直在繞著這件事打轉」，明明有事卻誰也不肯挑明，就可以這麼說。
put someone up。We're gonna put you up in a hotel somewhere 就是「我們會安排你們住到酒店去」，招待客人、臨時安頓都能用。
clickbait。主持人糾結標題寫「明顯起了反應」還是「勃起」，還說 I don't want this to read like clickbait，就是不想讓文章讀起來像標題黨。
意思是「公開表態、實名作證」，願意把話記在案上、算數。報道里說有人 willing to go on record，就是願意具名出來作證。
凱特和明迪到白宮報信，工作人員只說今晚見不成、先安排他們住酒店；結果一直沒人叫他們進去，白等了一場，明迪說 I couldn't believe it。
