死亡和稅收，喻逃不掉的事 字面是死亡和稅，這裡指人人都躲不過的事。
You can't fight city hall, death and taxes.Waking Life · 2001 — 第 6 / 13 章 · 2'05" · C1
演說號召反抗控制：two sides of the same coin
有人把左右兩派一起罵成垃圾，甩出一句 two sides of the same coin（同一枚硬幣的兩面）：兩邊其實都是同一套控制。開場那句 You can't fight city hall（和官僚體系硬碰硬），是他要拆掉的認命話。想把憤怒講得有節奏、有畫面，這場演說值得逐句聽。
發生了什麼
有人發表激烈演說，從“官府你鬥不過”講到兩黨不過是一枚硬幣的兩面，再喊出反抗不是徒勞。You can't fight city hall 意思是和官僚體系硬碰硬，常用來勸人別白費力氣；two sides of the same coin 指看似對立其實是一回事，吐槽政客時很好用；take a bite out of it 字面是從…裡咬一口，這裡指一口謊言都不接受。整篇話情緒一路升高，適合學怎麼用短句疊出氣勢，也適合在爭論、演講或吐槽公共話題時借用這些說法。
這場戲看什麼
- 留意排比如何從短句推到長句
- 看比喻怎樣承接上一句
- 注意口號句和抽象名詞的交替
留意這幾個短語
fight city hallrat mazeI don't know about you, buttwo sides of the same coin
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two sides of the same coin
同一枚硬幣的兩面two things that are different but connected
有人剛把兩個對立陣營一起罵成垃圾，緊接著用 two sides of the same coin 收束，語氣輕蔑，像在說兩邊其實同屬一套。
The two rival apps are two sides of the same coin: both sell the same data.這兩個競爭應用是同一枚硬幣的兩面：都在賣同樣的資料。
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- fight city hall
和官僚體系硬碰硬
- rat maze
困住人的老鼠迷宮
- I don't know about you, but
我不知道你怎麼想，但我…
- take a bite out of it
從…裡咬一口
- Slavery, Incorporated
奴役公司（把奴役擬作企業）
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快說時 can't 的 t 輕帶，直接滑進 fight，別兩詞都咬死
You can't fight city hall, death and taxes.聊政治或宗教這類敏感話題
Don't talk about politics or religion.等同於…的東西
This is all the equivalent of enemy propaganda rolling across the picket line.敵方宣傳
This is all the equivalent of enemy propaganda rolling across the picket line.罷工糾察線 這裡把宣傳說成越過罷工糾察線向前推進。
This is all the equivalent of enemy propaganda rolling across the picket line.該站出來了
And now in the 21st Century, it's time to stand up and realize...任由自己被塞進…
that we should not allow ourselves to be crammed into this rat maze.被動不定式：allow 後接被動不定式，主語 we 才是被塞進迷宮的人。
that we should not allow ourselves to be crammed into this rat maze.屈服於非人化
We should not submit to dehumanization.關心、在意某事
I don't know about you, but I'm concerned with what's happening in this world.控制體系
I'm concerned with the systems of control,試圖控制
those that control my life and those that seek to control it even more!定語從句：those 指前面的 systems；兩個 that 從句分別限定哪些系統在控制你。
those that control my life and those that seek to control it even more!我們每一個人
It's up to each and every one of us to turn loose and just shovel the greed, the hatred, the envy and, yes, the insecurities...and 只剩很輕的 n，each 與 every 之間別斷開
It's up to each and every one of us to turn loose and just shovel the greed, the hatred, the envy and, yes, the insecurities...使役結構：make + 賓語 + 形容詞，控制先讓人變小，再讓人自願交出權利。
because that is the central mode of control-- make us feel pathetic, small...放棄主權
so we'll willingly give up our sovereignty, our liberty, our destiny.大規模地
We have got to realize that we're being conditioned on a mass scale.企業奴隸國 字面是企業奴隸國，指被公司邏輯支配的國家機器。
Start challenging this corporate slave state!其餘所有的…
and classism and statism and all the rest of the modes of control!將要——口語常用，正式寫作裡換成 going to
It's gonna be the age of humankind...為某事挺身而出
standing up for something pure and something right!一堆廢話——輕蔑吐槽，正式場合別用
What a bunch of garbage-- liberal Democrat, conservative Republican.爭奪控制權
Two management teams bidding for control!一整桌謊言 字面是自助餐，這裡指大量謊言任人挑選。
The truth is out there in front of you, but they lay out this buffet of lies!受夠了——熟人吐槽用，正式場合別用
I'm sick of it, and I'm not gonna take a bite out of it! Do you got me?聽懂了嗎——口語追問，別寫進正式文書
I'm sick of it, and I'm not gonna take a bite out of it! Do you got me?gonna 輕帶，get fired 連上，重音在 fired
We're gonna get fired up about the real things, the things that matter: creativity and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit!熱血沸騰——打氣時用，正式報告可換 motivated
We're gonna get fired up about the real things, the things that matter: creativity and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit!該你表態/行動了
演說最後，有人把話全部說完，用 It's in your court 突然收住，把接下來該做什麼推回給聽眾。
Well, that's it! That's all I got to say! It's in your court.看懂「演說號召反抗控制」
發音重點
- can't fight — 快說時 can't 的 t 輕帶，直接滑進 fight，別兩詞都咬死
- each and every one — and 只剩很輕的 n，each 與 every 之間別斷開
- gonna get fired — gonna 輕帶，get fired 連上，重音在 fired
You can't fight city hall, death and taxes.你鬥不過市政廳，也躲不過死亡和稅。 把官僚體制和死亡、稅收並列，一句俗語點破無力感。
We should not submit to dehumanization.我們不應屈服於非人化。 把抽象名詞當作底線來拒絕，短句有道德重量。
I'm sick of it, and I'm not gonna take a bite out of it! Do you got me?我受夠了，我一口都不會吃！聽懂了嗎？ 把謊言比作自助餐，用咬一口表示接受，怒氣很具體。
It's all there to control you. Two sides of the same coin.那一切都是為了控制你。同一枚硬幣的兩面。 先用指控句，再落一個熟到不能再熟的比喻，收得冷。
Resistance is not futile. We're gonna win this thing.抵抗並非徒勞。我們會贏下這一局。 反轉宿命口號，把絕望句改成集結號，短句收得乾脆。
關於這一章的問題
fight city hall 是什麼意思？
意思是和官僚體系硬碰硬，常帶“別白費力氣”的語氣。臺詞把它和死亡、稅收並列，說有些事你鬥不過。
「同一枚硬幣的兩面」英語怎麼說？
two sides of the same coin。臺詞用它形容自由派民主黨和保守派共和黨，說兩邊看似不同，其實都在控制你。
take a bite out of it 字面是什麼意思？
字面是從…裡咬一口。這裡上一句把謊言擺成自助餐，所以說 not gonna take a bite out of it，就是一口都不吃、不接受。
It's in your court 該怎麼用？
意思是該你表態或行動了。演說最後說“我要說的全說完了”，然後把話頭交給聽眾，就是這種用法。
get fired up 是發火還是被點燃？
這裡是被點燃、熱血沸騰，不是單純發火。臺詞說要為創造力和不肯屈服的精神燃起來，語氣是鼓動性的。
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