这场戏：为动机和出身吵翻
第 4 章 · 共 17 章 · 5'03"
陪审室里，一群人在争少年到底为什么杀人——有人翻出他的案底，有人咬定贫民窟出身就是祸根。辩方只回一句 Everyone has a breaking point（谁都有崩溃的临界点），把「两巴掌」说成压垮他的最后一下。聊家庭教育、聊一个人的成长环境，这几句都用得上。
每个人都有的「崩溃的临界点」，英语是 breaking point
part of the picture 全貌的一部分a motive 动机breaking point 崩溃的临界点
❝ 独白 · 6 句 十号的贫民窟论
从「破碎家庭」一路推到「社会威胁」，把偏见当经验讲得理直气壮。
陪审团正为少年的杀人动机吵得不可开交。有人列举他的案底，有人一口咬定贫民窟出身注定养出罪犯；也有人提醒，两巴掌也许就是压垮他的最后一下，毕竟 Everyone has a breaking point（谁都有崩溃的临界点）。对方说「没办法、改变不了」时，一句 We can't help that（无能为力）就够；想形容一个人家庭残缺，用 a broken home（破碎的家庭）。这些说法在聊家庭、教育、阶层和原生家庭时都很常见，比干巴巴的 I can't change it、a poor family 地道得多。
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“It may have been two too many. Everyone has a breaking point.”
也许那两下就是压垮他的。谁都有崩溃的临界点。
用「多打的那两下」和「临界点」两句，把动机从大道理拉回到人身上。
Everyone has a breaking point.
解释一个人为什么突然爆发时用；用在别人的伤口上会显得轻率。
Everyone reaches a limit eventually. ／ We all snap at some point.
中性
two too many 同音要分开，breaking point 重读。
Don't judge him; everyone has a breaking point. 别急着评判他，谁都有崩溃的临界点。
“I mean, maybe you can still smell it on me.”
我是说，说不定你还能从我身上闻到那股味。
不喊口号，只用一个「味道」的细节，把出身的伤摊在桌上。
You can still smell it on me.
自嘲出身或旧经历时用；正式场合说会显得情绪化。
You can probably still smell the place on me. ／ That world never quite washes off.
口语
smell it on me 连读，still 重读。
I grew up poor; maybe you can still smell it on me. 我从小穷，说不定你还能从我身上闻到那股味。
“We can't help that. We're here to decide whether he's innocent or guilty...”
那我们也无能为力。咱们来这儿是判他有罪无罪……
先承认无力改变，再把话题拉回职责，一句划清了同情和判决的界线。
We're here to decide whether ...
提醒别人别跑题时用；对正在诉苦的人说会显得冷。
That's not for us to fix. ／ Our job is to decide guilty or not guilty.
中性
can't help 连读，innocent or guilty 放慢对比。
We can't help that. We're here to decide the facts. 那我们也管不了。咱们来这儿是判事实的。
“He was born in a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals.”
他生在贫民窟。贫民窟就是罪犯的温床。
用一句断言把出身等同于犯罪，偏见的力量和危险都在这。
X are breeding grounds for Y.
讨论社会成因时能用；对人群下整体判断时别这么说，容易变成偏见。
Poverty is a breeding ground for crime. ／ Bad neighborhoods breed bad habits.
正式
born in a 连读，breeding grounds 重读，criminals 收尾降调。
Neglect is a breeding ground for resentment. 被忽视是怨恨的温床。
This boy, let's say he's the product of a broken home and a filthy neighborhood. We can't help that. We're here to decide whether he's innocent or guilty... not to go into the reasons why he grew up the way he did. He was born in a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals. I know it, and so do you. It's no secret children from slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society.
这孩子，就算他是破碎家庭和肮脏街区的产物。 那我们也无能为力。咱们来这儿是判他有罪无罪…… 不是来追究他为什么长成那样。 他生在贫民窟。贫民窟就是罪犯的温床。 我清楚，你也清楚。 贫民窟出身的孩子是社会潜在威胁，这又不是秘密。
下一章 · 05alleged eyewitness所谓的目击者这场戏：陪审室里掏出第二把刀就是「崩溃的临界点」，一个人再也撑不住的那一下。戏里有人说 Everyone has a breaking point，意思是两巴掌也许就是压垮少年的最后一下，谁都有忍不下去的时候。
可以说 We can't help that。这里的 help 不是「帮忙」，而是「阻止、改变」，we can't help it 就是「我们也没办法」，常用来表示对现状无能为力。
不是。a broken home 指父母离异或家庭残缺的成长环境，中文常说「破碎的家庭」。戏里用它形容少年的出身，不是字面上的房子破损。
可以说 born in a slum、grew up in a slum。戏里有人还自嘲 maybe you can still smell it on me（说不定你还能从我身上闻到那股味），用气味来说出身，很形象。
a peculiar feeling。peculiar 是「奇怪的、说不清的」，戏里有人说 I began to get a peculiar feeling about this trial，意思是「我对这场审判开始有种说不出的怪感觉」。
