这场戏：街坊垒路障街口盘查
第 2 章 · 共 14 章 · 3'19"
骚乱刚过，街坊抄起铺路石连夜垒路障，有人喊 The police aren't going to protect us, so we have to do it ourselves（警察不会保护我们，只能自己动手）。街口盘查时，被问丈夫去向的妇人直接顶回 none of your business（不关你的事）。想学怎么用英语干脆划清界线，又怎么表达街坊间的守望相助，这几句最值得先看。
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陈述加一个追问，把骚乱的后果铺开，冷静却有压力。
妇人被盘查：in your hour of need（在你最需要帮助的时候）
in your hour of need 在你最需要帮助的时候a bit off 有点不地道、不太合适knew nothing about 对某事一无所知Glad to hear it 听到这个很高兴
骚乱过后的贝尔法斯特，街坊们把铺路石、托盘、洗衣机全垒上街头，抢在那帮人回来之前竖起路障。有人喊出 The police aren't going to protect us, so we have to do it ourselves（警察不会保护我们，只能自己动手），点出他们只能自救。而 barricade（路障）就是他们搭起的那道屏障。随后街口设卡，一名妇人要过去接丈夫，被追问行踪，她直接回 none of your business（不关你的事）。别人嫌他不地道，用 a bit off（有点不地道）评价；最后确认丈夫只是回家看家人，盘查者用 glad to hear it（听到这个很高兴）礼貌收尾。想学拒绝打听、表达守望相助、以及在盘查里不卑不亢，这些说法都用得上。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“You're as welcome on this street as any of us.”
你在这条街上，和我们任何人一样受欢迎。
把接纳说成同一把尺子，没有半点施舍感。
You're as welcome as any of us
对刚搬来或受排挤的人说；客套敷衍的场合别用它来应付。
You belong here as much as anyone. ／ Nobody's a stranger on this street.
中性
as welcome as 三个词一口气，重音在 wel。
In this choir you're as welcome as any of us. 在这个合唱团里，你和我们任何人一样受欢迎。
“The police aren't going to protect us, so we have to do it ourselves.”
警察不会保护我们，所以我们得自己动手。
先用否定判死外援，再用 so 逼出自救，逻辑很硬。
X isn't going to ..., so we have to ...
分析困境、决定自己扛时用；推卸责任时别拿它当借口。
No one is coming, so we do it ourselves. ／ If they won't help, we'll manage alone.
中性
aren't going to 轻快，so 后停顿，ourselves 重读。
The movers aren't going to show, so we have to do it ourselves. 搬家公司不来了，我们只能自己搬。
“They nearly had you there, Steve McQueen.”
刚才差点就逮着你了，史蒂夫·麦昆。
用电影硬汉调侃脱险，把惊险一下化成玩笑。
They nearly had you there, [name]
朋友化险为夷后打趣时用；对不熟的人或严肃场合别乱开玩笑。
That was close, action hero. ／ You almost didn't make it, superstar.
口语
nearly had you 连读，Steve McQueen 带笑念。
They nearly had you there, Usain Bolt; the doors shut right behind you. 刚才差点没赶上，博尔特，门就在你身后关上了。
“I don't want you out here until it's all safe again.”
安全之前，我不想你们待在外面。
一句母亲的禁令，把担心说成了规定：等我确认安全，你才可以出来。
I don't want you ... until ...
家长护着孩子、临时不许别人乱跑时能用；对成年人或长辈下这种命令会显得管太多，别用。
I don't want you back out here until it's safe. ／ Stay in until I know it's safe out here.
中性
don't want you 连读，until 拉长，it's all safe again 收尾放轻。
I don't want you in the water until the lifeguard is back on duty. 救生员回来值班之前，我不想你下水。
Belfast was in shock this morning as the impact of last night's rioting was all too clear. Small numbers of Catholics still peacefully living in Protestant areas were targeted. Their houses were attacked and marked, and intimidation may force them to leave their homes completely. Can these tightly-knit neighborhoods ever return to the peace they shared together only 24 hours ago?
今早的贝尔法斯特一片震惊，昨夜骚乱的后果清清楚楚摆在眼前。 少数仍平静住在新教区的天主教徒成了攻击目标。 他们的房子遭到打砸和标记，恐吓之下可能被迫彻底搬离。 这些关系紧密的街区，还能回到仅仅24小时前的安宁吗？
下一章 · 03kick with the left foot暗指天主教徒这场戏：守着电视聊宗教意思是「不关你的事、少打听」。别人追问隐私、行踪，你不想答，就可以甩这一句，语气比较冲。
a bit off。用来评价某人的行为不太合适、有点说不过去，比如别人最需要帮忙时他不在，就可以说 that's a bit off。
barricade 特指临时搭起来挡人、挡车的路障，多用木板、石头、废旧家具堆成。wall 是固定的墙，拆不掉；barricade 是临时的。
字面是「警察不会保护我们」，接着一句 so we have to do it ourselves，就是「只能自己动手」。合起来是街坊对当局失望、决定自己守街的心声。
多数时候是客套的收尾语，表示「听到这个很高兴」，未必真在乎。这里盘查者问完话，用它礼貌地结束盘问，语气偏冷淡。
