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幼鲸被运走母鲸哭喊:never crossed my mind

夜里拉网,把四岁的幼鲸从妈妈身边隔开,装上卡车运去机场;母鲸缩在池角发抖、尖叫。有人回忆自己从没想过会发生这种事:never crossed my mind(念头从没出现过),最后只剩下 besides grief(除了悲痛没有别的)。想表达「完全没想到」或「无法用别的词形容」,这两个说法都很顶用。

发生了什么

一场夜间转移在鲸池里进行:训练师拉网隔开幼鲸和母鲸,把四岁的幼鲸装上卡车送去机场,母鲸留在池角发抖、尖叫。有人回忆,自己当初以为有责任让它们一家待在一起,也从没料到会拆散母女,never crossed my mind(念头从没出现过)说的就是这种毫无准备;面对主管的挖苦,shut me up(把我的话堵住)又写出了被噎住的无力。事后回看,最后能找到的说法只有 besides grief(除了悲痛不能叫别的)。这些表达适合讲突然的坏消息、被人顶回去,或描述难以命名的悲伤。

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留意这几个短语

naive of menews to usnever crossed my mindwithout her mommy

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本章短语

never crossed my mind

念头从没出现过the idea never showed up

听说幼鲸要被转走时,有人说这件事 never crossed my mind。这不是证明自己反对过,而是那念头根本没出现。说的时候满是后怕。

It never crossed my mind that the cafe would shut on Monday.咖啡馆周一就关,我脑子里没闪过这念头。

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  • naive of me

    我那样想太天真

  • news to us

    我们事先不知情

  • without her mommy

    娃娃腔挖苦人的担心

  • shut me up

    把我的话堵住

  • removed from the scene

    像清场一样弄走

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25 句台词里标了 30 处

短语 · B2naive of someone

我那样想太天真

有人开口就先认naive of me,才说出本想守住鲸的一家。这是事后把判断放低,不是向谁撒娇。嘲弄还没来,先把自己说小。

I know it was naive of me, but I thought that...
发音but I thought

but贴住I,t点一下就走

I know it was naive of me, but I thought that...
短语 · B1as much as someone could

做得到的全部都做上

it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.
短语 · B2keep family units together

让一家子还能待在一起

it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.
短语 · B1in the wild

在野外

it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.
短语 · B1someone's newest star

最新捧出来的台柱 不是天上的星,是园区拿来表演的幼鲸

Baby Shamu-- SeaWorld's newest star...
短语 · B2quite disruptive

已经明显会添乱

She had become quite disruptive and challenging her mom a little bit and disrupting some shows and that kind of thing.
短语 · B2challenge someone

跟母亲对着较劲

She had become quite disruptive and challenging her mom a little bit and disrupting some shows and that kind of thing.
语法 · B2It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved

形式主语:It占位,真正内容在that后,by才指出是谁定的。

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.
发音four and a half

and只留轻n,重音给数字

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.
俚语 · B2higher-ups

上面那些领导——私下聊上司可以,正式文件别用

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.
短语 · B2news to someone

我们事先不知情

幼鲸转园已经定了,正在带她的人却说这是 news to us。不是闲聊里的新鲜事,是决定已经做出,他们却没听说。语气发闷。

And that was news to us as trainers that were working with her.
语法 · B1trainers that were working with her

定语从句:that从句只限trainers,指当时正在带她的那些人。

And that was news to us as trainers that were working with her.
短语 · B2never cross someone's mind

念头从没出现过

听说幼鲸要被转走时,有人说这件事 never crossed my mind。这不是证明自己反对过,而是那念头根本没出现。说的时候满是后怕。

To me, it had never crossed my mind that they might be moving the baby from her mom.
语法 · B2that they might be moving the baby from her mom

主语从句:it 占位,that 后才是从没出现的事,might 仍把它留在可能。

To me, it had never crossed my mind that they might be moving the baby from her mom.
短语 · B2mock someone

拿我来嘲讽

was kind of mocking me, like, "Oh, you're saying, 'Poor Kalina,"' you know, "'what's she going to do without her mommy?"'
短语 · B2shut someone up

把我的话堵住

嘲弄落定之后,讲述者补了一句of course,说那一下就shut me up。这不是服气,是承认可怜腔真把人堵住。全程没有还嘴,语气又短又像认输。

And, you know-- and that of course just shut me up.
短语 · B1separate someone

把双方隔开 这里隔开的是母鲸和幼鲸

So, the night of the move, we had to deploy the nets to separate them and get Kalina, the baby, into the med pool.
俚语 · B2med pool

医疗隔离水池——圈内行话,对外人得补一句

So, the night of the move, we had to deploy the nets to separate them and get Kalina, the baby, into the med pool.
短语 · B2overly vocal

过分爱出声 这句有 not,她并不是这种鲸

She was not an overly vocal whale.
发音not an overly

not an贴紧滑,t别收死

She was not an overly vocal whale.
短语 · B2removed from the scene

像清场一样弄走

当夜讲到卡利娜,用的就是removed from the scene,后面才接上车、去机场。听着像清场,不像母子被拆开。语气平,手续压着感情。

After, Kalina was removed from the scene and put on the truck and taken to the airport,
短语 · A2once or twice

次数少,就那么一两回

And the other females in the pool, maybe once or twice during the night they'd come out and check on her.
短语 · A2check on someone

过去看看她还好不好

And the other females in the pool, maybe once or twice during the night they'd come out and check on her.
短语 · C1nothing besides something

除了悲痛不能叫别的

卡蒂娜在池角又抖又叫,别的鲸靠近又退开,然后才听见besides grief。这不是在写观察报告,是不许人换词。语气放慢,像定案。

There was nothing that you could call that, watching it, besides grief.
语法 · C1watching it

插入语:watching it插在中间,要先看再命名,besides只剩grief。

There was nothing that you could call that, watching it, besides grief.
短语 · B2not your + noun

不是你的那些东西 这里指鲸不归你

Those are not your whales.
发音not your whales

重音压not和your,尾音收冷

Those are not your whales.
短语 · B1the one that does something

做这件事的那个人 不是随手一碰,是上手照料

You know, you love them and you'll think, "I'm the one that touches them,
短语 · B1keep someone alive

让它们活下去

feeds them, keeps them alive, gives them the care that they need."

看懂「幼鲸被运走母鲸哭喊」

发音重点

  • but I thought — but贴住I,t点一下就走
  • four and a half — and只留轻n,重音给数字
  • not an overly — not an贴紧滑,t别收死
  • not your whales — 重音压not和your,尾音收冷
it was our responsibility to do as much as we could to keep their family units together since we knew that in the wild that's what happens.

我们有责任尽己所能,让它们的家庭还在一起,因为我们知道野外就是这样。 拿园里的做法去跟野外比,责任说满,后面一拆就疼。

It was decided by the higher-ups that she would be moved to another park when she was just four, four and a half years old.

上面的人定了:她才四岁、四岁半,就要被转到另一个园区。 被动把人藏进higher-ups,年龄说两遍,像不敢相信自己说出口。

To me, it had never crossed my mind that they might be moving the baby from her mom.

对我来说,我从没想过他们会把宝宝从妈妈身边弄走。 比没想到更空:念头从未出现,might还不敢说死。

And, you know-- and that of course just shut me up.

然后,你知道,那一下当然就把我的嘴堵住了。 of course不是同意,是承认嘲讽奏效,也承认自己退了。

There was nothing that you could call that, watching it, besides grief.

看着那一幕,除了悲痛,你没法把它叫成别的。 先排除别的名字,只把grief留下,像一句宣判。

Those are not your whales.

那些不是你的鲸。 五个词把感情改成产权,刺点在your。

关于这一章的问题

never crossed my mind 是什么意思?

意思是「念头从没出现过」,用来强调某件事自己完全没想过。台词里有人说,从没想过他们会把幼鲸从母亲身边带走。

「我们事先不知情」英语怎么说?

可以说 news to us。台词里说,这件事对当时照顾幼鲸的训练师来说是 news to us,也就是他们之前完全不知道这个决定。

shut me up 是「让我闭嘴」还是「把我噎住」?

这里更接近「把我的话堵住」:对方一句挖苦,让说话的人当场不再作声。不是让人物理上闭嘴,而是话被顶回去。

besides grief 能理解成「除了悲痛不能叫别的」吗?

可以。台词里说,看着那一幕,除了 grief 没有别的词能称呼它,也就是「除了悲痛不能叫别的」。

「产权在他们手里」英语怎么说?

用 own them。最后一句 They own them 强调的不是你爱它们、照顾它们,就代表它们属于你。

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