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小镇宣布紧急状态:a state of emergency

几十架飞机两小时内改降甘德,镇上一下要多接几千人。巴士司机还在罢工,一句 Without them, no one's going anywhere.(没他们,谁也走不了。);于是 We need to house them somewhere, and we need to get them there.(得给他们找地方住,还得把他们送过去。)。想学英语里应付突发、协调资源的说法,这段很真实。

发生了什么

平常一天只有六班飞机,这一天两小时内竟来了三倍之多,三十八架飞机改降甘德,平均每架两三百人。空管说有几架飞机不应答,还可能被当成炸弹威胁;联邦航空局又不给领空重开的时间表。机组必须休息,酒店却全满了。阿普尔顿和甘博愿意接收,却因为巴士司机还在 on the picket line(罢工)而送不过去,正如那句 Without them, no one's going anywhere.(没他们,谁也走不了。)。镇议会最后宣布 a state of emergency(紧急状态),把社区建筑 converted into(改造成)收容所,向全镇求人帮忙。想学英语里汇报紧急情况、协调资源的说法,这段很紧凑。

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a state of emergency

紧急状态(官方宣布的非常状态)

镇长让记者播报,甘德镇议会正式宣布进入紧急状态,所有可用公共建筑改为收容所。

The governor declared a state of emergency before the storm.州长在风暴来临前宣布进入紧急状态。

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  • on the picket line

    在罢工纠察线上;正在罢工

  • Don't quote me on that

    这话别算我说的;别引用我

  • converted into

    被改造成、被改建为

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39 句台词里标了 24 处

短语 · B1half a dozen

半打;六个左右

On a normal day, we get a half dozen flights,
发音half dozen

half dozen 里 half 的 f 和 dozen 相接,读得很紧,像 hal-dozen。

On a normal day, we get a half dozen flights,
短语 · B1three times as many

三倍

and now we already got three times that many landing in two hours.
语法 · B2three times that many

倍数表达:times 加 that many 表示倍数;用对比说明航班量暴增,为整场危机定调。

and now we already got three times that many landing in two hours.
短语 · B2add something up

合计、盘算

-Now I'm adding this up. -And then another, and then
俚语 · B2Holy shit

卧槽(粗话,表震惊)——粗俗感叹,用来表达强烈的震惊或难以置信;正式场合和对不熟的人绝对别说。

Holy shit!
短语 · B2on the wrong frequency

频率调错了

Reg says they're probably just on the wrong frequency.
短语 · A2get out of here

离开这里

The airplane crews need to be rested, or we'll never get them out of here.
语法 · B2need to be rested

need to be done 结构:need to be 加过去分词表示需要被怎样;一句话交代出不去的原因。

The airplane crews need to be rested, or we'll never get them out of here.
发音out of here

out 的 /t/ 夹在两个元音间,舌尖轻弹一下,常连成 /ˈaʊdəv/;of 弱成 /əv/,here 的重音稍抬高。

The airplane crews need to be rested, or we'll never get them out of here.
短语 · A2no room

没有地方

Even with all the hotels in town, we've got no room.
短语 · C1on the picket line

在罢工纠察线上;正在罢工

镇议会想调巴士疏散乘客,可司机还 on the picket line,没人开车。

Garth's bus drivers are still on the picket line.
短语 · C1don't quote me on that

这话别算我说的;别引用我

市长情急之下说了句狠话,马上补一句 Don't quote me on that,怕被记者登出去。

Don't quote me on that.
短语 · B1on the line

在电话那头

I've got the SPCA lady on the line again asking about animals.
短语 · B1deal with something

处理

Tell Bonnie we've got people to deal with.
发音deal with

deal with 里 deal 的 l 和 with 相接,读得很快,像 dea-with。

Tell Bonnie we've got people to deal with.
短语 · B1as many as

和……一样多

Jesus, that's near as many as we got living here in town.
短语 · C1snarl something up

把……堵乱

Not to mention food and supplies and anything else that snarls up.
短语 · B2fewer people to lose

要损失的人更少

Because if anything goes wrong, we have a lot less people to lose.
语法 · B1if anything goes wrong

if 条件句:if 加 anything goes wrong 表示万一出事;用它解释为何选择小城而不是大城市。

Because if anything goes wrong, we have a lot less people to lose.
短语 · B2declare a state of emergency

紧急状态(官方宣布的非常状态)

镇长让记者播报,甘德镇议会正式宣布进入紧急状态,所有可用公共建筑改为收容所。

"Gander Town Council declares a state of emergency."
短语 · B2be converted into something

被改造成、被改建为

市议会宣布,任何可用的公共建筑都将 converted into 临时避难所。

Any available community buildings will be converted into shelters.
语法 · B2will be converted into

将来时被动:will be 加过去分词构成将来被动;广播里一句通知就把学校变成收容所。

Any available community buildings will be converted into shelters.
短语 · B1at any minute

随时

With thousands of passengers arriving at any minute, the town is asking for help with--

看懂「小镇宣布紧急状态」

发音重点

  • half dozen — half dozen 里 half 的 f 和 dozen 相接,读得很紧,像 hal-dozen。
  • out of here — out 的 /t/ 夹在两个元音间,舌尖轻弹一下,常连成 /ˈaʊdəv/;of 弱成 /əv/,here 的重音稍抬高。
  • deal with — deal with 里 deal 的 l 和 with 相接,读得很快,像 dea-with。
The airplane crews need to be rested, or we'll never get them out of here.

机组必须先休息好,否则我们永远也送不走这些人。 用 need 加 or 的后果句说明现实约束:不是不想快,而是快不了。

Because if anything goes wrong, we have a lot less people to lose.

因为万一出事,我们要搭进去的人会少得多。 直白到近乎冷酷的算计,平静说出选择小城的理由,比任何渲染都震撼。

"Gander Town Council declares a state of emergency."

「甘德镇议会宣布进入紧急状态。」 广播腔的官方声明把小镇推入历史,正式语体和荒诞处境形成强烈反差。

Without them, no one's going anywhere.

没有他们,谁也别想走。 一句短促的结论把关键依赖挑明,斩钉截铁,一句顶一段。

For Jesus's sake, I'll tell them where to go!

看在上帝份上,我来告诉他们往哪儿去! 急到失控的口气配上 where to go 的双关,把官僚推诿一句顶回去。

关于这一章的问题

a state of emergency 是什么意思?

意思是「紧急状态」,指政府为应对突发灾难宣布的非常状态,可以临时调动物资、人手和场地。

「正在罢工」英语怎么说?

可以说 on the picket line,字面是「在纠察线上」,指工人正在罢工、在厂门口拉横幅。

Don't quote me on that 怎么用?

意思是「这话别算我说的、别引用我」,用来提醒对方自己刚说的话不宜公开,属于私下交底。

converted into 是什么用法?

意思是「被改造成、被改建为」,后面接新用途。比如社区建筑 will be converted into shelters 就是被改成收容所。

「谁也走不了」英语怎么说?

可以说 no one's going anywhere,形容所有人被困住、动弹不得,语气很形象,口语里常听到。

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