这场戏：报信被白宫晾七小时
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凯特和明迪到白宫报信，被晾了七个多小时，连叫都没叫进去；临走发现将军把免费零食卖给了他们——He charged us for the snacks, but they're free.（他收了我们零食的钱，可这些本来是免费的。）Why on earth would he do that?（他到底为什么要这么干？）把憋屈说透。办事被晾、被人占便宜时，这几句最解气。
白宫的零食也收钱：on earth（到底、究竟）
put you up 安排你们住下on earth 到底、究竟（表强烈不解）called us in 叫我们进去、召见kidding me 跟我开玩笑（不敢相信）
❝ 独白 · 7 句 主播的猛料播报
一段播报步步加码，把一场政治丑闻抖得又狠又好笑。
凯特和明迪到白宫想当面报信，却被晾在大厅里整整七个多小时，始终没人叫他们进去。临走他们还发现，将军把本该免费的零食卖给了他们——He charged us for the snacks, but they're free.（他收了我们零食的钱，可这些本来是免费的。）气得人半天说不出话。电视上，总统正陷在一场空前的丑闻里，主持人聊得眉飞色舞；回家后，一家人又为谁该开口、谁在绕弯子闹得不痛快。想学吐槽、抱怨和「绕着不正面谈」这类说法，这些表达都很地道。
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。
“He charged us for the snacks, but they're free.”
他收了我们零食的钱，可这些本来是免费的。
一句大白话把白宫的体面和将军的小气同时揭穿。
He charged us for ..., but ...
吐槽被多收钱、被人占小便宜时用；跟当事人当面说会撕破脸。
He made us pay for something that was free. ／ They billed us for snacks, if you can believe it.
口语
charged us 连读，but they're free 要放慢强调。
He charged us for water, but it's free at the counter. 他收了我们水的钱，可柜台那儿明明是免费的。
“Why on earth would he do that?”
他到底为什么要这么干？
on earth 一加，困惑和不满全冒出来了。
Why on earth would ...?
遇到想不通的事、表达强烈不解时用；正式文书里别用。
Why would he possibly do that? ／ What on earth made him do that?
口语
on earth 重读，would 轻带，句尾降下来。
Why on earth would you tell him that? 你到底为什么要告诉他那个？
“And then they made us wait for over seven hours, but they never called us in. I couldn't believe it.”
然后他们让我们等了七个多小时，却一直没叫我们进去。我简直不敢相信。
冷静陈述里全是被人轻视的憋屈，比大骂更扎心。
They made us wait for ... but they never ...
讲述被怠慢、被放鸽子的经历时用；正式投诉里可保留但语气要收。
They kept us waiting all day and never called us in. ／ We sat there for hours and nobody came for us.
中性
over seven hours 重读，never called us in 稍作停顿。
They made us wait for an hour, but they never called us in. 他们让我们等了一小时，却始终没叫我们进去。
“President Orlean is in the middle of an all-time shit storm.”
奥尔林总统正陷在一场空前的大丑闻里。
一句新闻腔配上一个粗口，把政治乱局说得又准又狠。
be in the middle of an all-time ...
形容某人正陷在巨大麻烦里时用；粗话，公开场合要说 mess。
She is in the middle of a total disaster. ／ The White House is drowning in scandal.
口语
in the middle of 连读，all-time 重读，句尾往下收。
The team is in the middle of an all-time mess. 这个团队正陷在一场空前的乱局里。
“I feel like we're skirting around this.”
我觉得我们一直在绕着这件事打转。
不说重话，却准确点破两个人都在躲的那件事。
I feel like we're skirting around ...
想把话题拉回正题、又不想指责时用；对上级用会有点直。
I feel like we're avoiding the real issue. ／ We keep dancing around this.
口语
skirting around 连读，this 稍拉长，句尾放平。
I feel like we're skirting around the real problem here. 我觉得我们一直在绕开真正的问题。
Sheriff Wade Conlon was already a controversial nominee, with no law degree and a record of "shoot first and ask questions later." You watching? With his background as a nude life model… Yeah, I'm watching it right now. …the White House is in full crisis mode. And, get this. I found five former students who are willing to go on record that Conlon got noticeably aroused when he posed for their drawing class.
警长韦德·康伦本就是个争议人选，没有法律学位，还有「先开枪后问话」的前科。 你在看吗？ 凭他当裸体写生模特那段经历…… 在，我这不正看着呢。 ……白宫已进入全面危机状态。 还有，你听这个。 我找到五名他以前的学生，愿意公开作证：康伦给他们当写生模特时，明显起了反应。
下一章 · 04sit tight and assess按兵不动先评估这场戏：向总统汇报彗星撞地字面是「屎风暴」，日常里指局面彻底失控、丑闻缠身的那种大烂摊子。新闻里说 President Orlean is in the middle of an all-time shit storm，就是总统正陷在一场空前的丑闻里。这是粗话，正式场合别用。
skirt around something。I feel like we're skirting around this 就是「我觉得我们一直在绕着这件事打转」，明明有事却谁也不肯挑明，就可以这么说。
put someone up。We're gonna put you up in a hotel somewhere 就是「我们会安排你们住到酒店去」，招待客人、临时安顿都能用。
clickbait。主持人纠结标题写「明显起了反应」还是「勃起」，还说 I don't want this to read like clickbait，就是不想让文章读起来像标题党。
意思是「公开表态、实名作证」，愿意把话记在案上、算数。报道里说有人 willing to go on record，就是愿意具名出来作证。
凯特和明迪到白宫报信，工作人员只说今晚见不成、先安排他们住酒店；结果一直没人叫他们进去，白等了一场，明迪说 I couldn't believe it。
