这场戏：证人指认拆穿骗局
第 19 章 · 共 21 章 · 4'24"
基斯在办公室复盘那桩谋杀：同伙拄拐冒充迪特里奇森上车跳车，再把尸体扔上轨道，他说这招 a cinch（十拿九稳）。他请杰克逊来辨认，对方一看照片就否认。基斯断言 Murder's never perfect.（谋杀从来没有完美的），案子 come apart at the seams（开始散架）。想学怎么复盘手法、怎么用英文下断言，这段很过瘾。
❝ 独白 · 10 句 案子「撑不住、开始散架」：come apart at the seams
come apart at the seams 撑不住、开始散架twice as safe 安全一倍stuck with each other 被绑在一起、甩不掉one-way trip 单程、有去无回
基斯在办公室里把整桩谋杀复盘给内夫听：凶手让一个同伙拄着拐杖，冒充迪特里奇森上了火车，在暗处跳车，再把尸体放到火车碾过的轨道上，做成摔车的样子。他说这招 a cinch（十拿九稳）。为找证据，他把俄勒冈州梅德福的杰克逊请来认照片：杰克逊说自己在梅德福 take our time（不着急），但最后明确表示这照片上的人 not the man that was on the train（不是火车上那个人），还说 If I say it, I mean it.（我说出口就是当真的）。基斯由此断言 Murder's never perfect.（谋杀从来没有完美的），案子开始 come apart at the seams（散架）。想学怎么复盘手法、辨认证据、下断言，这段很经典。
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。
“Murder's never perfect. Always comes apart sooner or later.”
谋杀从来没有完美的，早晚都会露馅。
把谋杀当成一件注定磨损的作品，冷静里透着宿命感。
X is never perfect. It always ...
劝人别指望侥幸能瞒住时可以说，对正想铤而走险的人别用。
No plan stays perfect for long. ／ Secrets fall apart on their own.
中性
never 重读，sooner or later 压低放缓。
The lie is never perfect; it always comes apart sooner or later. 谎言从来不会完美，早晚会露馅。
“And it's a one-way trip, and the last stop is the cemetery.”
而且是趟单程车，最后一站就是墓地。
用坐车比喻共谋的下场，轻描淡写却句句见血。
It's a one-way trip, and the last stop is ...
形容没有回头路的选择时能用，安慰刚经历丧失的人别用。
One-way ticket, no refunds. ／ There's no getting off this ride.
literary
one-way 与 cemetery 重读，and 轻带。
Keep lying and it's a one-way trip to the end of the line. 再撒谎就是一趟开到终点的单程车。
“Whether it's love or hate doesn't matter. They can't keep away from each other.”
是爱是恨都无所谓，他们离不开彼此。
把爱与恨一并归入同一种相互牵扯，断言干脆利落。
Whether it's X or Y doesn't matter.
对纠缠不清的两人下判断时能用，正式汇报里别这样说人。
Call it love or hate, it makes no difference. ／ Whatever it is, they can't stay apart.
中性
Whether 轻起，can't keep away 连读加重。
Whether they call it love or hate, they can't keep away from each other. 不管他们管这叫爱还是恨，两人就是离不开。
“Up in Medford we take our time making up our mind.”
在我们梅德福，拿定主意是要花时间的。
一句慢悠悠的乡下自豪，把证人不紧不慢的倔劲儿说活，也拖出全场笑点。
Up in ..., we take our time ...
自嘲或强调自己不赶时间、说话算话时用，熟人闲聊合适，催进度的场合别这么说。
Where I come from, we don't rush. ／ We think things over before we answer.
口语
Up in Medford 连读，take our time 稍慢，making up 轻带。
Back home we take our time before we say yes. 在我们那儿，答应之前是要慢慢想的。
He'll show. He's got to show. Sometime, somewhere, they've got to meet. Their emotions are all kicked up. Whether it's love or hate doesn't matter. They can't keep away from each other. They may think it's twice as safe because there are two of them. But it isn't twice as safe. and it's not like taking a trolley ride together... where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they've got to ride... all the way to the end of the line. And it's a one-way trip, and the last stop is the cemetery.
他会露面的。他非露面不可。早晚、总有个地方，他们得碰头。 他们的情绪都被搅起来了。 是爱是恨都无所谓。他们离不开彼此。 他们也许以为两个人更保险，安全了一倍。 可实际上并不更保险。 这不像是两个人一起坐电车…… 可以各自在不同的站下车。 他们被绑在了一起，只能一路坐下去…… 一直坐到终点。 而且是单程，最后一站就是墓地。
下一章 · 20hang on to your hat扶好帽子这场戏：错把替罪羊当凶手「十拿九稳、小菜一碟」。基斯说 An impersonation, see? A cinch to work.，意思是冒名顶替这招干起来毫不费力。
come apart at the seams。字面是衣服缝线崩开，引申为「开始散架、露馅」。基斯说案子 It's beginning to come apart at the seams already.，就是快撑不住了。
意思是「说起来、这么一想」，用来补充刚想到的细节。杰克逊说 Come to think of it, he tried to keep his back towards me.，就是「说起来，他一直背对着我」。
「在……方面、就……而言」。基斯说 let's see what we have in the way of proof，就是「看看我们在证据方面有什么」。
不是。take one's time 是「不着急、慢慢来」。杰克逊来自梅德福，说 Up in Medford we take our time making up our mind.，强调他们拿主意讲究慢。
