学习设置
背景介绍
看之前,知道这些就够了报房里,记者们为了赶上《晚报》城市版,竟拿州长、警长和死刑犯的行刑时间开玩笑;Hildy一边替朋友解围,一边把写好的采访撕成碎片,打电话向Walter摊牌。整段从黑色幽默滑到职业告别,能学到新闻、政治和激烈争辩里的地道表达。
- 注意 not a 的弹舌与弱读
- reprieve him 连读,h 几乎不显
- 长句靠重音切分,别逐词追
- 会用 reprieve 讲暂缓行刑
- 听懂 law-and-order ticket
- 掌握带刺的辞职表达
- 留意警长的礼貌与坚持
- 观察 Hildy 如何从玩笑转威胁
- 注意新闻术语制造的黑色幽默
章节
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语言点
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看完视频,正好复习reprieve
暂缓执行刑罚
law-and-order ticket
以治安为主张的竞选纲领
bull
把 B 解释成 Bull
production for use
把死刑说成生产计划
swipe
顺手偷拿
lay one's eyes on
看到某人或某物
tear something up
撕碎或毁掉
wage slave
靠工资过活的打工人
金句
这句话本身就很棒——棒在哪、怎么用“But you can reprieve him twice so he hangs three days before election.”
不过你可以给他两次缓刑,这样他会在选举前三天被绞死。
把法律程序和选举算计并置,冷酷又讽刺。
You can [verb] him twice so...
讨论多次延期却仍会导致同一结果时。
You can delay it twice, but the result is the same. / You can give them more time, but not a way out.
formal
重读 reprieve、twice、three days,so 前后稍停。
“This is Hildy Johnson. I can quit all right, without a single quiver.”
我是希尔迪·约翰逊。我当然能辞职,连一丝颤抖都不会有。
without a single quiver 把决绝写得有画面又有节奏。
I can [verb]..., without a single...
强调自己做决定时毫不犹豫。
I can leave without looking back. / I can say no without hesitation.
neutral
先重读 quit,再把 without a single quiver 一口气带过。
“I'll be a woman. Not a news machine.”
我要做一个女人,而不是一台新闻机器。
两个短句形成强烈对照,把职业倦怠变成宣言。
I'll be..., not...
表达想找回生活身份、不愿被工作定义。
I'll be a neighbor, not a babysitter. / I'll be a person, not a password.
literary
woman 与 machine 重读,Not a 单独停顿,形成对照。
精彩独白
一个人撑起的一段戏,值得整段跟读This is Hildy Johnson. I can quit all right, without a single quiver. I'll live like a human being, not like you chumps. Is that you? I've got some news for you. I got the interview, but I've got some more important news. Better get a pencil and take it down. All ready? Now, get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee. There won't be an interview or a story. Your check leaves with me in 20 minutes. I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you. And if I ever lay my eyes on you again... ...I'll hammer on your monkey skull so it rings like a Chinese gong! You don't know why I'm angry? Get Louie to tell you about his watch. And there's just one other little thing. Hear that? That's the story I just wrote. I know we had a bargain. I said I'd write it. I didn't say I wouldn't tear it up. It's all in little pieces now. And I hope to do the same for you someday. That's my farewell to the newspaper game. I'll be a woman. Not a news machine. I'll have babies, give them cod-liver oil and watch their teeth grow. And if I ever see one of them look at a paper, I'll brain him.
我是希尔迪·约翰逊。我当然能辞职,连一丝颤抖都不会有。 我要像个正常人一样生活,不像你们这些蠢货。 是你吗?我有消息要告诉你。 采访我拿到了,但我还有更重要的消息。 最好拿支铅笔记下来。 准备好了吗? 听好了,你这个背信弃义的猩猩。 采访没了,稿子也没了。 你的支票二十分钟后跟我一起走。 就算罗马着火,我也不会替你报道。 要是我再见到你一次…… ……我就把你的猴脑袋砸得像中国铜锣一样响! 你不知道我为什么生气?让路易告诉你他的表吧。 还有一件小事。 听见了吗?那就是我刚写的故事。 我知道我们说好了。我答应过会写。 但我没说过不会把它撕掉。现在它已经碎成一片片了。 我希望有一天也对你这么做。 这就是我告别报业的方式。 我要做一个女人,而不是一台新闻机器。 我要生孩子,给他们吃鱼肝油,看着他们长牙。 要是我看到他们中的任何一个看报,我就把他脑袋打爆。
本章要点
看完能带走什么- 会用 reprieve 讲暂缓行刑
- 听懂 law-and-order ticket 的竞选说法
- 掌握 according to schedule 的按计划表达
- 理解 I'll be a woman 的职业宣言
常被搜到的问题
先看问题,再对照台词reprieve 是什么意思?
指缓期执行或暂缓死刑;这里说的是让犯人多活几天。
law-and-order ticket 怎么翻译?
指以维护治安、严惩犯罪为主张的竞选纲领。
I'll be a woman 在这里什么意思?
Hildy 宣布不再做被工作吞没的新闻机器,要过人的生活。
according to schedule 怎么用?
表示按既定计划进行,例如会议 will go according to schedule。
wage slaves 是骂人吗?
它把靠工资生活的人夸张地说成工资奴隶,带讽刺和阶级批判色彩。
