语法B1↩ 00:02
when Butch gets here
时间状语从句:when 引导将来时间时,从句用一般现在时,主句表达届时应完成。
We ought to be finished when Butch gets here .
我们等布奇一到,应该就能完事了。
发音↩ 00:02
ought to be
ought to 和 to 都弱读,三个词要连成一小串。
We ought to be finished when Butch gets here .
我们等布奇一到,应该就能完事了。
固定搭配B1↩ 00:04
mess up something
mess up something
把某人的生活搞砸
How you have messed up my life . What am I going to do?
你把我的生活搞成这样,我可怎么办?
语法B2↩ 00:04
How you have messed up my life
感叹句:How 加完整主谓结构表达强烈情绪,不是询问方式。
How you have messed up my life . What am I going to do?
你把我的生活搞成这样,我可怎么办?
固定搭配B2↩ 00:10
fall for someone's line
fall for someone's line
被某人的花言巧语骗到
I'd be on that train right now. I'm a sap , falling for your line .
我现在本来该在那趟火车上。我真是个傻瓜,居然信了你的花言巧语。
发音↩ 00:10
falling for your
for 和 your 弱读,falling-for-your 不要逐词断开。
I'd be on that train right now. I'm a sap , falling for your line .
我现在本来该在那趟火车上。我真是个傻瓜,居然信了你的花言巧语。
俚语B2↩ 00:10
sap
容易上当的傻瓜——自嘲或调侃别人,正式场合少用
I'd be on that train right now. I'm a sap , falling for your line .
我现在本来该在那趟火车上。我真是个傻瓜,居然信了你的花言巧语。
固定搭配A2↩ 00:14
get back to something
get back to something
回去继续做某事
- They'll name streets after me... - Yes, well, get back to work .
- 他们会用我的名字给街道命名…… - 好了,行了,回去工作。
发音↩ 00:29
know what I mean
what、I 弱读并连起来,mean 承担句尾重音。
Down Western Avenue, we was going 65 miles an hour, know what I mean ?
我们在西大道上开到时速 65 英里,明白我的意思吗?
固定搭配B2↩ 00:35
run smack into something
run smack into something
迎面猛撞上
We run smack into a police patrol. Busted it in half.
我们迎面撞上了一辆警车,把它撞成了两半。
俚语B2↩ 00:35
smack
正面猛地——口语中加强撞击或碰撞的突然感
We run smack into a police patrol. Busted it in half.
我们迎面撞上了一辆警车,把它撞成了两半。
俚语B1↩ 00:39
cops
警察——非正式说法,正式场合用 police officers
Can you imagine bumping into a load of cops ?
你能想象撞上一大群警察吗?
俚语B2↩ 00:43
Search me
我也不知道——熟人间随口推脱,别按字面理解
- What did you do with her? - Search me , when I come to...
- 你把她怎么了? - 我哪知道,我醒过来的时候……
固定搭配B2↩ 00:48
knock someone cold
knock someone cold
把某人打晕
- The driver got knocked cold . - Butterfingers !
- 司机被撞晕了。 - 真是个笨手笨脚的家伙!
俚语B2↩ 00:48
Butterfingers
笨手笨脚的人——调侃总拿不稳东西的人
- The driver got knocked cold . - Butterfingers !
- 司机被撞晕了。 - 真是个笨手笨脚的家伙!
固定搭配B1↩ 00:51
hand someone over
hand someone over
把某人交出去
- You handed her over to the cops . - What do you mean?
- 你把她交给警察了。 - 你这是什么意思?
俚语B2↩ 00:56
squawking
吵嚷或告状——带贬义地说人大声抱怨或喋喋不休
Fine. Now she's probably squawking to the police.
好吧。她现在大概正跟警察大吵大嚷呢。
语法C1↩ 01:05
Me with a gun on the hip and a kidnapped lady on my hands
省略结构:Me with... 是口语化片段,省略了主句,补出“我处在这种情况下”。
Me with a gun on the hip and a kidnapped lady on my hands ...
我身上带着枪,手里还扣着一个被绑来的女人……
发音↩ 01:15
will be will be
重复的 will、be 轻读,整句重心落在前后的命运感上。
What will be will be .
该怎样就怎样吧。
语法B1↩ 01:20
If he loves you, you won't have to tell him anything
条件句:if 从句给出条件,主句用 won't have to 表示不必做某事。
If he loves you, you won't have to tell him anything .
如果他爱你,你什么都不用告诉他。
语法C1↩ 01:22
Would you rather have had the old dame drag the police in here
宁愿句型:would rather have had 后接宾语加动词原形,比较一个并未发生的选择。
Would you rather have had the old dame drag the police in here?
你难道宁愿让那老太太把警察招到这里来?
俚语B2↩ 01:22
old dame
老太太——老派非正式称呼,可能显得轻慢
Would you rather have had the old dame drag the police in here?
你难道宁愿让那老太太把警察招到这里来?
固定搭配B1↩ 01:34
carry on with something
carry on with something
继续做下去
If it was my own grandmother, I'd carry on .
就算是我自己的祖母,我也会继续干下去。
固定搭配B2↩ 01:36
do something for the paper
do something for the paper
为了报社或新闻
- You know I would, for the paper . - Louie, where'd it happen?
- 你知道,为了报纸我也会这么做。 - 路易,事故发生在哪儿?
固定搭配B2↩ 01:59
a matter of life and death
a matter of life and death
生死攸关
For H. Sebastian, Butch, it's a matter of life and death .
布奇,是 H. Sebastian 的事,这关系到生死。
发音↩ 01:59
matter of life
of 弱读,matter-of-life 连起来,death 重读收句。
For H. Sebastian, Butch, it's a matter of life and death .
布奇,是 H. Sebastian 的事,这关系到生死。
固定搭配B2↩ 02:11
be at stake
be at stake
处于成败或安危关头
I don't care if you've been after her. Our lives are at stake !
不管你是不是在追她,我都不在乎。我们的命都悬着呢!
固定搭配B2↩ 02:14
come between someone and someone
come between someone and someone
介入两人的关系
Are you going to let a woman come between us ?
你要让一个女人横在我们之间吗?
固定搭配B2↩ 02:22
double-cross someone
double-cross someone
背叛或出卖某人
You can't double-cross me .
你不能出卖我。
俚语B2↩ 02:22
double-cross
背叛出卖——非正式,常用于威胁或帮派式对话
You can't double-cross me .
你不能出卖我。
固定搭配B1↩ 02:25
put someone on the phone
put someone on the phone
让某人接电话
这里指把电话交给她接听
All right, put her on . I'll talk to her.
好,把她接过来。我来跟她说。
固定搭配B2↩ 02:31
keep someone from something
keep someone from something
阻止某人履行某事
...you can't keep Butch from his duty . What's that?
……你不能妨碍布奇履行职责。什么?
固定搭配A2↩ 02:41
hang up
hang up
挂断电话
She hung up . What did I say?
她挂电话了。我刚才说什么了?
发音↩ 02:47
Will you shut up
you 弱读成 /jə/,shut 和 up 重读体现不耐烦。
- Will you shut up ? I'm trying to hear! - Duffy! That's cooperation.
- 你能闭嘴吗?我正努力听呢! - 达菲!这就叫配合。
固定搭配B1↩ 03:01
be up to someone
be up to someone
由某人决定或负责
- Yes, boss. - Louie, it's up to you .
- 是,老板。 - 路易,接下来靠你了。
固定搭配B1↩ 03:03
get a hold of someone
get a hold of someone
找到并联系某人
- Anything you say, boss. - Get a hold of some guys .
- 你说什么都行,老板。 - 找几个人来。