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揭穿计划只是骗局:sorry for your loss

众人收到地球的视频:墨菲已经长大,紧接着消息炸开——This was all a sham(这一切都是骗局),A计划根本不可能救地球人;有人喊出 An incredible sacrifice is being made by the people on Earth who are gonna die(真正牺牲的是地球上那些即将死去的人)。想学怎么揭穿谎言、怎么表达愤怒和质问,这些台词很有劲。

发生了什么

《星际穿越》里,耐力号上的人收到地球发来的视频:墨菲已经长大,一位老人离世,葬礼上一句 I'm sorry for your loss(请节哀)道别。紧接着真相被揭开:This was all a sham(这一切都是骗局),A计划只是安抚地球人的谎言,老教授的方程 The equation couldn't reconcile relativity with quantum mechanics(这个方程无法调和相对论与量子力学),还需要黑洞里的数据。有人愤怒地说 An incredible sacrifice is being made by the people on Earth who are gonna die(真正牺牲的是地球上那些即将死去的人),也有人问 Don't people have a right to know(难道人们没有知情权吗)。想学怎么安慰、怎么揭穿、怎么质问,这些台词都用得上。

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sorry for your loss

请节哀、对失去亲人表示慰问a standard expression of condolence

库珀得知布兰德教授去世后,用这句标准的慰问语向阿米莉亚致意。

I am sorry for your loss; he was a good man.请节哀,他是个好人。

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  • a sham

    骗局、假象

  • have a right to know

    有知情权

  • reconcile

    调和、使矛盾的两方一致

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短语 · C1I'm sorry for your loss

请节哀、对失去亲人表示慰问

库珀得知布兰德教授去世后,用这句标准的慰问语向阿米莉亚致意。

I'm sorry for your loss.
短语 · B2a sham

骗局、假象

阿米莉亚得知父亲早就解出方程却隐瞒真相后,说整件事都是一场骗局。

This was all a sham.
短语 · B2just want to know

只是想知道

I just want to know...
发音want to know

want 的 t 在 to 前省掉不爆破,舌尖只顶一下上齿龈,接着出 to。

I just want to know...
短语 · B2have to know

必须知道

I just have to know.
短语 · C1reconcile A with B

调和相对论与

The equation couldn't reconcile relativity with quantum mechanics. You need more.
短语 · B2see into something

看进黑洞内部

More data. You need to see into a black hole.
发音see into

see 收尾时带一个轻 j 滑进 into,两词之间不喘气。

More data. You need to see into a black hole.
短语 · B2the laws of nature prohibit

自然法则禁止

The laws of nature prohibit a naked singularity.
短语 · C1be meant to be done

注定不该被知道

There are some things that aren't meant to be known.
短语 · B2save someone from something

拯救人类免于灭绝

Your father had to find another way to save the human race from extinction.
短语 · B1instead of someone

而不是只顾自己

...to get people to work together to save the species instead of themselves.
俚语 · B2Bullshit

胡说、放屁——粗俗的否定用语,直接否定对方的话;只能对熟人或在动怒时说,正式场合和长辈面前绝不能用。

Bullshit.
语法 · C1You never would've come unless you believed

虚拟条件:You never would've come unless you believed you would save them. 里 would've come 表示对过去的假设,unless 引出唯一的前提:除非你相信自己能救他们,否则根本不会来。unless 等于 if not,后面用过去时 believed 与前句呼应。

You never would've come unless you believed you would save them.
短语 · C1have yet to do something

尚未跨越

Evolution has yet to transcend that simple barrier.
语法 · C1has yet to transcend

have yet to 结构:Evolution has yet to transcend that simple barrier. 里 has yet to 表示「到现在为止还没有」,语气比 has not 更克制,暗示将来仍可能发生。它后面接动词原形 transcend。整句在说人类的同理心还没跨出熟人范围。

Evolution has yet to transcend that simple barrier.
短语 · C1extend beyond something

超出视线所及

...those we know, but that empathy rarely extends beyond our line of sight.
短语 · B2in order to do something

为了拯救物种

He was prepared to destroy his own humanity in order to save the species.
发音in order to save

to 常弱化为轻短的 /tə/,重音留给 order 和 save,节奏更自然。

He was prepared to destroy his own humanity in order to save the species.
短语 · B2make a sacrifice

做出了惊人的牺牲

- He made an incredible sacrifice. -No.
短语 · B2have a right to know

有知情权

墨菲质问,难道人们没有权利知道真相,而不是被蒙在鼓里继续工作。

Murph, don't...? Don't people have a right to know?
短语 · B2same as ever

一如既往

Panic won't help. We just have to keep working, same as ever.

看懂「揭穿计划只是骗局」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 all a sham 指责计划是骗局
  • 掌握 right to know 的知情权表达
  • 听懂科学解释里的让步与追问
  • 理解 save the species 的抽象搭配

发音重点

  • want to know — want 的 t 在 to 前省掉不爆破,舌尖只顶一下上齿龈,接着出 to。
  • see into — see 收尾时带一个轻 j 滑进 into,两词之间不喘气。
  • in order to save — to 常弱化为轻短的 /tə/,重音留给 order 和 save,节奏更自然。
There are some things that aren't meant to be known.

有些事注定不该被知道。 用一句类似禁忌的话,把求知和代价摆在一起。它既是物理法则的边界,也是人类给自己设的伦理线,短短一句压着整部电影的重量。

He was prepared to destroy his own humanity in order to save the species.

为了拯救整个物种,他甘愿毁掉自己的人性。 把最极端的道德代价压进一句话:救所有人,等于先毁掉自己。

This was all a sham.

这一切都是一场骗局。 五个词掀翻整场信念:短促、决绝,适合真相揭穿的那一刻。

An incredible sacrifice is being made by the people on Earth who are gonna die!

真正在做出巨大牺牲的,是地球上那些即将死去的普通人! 把「牺牲」这个词从高高在上的英雄叙事里夺回来,扣在每一个等死的普通人头上。被动语态加定语从句,一句话就完成了道德反转。

关于这一章的问题

a sham 是什么意思?

意思是「骗局、假象」。戏里说 This was all a sham,就是「这一切都是骗局」——所谓的A计划只是稳住人心的幌子。想揭穿一个假象时可以用。

「请节哀」英语怎么说?

sorry for your loss。葬礼上或刚得知别人失去亲人时,一句 I'm sorry for your loss 是最得体的安慰。

have a right to know 是什么用法?

意思是「有知情权」。戏里有人问 Don't people have a right to know,就是质问:难道人们不该知道真相吗。为别人争知情权时可以用。

reconcile 在这里指什么?

意思是「调和、使矛盾的两方一致」。戏里说方程 couldn't reconcile relativity with quantum mechanics,就是这个方程没法让相对论和量子力学自洽。两套说法对不上时都能用。

他们最后怎么打算?

既然A计划行不通,只能靠 Plan B(殖民别的星球)延续人类;库珀则说 Let me go home,想回地球。有人提醒 Panic won't help,只能继续工作。

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