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伪造数据被当场揭穿:resist the temptation

在曼恩的星球上,有人先大谈 survival instinct(求生本能),转眼被揭穿伪造数据,承认这些年一直 resist the temptation(抵挡住诱惑)却没忍住。地球那边,家人为走不走吵到翻脸,有人说爸爸不会回来了。想聊撒谎、坦白、扛责任,这几句很能用。

发生了什么

在曼恩的星球上,有人先用 survival instinct(求生本能)论证人比机器强,因为机器没有对死亡的恐惧;可营地被质疑后,他承认数据全是伪造的,说这些年一直 resist the temptation(抵挡住诱惑),只想按下按钮等救援。地球那边也不平静:家人为要不要上船各执一词,一句 Dad's not coming back(爸爸不会回来)后接 It's up to me(只能靠我),把话说到最狠。想聊撒谎、认错、责任、决裂,这些说法直接能用。

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resist the temptation

抵挡住诱惑to keep yourself from doing what you want to do

曼恩承认,这些年来他一直忍住按下求救按钮的冲动,最后还是没有忍住。

She resisted the temptation to check her phone during dinner.晚餐时她忍住没看手机。

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  • survival instinct

    求生本能

  • have a seat

    请坐

  • abundantly clear

    再清楚不过、明明白白

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短语 · B2take it gently

轻一点、慢慢来

Just take this gently.
短语 · B2a fear of something

对死亡的恐惧

A machine doesn't improvise well because you can't program a fear of death.
语法 · B2because you can't program a fear of death

because 原因从句:A machine doesn't improvise well because you can't program a fear of death. 里 because 引出原因:机器不擅长随机应变,是因为无法给它编程出对死亡的恐惧。否定 can't 放在从句里,把「不能」归到编程这件事上。

A machine doesn't improvise well because you can't program a fear of death.
短语 · C1survival instinct

求生本能

曼恩解释机器为什么替代不了人,说求生本能才是人类最强大的灵感来源。

Our survival instinct is our single greatest...
短语 · B2a source of inspiration

灵感来源

...source of inspiration. Take you, for example.
短语 · B2extend to someone

延伸到孩子身上

...with a survival instinct that extends to your kids.
短语 · B2at the moment of something

在死亡来临那一刻

At the moment of death, your mind's gonna push...
短语 · B1a little bit harder

更用力一点

...a little bit harder to survive.
发音a little bit

little 的两个 t 里,第二个夹在元音间弹成轻 d,整串连得很滑。

...a little bit harder to survive.
短语 · B1have a seat

请坐

医生招呼库珀坐下,准备告诉他检查结果和接下来的安排。

Uh, hey. I bet you're Coop. Why don't you have a seat here for me?
发音have a seat

have 末尾的 v 直接连上 a,再顺到 seat,三个词几乎粘成一块。

Uh, hey. I bet you're Coop. Why don't you have a seat here for me?
短语 · B2what's taking so long

怎么这么久

TARS, what's taking so long?
短语 · B2have trouble doing something

在完成……上有困难

Professor, I am having trouble completing the boot up.
短语 · B2be prepared to die

做好了赴死的准备

...I thought I was prepared to die.
发音prepared to die

to 只留一个很轻的 /tə/,重音放在 prepared 和 die,句子更顺。

...I thought I was prepared to die.
短语 · B2consider the possibility

考虑过这种可能

...I never really considered the possibility that my planet wasn't the one.
短语 · C1work out the way it was supposed to

按预想的方式发展

Nothing worked out the way it was supposed to.
语法 · C1the way it was supposed to

the way 引导的方式从句:Nothing worked out the way it was supposed to. 里 the way 引导方式从句,说明「按本该有的样子」;it was supposed to 后面省掉了 work out,避免重复。整句用否定开头,把失望说得很彻底。

Nothing worked out the way it was supposed to.
短语 · C1make something abundantly clear

把话说得再明白不过

Let me make something abundantly clear. You have a responsibility...
短语 · B2do one's duty

尽力履行职责

I tried to do my duty, Cooper...
短语 · B2resist the temptation

抵挡住诱惑

曼恩承认,这些年来他一直忍住按下求救按钮的冲动,最后还是没有忍住。

And I resisted the temptation for years...
俚语 · C1fucking coward

该死的懦夫——带脏话的强烈指责,只对真正令你愤怒的人说;正式场合、长辈或陌生人面前绝不能用。

You fucking coward.
短语 · B2it's up to someone

只能靠我

Dad's not coming back. He never was coming back. It's up to me.
短语 · C1leave someone to die

把我们留在这里等死

He left us here to die.
短语 · C1the best odds in years

多年来最好的机会

Those are the best odds I've had in years.

看懂「伪造数据被当场揭穿」

这一章能学到

  • 掌握用 work out 表示事情按预期发展
  • 理解 resist the temptation 的克制表达
  • 听懂 abundantly clear 的强硬说法
  • 辨认粗话如何强化愤怒而非普通形容
  • 学会用 odds 表达多年未有的希望

发音重点

  • a little bit — little 的两个 t 里,第二个夹在元音间弹成轻 d,整串连得很滑。
  • have a seat — have 末尾的 v 直接连上 a,再顺到 seat,三个词几乎粘成一块。
  • prepared to die — to 只留一个很轻的 /tə/,重音放在 prepared 和 die,句子更顺。
A machine doesn't improvise well because you can't program a fear of death.

机器不擅长随机应变,因为你没法给它编程出对死亡的恐惧。 用一个技术事实解释人类为何不可替代:怕死,才是创造力的来源。它把最本能的恐惧说成最珍贵的动力,冷静得近乎冷酷。

Dad's not coming back. He never was coming back. It's up to me.

爸爸不会回来了。他从来就没打算回来。只能靠我。 三句话把依赖一点点切断:不再回来、从没打算、只能靠自己。它既是汤姆的觉醒,也是兄妹分道扬镳的宣言,语气平却决绝。

Those are the best odds I've had in years.

这是我这些年来遇到的最好机会。 把「机会」这个词用在最危险的处境上,暴露出他早已把生存概率当成唯一标准。它不悲壮,只算账,反而更让人心寒。

Dad didn't raise me, Grandpa did. And he's buried out back with Mom and Jesse.

爸爸没养过我,是爷爷把我带大的。他就葬在后院,跟妈妈和杰西一起。 用一句纠正加一句家常事实,儿子把缺席父亲的存在一笔带过。它不控诉,只陈述,却比任何质问都更像判决。

关于这一章的问题

resist the temptation 是什么意思?

意思是「抵挡住诱惑」。戏里说 I resisted the temptation for years,就是「这些年来我一直抵抗着这个诱惑」,指忍住不去做某件明知不该做的事。

「求生本能」英语怎么说?

常说 survival instinct。戏里把求生本能说成最大的灵感来源,用来解释人为什么比机器更能随机应变、更愿意为活下去拼命。

abundantly clear 是什么语气?

是「再清楚不过、明明白白」。戏里 Let me make something abundantly clear,就是「我把话说得再明白不过了」,常用于严正提醒对方,语气很重。

have a seat 和 sit down 有区别吗?

have a seat 更客气,像「请坐」;sit down 比较直接,甚至偏命令。戏里 Why don't you have a seat here for me 就是很自然的招呼,请人先坐下。

「只能靠我」英语怎么说?

可以说 It's up to me。戏里 Dad's not coming back. It's up to me. 就是「爸爸不会回来,只能靠我」,把担子全揽到自己身上时用。

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