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复盘案发当晚行踪:with a forked tongue

布兰克请众人复盘案发当晚,靠一截 creak horribly(咯吱响得厉害)的楼梯和 a light sleeper(睡觉很浅的)琳达,把每个人的行踪排成一条时间线。可物证也会骗人,一句 with a forked tongue(说话两面三刀)点破:everyone can lie(人人都会撒谎)。想学复述经过、谈线索和破案,这些表达都用得上。

发生了什么

众人一起复盘案发当晚:玛尔塔带哈兰上楼吃药,因为楼梯 creak horribly(咯吱响得厉害),而琳达又是 a light sleeper(睡觉很浅的人),所以谁上下楼都瞒不住。第一次是乔恩妮听到响声上楼查看,吵醒琳达;十分钟后是玛尔塔离开;再过十五分钟是哈兰下楼找夜宵,沃尔特想劝他回去。法医据此定下死亡时间,大家的说法都被 accounted for(解释清楚、对得上)。可埃利奥特坚称这是自杀,有人却提醒:物证也会 with a forked tongue(说话两面三刀),everyone can lie(人人都会撒谎)——几乎所有人。想学复述经过、引用证据、点破谎言,这些表达都好用。

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这场戏看什么

  • 三次楼梯响对应三次行踪
  • 证词对得太齐时找破绽
  • 对比官方定论和布兰克翻盘

留意这几个短语

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本章短语

with a forked tongue

说话两面三刀、口是心非to speak deceitfully

布兰克说物证能把故事讲清楚,却可能用一条分叉的舌头说两面话,暗示证据也会骗人。

The report speaks with a forked tongue: facts, bent to a purpose.那份报告口是心非:事实被掰向了某个目的。

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  • a light sleeper

    睡觉很浅、容易醒的人

  • turn in

    去睡觉、就寝

  • accounted for

    解释清楚、说明(去向或原因)

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63 句台词里标了 35 处

短语 · B1walk someone through something

把过程一步步讲给我听

Walk me through everyone's whereabouts at the time of death.
发音Walk me

重音压在 Walk,me 则常弱化为很轻的 /mi/,嘴几乎不张开,两个词顺成一个音步滑出来。

Walk me through everyone's whereabouts at the time of death.
短语 · B2creak horribly

咯吱响得厉害

The stairs leading up to Harlan's bedroom and his attic office creak horribly
短语 · B1a light sleeper

睡觉很浅、容易醒的人

警探解释为什么琳达会被楼梯声吵醒,说她是 a light sleeper。

and Linda is a light sleeper.
短语 · B1hear something from somewhere

听到头顶某处传来一声响

The first was when Joni heard a ka-thunk from somewhere above her in the house.
短语 · A2knock something over

把某物碰翻

He explained that they had just knocked over the Go board.
短语 · B1that game with ...

那种带格子和棋子的游戏

You know, that game with the grid and stones?
发音Go to

Go to 里 to 常弱化为轻短的 /tə/,舌尖轻碰上齿龈就放掉,别拖长,重心全落在 Go 上。

He was fine. "Go to bed."
短语 · A2love you

爱你

- Love you. 'Night. - Love you.
短语 · B1so someone did

她就照做了

So she did. - Bye.
短语 · A2drive off

开车离开

He saw her leave and drive off.
短语 · B1note the time

记下时间

Noted the time.
短语 · B2the third and final time

第三次也是最后一次

Linda is awoken for the third and final time...
短语 · B1come down for something

下楼来找点吃的

Harlan, who came down for a midnight snack.
短语 · B2try to discourage someone

想劝住某人

Which Walt tried to discourage.
短语 · B2determine the time of death

法医确定了死亡时间

Based on this, the medical examiner determined the time of death
短语 · B1the dogs were barking

外面的狗在叫

Meg woke up because the dogs were barking outside.
短语 · A2use the bathroom

去了趟卫生间

She used the bathroom, went back to bed.
短语 · B1stories match

每个人的说法都对得上

Now, everyone's stories matched,
短语 · C1account for every moment

每一刻都有着落

every moment accounted for.
语法 · C1every moment accounted for

过去分词作独立结构:every moment 后面直接接过去分词 accounted for,构成一个独立小句,表示每一刻都被交代清楚了。它省略了 be 动词,读起来像结案陈词,把「无懈可击」的假象钉牢。

every moment accounted for.
短语 · B1someone didn't do it

不是某人干的

So, uh, we know that Ransom didn't do it because he wasn't there.
短语 · B1someone couldn't have

某人不可能

Marta couldn't have.
发音couldn't have

couldn't have 在口语里 have 几乎被吞掉,听起来像 couldna,末尾的 v 音基本不出现。

Marta couldn't have.
短语 · B1be still alive

她走时还活着

Harlan was still alive when she left.
短语 · B1it was a suicide

那是自杀

Except it was a suicide, all right?
短语 · C1blood splatter patterns

血迹喷溅的形态

We saw from the blood splat patterns that they were uninterrupted, meaning, it's almost impossible for anyone
语法 · C1from the blood splat patterns that they were uninterrupted

that 引导的宾语从句:saw 后面先接 from 短语交代依据,再用 that 从句说出看到的内容。句子把观察和结论分开:从血迹形态看出喷溅没有中断,因此推断当时身边不可能有人。

We saw from the blood splat patterns that they were uninterrupted, meaning, it's almost impossible for anyone
短语 · B2cut one's own throat

割了自己的喉

He's the one who cut his own throat, all right?
短语 · B1keep going over something

一遍遍过同一件事

I don't know why we keep goin' over this.
短语 · C1speak with a forked tongue

用两面派的方式讲清故事

Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.
语法 · C1can tell a clear story with a forked tongue

can 表可能性:can 在这里不是能力,而是「有可能」。物证可以把故事讲得清清楚楚,却同时用一条分叉的舌头说两面话。它把「证据也可能骗人」这层意思提前埋下。

Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.
短语 · B1as we can see from ...

从……可以看出

And as we can see from this mornin',
短语 · B1everyone can lie

人人都会撒谎

everyone can lie.
短语 · A2almost everyone

几乎所有人

almost everyone.

看懂「复盘案发当晚行踪」

发音重点

  • Walk me — 重音压在 Walk,me 则常弱化为很轻的 /mi/,嘴几乎不张开,两个词顺成一个音步滑出来。
  • Go to — Go to 里 to 常弱化为轻短的 /tə/,舌尖轻碰上齿龈就放掉,别拖长,重心全落在 Go 上。
  • couldn't have — couldn't have 在口语里 have 几乎被吞掉,听起来像 couldna,末尾的 v 音基本不出现。
Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.

物证能把故事讲得一清二楚,却也可能用一条分叉的舌头。 把「证据」和「真话」拆开:冷冰冰的痕迹也会撒谎。它提醒人,最像事实的东西往往最需要被追问,是全片怀疑精神的凝练。

So, uh, we know that Ransom didn't do it because he wasn't there.

所以,呃,我们知道兰森没做,因为他当时不在场。 把一整条推理链压成一句轻描淡写的结论,so 和 uh 让它像随口一说,实际是在给听众排除嫌疑人。

Walk me through everyone's whereabouts at the time of death.

把死亡时间前后每个人的行踪给我过一遍。 一句标准侦探指令,用 walk me through 把复杂的排查变成带人走一遍现场;语气平静,却掌控全局。

I don't know why we keep goin' over this.

我不懂我们干嘛要一遍遍翻来覆去地过这个。 用一句抱怨暴露警察的自我怀疑:越是反复确认,越说明结论站不住。句子越随意,焦虑越明显。

关于这一章的问题

a light sleeper 是什么意思?

意思是「睡觉很浅、容易醒的人」。戏里说 Linda is a light sleeper,正因为琳达睡得浅,楼上楼梯一响她就醒,谁走过都被记下来。

with a forked tongue 是什么意思?

意思是「说话两面三刀、口是心非」。戏里说物证也能 tell a clear story with a forked tongue,就是「物证也能把故事讲得头头是道,却是骗人的」。

turn in 是什么意思?

就是「去睡觉、就寝」,比 go to bed 更口语。戏里说 Walt and Jacob turned in shortly after that,就是「沃尔特和雅各布随后也去睡了」。

「解释清楚、对得上」英语怎么说?

accounted for。戏里说 everyone's stories matched, every moment accounted for,就是「每个人的说法都对得上,每一刻都有着落」,指没有说不清的空档。

埃利奥特为什么坚持是自杀?

他拿出物证:哈兰割开了颈动脉,从血迹喷溅看,当时几乎不可能有人在他身边。所以他认为没人动手,是哈兰自己割的喉。

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