容我说完、迁就我一下
- Indulge me. - MARTA: Blanc, I told Ransom, Ransom told you, and I'm telling you now,Knives Out · 2019 — 第 12 / 14 章 · 4'42" · C1
甜甜圈洞揭开真相：twist the knife
真相快收网时，布兰克却突然问：为什么有人雇我？他拿甜甜圈打比方——那个洞看着补上了，可 look a little closer（再凑近看一点），洞中心还有个洞。有人以为事情到此为止，他却说 The answer is not so simple（答案没那么简单），最后当众点破雇他的人就是兰森。想学一步步推理，这几句很过瘾。
发生了什么
这是《利刃出鞘》里布兰克把真相拼起来的一段。他先用甜甜圈打比方：哈兰和玛尔塔那晚做的事 at first glance（乍一看）正好补上那个洞，可 look a little closer（再凑近看一点），那个洞中心还有洞。接着他盯住雇主这条线：Why was I hired（为什么有人雇我），而且 before the sealed will was read（在遗嘱被宣读之前）就被雇，说明那人早知道遗嘱内容。他一句 The answer is not so simple（答案没那么简单）挡回质疑，最后点破雇他的人就是兰森，再倒回派对，还原 I'm giving it to Marta（我要给玛尔塔）和 I'm warning you（我警告你）那场争执。想学推理、追问和揭底的说法，这段最精彩。
这场戏看什么
- 听哪一层是表面洞、哪一层是真洞
- 盯雇探时间如何推翻供词
- 对比玛尔塔咬死和布兰克绕圈
留意这几个短语
at first glancetwist the knifemake doblackmailing
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twist the knife
往伤口上撒盐、故意加深伤害to make someone's pain worse on purpose
布兰克形容兰森和哈兰都是戏精，享受彼此 twisting the knife，也就是互相戳痛处。
Bringing up his old failure was twisting the knife.提他过去那次失败，就是在往伤口上撒盐。
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- at first glance
乍一看、初看之下
- make do
将就着用、凑合过
- blackmailing
敲诈、勒索
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91 句台词里标了 62 处
Indulge me 里 me 只留很轻的 /mi/，尾音几乎不占拍子，重音稳稳放在 Indulge 的第二个音节上。
- Indulge me. - MARTA: Blanc, I told Ransom, Ransom told you, and I'm telling you now,不可撼动的事实
it is an immovable fact that I killed Harlan.中心那个洞
But... But, I spoke in the car about the hole at the center of this donut.乍一看、初看之下
布兰克说，乍一看，玛尔塔和哈兰那晚做的事似乎正好填上了那个洞。
And what you and Harlan did that fateful night seems at first glance to fill that hole perfectly.再凑近看一点
But we must look a little closer.宾语从句省略连词：we see 后面直接接一个完整小句，连词被省略。句子用「洞里有洞」的递归结构把比喻推进一步，让听众先接受画面，再接受逻辑。
And when we do, we see the donut hole has a hole in its center.根本不完整
and our donut is not whole at all!为什么有人雇我
Why was I hired?钓取某样东西
Someone fishing for a crime to reverse the will, Blanc. Come on.在遗嘱被宣读之前
But I was hired before the sealed will was read.知道某物的内容
the person must have known the contents of the will.知道有罪案发生
But one step further, that same person must have known a crime was committed,推翻继承权
If the intent was to reverse Marta's inheritance,负有责任
they must have known that Marta was responsible.几个耐人寻味的条件叠加
An intriguing combination of factors.combination of 连读时 combination 末尾的音接上 of，of 又弱化成轻音，听起来像 combinatio-nəv，中间不停顿。
An intriguing combination of factors.无法说出消息来源
Someone who knew what Marta did wanted to expose it but could not reveal how they knew.could 加 how 从句：could not 表示当时做不到，后面接 how 从句说明做不到的具体内容：没法交代消息是怎么来的。它把嫌疑人的两难说清楚——想揭发，又不能暴露自己。
Someone who knew what Marta did wanted to expose it but could not reveal how they knew.勒索某人
She was blackmailing me. She knew what I did.不想让罪案曝光
Yeah, but Fran wanted money, ergo she did not want the crime exposed.看见某人做可疑的事
What if someone in the family had observed Marta doing something suspicious?没有理由不站出来说
But they would have had no reason not to speak up.答案没那么简单
The answer is not so simple.一连串错误酿成的悲剧
Now with the entire solution in my field of view, the arc of this case is a tragedy of errors.至少有一个
But there is at least one truly guilty party behind it all,真正意义上的
guilty in the true sense of acting with malice and committing a heinous crime with selfish intent.全跟他们说了
Marta, I'm so sorry. I told them everything.估摸着已经败露
I figured it was up. I'm sorry.很高兴你那么做了
Hey. It's all right, Ransom, I'm glad you did.不过也没全说
Not exactly everything though.把某人错认成另一个
She saw me that night. She mistook me for Ransom.一会儿再说那个
We'll get to that.你为什么雇我
you might tell us all why you hired me.往回倒
You're right, let's back it up...派对那天晚上
To the night of the party.你和某人的争执
Your argument with Harlan.粗俗，指自慰——masturbate 是直白的生理用词，在正式场合属禁忌话题。这里借来羞辱对方，攻击性强；对不熟的人、长辈和正式场合都不能用。
What were the overheard words by the Nazi child masturbating in the bathroom?爱演戏的人
You and Harlan were drama mamas, you shared a love of twisting the knife into one another.往伤口上撒盐、故意加深伤害
布兰克形容兰森和哈兰都是戏精，享受彼此 twisting the knife，也就是互相戳痛处。
You and Harlan were drama mamas, you shared a love of twisting the knife into one another.俚语，爱制造戏码、情绪夸张的人——drama mama 指总把小事闹大、爱演的人，带调侃和轻微贬义。朋友之间吐槽可以用；对不熟的人或正式场合说会显得不客气。
You and Harlan were drama mamas, you shared a love of twisting the knife into one another.你不是认真的吧
You can't be serious!一分钱都没有
Not a red dime or word of my work to a single one of them, you included.在某事上赢过某人
Harlan told him that I could beat him at Go.把话题引向某人
"Why would the topic of the will "have steered around to Marta?"不可能疯成那样
You can't be that crazy.把家产扔掉
You're not just gonna throw away your fortune.把它给某人
No. I'm giving it to Marta.全部
All of it.这辈子第一次
I'm sane for the first time in my life,对某文件做了改动
I've made the change to my will. It's done.警告某人
I'm warning you!猛烈的臆测
That's some heavy-duty conjecture.只有这样才说得通
But it is the only way what comes next makes sense.the only way 引导的从句：the only way 后面直接接一个完整小句，中间不加 that，表示「只有这样，后面的事才说得通」。它把推论说成唯一的解释，语气是收网前的笃定。
But it is the only way what comes next makes sense.makes sense 连读时 makes 末尾的音直接接上 sense，听起来像 meik-sense，两个词粘成一块。
But it is the only way what comes next makes sense.气冲冲走出去
So you storm out, you drive off into the night.一种铺天盖地的感觉
What was it? Feeling an overwhelming sense of...将就着用、凑合过
布兰克复述兰森的话：从今往后，哈兰得自己将就着过了，用的是 make do for himself。
That he had to make do for himself from here on out.自己照顾自己
"Do for yourself."就这么了事
"You won't get away with this."一个计划成形
And a plan forms.看懂「甜甜圈洞揭开真相」
发音重点
- Indulge me — Indulge me 里 me 只留很轻的 /mi/，尾音几乎不占拍子，重音稳稳放在 Indulge 的第二个音节上。
- combination of — combination of 连读时 combination 末尾的音接上 of，of 又弱化成轻音，听起来像 combinatio-nəv，中间不停顿。
- makes sense — makes sense 连读时 makes 末尾的音直接接上 sense，听起来像 meik-sense，两个词粘成一块。
Now with the entire solution in my field of view, the arc of this case is a tragedy of errors.如今整套答案都在我视野里了，这个案子的弧线是一场由错误酿成的悲剧。 把破案说成看见全貌，再把整个事件定性为「错误的悲剧」：没有人是纯粹的恶魔，但每一步都走错了。它既是总结，也是对人性的判断。
But it is the only way what comes next makes sense.可只有这样，接下来的事才说得通。 把推论锁成唯一解释：不是「可能如此」，而是「否则无法解释」。它用逻辑收网，比任何指控都更有压迫感。
No. I'm giving it to Marta.不。我要把它留给玛尔塔。 用两个极短的句子宣布财产去向，前一个词是拒绝，后一个词是决定；越简短，越像不容商量。
I'm sane for the first time in my life,我这辈子第一次这么清醒。 把「改遗嘱」说成清醒，而不是疯狂；一句自我确认，道出他宁愿失去一切也要做对的事，也是全片最动人的一段。
关于这一章的问题
twist the knife 是什么意思？
意思是「往伤口上撒盐、故意加深伤害」。台词里说你跟哈兰都爱 twisting the knife into one another，就是互相专挑痛处戳，熟人间调侃、也指真伤人。
「乍一看」英语怎么说？
at first glance。台词里 seems at first glance to fill that hole perfectly 就是「乍一看正好补上那个洞」，先给个初步印象时很常用。
「凑合过」英语怎么说？
make do。台词里 he had to make do for himself 就是「他得自己将就着过」，手头不宽裕、条件不够时都能用。
blackmailing 是什么意思？
意思是「敲诈、勒索」。台词里 She was blackmailing me 就是「她在勒索我」，blackmail 既是动词也是名词，拿把柄要钱要好处都算。
「答案没那么简单」英语怎么说？
The answer is not so simple。台词里布兰克一句 The answer is not so simple 就挡回了别人的猜测，意思是事情没这么容易看懂。
利刃出鞘 · 共 14 章
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第 1 章pass the torch警探逐个盘问家人
第 2 章at the behest of私家侦探初次登场
第 3 章the black sheep of the family一家人复盘派对争吵
第 4 章a little bird told me盘问发现说谎会呕吐
第 5 章with a forked tongue复盘案发当晚行踪
第 6 章close the book with a flourish生日夜下棋谈心
第 7 章stone-cold dead喂错药后密谋脱身
第 8 章conflate葬礼后为移民吵翻
第 9 章burn bridges遗嘱宣读前家族开打
第 10 章hold your horses遗嘱把家产全给护士
第 11 章lay low餐馆里谈交易
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第 13 章a shred of evidence还原调换药瓶的真相
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