改变在某事上的立场
You know, after that bike ride I think I'm changing my position on an important issue.My Fellow Americans · 1996 — 第 10 / 13 章 · 3'14" · B2
图书馆里书被改过：put on a spread
图书馆架子上，两人翻到一本该有哈尼的书，名字却不在。有人沉下来说 They knew we were coming（他们知道我们要来）。后面信里提到失踪，对方却岔去夸晚宴 put on a spread（摆出一大桌丰盛的饭菜）。正事听到一半被菜带跑，英语里这种跑题也很常见。
发生了什么
两人在图书馆资料室翻旧书，想看出哈尼有没有被写进去。翻到一页，哈尼不在，有人说 They must have fixed this book, too（他们也动过这本书的手脚），又说 They knew we were coming（他们知道我们要来）。接着架子上掉下一本书，值班的人递来华盛顿的信：雷诺兹失踪，写信的人一句 I don't know who to turn to（不知道该向谁求助）。信里点到维特瑙尔，对方却岔去回忆晚宴 put on a spread（摆出一大桌丰盛的饭菜）。fall into the trap 是掉进圈套，劝人别上当；turn to 是向某人求助；put on a spread 是夸一整桌菜。查资料、开口求人、形容饭局，都能用上。
这场戏看什么
- 留意总统互损中的冷幽默
- 观察书信如何推动悬念
- 分辨正式称谓和粗口
留意这几个短语
fall into the trapput on a spreadturn toknow one's way around
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本章短语
put on a spread
摆出一大桌丰盛的饭菜to serve a large, impressive meal
回忆在幕僚长家吃饭时，前总统忍不住感叹对方那顿饭摆得极其丰盛。
She put on a spread for twenty guests with almost no notice.几乎没准备时间，她还是给二十位客人摆了一大桌。
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- fall into the trap
掉进圈套
- turn to
向某人求助
- know one's way around
熟悉某地/某领域的门道；对…很在行
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肯定用得上
I think the military can definitely use some of those gals.是不是、够不够……（反问）
Now, is this impressive, or what?or what 反问：句尾加 or what 形成一种反问，等于说这够不够气派，答案已经写在语气里。它不是在请对方选择，而是逼对方认同，口语里常用来炫耀或带点得意。
Now, is this impressive, or what?这个怎么样
How about this?一定是在开玩笑
Oh, you gotta be kidding.就像我们的孩子一样
Our dreams are like our children.掉进圈套
有人提醒另一位别被对方的说法带偏，说民主党那套就是等着人掉进去的圈套。
Don't you fall into the trap. Democrats are full of crap.净是胡说八道（粗话）——粗话，指某人或某套说法全是假话。只能当气话或在极熟的人之间说，正式场合和对陌生人要用更中性的说法。
Don't you fall into the trap. Democrats are full of crap.按成本价
Anything you really like, I can get it for you at cost.at cost 里 at 末尾的 t 在 cost 的 k 前几乎不发音，两词连成一个节奏，听起来像 a-cost。
Anything you really like, I can get it for you at cost.找到了吗
Have you found it yet?正在办、还在做
Working on it. Hey, there's something you never got.你一直没拿到的东西
Working on it. Hey, there's something you never got.年度人物
I was Time magazine's "man of the year."在这儿、找到了
Hey! Here it is.不在这儿
Where's Haney? He isn't here.动过这本书的手脚
They must have fixed this book, too.must have 表推测：must have 加过去分词表示对已经发生的事做出很肯定的推断。这里看到书里少了名字，推断对方一定事先动过手脚，语气比只说有可能要强得多。
They must have fixed this book, too.知道我们要来
They knew we were coming.干得漂亮
Hey, great job, Douglas!快点把……拿来
Hurry up with the ice.Hurry up with 里 Hurry 尾音滑向 up，中间补一个轻 j，up 再轻搭 with。
Hurry up with the ice.熟悉某处的门道
Excuse me. I don't know my way around "Kramer world."你运气好、算你走运
Lucky for you, Ben, we came along when we did.正好赶到、出现
Lucky for you, Ben, we came along when we did.情况相当不妙
You were in a pretty bad way.从……上掉下来
A book just falling off a shelf like that.闯进这里
Ben, is there any way someone could have broken in here without you knowing?我值班的时候
No, sir. Not on my shift.刚想起来
Oh, I just remembered...确保你收到了
Told me to be sure you got it.到底是什么鬼
Washington? What the heck is this?What the heck 说得快时 what 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d，the 又弱读，听起来像 wuh-da-heck。
Washington? What the heck is this?该向谁求助
"I don't know who to turn to.疑问词加不定式：疑问词 who 后面直接接不定式 to turn to，把该求助谁这件事当成一个整体来用，作 know 的宾语。介词 to 留在句尾，不能省掉。
"I don't know who to turn to.幕僚长
Haney's chief of staff. That son of a bitch.王八蛋（骂人粗话）——很重的骂人话，用来骂讨厌或卑鄙的人。对任何对象都冒犯，正式场合、对长辈和陌生人绝对不能用。
Haney's chief of staff. That son of a bitch.摆出一大桌丰盛的饭菜
回忆在幕僚长家吃饭时，前总统忍不住感叹对方那顿饭摆得极其丰盛。
My God did he put on a spread.包在……周围
Those little chicken livers with the bacon wrapped around them and the toothpick, and the dip for the broccoli--你能专心点吗
Could you focus, please?天亮之前
If we left now, we could get there by early morning, huh?借你的车
Ben, we're gonna need to borrow your car. Is that okay?有得选
Do I have a choice? No.看懂「图书馆里书被改过」
发音重点
- at cost — at cost 里 at 末尾的 t 在 cost 的 k 前几乎不发音，两词连成一个节奏，听起来像 a-cost。
- Hurry up with — Hurry up with 里 Hurry 尾音滑向 up，中间补一个轻 j，up 再轻搭 with。
- What the heck — What the heck 说得快时 what 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d，the 又弱读，听起来像 wuh-da-heck。
So was Hitler. Not twice.希特勒也当过。不过，不是两次。 先接住对方炫耀的荣誉，再用一句短到极致的补充把自豪感拆穿，损人损得又快又干净。
They knew we were coming.他们知道我们要来。 看到证据被动过就立刻反推出对方早已埋伏，一句短句把轻松的气氛瞬间翻成危险。
Lucky for you, Ben, we came along when we did.本，算你走运，我们正好及时赶到。 把搭救说成对方运气好，既轻描淡写地邀了功，又顺手确认了自己的作用，日常帮完忙这么说很自然。
I can't say that I can recall that ever happening before.我可不敢说，我印象里以前发生过这种事。 把一句我不记得说得滴水不漏，既否认又不把话说死，老练的官腔全在这句里。
关于这一章的问题
put on a spread 是什么意思？
就是摆出一大桌丰盛的饭菜。别人家办晚宴，菜多到桌子摆满，就可以说 My God did he put on a spread。夸饭局丰盛，比只说 delicious 更具体。
「掉进圈套」英语怎么说？
说 fall into the trap。有人拿一套说法引你上当，就劝一句 Don't you fall into the trap。比只说 be careful 更点明这是个圈套。
know one's way around 用在什么时候？
对一个地方或一行当不熟，就说 I don't know my way around。意思是不熟悉某地/某领域的门道。图书馆、新公司和一个行业都能用。
「向某人求助」英语怎么说？
说 turn to。不知道还能找谁的时候，就用 I don't know who to turn to。比 ask for help 更像是把对方当成能靠的人。
They knew we were coming 在这里指什么？
不是客气的迎接。书里本该有哈尼，人却不在，所以这句是在说对方提前知道有人会来查，先把记录改掉了。
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