My Fellow Americans · 1996 — 第 9 / 13 章 · 3'54" · B2

车里纠正历史吵翻:shut your cake hole

两位前总统搭上韦恩的车,闲聊时韦恩把拉什莫尔山的历史讲得离谱,被当场怼一句 Get your facts straight(先把事实搞清楚)。越聊越上火,有人说国家 fallin' apart(快散架了),官员却回一句 There is no such thing(根本没这回事),最后夫妻俩直接请他们下车。想学怼人、纠正别人和吵架,这些句子很解气。

发生了什么

两位前总统搭上韦恩的车,一路闲聊。韦恩讲起拉什莫尔山,把林肯和樱桃树、罗斯福和熊全混在一起,被当面纠正 Get your facts straight(先把事实搞清楚),还被补一句 That kind of ignorance is dangerous(这种无知很危险)。聊着聊着话题转向现实:有人说 The country's fallin' apart(国家快散架了),人们丢了工作、失去房子;官员却冷冷回一句 There is no such thing(根本不存在什么人民的声音),还损大家 The only thing you all seem to agree on is you don't want higher taxes(你们唯一能达成共识的就是不想加税)。最后主人夫妇请他们下车。想学纠正、互怼和谈政治,这些表达都很带感。

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shut your cake hole

闭上你的臭嘴a rude way to tell someone to stop talking

车里有人被吵得睡不着,冲着另一位前总统让他闭上那张嘴。

Shut your cake hole and let me finish the story.闭上你的嘴,让我把故事讲完。

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  • Get your facts straight

    先把事实搞清楚

  • mix up with

    把甲和乙搞混;张冠李戴

  • no disrespect

    无意冒犯;不是不敬(用来说难听话前先垫一句)

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72 句台词里标了 42 处

短语 · B2the way someone drives

照这家伙开车的开法

We're never getting to Ohio. Not the way this guy drives.
短语 · B1move faster

走得还更快

The Donner party moved faster.
短语 · A2be trying to sleep

正想睡觉

Aw, shut up. I'm trying to sleep.
短语 · B2pretend not to do something

装作不……

This time, pretend not to enjoy it.
短语 · C1shut one's cake hole

闭上你的臭嘴

车里有人被吵得睡不着,冲着另一位前总统让他闭上那张嘴。

Aw, shut your cake hole, Douglas.
短语 · B2would have been fine

本来会没事

You know, we'd have been fine outside in the tent, but thanks for sharing the bed.
短语 · A2thanks for doing something

多谢你……

You know, we'd have been fine outside in the tent, but thanks for sharing the bed.
短语 · B1it means a lot

意义重大、很暖心

It means a lot.
短语 · B1vote for someone

投票支持过你

You know, we voted for you.
短语 · A2sorry about something

为那件事感到抱歉

Oh, I-I'm sorry about that, sir.
短语 · A2at least

至少、往好处说

Well, at least you can admit it.
短语 · B2the first step towards something

走向某事的第一步

That's the first step towards recovery.
短语 · A2how much longer

还要多久

Any idea how much longer to Cleveland, Wayne?
俚语 · B1the boys

弟兄们、自己那帮同事——口语里指自己团队或部门里的男性伙伴,带亲近感。日常同事之间可以用,正式文件里换成书面的同事、职员等说法更合适。

I may have to call the boys in our department and tell them what time to expect us.
短语 · B1drop someone off

送某人下车

You know, I was thinking, after we drop you off,
短语 · B2a natural wonder

自然奇观

That's one of America's greatest natural wonders, son.
短语 · B1carve something

把它雕刻出来

A man by the name of Gutzon Borglum carved it.
短语 · B2ruin the whole thing

把整个感觉都毁了

Well, that ruins the whole thing.
短语 · B2diaper patrol

尿布警报(戏称要换尿布)

Whoops! Diaper patrol, Matt!
短语 · B2chop something down

把树砍倒

Well, there's Abe Lincoln. He chopped down the cherry tree.
短语 · B1have got to be kidding

一定是在开玩笑

You got to be kidding, right, Wayne?
短语 · B2mix someone up with someone

把某人和某人搞混

You got Lincoln mixed up with George Washington and you've got the Roosevelt's mixed up with Davy Crockett.
语法 · C1You got Lincoln mixed up with

have got 加过去分词:have got 加宾语加过去分词,表示把某人或某物弄成了某种状态。这里说对方把林肯和华盛顿搅在了一起,mixed up 是过去分词,说明混乱已经形成。

You got Lincoln mixed up with George Washington and you've got the Roosevelt's mixed up with Davy Crockett.
短语 · B2no disrespect

无意冒犯;不是不敬(用来说难听话前先垫一句)

平民车主想反驳前总统,又怕话说重了,先补一句 no disrespect 打个圆场,接着还是把车是我的这句硬话甩了出来。

Uh, no disrespect, sir, but you're in my car.
短语 · B2get one's facts straight

先把事实搞清楚

车主把两位前总统的历史常识说错,对方立刻回敬,让他先把事实搞清楚。

Well, our country. Get your facts straight.
语法 · B2expect your son to respect

expect 接宾语加不定式:expect 后面先接一个人,再接不定式,表示指望某人去做某事。这里用反问质问对方,凭什么要求儿子尊重历史,结构里 to respect 不能换成动词原形。

How do you expect your son to respect the nation's history if you don't?
短语 · B2fall apart

快散架了、分崩离析

No. The country's fallin' apart. People are losin' their homes.
发音fallin' apart

fallin' 省掉词尾的 g,收在鼻音 /n/ 上,紧接着滑进 apart 的元音,整块像 fallin-apart,中间的停顿拿掉。

No. The country's fallin' apart. People are losin' their homes.
短语 · B1find work

找到工作

They can't find work. You talk about ignorance.
短语 · B2the voice of the people

人民的声音

The voice of the people?
短语 · B2there is no such thing

根本没有这回事

There is no such thing.
俚语 · C1my fanny

才怪、胡说(委婉的反驳)——fanny 本来是屁股的委婉说法,整句用来轻蔑地否定对方的话,相当于才怪。语气随意带讽刺,正式场合不要用。

The voice of the people, my fanny.
短语 · B1pull over

靠边停车

Pull over, Wayne.
发音Pull over

Pull 末尾的 l 顺势带进 over 的元音,两词黏成 pul-lover;重音压在 Pull,over 别说得太满。

Pull over, Wayne.
短语 · B1there we go

好了、成了

There we go.
短语 · A2get out of something

从……里出去

Please get out of our car.
发音get out of

get out of 说得快时 get 的 t 和 out of 缩成 outta,两个词连成一串,听起来像 ge-doutta。

Please get out of our car.
短语 · B2budget cuts

预算削减

We lost our jobs because of your budget cuts, President Kramer.
短语 · B2an economic downturn

经济衰退

And we lost our home because of your economic downturn,
短语 · B2a slim chance

渺茫的机会

All we have now is the slim chance of a job at my uncle's paint factory in Cleveland.
语法 · B2All we have now is

all 加后置从句:all 后面紧跟一个省略连词的从句 we have now,用来说明全部所指的范围,再让 is 引出唯一剩下的东西。这里等于说我们现在拥有的全部,只是那份渺茫的工作机会。

All we have now is the slim chance of a job at my uncle's paint factory in Cleveland.
短语 · A2once again

再一次

So I will ask you once again.

看懂「车里纠正历史吵翻」

发音重点

  • fallin' apart — fallin' 省掉词尾的 g,收在鼻音 /n/ 上,紧接着滑进 apart 的元音,整块像 fallin-apart,中间的停顿拿掉。
  • Pull over — Pull 末尾的 l 顺势带进 over 的元音,两词黏成 pul-lover;重音压在 Pull,over 别说得太满。
  • get out of — get out of 说得快时 get 的 t 和 out of 缩成 outta,两个词连成一串,听起来像 ge-doutta。
The only thing you all seem to agree on is you don't want higher taxes.

你们所有人唯一像是达成的共识,就是不想加税。 把「人民的声音」一刀削到只剩一句不想加税,冷静里透着刻薄,是政治讽刺最省力的写法。

That kind of ignorance is dangerous.

那种无知很危险。 不骂人也不咆哮,只把无知定义成危险,一句短评就把批评抬到了公共责任的高度。

No. The country's fallin' apart. People are losin' their homes.

不。这个国家正在四分五裂。人们正在失去自己的家。 两个短句把宏观的「国家危机」压回到具体的「失去房子」,愤怒有了落点。由大到小的收束很有力量。

There is no such thing.

根本没有这种东西。 四个词直接抹掉一个被反复引用的概念,简短到不容争辩,任何争论里都能当封喉一句。

关于这一章的问题

shut your cake hole 是什么意思?

意思是「闭上你的臭嘴」,是很粗鲁但很有画面感的说法,cake hole 就是嘴的俚语。戏里就是让对方闭嘴,朋友间互怼、吵架时很常见,正式场合别用。

Get your facts straight 是什么意思?

意思是「先把事实搞清楚」,用来纠正说错话的人。戏里有人把历史人物张冠李戴,就被回了一句 Get your facts straight,语气直接、带点不耐烦。

mix up with 是什么意思?

意思是「把甲和乙搞混、张冠李戴」。戏里说 you got Lincoln mixed up with George Washington,就是「你把林肯和华盛顿搞混了」,常用来指出记忆或认知出错。

no disrespect 怎么用?

意思是「无意冒犯、恕我直言」,在说难听话之前先垫一句,让对方别太介意。戏里说 no disrespect, sir, but you're in my car,就是「恕我直言,先生,可这是我的车」。

「先把事实搞清楚」英语怎么说?

Get your facts straight。戏里用它纠正对方讲错的历史,也可以用在争论中要求对方别乱说,语气比 please check 更硬、更口语。

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