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没证据也想公开黑幕:get away with it

两位前总统躲在林子里,一个想 go public(把真相公之于众),另一个提醒没有证据只会被当傻瓜。转机来自白宫厨房的用餐记录:它能证明 Haney 涉案,但对方一定会 tapping some phones(监听电话),所以只能徒步走去俄亥俄州。想学放狠话、讲证据、苦中作乐,这些台词很好笑。

发生了什么

两位前总统在逃亡路上争论对策:有人主张 We'll go public(把真相公之于众),对方却提醒 We can't go public without evidence(没证据就公开只会被当傻瓜)。争吵中他们想到,白宫厨房有一份用餐记录,能证明 Haney 和 Reynolds 一起吃过饭,而记录不在国家档案馆,就在俄亥俄州的总统图书馆。偏偏电话会被 tapping(监听),没人能打电话过去,于是一句 It's a nice night to walk to Ohio(今晚正好走去俄亥俄州)把方案定了下来。想学辩论、反驳、放狠话和苦中作乐,这些表达都很好用。

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  • 留意两人从豪言到自嘲的语气转折
  • 观察总统身份如何变成证据笑点
  • 注意荒野求生与政治阴谋的反差

留意这几个短语

get away with itgo over budgetgive someone the red assson of a bitch

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get away with it

做了坏事还逃脱惩罚to escape punishment or blame

得知汉尼是幕后黑手后,其中一位前总统咬牙说,绝不能让他就这么逃过去。

He cheated on the exam and got away with it.他考试作弊,居然没被抓住。

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  • go over budget

    超出预算

  • give someone the red ass

    让某人火冒三丈;惹得某人一肚子火

  • son of a bitch

    混蛋;王八蛋(骂人的粗话,也可表惊讶或服气)

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短语 · C1give someone the red ass

让某人火冒三丈;惹得某人一肚子火

两位总统窝在荒郊,越说越气,一句粗鲁的俚语脱口而出,问对方知不知道什么事最让他上火。

And you know what really gives me the red ass?
短语 · B2be behind the whole thing

是整件事的幕后主使

Haney's behind the whole thing.
短语 · B2get away with something

做了坏事还逃脱惩罚

得知汉尼是幕后黑手后,其中一位前总统咬牙说,绝不能让他就这么逃过去。

Well, damn it, he's not gonna get away with it.
发音get away with it

get away with it 里 get 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d,away 又连上 with,听起来像 ge-daway-with-it,中间不断开。

Well, damn it, he's not gonna get away with it.
短语 · B2go public

把真相公之于众

We'll go public.
短语 · B1go on TV

上电视

I'm gonna call Kaye Griffin, we'll go on TV, and we'll tell them about Reynolds' murder and the helicopter explosion.
发音go on TV

go on TV 的 on 常弱化为一个短 /ən/,go 的尾音直接搭上去,重音落在 TV。

I'm gonna call Kaye Griffin, we'll go on TV, and we'll tell them about Reynolds' murder and the helicopter explosion.
短语 · A2Are you crazy?

你疯了吗

Are you crazy?
俚语 · B2morons

傻瓜、白痴(贬义)——贬义词,嘲笑别人很蠢。语气不算最粗,但仍是人身攻击,别对同事或陌生人用,自嘲时说 we look like morons 倒很安全。

We'll look like a couple of morons!
短语 · B1be supposed to do something

应该、按理说要做

What the hell are we supposed to do now? I don't know.
短语 · B2be called away to something

被临时叫去某处

Wilkerson, call Douglas and Kramer's families, tell them the presidents were called away to an emergency summit.
短语 · B2have no further information

没有更多消息

They will not be reachable, and we have no further information.
短语 · B2a head start

领先、先走一步的优势

Unless you find them in that wreckage, they're still out there with about a three-hour head start.
语法 · B2Unless you find them in that wreckage

unless 引导的反面条件:unless 等于如果不,先排除唯一可能,再给出仍然成立的结论。这里意思是除非在残骸里找到人,否则他们还有三个小时的领先优势,语气比 if 更冷硬。

Unless you find them in that wreckage, they're still out there with about a three-hour head start.
短语 · A2owe someone

欠我的

There's a half. You owe me.
短语 · C1save someone's backside

保住我们、救我们一命

Yeah, I am one cheap son of a bitch, and that's exactly what's gonna save our backsides.
俚语 · C1cheap son of a bitch

抠门的混蛋(粗话)——粗话,把骂人的词和抠门凑在一起,损人很重。只能用在极熟的人之间开玩笑或对骂,正式场合、对长辈和陌生人绝不能用。

Yeah, I am one cheap son of a bitch, and that's exactly what's gonna save our backsides.
短语 · B2go over budget

超出预算

其中一位前总统说自己让白宫厨房记录每顿饭,就是为了不超支。

I had the White House kitchen staff track every meal so I wouldn't go over budget.
语法 · B2had the White House kitchen staff track

使役结构:have 加某人加动词原形的结构表示让某人去做某事。这里说自己让白宫厨房的人去记录每一餐,动词 track 用原形,不带 to,说明是安排别人执行,不是自己动手。

I had the White House kitchen staff track every meal so I wouldn't go over budget.
短语 · C1stow it

省省吧、闭嘴

Aw, stow it, sailor.
语法 · B2prove that Haney was

宾语从句:prove 后面用 that 引出一个完整从句,把要证明的内容摆进去。从句里主语 Haney 后接 was,用陈述语序,说明他当时确实在那场午餐上。

That log is gonna prove that Haney was at that lunch with Reynolds,
短语 · B2have someone do something

让他们把东西传真过来

So I'll just call the library and have them fax the records to a few key people.
短语 · B1want someone dead

想要我们的命

No, you can't call. Somebody wants us dead.
短语 · A2find out

发现、查明

When they find out we're not, they're going to come looking for us.
短语 · B2come looking for someone

主动找上门来

When they find out we're not, they're going to come looking for us.
短语 · B2tap phones

窃听电话

That means they're gonna be tapping some phones.
短语 · B1keep up with someone

跟上某人

Try to keep up with me, buster.
发音keep up with me

keep up with me 里 with 弱读得几乎只剩 wih,中间的 th 很轻,重音落在 keep 和 me 上。

Try to keep up with me, buster.

看懂「没证据也想公开黑幕」

发音重点

  • get away with it — get away with it 里 get 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d,away 又连上 with,听起来像 ge-daway-with-it,中间不断开。
  • go on TV — go on TV 的 on 常弱化为一个短 /ən/,go 的尾音直接搭上去,重音落在 TV。
  • keep up with me — keep up with me 里 with 弱读得几乎只剩 wih,中间的 th 很轻,重音落在 keep 和 me 上。
And you know what really gives me the red ass?

你知道最让我火大的是什么吗? 不从骂人开始,而是先卖个关子再抛出怪诞的说法,把火气说得好笑又具体,日常套用换掉后半句就行。

Well, damn it, he's not gonna get away with it.

该死,他别想就这么逃过去。 一句粗口加一句狠话,把「我不接受这个结果」的态度钉死,日常想表态绝不放过谁时可以直接套。

It's a nice night to walk to Ohio.

今晚天气不错,正好走去俄亥俄州。 用最平常的天气话题包装一个荒唐提议,冷面幽默的味道全在这句轻描淡写里。

We can't go public without evidence!

没有证据,我们就不能对外公开! 一句就把冲动按住:想揭发也得先拿得出东西,慌乱里最清醒的判断往往最短。

关于这一章的问题

get away with it 是什么意思?

意思是「做了坏事还逃脱惩罚」。戏里说 he's not gonna get away with it,就是「他别想就这么逃过去」。想表达坏人逃不掉时很常用。

go over budget 是什么意思?

意思是「超出预算」。戏里有人说自己让白宫厨房记账,就是为了不 go over budget,也就是不超支。

「让某人火冒三丈」英语怎么说?

give someone the red ass。戏里一句 what really gives me the red ass,就是「最让我火大的是什么」,语气很口语、很冲。

son of a bitch 在这里是什么用法?

本意是骂人的「混蛋」,但戏里两人互怼时也带调侃和服气的味道,比如骂对方 one cheap son of a bitch,意思是抠门到家了。

他们为什么决定走去俄亥俄州?

因为证据在白宫厨房的用餐记录里,记录存在俄亥俄州的总统图书馆;但电话会被监听,不能打电话,只能亲自走一趟(It's a nice night to walk to Ohio)。

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