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前总统被请去戴维营:skedaddle

两个前总统在客厅里斗嘴,一个要来杯 vodka tonic(伏特加汤力),一个嘴硬说自己 never touch alcohol(从不碰酒),转头就被同伴拆穿。正吵着,坦纳上校上门,说哈尼总统要见他们,被问怎么找到的,只甩下一句 we know where you are at all times(我们随时都知道你在哪儿)。想学斗嘴和公事口吻,这段都有。

发生了什么

这是《总统拍档》里两位前总统被请走的一段。两人先在客厅斗嘴:一个说要 vodka tonic(伏特加汤力),另一个嘴硬说自己 never touch alcohol(从不碰酒),当场被拆穿。正说着,坦纳上校找上门,自我介绍是 N.S.A.(国家安全局)的,说哈尼总统要 as quickly as possible(尽快)见他们,车已在去戴维营的路上。两人纳闷怎么被找到的,对方一句 we know where you are at all times(我们随时都知道你在哪儿)把天聊死。临走前还逗孩子 run along(跑开去玩)和 skedaddle(快溜)。想学斗嘴、找人、公事口吻和哄小孩,这段表达很杂也很实用。

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at all timesrun alongskedaddleI'd kill for

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skedaddle

快溜;赶紧跑开

外公把玩具手枪塞给孙子,连哄带赶地让他快跑开,别留在大人的谈话里,嘴里就蹦出 skedaddle 这个词。

The kids skedaddled as soon as the sprinklers came on.洒水器一开,孩子们撒腿就跑。

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  • at all times

    随时、始终

  • run along

    走开去玩、一边去

  • I'd kill for

    极想要;恨不得拿命去换

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35 句台词里标了 29 处

短语 · B1for the last time

最后一次、我再最后说一遍

Douglas, for the last time, I'm telling you everything I know,
短语 · B2not have the slightest clue

一点头绪都没有

and I don't have the slightest clue what the hell Olympia is.
短语 · B1what the hell something is

到底、究竟(加强语气)

and I don't have the slightest clue what the hell Olympia is.
语法 · B2what the hell Olympia is

宾语从句:what the hell Olympia is 整个从句作 clue 的补充说明,用陈述语序,把疑问内容放进句子中间。what 引导的从句里主语是 Olympia,语序不倒装。

and I don't have the slightest clue what the hell Olympia is.
发音what the hell

what the hell 说得很快时 what 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d,the 又弱读,听上去像 wuh-da-hell。

and I don't have the slightest clue what the hell Olympia is.
短语 · A2want something to drink

喝的东西

Excuse me, Dad, did you guys want something to drink?
短语 · B2kill for something

为得到某物甘愿付出一切

I'd kill for a vodka tonic. I'm sure we can swing that.
短语 · C1swing something

想办法弄到手

I'd kill for a vodka tonic. I'm sure we can swing that.
短语 · B2dull the senses

让感官变迟钝

I never touch alcohol. Dulls the senses.
俚语 · C1full of shit

满嘴胡扯、一派胡言(粗话)——粗话,直接骂对方在撒谎或胡说。只能用在极熟的人之间或情绪上头时,对上级、长辈、客户都不能说。

You're so full of shit.
短语 · B2big-people talk

大人之间的谈话

We're talking big-people talk.
短语 · B1didn't hear something

没听见那句话

You didn't hear that, did you?
短语 · B1run along

走开去玩、一边去

爷爷把话柄塞给孙子,让他拿着东西走开,别打扰大人谈话。

See, you take this and run along. Grandpa.
短语 · B1go hide

去躲起来

Give me the gun. Now, you go hide.
俚语 · B2Skedaddle

赶紧走开(老派口语)——带点老派和逗趣的口语,意思是快走开,常用于对孩子说。正式场合或对陌生人显得又怪又没礼貌。

Okay! Skedaddle.
短语 · B1where were we

我们刚才说到哪儿了

Nine... Okay, where were we?
发音where were we

where were we 里两个 were 常弱化为 /wər/,轻轻滑过,重音落在最后的 we。

Nine... Okay, where were we?
短语 · B2have anything to do with something

与某事有任何关系

Well, I don't think you had anything to do with Charlie's death, but I'm pretty sure
语法 · C1I don't think you had anything to do with

否定前移:否定前移把本该落在从句的否定提到主句的 think 上。字面是我不觉得,实际是委婉地说你没有参与那件事,比直接否定对方更留余地。

Well, I don't think you had anything to do with Charlie's death, but I'm pretty sure
短语 · B1be involved in something

卷入某事

you're involved in this mess somehow.
短语 · A2what about someone

那你呢

I'm involved? Well, what about you?
短语 · A2spend time with someone

和某人待在一起

Well, now you know. I enjoy spending time with dead men.
短语 · B1go ahead and do something

尽管去做好了

You don't believe me? Go ahead and die.
短语 · B2perk someone up

让我立刻精神起来

It will perk me right up. You...
短语 · B1as ... as possible

尽可能快地

President Haney needs to meet with the both of you as quickly as possible.
短语 · B2at all times

随时、始终

特工对上门的两位前总统说,不管他们躲到哪里,自己始终掌握他们的行踪。

We know where you are at all times, sir.
语法 · B1where you are

宾语从句 where:where you are 作 know 的宾语,用陈述语序表示地点。这里等于说我们一直掌握你的位置,从句直接跟在 know 后面,不用再补介词。

We know where you are at all times, sir.
发音at all times

at all times 的 t 舌尖轻弹一下接 all,常连成 /əˈtɔːl/,末尾 times 别拖。

We know where you are at all times, sir.
短语 · B1that's our business

那是我们的工作、与你无关

That's our business.

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发音重点

  • what the hell — what the hell 说得很快时 what 的 t 弹成轻轻的 d,the 又弱读,听上去像 wuh-da-hell。
  • where were we — where were we 里两个 were 常弱化为 /wər/,轻轻滑过,重音落在最后的 we。
  • at all times — at all times 的 t 舌尖轻弹一下接 all,常连成 /əˈtɔːl/,末尾 times 别拖。
Well, now you know. I enjoy spending time with dead men.

现在你知道了吧。我就喜欢和死人待在一起。 被人抓住把柄,却顺势把指控接过来当成爱好,用一句自嘲把审问的主动权抢回手里,冷得漂亮。

We know where you are at all times, sir.

先生,我们随时都知道你在哪儿。 用最平静的官方口气说出最让人后背发凉的话,礼貌的 sir 反而让监控的味道更重。

and I don't have the slightest clue what the hell Olympia is.

而且我根本不知道奥林匹亚到底是什么鬼。 用一点头绪都没有加上到底什么鬼,把彻底的无知和烦躁一次说尽,日常换掉专有名词就能直接用。

You don't believe me? Go ahead and die.

你不信我?那你尽管去死。 被人指认时不但不辩解,反而把挑衅顶回去,还顺手把对方的死说成自己的乐子,冷得让人发笑。

关于这一章的问题

skedaddle 是什么意思?

意思是「快溜、赶紧跑开」,很口语,常用来催小孩或催人快点走。台词里一句 Skedaddle 就是「赶紧走开」,比 hurry up 更带画面。

「随时」英语怎么说?

at all times。台词里 We know where you are at all times 就是「我们随时都知道你在哪儿」,比 always 更正式、更强硬。

「一边去」英语怎么说?

run along。台词里 run along 就是「一边玩去」,家长赶小孩走时常用,语气轻松不生硬。

I'd kill for 是什么意思?

意思是「极想要、恨不得拿命去换」,夸张地表达渴望。台词里 I'd kill for a vodka tonic 就是「我真想来杯伏特加汤力」,想吃什么喝什么都能用。

「卷进某事」英语怎么说?

involved in。台词里 you're involved in this mess 就是「你卷进了这桩麻烦」,be involved in 后面接事,也能说 get involved in。

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