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听证会上承认编了鬼话:a cock-and-bull story

听证会上,审问者一句句逼近,帕什、埃尔坦顿的名字接连被摆上台面。有人坦白:为了不 open a can of worms(捅开马蜂窝),他 I told them a cock-and-bull story(编了一套鬼话);另一句 You're trying to protect your friend(你是在护着朋友)直接戳破沉默。想学审讯式追问、承认撒谎和形容搪塞,这段最典型。

发生了什么

这是《奥本海默》里他在听证会上被追问的一段。审问者转述有人放话 no intention of leaving any witness(不打算留下任何证人),还把埃尔坦顿接触项目的事摆出来。他先说自己 I'm not the judge of who should or should not have information(谁该不该掌握情报,轮不到我来判),承认为了让埃尔坦顿的事不 open a can of worms(捅开马蜂窝),他 I told them a cock-and-bull story(编了一套鬼话),甚至对帕什撒了谎。对方一句 You're trying to protect your friend(你是在护着朋友),就点破了他的沉默;而他要护的,正是这份责任里那个 by remote control(全靠遥控)的「孩子」。想学听证会追问、承认撒谎和替自己辩解,这些表达很集中。

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a cock-and-bull story

编造的荒唐故事;一套鬼话

奥本海默在听证会上承认,当年为了让调查收场,他向帕什编了一套说辞,并称之为这个故事。

He gave the police a cock-and-bull story about losing his keys.他给警察编了一套丢钥匙的鬼话。

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  • talk someone down

    把情绪激动的人劝冷静;把对方劝住、让他软下来

  • open a can of worms

    捅开一个马蜂窝;掀开一串难以收场的麻烦

  • put something in a context of

    把某事放到某个背景里来讲;替它提供一个参照

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短语 · B2by remote control

远程操控地

-Ah. -By remote control.
短语 · B1take up time

占用太多

I won't take up too much of your time.
发音take up

take up 里 take 的 k 和 up 连读,听起来像 ta-kup,中间不停顿。

I won't take up too much of your time.
短语 · B2have someone worried

让我担心

It's had me worried all day.
短语 · B2without authorization

未经授权

Yes, well, I didn't want to talk to Lomanitz without authorization.
短语 · C1admissible in court

法庭上可采纳的

Now, when the FBI pointed out that such information wouldn't be admissible in court, Pash made it clear
语法 · C1wouldn't be admissible in court

would 表推断:would 在这里表示对某种法律后果的判断;把证据能不能用的问题摆上台面,为后面的越界行为作注解。

Now, when the FBI pointed out that such information wouldn't be admissible in court, Pash made it clear
短语 · B2have no intention of doing something

无意做某事

he had no intention of leaving any witness left to prosecute.
短语 · C1be dancing with someone

在和某人打交道(有风险)

Now, the FBI talked him down, but that's the man you're dancing with.
短语 · B2be in a position to do something

有能力、有资格做某事

to people on this project, that he was in a position to transmit information.
短语 · B2be on the lookout for something

留意、提防

It might not hurt to be on the lookout for it.
语法 · B2might not hurt to be

it might not hurt to do 结构:it might not hurt to do 表示做某事大概无妨、不妨试试;一种极轻的建议,实际是在推动对方行动。

It might not hurt to be on the lookout for it.
发音on the lookout

on the lookout 里 the 只留一个轻音,接到 lookout,常连成 /ɒnðəˈlʊkaʊt/。

It might not hurt to be on the lookout for it.
短语 · C1open a can of worms

捅开一个马蜂窝;掀开一串难以收场的麻烦

奥本海默向调查者解释,当年他试探着只交出埃尔坦顿一人,为的就是不把更多人卷进这场盘问。

I was attempting to give them Eltenton without opening a can of worms.
短语 · C1a cock-and-bull story

编造的荒唐故事;一套鬼话

奥本海默在听证会上承认,当年为了让调查收场,他向帕什编了一套说辞,并称之为这个故事。

I told them a cock-and-bull story.
发音cock-and-bull

cock-and-bull 里的 and 几乎吞掉,只剩一个轻 n,听感像 cock-n-bull。

I told them a cock-and-bull story.
语法 · B2under the influence of

under the influence of 结构:under the influence of 表示受某人或某物的影响;把不告发朋友解释成一种校园式的义气。

That he was under the influence of the typical American schoolboy attitude
短语 · B2tell on someone

告发朋友

that there's something wicked about telling on a friend.
短语 · B2get someone into trouble

连累某人陷入麻烦

in not getting innocent people into trouble.
语法 · C1not getting innocent people into trouble

insistence in doing:这个名词后面接动名词,说明坚持要做或不做的事;用一句自我辩解把拒答包装成道德原则。

in not getting innocent people into trouble.

看懂「听证会上承认编了鬼话」

发音重点

  • take up — take up 里 take 的 k 和 up 连读,听起来像 ta-kup,中间不停顿。
  • on the lookout — on the lookout 里 the 只留一个轻音,接到 lookout,常连成 /ɒnðəˈlʊkaʊt/。
  • cock-and-bull — cock-and-bull 里的 and 几乎吞掉,只剩一个轻 n,听感像 cock-n-bull。
Now, the FBI talked him down, but that's the man you're dancing with.

联邦调查局把他劝住了,可那就是你在打交道的家伙。 用 dancing with 把与危险人物周旋说成共舞,画面轻松,含义却冷。

It might not hurt to be on the lookout for it.

留心着点儿,大概没什么坏处。 用 might not hurt 提出看似无害的建议,其实是在推动对方去查。

I was attempting to give them Eltenton without opening a can of worms.

我当时想把埃尔坦顿交给他们,又不想捅开一个马蜂窝。 用 a can of worms 把牵一发而动全身的风险说成一个具体的罐子,诚实又算计。

I told them a cock-and-bull story.

我给他们编了一套鬼话。 用 cock-and-bull story 给自己的说辞定性,等于主动认下编造。

You're trying to protect your friend.

你是想保护你的朋友。 一句简单判断点破动机,把忠诚与原则归到一个词上,直白得让人难以反驳。

关于这一章的问题

a cock-and-bull story 是什么意思?

意思是「编造的荒唐故事、一套鬼话」。台词里 I told them a cock-and-bull story 就是「我跟他们编了一套鬼话」,承认自己撒谎搪塞时用。

open a can of worms 是什么意思?

意思是「捅开一个马蜂窝、掀开一串麻烦」。台词里 without opening a can of worms 就是「以免捅出更多麻烦」,形容一件事会牵出更多问题。

talk someone down 是什么意思?

意思是「把情绪激动的人劝冷静、把对方劝住」。台词里 the FBI talked him down 就是「联邦调查局把他劝住了」,说服别人别冲动时用。

「把某事放到某个背景里来讲」英语怎么说?

put something in a context of。台词里 I was trying to put it in a context of Russia's not Germany 就是「我想把这事放到『是俄国不是德国』的背景里说」。

「你是在保护朋友」英语怎么说?

You're trying to protect your friend。台词里这句直接点破了他的沉默,意思是对方看得出他在护着某个人。

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