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策划摧毁对手信誉:how the game is played

斯特劳斯在暗处下棋:他不要审判,因为 No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.(不要审判,不能给他一个舞台),只想 a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility(系统摧毁奥本海默的信誉)。末了撂下一句 Power stays in the shadows(权力待在阴影里)。想学官腔、算计和狠话,这些台词很带劲。

发生了什么

斯特劳斯在暗中布局,要 end 奥本海默的生涯。他把档案递给博登,安排一间 a shabby little room(破旧的小房间)作 closed hearing(不公开听证):No audience. No reporters.(没有听众,没有记者),连 burden of proof(举证责任)都不需要。他坚持 No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.(不要审判,不能给他一个舞台),目标是一句 We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility(系统摧毁奥本海默的信誉)。听证的玄机浓缩在一句 We're not convicting 里(我们不是在定罪),因为这从来不是审判,只是要拿走他的许可与声音。最后他告诉奥本海默许可不再续期,留下总结:Power stays in the shadows(权力待在阴影里)。想学官腔、政治算计和冷峻收尾,这些表达都很到位。

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how the game is played

游戏规则就是这样;事情本来就是这么运转的

幕后操盘者引述奥本海默自己说过的话,用游戏规则来回应他天真的抗议。

You have to accept that this is how the game is played.你得接受,游戏规则就是这样。

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  • in the shadows

    待在阴影里;藏在幕后暗中行事

  • burden of proof

    举证责任;证明某事成立的责任

  • hold someone at bay

    把某人挡在外围;牵制住,不让他靠近或得逞

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55 句台词里标了 32 处

短语 · B2set someone on someone

放某人去对付另一个人

You set him on Oppenheimer.
短语 · B2take some convincing

根本不用谁来劝

didn't take any convincing.
短语 · B1take your time

慢慢来、不着急

Take your time, use the entire file.
发音Write up your conclusion

write 末尾的 t 和 up 连读,up 又和 your 粘连,听起来像 why-tup-yer;祈使句要把 write 读重。

Write up your conclusion, send them to the FBI.
短语 · B1nothing new here

这里没什么新东西

The material is obviously extensive, but there's nothing new here.
短语 · B1pass something to someone

把它们转交给

Hoover passes them to McCarthy?
短语 · C1be too slippery for someone

太滑头,某人拿他没办法

Oppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.
短语 · C1self-promoting something

自我吹嘘的小丑

Oppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.
俚语 · B1clown

小丑、蠢货(骂人)——口语骂人的词,指某人可笑、不配、只会出洋相;攻击性很强,当面说等于直接羞辱对方,正式场合绝不能用。

Oppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.
短语 · C1hold someone at bay

把某人挡在外围;牵制住,不让他靠近或得逞

斯特劳斯向同伙交底:他已经和胡佛谈好,由胡佛牵制住麦卡锡,好让原子能委员会这边放手办事。

I've talked it over with Hoover, he'll hold McCarthy at bay while you do this with the AEC.
短语 · B2talk something over with someone

和……仔细商量过

I've talked it over with Hoover, he'll hold McCarthy at bay while you do this with the AEC.
短语 · B2give someone a platform

给某人一个公开发声的舞台

No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.
语法 · B2You can't give Oppenheimer a platform

情态动词否定:情态动词加否定直接封死某种做法,语气像命令而不像建议;这里列出两条不能碰的红线:不能给他舞台,也不能把他变成烈士。

No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.
短语 · C1martyr someone

把某人塑造成殉道者

You can't martyr him.
短语 · C1a systematic destruction of something

对……的系统性摧毁

We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.
短语 · C1matters of something

国家安全事务

We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.
发音a systematic destruction

a systematic destruction 里重音落在 MAT 和 STRUC 上,两处一压一顿,气势就出来了。

We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.
短语 · C1far from the limelight

远离公众视线

A shabby little room, far from the limelight.
短语 · B2be up for renewal

到了续期的时候

His Q clearance is up for renewal.
短语 · C1write something up

把指控写成正式材料

You write up an indictment
短语 · C1in all but name

名义上不是,实际上是

-Prosecutor? -In all but name.
语法 · C1As will the Gray board

as 引起的倒装:as 放在句首接一个主语,把助动词提到主语前面,表示后者也和前者一样;这里点出格雷委员会同样能看到档案,而辩方却不能。

As will the Gray board.
短语 · C1defense counsel

辩方律师

Defense counsel will not.
短语 · C1a closed hearing

不公开听证

A closed hearing.
短语 · C1the burden of proof

举证责任;证明某事成立的责任

有人指出这场听证不需要举证,对方反问,随后被解释他们并不是在定罪。

-No burden of proof. -No burden of proof?
发音burden of proof

burden 末尾的 n 和 of 连读,of 又弱读得很轻,整串听起来像 burden-əv proof,重音落在 burden 上。

-No burden of proof. -No burden of proof?
短语 · B2how the game is played

游戏规则就是这样;事情本来就是这么运转的

幕后操盘者引述奥本海默自己说过的话,用游戏规则来回应他天真的抗议。

"This is just how the game is played."
语法 · B2how the game is played

被动语态:被动语态把重点放在规则本身,而不是谁在玩;用在这句戏谑的话里,等于说这套做法天经地义,别有道德幻想。

"This is just how the game is played."
短语 · C1forgive my something

请原谅我太天真

Well, forgive my naivete.
短语 · B2stay in the shadows

待在阴影里;藏在幕后暗中行事

幕后操盘者对奥本海默的对手总结权力之道,说权力就是待在阴影里。

Power stays in the shadows.
短语 · B2come out of the shadows

从幕后走到台前

But, sir, you're... you're out of the shadows now.
短语 · B1this has to work

这件事必须成功

Yeah, that's why this has to work.

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发音重点

  • Write up your conclusion — write 末尾的 t 和 up 连读,up 又和 your 粘连,听起来像 why-tup-yer;祈使句要把 write 读重。
  • a systematic destruction — a systematic destruction 里重音落在 MAT 和 STRUC 上,两处一压一顿,气势就出来了。
  • burden of proof — burden 末尾的 n 和 of 连读,of 又弱读得很轻,整串听起来像 burden-əv proof,重音落在 burden 上。
"This is just how the game is played."

「游戏就是这么玩的。」 把不体面的手段说成既定规则,等于宣布道德不在桌上。

We need a systematic destruction of Oppenheimer's credibility so he can never again speak on matters of national security.

我们需要系统地摧毁奥本海默的信誉,让他再也不能就国家安全问题发声。 把整场迫害的蓝图说得像流程,冷得没有一丝掩饰。

No trial. You can't give Oppenheimer a platform.

不要审判。不能给奥本海默一个舞台。 先否定程序再否定善意,一句道破权力真正的顾虑。

Oppenheimer's too slippery for that self-promoting clown.

奥本海默太滑了,那种自我炒作的跳梁小丑对付不了他。 把对手骂成小丑,又承认奥本海默难缠,一句话写尽权力场里的轻蔑与算计。

关于这一章的问题

in the shadows 是什么意思?

意思是「待在阴影里、藏在幕后」。戏里一句 Power stays in the shadows,就是「权力待在阴影里」,用来形容真正的影响力不露面、在暗中运作。

burden of proof 是什么意思?

意思是「举证责任」。戏里说听证连 burden of proof 都没有,就是「连举证责任都不需要」,指不需要证明指控就能作出结论。

how the game is played 是什么意思?

意思是「游戏规则就是这样、事情本来就这么运转」。戏里引用它来为自己的手段开脱,等于说这套暗箱操作就是常态。

hold someone at bay 是什么意思?

意思是「把某人挡在外围、牵制住」。戏里说 he'll hold McCarthy at bay,就是「他会把麦卡锡按住」,让对手暂时够不着。

「待在阴影里」英语怎么说?

in the shadows。戏里用它形容权力藏而不露;也可以说 stay in the shadows,指刻意不出头、在幕后行事。

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