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听证会上力挺老友：Mermaids
听证会上，有人出庭为奥本海默撑腰：他说对方是 a man of upstanding character（为人正直），反问为何要这样对付一个功勋卓著的人；话到此处，他甩出一句 What more do you want?（你们还想要什么？），紧接着一个词 Mermaids?（美人鱼？）。想学怎么在会上力挺朋友、怎么用一句反问怼回无理要求，这些台词很过瘾。
发生了什么
在奥本海默的安全审查听证会上，拉比出庭作证。有人先说起斯特劳斯散布的谣言，说他诬称拉比和露丝·托尔曼有多年婚外情，还说动了劳伦斯，让劳伦斯相信理查德是 died of a broken heart（心碎而死）。拉比否认这些，转而力证奥本海默 Dr. Oppenheimer is a man of upstanding character（为人正直）；被追问立场，他反问 Why go through all this against a man who has accomplished what Dr. Oppenheimer has?（何必要这样对付一个功勋卓著的人？）。临了还补上一句 What more do you want?（你们还想要什么？），再甩出 Mermaids?（美人鱼？）作为讽刺。想学作证、力挺、反击质问，这些表达都有分量。
这场戏看什么
- 先听谣言怎么撬证人
- 拉比从正式背书转到反问
- 美人鱼落下时对方仍在记
留意这几个短语
died of a broken heartat the expense ofMermaidsin the event
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本章短语
Mermaids
美人鱼（这里是讽刺性的夸张反问）
拉比列举美国已有的原子弹与超级炸弹，最后用一句美人鱼反问质询方还想要什么。
Mermaids? What more could you want from me?还想要美人鱼吗？你到底还想从我这儿要什么？
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- died of a broken heart
心碎而死；因极度悲伤而垮掉
- at the expense of
以牺牲……为代价
- in the event
结果（事实证明如此）；也可表“万一、倘若”
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He wasn't going to help them, but...有婚外情
Strauss told him that you and Ruth Tolman have been having an affair for years.having 末尾的鼻音和 an 连读，an 又和 affair 粘在一起，听起来像 having-ə-n-affair。
Strauss told him that you and Ruth Tolman have been having an affair for years.心碎而死；因极度悲伤而垮掉
拉比转述斯特劳斯对劳伦斯说过的话，说理查德是因心碎而死的。
He convinced Lawrence that Richard died of a broken heart.始终没有发现
Richard never found out.目前担任
what governmental positions do you currently hold?跟他很熟
I... I know him quite well.正直的品行
Dr. Oppenheimer is a man of upstanding character.忠于
And he is loyal to the United States, to his friends,介词加 which 引导的定语从句：介词提到关系代词前面，形成 of which 的定语从句，说明他属于哪些机构；这种结构比句尾放介词更正式，多用于书面和宣誓式发言。
to the institutions of which he is part.没什么可担心的
Nothing to worry about.去问……会更好
You'd be better off asking him.确实打算这么做
Well, I fully intend to.坚决反对、绝不动摇
Would you say that Dr. Oppenheimer was unalterably opposed to the H-bomb?unalterably opposed to 的主重音在 AL 和 POSED，两下对撞，to 收得很轻。
Would you say that Dr. Oppenheimer was unalterably opposed to the H-bomb?以牺牲……为代价
听证会上，拉比解释奥本海默当初为何不赞成全力推进氢弹。
No, he-he thought that a fusion program would come at the expense of our awfully good fission program.at the expense of 的 the 常弱化为轻 /ðə/，of 只留一点 /əv/，重音压在 ex-PENSE。
No, he-he thought that a fusion program would come at the expense of our awfully good fission program.事实并非如此
But that proved not to be the case.结果（事实证明如此）；也可表“万一、倘若”
拉比作证说，奥本海默担心聚变计划会挤掉裂变计划，但事实证明两件事后来都做成了。
In the event both could be done.两件事都能做成
In the event both could be done.并不确信
Suppose that this board did not feel satisfied that in his testimony here, Dr. Oppenheimer had been wholly truthful.完全如实
Suppose that this board did not feel satisfied that in his testimony here, Dr. Oppenheimer had been wholly truthful.suppose 引导的假设：suppose 后面接完整从句，用来抛出一种假设情境，相当于汉语的假如；律师用它逼证人设想最不利的结论，再要求表态。
Suppose that this board did not feel satisfied that in his testimony here, Dr. Oppenheimer had been wholly truthful.应当通过安全审查
What would you say whether or not he should be cleared?whether 引导的从句：whether or not 把正反两种可能并列，表示不管结论是哪一种；这里把是否通过审查的问题整个抛给证人，让他无法回避。
What would you say whether or not he should be cleared?折腾这么一大圈
Why go through all this against a man who has accomplished what Dr. Oppenheimer has?整整一系列
We have an A-bomb and a whole series of it.你们还想要什么
What more do you want?看懂「听证会上力挺老友」
发音重点
- having an affair — having 末尾的鼻音和 an 连读，an 又和 affair 粘在一起，听起来像 having-ə-n-affair。
- unalterably opposed to — unalterably opposed to 的主重音在 AL 和 POSED，两下对撞，to 收得很轻。
- at the expense of — at the expense of 的 the 常弱化为轻 /ðə/，of 只留一点 /əv/，重音压在 ex-PENSE。
Why go through all this against a man who has accomplished what Dr. Oppenheimer has?何必要这样对付一个已经做出奥本海默博士那样成就的人？ 用功劳簿做盾牌，把私人恩怨摆到前面质问，点破整场听证的荒诞。
Dr. Oppenheimer is a man of upstanding character.奥本海默博士为人正直。 在被设计成审判的场合里，一句干净的人格担保拆穿预设敌意。
You'd be better off asking him.这事你去问他更好。 不正面回答，把问题轻轻退回，既守住界也暗示答案所在。
What more do you want?你还想要什么？／你还要怎样？ 拉比用一句反问替奥本海默鸣不平，短促、漂亮、带着火气。
关于这一章的问题
died of a broken heart 是什么意思？
意思是「心碎而死、因极度悲伤而垮掉」。戏里说斯特劳斯让人相信理查德是 died of a broken heart，其实是拿悲伤当说辞，把事情的真相盖过去。
Mermaids 在这里是什么用法？
字面是「美人鱼」，实际是讽刺性的夸张反问：你们还想要什么，难不成还要美人鱼？用荒谬的东西嘲笑对方贪得无厌。
「以牺牲……为代价」英语怎么说？
at the expense of。戏里说聚变计划 would come at the expense of our fission program，就是指发展一方要牺牲另一方。
in the event 是什么意思？
意思是「结果、到头来」，表示事情最终是这样。戏里说 In the event both could be done，就是到头来两件事都能做成。
拉比为什么被问到这些往事？
因为听证会上有人想用婚外情、旧事来抹黑奥本海默。拉比一边澄清，一边力证奥本海默为人正直、忠于国家，还反问何必这样对付一个功勋卓著的人。
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下一章 · 第 25 章cuts both ways当众宣读检举信
第 1 章leaves a little to be desired大师劝他离开剑桥
第 2 章the man for the job请他执掌研究院
第 3 章seek out火车上结识拉比
第 4 章a vicious cycle开课只招到一个学生
第 5 章wiggle room聚会上争论政治立场
第 6 章wring your neck兄弟吵架后命名台地
第 7 章from money吧台前讲量子与旧事
第 8 章herd into为项目逼人退会
第 9 章point taken火车上招募项目主任
第 10 章a point of no return请教大气点燃的计算
第 11 章pass on饭桌边被试探传话
第 12 章the business at hand抛出氢弹构想
第 13 章Thanks for nothing为分隔制度吵到走人
第 14 章drop in and out追问旧情与秘密
第 15 章a cock-and-bull story听证会上承认编了鬼话
第 16 章took a wrong turn谈核武之后的世界
第 17 章go down this road辩论要不要造氢弹
第 18 章a lot of latitude争论投弹目标与时机
第 19 章gallows humor试爆前夜因天气推迟
第 20 章blood on my hands自认沾血被总统回怼
第 21 章A man of conviction生日宴谈富克斯间谍案
第 22 章curse the name of爆炸余波与告别演说
第 23 章how the game is played策划摧毁对手信誉
正在看 · 第 24 章Mermaids听证会上力挺老友
第 25 章cuts both ways当众宣读检举信
第 26 章made mincemeat out of听证会上指认报复动机
第 27 章Haven't the slightest idea听证席上反唇相讥
第 28 章moral scruples听证会上被步步紧逼看到第 24 / 28 章 · 后面还有约 11 分钟