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送养决定与追寻弗雷德:put her up for adoption

一位准妈妈说,自己现在的状态不适合当妈,可等女儿出生,还是要 put her up for adoption(把她送人收养),只希望她能有更好的机会。另一边为了找欧文,奥利弗他们到消防站打听弗雷德,决定 keep following Fred backwards(顺着各站点往回追)。想学告别式的坦白和追查线索的说法,这段又暖又酸。

发生了什么

先是一位准妈妈坦白,自己现在的状态不适合当妈,所以她打算等女儿出生就 put her up for adoption(把她送人收养),可她也想让孩子有机会过得好。随后奥利弗、诺曼和谢恩来到消防站,想查清欧文画里的弗雷德是谁;原来弗雷德是队里的吉祥物,the story goes(据说)是一个五岁男孩送给消防员的玩具,后来在一场 arson call(纵火警)里被落下。线索断了,他们决定 keep following Fred backwards(顺着各站点往回追),一站一站追到欧文。想学郑重坦白、转述传闻和追查线索,这些表达都用得上。

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  • 查理把送养说成给孩子机会
  • 弗雷德从人变成玩具的揭晓
  • 奥利弗对着消防车心不在焉

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put her up for adoption

把她送人收养;安排送养to arrange for a child to be adopted

查理坦白说,肚子里的小女孩出生后,她打算把孩子送去给人收养,因为她觉得自己还没准备好当妈妈。

They put the kittens up for adoption at the clinic.他们在诊所给这些小猫找领养。

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  • the story goes

    据说;传言是

  • bad boys

    好东西;大家伙(多指车、装备等)

  • arson

    纵火(罪);故意放火

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64 句台词里标了 31 处

发音little girl

little 的 /t/ 在美音里弹成闪音,顺接 girl,整串像 liddle girl,中间的缝收紧。

I want this little girl.
短语 · A2have a chance

有机会;有个好前途

But I also want her to have a chance, you know.
短语 · B2put someone up for adoption

把她送人收养;安排送养

查理坦白说,肚子里的小女孩出生后,她打算把孩子送去给人收养,因为她觉得自己还没准备好当妈妈。

So when she's born, I'm going to put her up for adoption.
语法 · A2when she's born, I'm going to put her up for adoption

be going to 表打算:be going to 强调已经想好的打算,比单纯的将来说法更有准备、更决绝。when 从句把时间点定在孩子出生那天,主句用这个结构,说明这决定不是一时冲动。

So when she's born, I'm going to put her up for adoption.
短语 · B2how would you like to do something

你想不想……

How'd you like to be the guy that gets to ride in one of these bad boys?
发音How'd you like to

How'd you like to 里 d 和 you 常挤成 dja,像 how-dja like to,说得快时几乎连成一个音。

How'd you like to be the guy that gets to ride in one of these bad boys?
俚语 · B2bad boys

(戏称)威风的大物件;大家伙——口语里 half 开玩笑地称某件威风的装备或车辆,多对熟人用;正式场合或对长辈别用。

How'd you like to be the guy that gets to ride in one of these bad boys?
短语 · B2if it meant doing something

如果那意味着……

Not if it meant going to a fire.
短语 · B1dream of being something

梦想成为……

Oh, you never dreamed of being a firefighter, Oliver?
短语 · B1always want to be something

一直想成为……

I always wanted to be...
短语 · B2drag someone away from something

把某人从……硬拉走

Sorry to be dragging you away from your forest fires.
短语 · B1receive a letter from someone

收到某人的来信

Oh, we received a letter from the mother of a little boy named Owen.
短语 · B1search for someone/something

寻找;搜寻

She is searching for Owen's best friend, whom we believe may be a firefighter named Fred.
短语 · A2for a while

有一阵子;一段时间

Fred was with us here at the station for a while.
短语 · B1a retirement party

退休欢送会

at a retirement party a few years ago.
短语 · A2a few years ago

几年前

at a retirement party a few years ago.
短语 · A2in a way

某种程度上;可以说

Well, he was, in a way.
短语 · B2pull someone in

调集;召集人手

They pulled in fire crews from all over the state to fight that.
短语 · B2the story goes

据说;传言是

消防员西奥讲起当年那个小男孩把玩具送到消防站的传闻,用这句话表明自己也是听来的。

So the story goes, this five-year-old boy, who always wanted to become a fireman,
语法 · B2this five-year-old boy, who always wanted to become a fireman

who 引导的非限制性定语从句:who 从句接在男孩后面补充背景,说明他一直想当消防员。非限制性从句用逗号隔开,像旁白一样补一句,把孩子的愿望和后来的故事连起来,也替后面的猜测埋线。

So the story goes, this five-year-old boy, who always wanted to become a fireman,
短语 · A2give something to someone

把它交给那班人

and I guess he gave it to the crew to carry on the truck for company.
短语 · B2for company

作伴;陪着

and I guess he gave it to the crew to carry on the truck for company.
发音for company

for company 里 for 弱读得很轻,几乎和 company 粘在一起,像 fer-company。

and I guess he gave it to the crew to carry on the truck for company.
短语 · B2be passed around

被传来传去;辗转流传

Fred was passed around from station to station and fire to fire until...
语法 · B2until we took him on an arson call

until 引导的从句:until 说明前面那种辗转状态一直持续,直到他们带着弗雷德出了一趟纵火警才结束。它把漫长的时间和一次事故接上,语气平静,却预告了后面的失去。

well, until we took him on an arson call in Roosevelt National Forest.
短语 · B1pull back

撤退;撤离

We had to pull back really fast, leaving everything behind.
短语 · B2leave something behind

丢下一切;抛下不管

We had to pull back really fast, leaving everything behind.
短语 · B1be allowed in

不被允许进入

so we weren't allowed in the area.
短语 · B2it wouldn't have mattered

也无济于事;也没用

Probably wouldn't have mattered.
短语 · B1keep following someone/something

一路跟着;不断追查

I guess we could just keep following Fred backwards until we arrive at Owen.
短语 · A2a lot of work

很费事;工作量很大

Sounds like a lot of work.

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发音重点

  • little girl — little 的 /t/ 在美音里弹成闪音,顺接 girl,整串像 liddle girl,中间的缝收紧。
  • How'd you like to — How'd you like to 里 d 和 you 常挤成 dja,像 how-dja like to,说得快时几乎连成一个音。
  • for company — for company 里 for 弱读得很轻,几乎和 company 粘在一起,像 fer-company。
So when she's born, I'm going to put her up for adoption.

所以等她出生,我打算把她送去给人收养。 把最难说出口的决定说得异常平静,不带辩解也不求理解。when 从句只交代时间,主句直接给结论,越是平淡,越让人听见背后的沉重。

I guess we could just keep following Fred backwards until we arrive at Owen.

我想我们可以顺着弗雷德一路往回追,直到追到欧文那儿。 把找人这件事说成倒着走一条路,keep following ... backwards 画面感极强。它不喊口号,只给方法,透出一种笨但坚定的执着。

She is searching for Owen's best friend, whom we believe may be a firefighter named Fred.

她在寻找欧文最好的朋友,我们相信那可能是一位叫弗雷德的消防员。 把一封私人求助信,用接近公文的口吻转述给第三方,语气立刻变得可信又克制。we believe may be 留了余地,既表达判断,又不把话说死。

But I also want her to have a chance, you know.

可我也希望她能有机会,你懂的。 一句话把母亲的自责和爱同时托住:她要的是孩子过得好,不是自己留住。have a chance 说得含糊,却正是不忍把话说透的地方。

关于这一章的问题

put her up for adoption 是什么意思?

意思是「把她送人收养、安排送养」。戏里说等女儿出生就 put her up for adoption,就是要把孩子交给别人抚养。

the story goes 是什么意思?

意思是「据说、传言是」,用来引出听来的故事。戏里用它讲弗雷德的来历,表示这只是一直流传的说法。

bad boys 是什么意思?

bad boys 不是「坏男孩」,是口语里对好东西、大家伙的昵称,多指车或装备。戏里说的就是那辆消防车。

「把她送人收养」英语怎么说?

put her up for adoption。想郑重说出送养的决定,这句最直接、也最不带评判。

他们为什么一直找弗雷德?

因为欧文画里的英雄就是弗雷德,找到弗雷德的历史站点,就可能顺藤摸瓜找到欧文本人。

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