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找弗雷德与彩棚之争:any means necessary

众人从火灾残骸里找到玩具弗雷德,He made it through the fire(他从那场火里挺过来了)。可有人提醒:欧文得了白血病,That's just a long time to expect a little boy to survive something(要一个小孩撑这么久太难)。也有人坚持本分:We are not medical professionals, nor are we fortune-tellers(我们不是医生,也不是算命先生)。想学这种克制的说法。

发生了什么

众人从火灾残骸里找到玩具弗雷德,He made it through the fire(他从那场火里挺过来了)。可随即有人提醒:欧文把弗雷德送走两年后被查出白血病,That's just a long time to expect a little boy to survive something(要一个小孩撑这么久太难了),气氛一下沉下来。另有人却坚持只做本分:We are not medical professionals, nor are we fortune-tellers(我们不是医生,也不是算命先生),We can only do what we do well, efficiently, expediently(只能把擅长的事做好、做得快)。另一边,新娘妈妈为婚礼张罗犹太彩棚,说它给新人围出 a sacred space(一处神圣空间),that the rest of us can't enter(我们其余的人进不去)。想学查案、克制劝说和婚礼文化,这些表达都很有味道。

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any means necessarymade it throughme of little faithchuppah

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any means necessary

一切必要手段whatever methods are required

奥利弗向旁观者强调,联邦专案组有权限动用一切必要手段完成调查,用大词压住场面。

The agency said it would use any means necessary to recover the files.该机构表示会动用一切必要手段追回文件。

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  • made it through

    挺过来了;熬过了

  • me of little faith

    我真是没信心(自嘲缺乏信念)

  • chuppah

    (犹太婚礼的)彩棚;婚礼华盖

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75 句台词里标了 31 处

语法 · B2this letter is being returned to sender

现在进行时的被动:is being returned 是现在进行时的被动语态,说明退回这个动作此刻正在发生,而且信是被退的一方。施动者不用出现,重点落在信件本身的命运上,语气像在宣布一条规定。

this letter is being returned to sender.
短语 · B2have to do with something

和……有什么关系

What's the post office have to do with an old arson case?
发音have to do with

have to 在口语里常弱化为 hafta,to 的元音几乎消失,四词连成一串,重音落在 do 上。

What's the post office have to do with an old arson case?
短语 · B2burden someone with something

拿……来烦某人;让某人背负

Happily, we won't burden you with the complexities of such a story, but I assure you,
短语 · C1any means necessary

一切必要手段

奥利弗向旁观者强调,联邦专案组有权限动用一切必要手段完成调查,用大词压住场面。

as a federal task force, we possess the authority to employ any means necessary to complete our investigation.
语法 · C1we possess the authority to employ any means necessary

不定式作后置修饰:to employ 接在 authority 后面,说明这份权力是用来做什么的,后面 any means necessary 再限定手段的范围。一口气把权柄、用途和尺度说完,官腔十足,也正好用来唬住围观的人。

as a federal task force, we possess the authority to employ any means necessary to complete our investigation.
短语 · B2take forever

耗上一辈子;没完没了

This could take forever.
短语 · A2look for someone/something

找;搜寻

Well, look for the boxes over near the perimeter, where the fire trucks would have been.
短语 · B1over near somewhere

在那附近

Well, look for the boxes over near the perimeter, where the fire trucks would have been.
短语 · B2make it through something

挺过来了;熬过了

弗雷德这只布偶在火灾里被遗留,后来又被找回来,队友说它从那场火里挺了过来。

He made it through the fire.
发音made it through

made it through 里 made 的 d 和 it 连读,像 may-dit through,三个词顺成一股。

He made it through the fire.
短语 · B2be of little faith

我真是没信心(自嘲缺乏信念)

大家原以为弗雷德早在大火里毁掉了,结果诺曼真的找回了它的残件,奥利弗用这句话自嘲刚才的怀疑。

Oh, me of little faith.
短语 · A2ten years ago

十年前

The Peak to Peak fire was ten years ago.
短语 · A2since then

从那以后;此后

That's a lot of firefighters to interview since then.
短语 · B2a batch of something

一批;一罐(旧的)

Oh, what about your old batch of revelation solution?
短语 · B1face something

面对某事;正视

Oliver, I think we need to face something.
短语 · B2give something away

把某物送人

Two years after Owen gave Fred away, he was diagnosed with leukemia.
短语 · B2be diagnosed with something

被诊断出患有……

Two years after Owen gave Fred away, he was diagnosed with leukemia.
短语 · B1a long time to do something

很长时间才能……

That's just a long time to expect a little boy to survive something--
短语 · B2medical professionals

医疗专业人员

We are not medical professionals, nor are we fortune-tellers.
短语 · B1do something well

把我们擅长的事做好

We can only do what we do well, efficiently, expediently.
短语 · A2take a break

去休息一下;去午休

and I will take my lunch break early.
短语 · A2sort of

有点;大概

It should be sort of up there.
短语 · B2be referring to something

指的是……

Could you be referring to the traditional Hebrew chuppah?
短语 · B2there you go

这就对了;这就成了

There you go.
短语 · B1be someone's fault

是我的错

And how is that my fault?
短语 · A2the rest of someone

我们其余的人

They create a sacred space for the bride and groom that the rest of us can't enter.
短语 · B2a sacred space

神圣的空间

They create a sacred space for the bride and groom that the rest of us can't enter.
短语 · B1the bride and groom

新郎和新娘

They create a sacred space for the bride and groom that the rest of us can't enter.
语法 · B2that the rest of us can't enter

that 引导的定语从句:that 从句限定 sacred space,说明这个空间只属于新郎新娘,别人进不去。用 can't 而不是另一个否定助动词,强调的是一道不被允许跨过的界线,把婚礼的排他感立起来。

They create a sacred space for the bride and groom that the rest of us can't enter.
发音rest of us

rest of us 里 rest 的 t 和 of 连读,像 res-tov us,整串要一气呵成。

They create a sacred space for the bride and groom that the rest of us can't enter.

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  • have to do with — have to 在口语里常弱化为 hafta,to 的元音几乎消失,四词连成一串,重音落在 do 上。
  • made it through — made it through 里 made 的 d 和 it 连读,像 may-dit through,三个词顺成一股。
  • rest of us — rest of us 里 rest 的 t 和 of 连读,像 res-tov us,整串要一气呵成。
They create a sacred space for the bride and groom that the rest of us can't enter.

它们为新郎新娘围出一个圣所,我们其余的人都进不去。 把一顶帐篷说成只属于两个人的圣所,又把门外的人轻轻归成 the rest of us。它不渲染排场,只用一道进不去的界线,道尽婚礼里那种既共享又私密的分寸。

as a federal task force, we possess the authority to employ any means necessary to complete our investigation.

作为联邦专案组,我们拥有动用一切必要手段来完成调查的权限。 把权限、手段和目的串成一句官腔,用词越大,越衬出说话人一本正经的可爱。它不威胁人,只是抬出身份,属于那种越严肃越好笑的自报家门。

We are not medical professionals, nor are we fortune-tellers.

我们不是医生,也不是算命先生。 用两个否定把自己能做的事缩到最小,既是提醒对方别抱幻想,也是在给自己划一条不越界的线。nor 把两句话焊在一起,克制反而显得专业。

We can only do what we do well, efficiently, expediently.

我们只能把自己擅长的事做好,高效、迅速。 承认能力有限,却不自怜,而是把能做好的那部分说到极致。efficiently 和 expediently 两个副词并排,像给自己定下的职业信条。

关于这一章的问题

any means necessary 是什么意思?

意思是「一切必要手段」。台词里说作为联邦专案组,they possess the authority to employ any means necessary,就是「有权采取一切必要手段」,语气很硬。

「挺过来了」英语怎么说?

made it through。台词里 He made it through the fire 就是「他从那场火里挺过来了」,说熬过难关时常用。

me of little faith 是什么意思?

是自嘲的说法,意思是「我真是没信心」。台词里 Oh, me of little faith 就是「瞧我这点信心」,怪自己刚才不该怀疑。

chuppah 是什么意思?

指犹太婚礼上的彩棚、婚礼华盖。台词里问到 the traditional Hebrew chuppah,就是「传统的犹太婚礼彩棚」,是给新人围出的神圣空间。

「我们其余的人」英语怎么说?

the rest of us。台词里说彩棚围出的圣所 that the rest of us can't enter,就是「我们其余的人进不去」,区分一小群人和其他人时用。

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