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决定把矛头对准制度:from the top down

编辑部开会,有人冷冷扔下一句 That's all they do(它们也只会「表明」而已),嘲讽光靠数字推不动追责;随后定调:要盯的是制度,不是单个神父,还要查清这是不是自上而下压下来的,最后一句 We're going after the system(我们要打的是制度)。想学开会定方向、把话说重,这几句很硬。

发生了什么

编辑部开会,有人冷冷扔下一句 That's all they do(它们也只会「表明」而已),说光靠数字推不动追责,再发报道也改变不了什么。随后有人定调:要盯的是制度,不是单个神父,还要证明这是系统性的、this came from the top down(自上而下压下来的),要拿事实说话——谁被放回堂区、谁不用面对指控。最后一句 We're going after the system(我们要打的是制度),并开始整理受害者名单。想学开会定方向、把话说重、提出主张,这些说法都用得上。

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  • 贝隆三次 show me 钉死标准
  • 罗比以为打人,贝隆说打制度
  • 迈克用过激反应推断知情

留意这几个短语

That's all they doface chargesfrom the top downcat fight

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本章短语

from the top down

自上而下(由最高层推行)starting at the highest level and imposed downward

会上讨论问题是不是从教会最高层压下来时,罗比说如果真是自上而下,那才是更大的那条新闻。

The reform was ordered from the top down, so nobody dared resist.这项改革是上面下令推下来的,所以没人敢反对。

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  • That's all they do

    它们也就只会「表明」而已(反讽:暗示毫无实际行动)

  • face charges

    面对指控、被正式起诉受审

  • cat fight

    一场吵得难看的缠斗、互相撕扯

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发音did you

did you 连读时 did 末尾的音和 you 黏在一起,听起来接近 didja,重音落在后面的 get 上,问句才显得急。

When did you get this?
短语 · B2where are we on something

某事进行到哪一步了、进展如何

Where are we on Law?
短语 · B2have knowledge of something

对这件事知情

Anything that shows he had knowledge of this?
语法 · B2that shows he had knowledge of this

定语从句 that:that 引导定语从句,修饰前面的 anything,说明要找的是「能证明他知情」的那类东西。关系代词在从句里作主语,后面直接跟动词 shows,把「希望有东西能证明」这个并不确定的期待说得既谨慎又有指向。

Anything that shows he had knowledge of this?
短语 · B2nothing concrete

没有实锤、拿不出确凿的东西

We're still working Garabedian. But nothing concrete.
短语 · C1call down something (on someone)

呼唤上帝的力量降下(此处指以神威施压)

I keep thinking about that conversation we had the other night about how Law called down the power of God
短语 · B2someone being someone

劳主教还是老样子(本性难移)

That's just Law being Law.
短语 · B2an extreme reaction

极端的反应、反应过激

why the extreme reaction?
短语 · B2someone had to know

肯定早就知道(只能如此推断)

Law had to know.
语法 · B2Law had to know

had to 表必然推断:这里的 had to 不是「必须去做」,而是根据已知情况做出的必然推断:既然反应那么激烈,他只能早就知道内情。它把推测说得几乎等于断定,比表达可能性的说法更硬,是英语里很常用的过去推断。

Law had to know.
短语 · B1the bigger story

更大的那条新闻、更值得追的方向

I think that's the bigger story.
短语 · B2come from the top down

是从最高层往下压的

If it came from the top down, yes.
语法 · B2If it came from the top down

条件句:if 引导条件句,先摆条件、再给结论。这里条件是「命令是从最高层一路压下来的」,只有满足它,前面那句判断才成立。用 came 而不是现在的形式,说明要看的是当年那次自上而下的授意。

If it came from the top down, yes.
发音came from the

came from the 里 from 和 the 都弱读,the 几乎只剩很轻的一下,重音落在 came 和后面真正要强调的词上。

If it came from the top down, yes.
短语 · B2clearly indicate something

清楚地表明

But the numbers clearly indicate that there were senior clergy involved.
俚语 · B2cat fight

泼妇式混战、闹哄哄的乱斗(此处指媒体与机构拉扯的乱仗)——cat fight 原指两个女人之间的激烈撕打,用来形容争斗时带轻蔑,甚至有性别偏见,正式写作里最好别用。熟人闲聊里说某场争吵是 cat fight 可以,但容易冒犯当事人。

We'll get into the same cat fight you got into on Porter, which made a lot of noise,
短语 · B2not one bit

一点都没有、丝毫没有

but changed things not one bit.
短语 · B1focus on something

把矛头对准制度本身

We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests.
发音focus on the

focus on the 连读时 focus 末尾的音直接接上 on,on 又带出很轻的 the,整串像 fo-cu-son-the,中间不停顿。

We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests.
短语 · B2practice and policy

具体做法与制度政策

Practice and policy.
短语 · B2face charges

面对指控、被正式起诉受审

罗比在会上要求大家拿出证据,证明教会操纵了制度,好让那些涉事神父根本不必面对指控,话里直指自上而下的庇护。

Show me the Church manipulated the system so that these guys wouldn't have to face charges.
语法 · B2so that these guys wouldn't have to face charges

so that 引导目的:so that 引出一个目的或结果:教会这样安排,为的就是让这些人根本不必面对指控。wouldn't have to 表示「本来就不需要」,把责任悄悄推给制度安排。抓住目的这一层,整句的指控就清楚了。

Show me the Church manipulated the system so that these guys wouldn't have to face charges.
短语 · B2time and time again

一次又一次、反复地

Show me they put those same priests back into parishes, time and time again.
短语 · B2something is systemic

这是系统性的、是体制的问题

Show me this was systemic, that it came from the top down.
短语 · B1make a list of something

把……列成一份清单

Make a list of all the victims we have. Start reaching out.
短语 · B2start reaching out to someone

开始主动(和受害者)联系

Make a list of all the victims we have. Start reaching out.

看懂「决定把矛头对准制度」

发音重点

  • did you — did you 连读时 did 末尾的音和 you 黏在一起,听起来接近 didja,重音落在后面的 get 上,问句才显得急。
  • came from the — came from the 里 from 和 the 都弱读,the 几乎只剩很轻的一下,重音落在 came 和后面真正要强调的词上。
  • focus on the — focus on the 连读时 focus 末尾的音直接接上 on,on 又带出很轻的 the,整串像 fo-cu-son-the,中间不停顿。
That's all they do. Indicate.

它们也只会表明。表明而已。 把整件事的无力压进一声冷笑:数字能「表明」,却什么都推不动。它用重复把同一个词从结论变成嘲讽,是对机构和空话最简短、也最狠的一击。

We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests.

我们要盯的是制度,不是单个神父。 一句话划清焦点:追责的对象不是几个坏人,而是纵容他们的那套体系。它把情绪化的愤怒改造成冷静的目标,是深度报道里最常被引用的一种立场。

That's just Law being Law.

那不过是劳主教还是那副德行。 把「他本性如此」说得像一句懒洋洋的定论,既省掉一堆解释,又透着无奈和熟悉。这个句式可以套在任何人身上,用来说明对方又做出了他向来会做的事。

We're going after the system.

我们要打的是制度。 六个词把目标钉死:不是某个人,而是整套路子。它紧接上一句的猜测,语气平静却不可动摇,是调查报道里最有分量的一种表态。

关于这一章的问题

That's all they do 是什么意思?

字面是「他们能做的就这些」,这里全是反讽。戏里有人冷冷接一句 That's all they do. Indicate.,意思是「它们也只会『表明』而已」,嘲讽光有数字、没有行动。

「面对指控」英语怎么说?

face charges。戏里说要证明教会把神父放回堂区、让他们不用 face charges,就是「不必面对起诉受审」,是法律新闻里的常用说法。

from the top down 是什么意思?

意思是「自上而下、由最高层推行」。戏里说 if it came from the top down,就是「如果是最高层压下来的」,用来判断责任是不是来自高层。

cat fight 在这里指什么?

本意是猫打架,引申为「吵得难看的缠斗、互相撕扯」。戏里说再发报道只会打一场同样的 cat fight,就是「又一场乱仗」,结果却什么都没改变。

「我们要打的是制度」英语怎么说?

We're going after the system。戏里有人以为要打劳主教,回答却是 We're going after the system,就是「我们要打的是制度」,把矛头从个人转向体制。

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