谢谢你等我
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记者把麦克利什堵住追问山利、帕坎神父的和解案,他反复用 I can't discuss that with you(这个我不能跟你们谈)挡回去,还说承认了可能会被 disbarred(取消律师资格)。直到一句 Why aren't there any records?(为什么没有任何记录?)逼出真相:a private mediation(私下调解)。想学律师怎么守秘密,这段很过瘾。
这是《聚焦》里记者当面追问麦克利什的一段。他们问他是否认识保罗·尚利神父,也问他有没有 settled cases against(就针对某人的案子和解过)尚利和帕坎。对方挡了回来:As I'm sure you can understand, I can't discuss that with you(你们也明白,这个我不能跟你们谈),还说 and I could be disbarred for acknowledging their existence(要是承认它们存在,可能被取消律师资格)。记者改从法院下手,一句 There aren't any records of any of these settlements(这些和解一份卷宗都没有)逼出实情:We dealt directly with the Church(我们直接跟教会谈),It's a private mediation(这是私下调解),偶尔才有 another defense attorney(另一位辩护律师)来帮忙。想学盘问、守密和法律行话,这一场是范本。
这场戏看什么
留意这几个短语
disbarreda sit-downout of circulationthe chancery
本章短语
不再出现在公众面前、被调离removed from active public life or duty
记者追问是否核实过教会的承诺,麦克利什说教会答应把涉事神父撤出流通,也就是不再让他们接触信众。
The old notes were taken out of circulation.那些旧纸币被收回不再流通。
被取消律师执业资格
面对面的一次谈话、会面
教区公署、教区行政机构
私下调解、非诉讼的和解程序
辩护律师
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谢谢你等我
Thanks for waiting. So sorry, guys. Stuck on a call.电话没打完、脱不开身
Thanks for waiting. So sorry, guys. Stuck on a call.没事、不客气
Not a problem. How are you? Good.谢谢你来见我们
Thanks for meeting us. You bet. What's up, guys?那当然、没问题——you bet 是很地道的口语应答,表示乐意、肯定或「小意思」。它轻松热情,朋友和熟人之间常用;正式文书里会换成更中性的确认说法。
Thanks for meeting us. You bet. What's up, guys?你熟悉、认识……吗
Mr. Macleish, are you familiar with a priest named Paul Shanley?familiar with a 里 with 的尾音接上 a,连成一串,重音落在 familiar 上。
Mr. Macleish, are you familiar with a priest named Paul Shanley?就针对某人的案子达成和解
And have you settled cases against Father Shanley?settled 里的 t 夹在两个元音之间,美音会浊化成类似 d 的闪音,听起来像 se-dled,再顺滑地接上 cases。
And have you settled cases against Father Shanley?想必你也明白
As I'm sure you can understand, I can't discuss that with you.这件事不能跟你谈
As I'm sure you can understand, I can't discuss that with you.和解内容要保密
Even if I'd been involved in those cases, the settlements would be confidential,even if 加过去完成时的虚拟条件:even if 后面接过去完成时,主句用 would,构成对过去的虚拟:先假定自己当年真参与过,再说即便如此也不能说。这种结构把假设和结论分开,既守住了否认,又给出了理由。
Even if I'd been involved in those cases, the settlements would be confidential,可能因……被吊销律师资格
and I could be disbarred for acknowledging their existence.承认它们的存在
and I could be disbarred for acknowledging their existence.could 加被动表可能后果:could 接被动语态,说的是「有可能被怎样处置」,语气比断定一定会发生的说法更弱,留有余地。这里用它把「承认存在」和「被吊销资格」连成因果,把拒绝回答包装成职业风险,而不是个人选择。
and I could be disbarred for acknowledging their existence.难打的案子
Look, I told you guys, these are tough cases.想要一点承认
Most of these folks, they just want some acknowledgment和某人的一次面谈
We got 'em a sit-down with the bishop and a little dough,一点钱——dough 是口语里对钱的俗称,带随意甚至轻佻的语气。这里把赔偿说成「一点钱」,正好暴露了律师的轻慢。熟人闲聊可用,正式场合和对长辈说会显得不庄重。
We got 'em a sit-down with the bishop and a little dough,他们能指望的最好结果
and that's the best they could hope for.把某人调离、不再让他露面
No, the Church promised they'd take the priests out of circulation.跟进核实某事
And did you follow up on that?难道没有任何……吗
Yes. Why aren't there any records?在法院
I was down at the courthouse earlier.records of any 连读时 records 末尾的音滑向 of,of 弱读得快听不见,听起来像 records-ə-any。
There aren't any records of any of these settlements.直接和某人打交道
We dealt directly with the Church.起草一封索赔函
We would draw up a demand letter and send it to the chancery.would 表过去的习惯做法:would 在这里不表将来,而是描述过去反复发生的常规流程,相当于「我们通常会怎样做」。它把一整套操作讲成行业惯例,听起来中立又熟练,正好解释了他们为何从不走法院。
We would draw up a demand letter and send it to the chancery.draw up a 连读时 draw 末尾的音直接接上 up,up 又轻轻带出 a,三个词几乎连成一串。
We would draw up a demand letter and send it to the chancery.向法院提交材料
You never filed anything in court?私下调解、非诉讼的和解程序
记者问是不是只有麦克利什和总教区的律师关在一间屋里谈,他答说这是一次私下调解。
It's a private mediation.再请一位辩护律师来
Occasionally, the Church would bring in another defense attorney to help out.来搭把手
Occasionally, the Church would bring in another defense attorney to help out.没有(口语的 no)——nope 是 no 的口语说法,简短、干脆,常带一点随性或结束话题的意味。适合朋友和日常对话,正式场合或对长辈回答时用 no 更稳妥。
Nope.There aren't any records of any of these settlements.这些和解,一份记录都没有。 记者把调查结果压成一句陈述:不是「我没找到」,而是「根本没有」。它不指控、不追问,只把「纸面空白」这个事实摆在桌上,正是这桩丑闻最要命的地方。
Well, it's certainly the best the priests could hope for.这当然是神父们能指望的最好结果了。 记者把麦克利什刚才说的「受害者能指望的最好结果」原样翻转,主语换成神父。字面是附和,其实是反讽:真正被照顾的到底是谁,一句话就露了底。
No, the Church promised they'd take the priests out of circulation.不,教会承诺过会把涉事神父撤出流通。 把「承诺」和「撤出流通」摆在一起,听起来像制度在负责,可全章恰恰没有记录能证明它兑现过。一句平静的转述,留下了最大的疑问。
Look, I told you guys, these are tough cases.听着,我跟你们说过,这些案子很难打。 一句带着不耐烦的推挡:先把话说在前头,再拿「难打」当理由。它把律师的立场和盘托出,也预告了后面所有「不能谈」的答案。
意思是「被取消律师执业资格」。戏里说 I could be disbarred for acknowledging their existence,就是「承认这些和解存在,我都可能被吊销执照」,是律师最重的惩罚之一。
字面是「不在流通中」,引申为「被调离、不再出现在公众面前」。戏里说教会承诺 take the priests out of circulation,就是把涉事神父撤下去、不让他们再接触教众。
a private mediation。戏里说 It's a private mediation,就是「这是私下调解」,双方在屋里谈好、不经法院,所以法院里查不到卷宗。
意思是「面对面的一次谈话、会面」。戏里说 We got 'em a sit-down with the bishop,就是「我们给他们争取到跟主教见一面」,语气比 meeting 更随意。
指「教区公署、教区行政机构」。戏里说把索赔函 send it to the chancery,就是寄给教区的行政机构,而不是法院。
下一章 · 第 9 章it takes a village线人点到共犯结构
第 1 章take a hard look at新主编约谈老编辑
第 2 章file a motion晨会决定申请解封
第 3 章have something on someone律师会议室里探口风
第 4 章think in centuries登门挖料被拒录音
第 5 章stand alone拜会枢机的软硬交锋
第 6 章preyed upon幸存者当面讲述遭遇
第 7 章the beginning of it all咖啡馆里采访幸存者
正在看 · 第 8 章out of circulation追问神父和解案
第 9 章it takes a village线人点到共犯结构
第 10 章Good Germans电话会算出九十个
第 11 章off the estimate数出八十七名神父
第 12 章cottage industry停车场逼律师交名单
第 13 章from the top down决定把矛头对准制度
第 14 章sledding uphill庭上争夺解封文件
第 15 章off the record私下点破文件门道
第 16 章get on the same page会面套话与转述
第 17 章broke ranks为抢发报道起争执
第 18 章a few bad apples酒局上劝人放过主教
第 19 章on a clock胜诉后决定压后发
第 20 章lay something on someone上门质问老友沉默
第 21 章stumbling around in the dark付印前定稿与复盘