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电话会算出九十个:Good Germans

聚焦组连线研究者,对方一开口就说要搞懂这场危机得从 celibacy requirement(独身制)讲起,并抛出惊人数字:My estimates suggest 6% act out sexually with minors(我估计 6% 的神父会对未成年人下手)。他把这种遮掩叫 a culture of secrecy(保密的氛围),还提到教会早知情的报告被 shelved it(搁置了)。想学采访里最锋利的说法,这段有料。

发生了什么

这是《聚焦》里聚焦组与研究者理查德的一次电话连线。大家先聊教区的处理手法:这些神父被 out of circulation(调离)时用了一大堆名目,a slew of terms(一大堆说法),比如「病假」「未派职」。接着话题拉向根源:要懂这场危机得从 celibacy requirement(独身制)说起,并给出 My estimates suggest 6% act out sexually with minors(我估计 6% 的神父会对未成年人下手),算下来波士顿约九十个。他还说教会高层看过那份 billion-dollar liability(十亿美元级风险)的报告,劳主教先资助、后来 backed out(退出),报告就被 shelved(搁置)。最后众人想出 work backwards(倒过来查)的办法:用名录按名目反查坏神父。想学采访、数据和查案说法,这些表达都很好用。

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Good Germans

「好德国人」:明知不对却装作没看见的人people who look away from wrongdoing and claim innocence

记者听说没人吭声,脱口问一句 Good Germans,把沉默的旁观者比作纳粹时期装作不知情的德国人。

Critics called the silent neighbors Good Germans.批评者把这些沉默的邻居叫作「好德国人」。

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  • a culture of secrecy

    一种保密的氛围与文化

  • shelve

    把(计划、报告)搁置、束之高阁

  • standpoint

    角度、立场

  • act out

    (心理学术语)把冲动付诸行动

  • a word for everything

    什么都有个说法(却唯独不说真话)

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短语 · C1take someone out of circulation

把某人调离、不再让他露面

"Sick leave" isn't the only designation they use when they take one of these priests out of circulation.
语法 · B2when they take one of these priests out of circulation

when 引导的时间状语从句:when 引导的从句交代主句动作发生的时间背景,这里说明教会是在「调离某个神父」的这个时候才用某个名目。它把委婉说法和具体处置绑在一起,让后面的指控有了确凿的落点。

"Sick leave" isn't the only designation they use when they take one of these priests out of circulation.
发音out of circulation

out of circulation 连读时 out 末尾的音接上 of,of 又几乎吞掉,听起来像 ou-tə-circulation。

"Sick leave" isn't the only designation they use when they take one of these priests out of circulation.
短语 · B2a slew of something

一大堆(说法、东西)

They use a slew of terms. "Absent on leave,"
短语 · B2have a word for everything

什么都有个说法(却唯独不说真话)

记者列举教会给涉事神父准备的各种名目,然后补一句「除了强奸」,用沉默点出最刺眼的空白。

They got a word for everything, these guys. Hmm. Except "rape."
短语 · B1move parishes

调动堂区

And they move parishes way more frequently than other priests.
短语 · B1way more ... than

比……频繁得多

And they move parishes way more frequently than other priests.
语法 · B2way more frequently than other priests

way 加比较级的比较结构:way 放在比较级前面,用来大幅加强程度,相当于「多得多」。这里比较的是涉事神父和其他神父调动的频率,than 引出比较对象。加不加 way,语气的分量完全不同。

And they move parishes way more frequently than other priests.
短语 · B2... years tops

顶多两三年

These guys, it's two to three years tops.
俚语 · B2tops

顶多、最多(不超过)——tops 放在数字或时间后面,表示上限,相当于「顶多」。它口语、随意,常用来压低估计;正式文字里一般换成 at most。

These guys, it's two to three years tops.
短语 · B1a clear pattern

相当清楚的规律

Yeah, it's a pretty clear pattern.
短语 · B2a major finding

第一个重大发现

That was my first major finding.
短语 · B2the fact remains that ...

事实仍然是……

But the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects pedophiles.
短语 · C1a culture of secrecy

一种保密的氛围与文化

西普在电话里对记者说,独身规定催生出一种保密文化,它容忍甚至保护恋童者。

But the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects pedophiles.
语法 · B2the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy

the fact remains that 同位语从句:the fact remains that 用来把话拉回一个无法回避的事实,后面接完整的从句说明内容。它像一个稳定的支点,先承认对方的说法,再强调真正要紧的那一点,是论证中常见的转折句式。

But the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects pedophiles.
发音culture of secrecy

of 在 culture of secrecy 里弱读,几乎只剩一个很轻的音,重音落在 culture 和 secrecy 上。

But the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects pedophiles.
短语 · C1aware of the extent of something

清楚……的程度

So you believe the Church is aware of the extent of this crisis?
短语 · C1a ... liability

十亿美元级的责任风险

co-authored a report warning pedophile priests were a billion-dollar liability.
短语 · B1back out

退出、反悔

But then he backed out, and they shelved it.
短语 · C1shelve something

把某事搁置起来

But then he backed out, and they shelved it.
发音backed out

backed out 连读时 backed 末尾的音直接接上 out,听起来像 back-dout,中间不停顿。

But then he backed out, and they shelved it.
短语 · B2in terms of something

就规模而言

Does that sound right to you in terms of scale?
短语 · B1something sounds low to someone

我觉得偏低了

No, not really, Robby. It sounds low to me.
短语 · C1estimates suggest ...

我的估计表明

My estimates suggest 6% act out sexually with minors.
短语 · C1act out sexually with someone

对未成年人有性行为(临床表述)

My estimates suggest 6% act out sexually with minors.
短语 · C1from a ... standpoint

从数据角度看

From a metric standpoint,
短语 · B2be in line with something

和我的发现一致

yes, that would certainly be in line with my findings.
短语 · B1not say anything

什么都没说

Macleish knew. He just didn't say anything.
俚语 · C1shacking up with

和……同居(带贬义的口语)——shack up with 指和某人同居,语气随意且常带 disapproval,暗示关系不正式。多用于私下八卦或贬损,对当事人当面说很不客气;正式场合应换成中性的同居说法。

Okay, but we need something more than a metric from some hippy ex-priest who's shacking up with a nun.
短语 · B2track someone/something down

追查、找到更多受害者

Okay, so we'll track down more victims. We'll get more priests.
短语 · B2check something against something

拿……去和……核对

Then we can check them against the directories.
俚语 · C1a shitload of

海量、一大堆——a shitload of 是粗口量词,表示数量极多,语气夸张。只在熟人私下用;职场、学校和对长辈说都不得体,正式表达要用大量或很多这类中性说法。

That's a shitload of victims.
短语 · B2work backwards

倒过来查、反推

Look, what've you got? What if we work backwards?
发音work backwards

work backwards 连读时 work 末尾的音滑向 backwards,两个词几乎连成一串。

Look, what've you got? What if we work backwards?
短语 · B2the other way around

反过来、倒过来

What if we do it the other way around?
语法 · B1Use the directories to identify bad priests

不定式表目的:不定式放在动词后面,说明做这个动作是为了达到什么目的。这里说用名录「去找出」坏神父,目的和手段一目了然。表目的时用 to 加动词原形,比加一长串从句更利落。

Use the directories to identify bad priests. Yeah, exactly.
短语 · B2take a load of work

要干一大摊活

It's gonna take a load of work.
短语 · B2be on it

一起上手做

Well, not if we're all on it.

看懂「电话会算出九十个」

发音重点

  • out of circulation — out of circulation 连读时 out 末尾的音接上 of,of 又几乎吞掉,听起来像 ou-tə-circulation。
  • culture of secrecy — of 在 culture of secrecy 里弱读,几乎只剩一个很轻的音,重音落在 culture 和 secrecy 上。
  • backed out — backed out 连读时 backed 末尾的音直接接上 out,听起来像 back-dout,中间不停顿。
  • work backwards — work backwards 连读时 work 末尾的音滑向 backwards,两个词几乎连成一串。
They got a word for everything, these guys. Hmm. Except "rape."

这些人什么词都有。嗯。就没有「强奸」。 先用一句轻飘飘的「什么词都有」铺开,再用一个停顿和一个被省掉的名词收尾。它不控诉,只让那个缺席的词自己发声:教会能为一切找说法,唯独不肯说出真相。

But the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects pedophiles.

可事实仍然是:这会造出一种保密文化,容忍甚至保护恋童者。 把复杂论证压成一句不可回避的结论:the fact remains that 先稳住立场,再一路推到「容忍甚至保护」。它不靠情绪,靠逻辑递进,是调查报道里最有力的一种句式。

Macleish knew. He just didn't say anything.

麦克利什知道。他只是没说。 两句极短的话,把「知情」和「沉默」摆在一起,中间不解释、不评价。它没有指控的词,却完成了最重的指控:知道而不说,本身就是选择。

Generally that's what "all" means. Yeah. Yeah, generally.

一般来说,「都」就是这个意思。 用一句干巴巴的字面解释回敬别人的装傻:你说「大家都上」,那我当然也算。它把不耐烦藏在语法课一样的口吻里,冷幽默十足,是团队戏里最妙的一句抢白。

I don't think that's a comparison you want to make publically.

这个比方,我不建议你公开讲。 不直接说「你错了」,而是提醒对方「这话公开讲对你没好处」。它把劝阻包成体谅,既划了红线又留了面子,是编辑室里最常见也最老练的一种制止。

关于这一章的问题

a culture of secrecy 是什么意思?

意思是「一种保密的氛围与文化」。戏里说这 creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects pedophiles,就是「形成一种默认、甚至保护恋童者的保密文化」。

Good Germans 是什么意思?

字面是「好德国人」,指「明知不对却装作没看见的人」。戏里用它形容那种明明知情却集体沉默的人,说完还提醒别公开用这个比方。

「倒过来查」英语怎么说?

work backwards。戏里说 What if we work backwards?,就是「要是倒过来查呢」,从名录出发反推坏神父,而不是先找受害者。

shelve 是什么意思?

意思是「把计划、报告搁置起来、束之高阁」。戏里说 they shelved it,就是「他们把它搁下了」,那份警告报告从此没了下文。

from a metric standpoint 是什么意思?

意思是「从数据角度看」。戏里说 From a metric standpoint, that would be in line with my findings,就是「从数据看,这跟我的发现对得上」,用来给判断加依据。

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