对你下手、针对你
Barzini will move against you first.The Godfather · 1972 — 第 9 / 9 章 · 3'32" · B2
父亲喝着酒,还是把最危险的事说透:对方会先 move against(对某人下手),再找一个你绝对信任的人安排会面。后头他又说,自己拒绝被 big shots(大人物)牵着走,只盼轮到儿子时由他来 hold the strings(掌控局面)。听懂这几句,职场和家里那些「谁说了算」的话就好接了。
有人把危险说死:对方会 move against(对某人下手),再拉一个你绝对信任的人出来,拿「保证安全」把人约走,到了就是暗杀。酒、孩子、电话查过没有,都只是中间的家常。说到自己这一生,他不肯被 big shots(大人物)牵着线跳舞,只希望轮到下一代,由儿子来 hold the strings(掌控局面)。第一句用来讲有人开始针对你;后两句用来讲谁说了算。公司里、家里,都用得上。最后他留下一句:谁来约那场会面,谁就是叛徒。
这场戏看什么
留意这几个短语
move againstbig shotshold the stringswhat's bothering you
本章短语
握着提线、掌控局面to be the one in control
教父本以为自己退下来后,迈克尔会成为牵动那些线的人。
In that office, the assistant quietly holds the strings.在那个办公室,真正掌控局面的是那位助理。
对某人下手、采取敌对行动
大人物、要人(常带不屑)
你在烦什么、有什么心事
36 句台词里标了 35 处
对你下手、针对你
Barzini will move against you first.move 的尾音滑进 against,against 的 t 轻带一下再贴上 you,重音落在 against 第二音节上。
Barzini will move against you first.安排一次会面
He'll set up a meeting with someone you absolutely trust.绝对信任
He'll set up a meeting with someone you absolutely trust.关系词省略:someone you absolutely trust 里 someone 后面直接接 you absolutely trust,中间省掉了关系代词。这种省略在口语里很常见,等于说一个你绝对信任的人。
He'll set up a meeting with someone you absolutely trust.保证某人的安全
Guaranteeing your safety.遭到暗杀
And at that meeting you'll be assassinated.比以前更……
I like to drink wine more than I used to.对某人有好处
-Anyway, I'm drinking more. -It's good for you, Pop.对某人满意、在一起开心
Are you happy with your wife and children?反复讲、反复过一遍
I hope you don't mind the way I keep going over this Barzini business.一点也不、完全不
-No, not at all. -It's an old habit.老习惯
-No, not at all. -It's an old habit.一辈子都在做某事
I spend my life trying not to be careless.大意、疏忽
Women and children can be careless, but not men.can be 表可能:can be careless 用 can 加 be 加形容词,表示有可能处于某种状态,等于说大意是允许发生的。后半句 but not men 把这种许可收回,形成对照。
Women and children can be careless, but not men.越来越像你
He looks more like you every day.比某人聪明
He's smarter than I am. He's three and can read the funny papers.安排某人做某事
I want you to arrange for a telephone man to check all in- and out-going calls.arrange 的尾音直接搭上 for,中间不留缝,for 弱化成轻 /fər/,重音在 range。
I want you to arrange for a telephone man to check all in- and out-going calls.把某事处理好了
-I did it already. I took care of that, Pop. -That's right. I forgot.你在烦什么、有什么心事
教父看出迈克尔有心事,便直接问他到底在烦什么;迈克尔起初不愿说,父子俩的对话由此展开。
What's bothering you?把它处理好
I'll handle it. I told you I can handle it, so I'll handle it.为某事道歉
I worked my whole life. I don't apologize for taking care of my family.被牵着线跳舞
And I refused to be a fool, dancing on a string held by all those big shots.大人物、要人(常带不屑)
教父说自己一辈子拒绝当被大人物牵着线跳舞的傻瓜。
And I refused to be a fool, dancing on a string held by all those big shots.现在分词作伴随:dancing on a string held by all those big shots 用现在分词短语补充说明 fool 的状态,held by 又是过去分词修饰 string,两层分词叠在一起,画面感很强。
And I refused to be a fool, dancing on a string held by all those big shots.握着提线、掌控局面
教父本以为自己退下来后,迈克尔会成为牵动那些线的人。
that when it was your time, you would be the one to hold the strings.would 表过去将来:you would be the one to hold the strings 用 would 表示从过去看将来的预期:教父原以为到迈克尔的时代,掌控者会是他。be the one to do 强调主角就是这个人。
that when it was your time, you would be the one to hold the strings.大人物(意大利语,带讽刺)——意大利语里指大人物、要人,用在这里带轻蔑,等于说又一个自以为了不起的官。跟懂这词的意裔长辈说才有味道,纯英语场合用会让人听不懂。
Another pezzonovante.时间不够
Just wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time.enough 末尾的 gh 不出声,元音直接滑进 time,两个词挤在一起说。
Just wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time.到达那一步
We'll get there, Pop. We'll get there.带着某事来找你
Now listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that.那个叛徒
Now listen, whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that.Women and children can be careless, but not men.女人和孩子可以大意,男人不行。 一句话把责任划给角色,冷酷却好记。它是老头子的家训,也是他一生谨慎的自白。
Just wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time.只是时间不够,迈克尔。时间不够。 把一生遗憾收进一句重复:不是做错什么,只是来不及。重复让无力感落地。
that when it was your time, you would be the one to hold the strings.等到你的时代,会是你来牵那些线。 把权力交接说成一幅提线木偶的画面:从被牵的人变成牵线的人。既是期许,也是家族对成功的定义。
But I never wanted this for you.可我从来不想让你走这条路。 一句否认里有全部父爱:安排了一生,却不想儿子接这份苦。越平静越让人心软。
字面是握着提线,这里指掌控局面。他不愿再看人被牵着走,盼轮到下一代时由对方来 hold the strings。讲谁说了算、谁掌权,这句就能用。
说 move against。原句 Barzini will move against you first,就是会先对你下手,属于采取敌对行动。比 attack 更像暗中布局,不是当场开打。有人开始针对你,这句就能用。
就是大人物,也叫要人,口气里常带不屑。这里指把人当木偶、牵着线的那些权势者。吐槽有权有势的人,用 big shots 很自然,不必总说 important people。
问 What's bothering you。比 What's wrong 更对着心里那件事,不是只问出了什么状况。朋友或家里人心不在焉、还没吵起来时,用这句最顺。
对方说这是老习惯。一句 I spend my life trying not to be careless,就是一辈子都在小心,生怕大意。女人和孩子可以大意,男人不行。反复讲,是怕人听过就忘。
就是带着某件事来找你。Whoever comes to you with this Barzini meeting,意思是不管谁拿这场会面来找你,此人就是叛徒。有人拿提议上门,先看来的是谁,可以用这组说法。
第 1 章in my debt婚礼当天开口求杀
第 2 章run him out of the business看马求戏被轰走
第 3 章in your pocket当面回绝毒品生意
第 4 章sleeps with the fishes医院传话点名仇家
第 5 章business, not personal商定餐厅里藏枪
第 6 章draw the water from the well放弃报仇换儿子回来
第 7 章no different than久别重逢开口求婚
第 8 章an offer he can't refuse买断赌场兄弟站队
正在看 · 第 9 章hold the strings父亲点明谁是叛徒