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车祸后守夜与顶罪:keep your voice down

撞死人之后,盖茨比整夜守在黛西宅外的黑暗里,只吐出一句 It was Daisy(是黛西开的车),把真相和罪名都揽到自己身上。他反复强调 I understand! It was my fault(是我的错),还要求 No one must know(绝不能让人知道)。想学会在紧张场合稳住别人、或把责任揽下来时怎么说,这几句最实用。

发生了什么

车祸之后,盖茨比一直守在黛西宅外的黑暗里,担心汤姆会为难她。他吐出一句 It was Daisy(是黛西开的车),却把责任全揽下来说 It was my fault(是我的错),还想让所有人别知道——No one must know(绝不能让人知道)。后来有人劝他 Jay, you should go home and get some rest(你该回家休息了),他仍说要 wait here all night(在这儿等一整夜)。想学怎么在慌乱里稳住局面——劝人压低声音、替人挡事、承诺保守秘密,这几句都能直接用。

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这场戏看什么

  • 听盖茨比何时改口认错
  • 抓 driving 一词的停顿
  • 对比屋内汤姆如何安抚

留意这几个短语

keep your voice downin the wrongnothing to worry aboutsteady

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本章短语

keep your voice down

压低声音;小声点

尼克与盖茨比深夜争执时,反复劝他压低声音,别把话说得太大声。

Keep your voice down — the baby is asleep.小点声,孩子睡着了。

本章还有

  • in the wrong

    有错;理亏

  • nothing to worry about

    没什么好担心的

  • steady

    使稳住、让不再抖(手、声音、情绪)

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58 句台词里标了 35 处

短语 · B1just sitting here

就坐在这儿

Just sitting here.
短语 · B2run someone down

撞倒;撞上

- ...you ran down is dead, Jay. - I thought so.
短语 · B2hear yourself

听听你自己在说什么

Daisy? Do you hear yourself?
短语 · B2how could you

你怎么能这样

How could you?
短语 · B2keep one's voice down

压低声音;小声点

尼克与盖茨比深夜争执时,反复劝他压低声音,别把话说得太大声。

Keep your voice down.
语法 · B1Keep your voice down

祈使句:祈使句省略主语 you,直接下命令。这里用压低声音的要求去按住一场即将失控的争吵,句子很短,火气却很大。

Keep your voice down.
发音Keep your voice down

Keep your 常合为 kee-pyor,p 借给 your 起头;voice down 里 v、d 轻轻相接。

Keep your voice down.
短语 · B2a goddamn coward

一个该死的懦夫

- ...but a goddamn coward! - Keep your voice down!
俚语 · B2coward

懦夫;胆小鬼——当面骂人胆小怕事,侮辱性很强;对朋友半开玩笑可以,对不熟的人说就是挑衅。

- ...but a goddamn coward! - Keep your voice down!
短语 · B2no point in doing something

做……没有意义

Please. There was no point in stop- No point'? No point? What about that woman?
语法 · B2There was no point in stop

there be 句型:There was no point in 表示做某事没有意义,后面接动名词。盖茨比用它替自己没停车找理由,句子被慌乱的追问打断。

Please. There was no point in stop- No point'? No point? What about that woman?
短语 · B2be killed instantly

当场就死了

No point. She was killed instantly.
短语 · A2be someone's fault

我的错

I understand! I understand! It was my fault.
发音my fault

my fault 里 my 的元音和 fault 的 f 相接,听起来像一个词 mai-fault。

I understand! I understand! It was my fault.
短语 · B2as if someone was trying to do something

像是想要……

...she rushed out at us as if she was trying to speak to us.
短语 · B1happen so quickly

发生得太快了

It all happened so quickly. She tried- I tried...
短语 · B2steady someone

让她镇定下来

She thought that driving would steady her.
短语 · B1it wasn't someone's fault

不是她的错

It wasn't her fault...
短语 · B2no one must know

绝不能让人知道

No one must know that Daisy was driving.
语法 · B2No one must know that Daisy was driving

情态动词 must:must 在这里表示必须、绝对不能让某事发生。盖茨比用最重的语气要求保密,一句话就把自己推到了替罪的位置。

No one must know that Daisy was driving.
短语 · A2promise someone

答应我

Promise me.
短语 · B1get some rest

去休息一下

Jay, you should go home and get some rest.
短语 · B1all night

一整夜

I'm going to wait here. I'm going to wait here all night...
短语 · C1that unpleasantness

那件不愉快的事

...to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon...
短语 · C1brutality on someone

任何粗暴对待

If he tries any brutality on her whatsoever- Torn won't touch her. He's not even thinking about her.
短语 · B1not touch someone

不会碰她

If he tries any brutality on her whatsoever- Torn won't touch her. He's not even thinking about her.
短语 · A2trust someone

信任他

I don't trust him.
短语 · B2any commotion

任何骚动

I'll see if there's any commotion.
短语 · B2be in the wrong

有错;理亏

尼克在对盖茨比说话时,把责任推给跑到路上的那个女人。

Listen, she was in the wrong, running out on the road.
短语 · B1nothing to worry about

没什么好担心的

车祸之后盖茨比对尼克说这句话,试图把整件事说成不必担心。

...nothing to worry about.
发音nothing to worry about

nothing to worry 的 to 常弱化为 tə,一闪而过;worry 与 about 用轻 /r/ 连上。

...nothing to worry about.
短语 · B1take care of things

处理这些事

Let me take care of things.
短语 · B1make some calls

打几个电话

I'll make some calls.
短语 · B2get out of town

离开这座城

Just go away, get out of town.
短语 · A2it'll be all right

会没事的

It'll be all right.

看懂「车祸后守夜与顶罪」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 Keep your voice down 压低音量
  • 见到 no point in 知道是说没必要
  • 能听懂 get out of town 是离开这座城
  • 掌握 take care of 处理事情的说法

发音重点

  • Keep your voice down — Keep your 常合为 kee-pyor,p 借给 your 起头;voice down 里 v、d 轻轻相接。
  • my fault — my fault 里 my 的元音和 fault 的 f 相接,听起来像一个词 mai-fault。
  • nothing to worry about — nothing to worry 的 to 常弱化为 tə,一闪而过;worry 与 about 用轻 /r/ 连上。
How could you do that?

你怎么做得出来? 用最普通的质问句表达最重的道德指责,越简短越无法反驳;尼克第一次对盖茨比失去耐心,就在这五个词里。

I understand! I understand! It was my fault.

是我的错。这个女人…… 重复两次「我明白」,再一口认下全部责任,把慌乱和担当叠在一起;越急着承担,越显出他并不真的明白。

No one must know that Daisy was driving.

绝对不能让人知道是黛西开的车。 用一句必须保密的命令把自己钉在原地;保护爱人的决心和走向毁灭的选择,在这句话里同时成立。

I'm going to wait here. I'm going to wait here all night...

我要等在这儿。我要在这儿等一整夜…… 用重复把守候说成誓言:站在楼下替对方挡掉一夜的危险,自己却什么都不问;浪漫与执拗难分。

关于这一章的问题

keep your voice down 是什么意思?

意思是「压低声音、小声点」。台词里是有人情绪上来、说话太响,被要求把音量收住,语气像在制止争吵。

「有错、理亏」英语怎么说?

说 in the wrong,表示某一方在道理上站不住。台词里有人替肇事者说话,说「是她自己冲到路上的」,就是判对方 in the wrong。

steady 作动词怎么用?

steady 可以表示「让手、声音或情绪不再抖」。台词里说开车能帮她 steady(镇静下来)。名词前常用 steady hands(稳定的手)这类搭配。

「没什么好担心的」英语怎么说?

说 nothing to worry about,安慰别人时最常挂嘴边的一句。台词里有人用它安抚慌了神的人。

no point in 是什么用法?

no point in doing sth 表示「做某事没有意义」。台词里有人用 no point 反驳对方,说「停下来也没用」,语气很冷。

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