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美食家被逼当众掌勺:bear witness to

主厨把自称美食家的客人叫上台,套上厨师外套让他当场做菜,当众丢下一句 the mystery has been drained(神秘感被抽干了),把矛头对准他。他又说自己是 bear witness to(亲眼见证)一场厨艺革命,可那其实是 a hard truth(难以接受的真相)。想学怎么当面下判词、用一句话把人问到心虚,这几句很有用。

发生了什么

餐厅里,主厨把一位自称美食家的客人请到台前,让人给他拿韭葱、套上厨师的白色外套,逼他当场展示厨艺,还追问一句 You think it's done?(你觉得做好了?)。随后主厨说起自己 bear witness to(亲眼见证)的一场厨艺革命,其实并不存在,这是 a hard truth(难以接受的真相),只能请客人原谅;他也提到全店 strive for perfection(追求完美)。bear witness to 比 see 更庄重,常用于见证重大时刻;a hard truth 指不愿面对却必须接受的事实;strive for perfection 就是精益求精。想学怎么郑重表态、怎么用冷静的话施压,这段很典型。

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bear witness to

见证、亲眼目睹to be a witness to something

主厨夸张地宣布,自己正在见证一场烹饪革命。

We bear witness to a turning point in history.我们正见证一个历史的转折点。

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  • a hard truth

    难以接受的真相

  • strive for perfection

    追求完美

  • courtesy of

    由……提供、承蒙……惠赠

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61 句台词里标了 45 处

短语 · A2come here

过来

Come here. Elsa has it.
发音Come here

Come here 里 come 末尾的音和 here 连读,听起来像 co-mhere,中间不断开。

Come here. Elsa has it.
短语 · B1a chef's jacket

厨师的白色外套

Ah, it's a chef's jacket.
短语 · B2courtesy of someone

由……提供、承蒙……惠赠

主厨把一件厨师服送给泰勒,说明这是霍桑餐厅提供的。

Courtesy of Hawthorn.
短语 · B1look wonderful

看起来真好看

Nice. Thank you. You look wonderful. Doesn't he look wonderful, Margot?
短语 · A2look good

看着不错

Doesn't he look good. COOKING TEAM: Yes, Chef. Mr. Handsome Boy.
短语 · B1now do something

现在开始做

Tyler, now cook.
短语 · A2what do you need

你需要什么

What do you need?
短语 · B2rise to observe something

起身观看

We have everything. ELSA: Please rise to observe
短语 · B1don't be frightened

别害怕

the demonstration. Don't be frightened.
短语 · C1demonstrate one's expertise

展示他的厨艺

Please. Tyler's gonna demonstrate his culinary expertise.
短语 · B1get someone something

给厨子拿点韭葱

Uh, leeks. Get the cook some leeks.
短语 · B1one's station

你的操作台

Leeks. This is your station here. What else?
短语 · A2what else

还要什么

Leeks. This is your station here. What else?
俚语 · B2Shit

糟了、妈的(粗俗感叹)——shit 可当感叹词表示懊恼或惊讶,属粗话;熟人之间顺口说可以,正式场合、对长辈和客户要换成 oh no 之类。

Oh, shit. Would you like some shit?
短语 · C1the great foodie

了不起的美食家

Shallots for the great foodie.
俚语 · B2foodie

吃货、美食爱好者(口语)——foodie 是爱研究吃、追美食的人的自称或他称,语气轻松;正式场合可说 food enthusiast,用 foodie 会显得随意甚至带调侃。

Shallots for the great foodie.
发音Food himself

Food himself 里 food 末尾的 d 和 himself 连读,听起来像 foo-dhimself,两个词接得很紧。

The phenomenal Mr. Food himself.
短语 · B1gather around

围过来

Everyone, gather around. We must learn from Tyler.
短语 · B1learn from someone

向…学习

Everyone, gather around. We must learn from Tyler.
短语 · C1a new dicing method

一种新的切丁法

This is a new dicing method of which we have been woefully ignorant 1994560. What next?
短语 · C1woefully ignorant

可悲地无知、一无所知

This is a new dicing method of which we have been woefully ignorant 1994560. What next?
短语 · A2what next

接下来呢

This is a new dicing method of which we have been woefully ignorant 1994560. What next?
语法 · C1of which we have been

of which 引导定语从句:a new dicing method of which we have been woefully ignorant 里 of which 回指 method,构成定语从句,of 被提到关系词前面。它比 that we have been ignorant of 正式,也更书面。

This is a new dicing method of which we have been woefully ignorant 1994560. What next?
短语 · C1bear witness to something

见证、亲眼目睹

主厨夸张地宣布,自己正在见证一场烹饪革命。

I bear witness to a revolution in cuisine.
短语 · B2a revolution in something

一场…的革命

I bear witness to a revolution in cuisine.
短语 · A2would you like something

您想要…吗

Would you like a protein?
短语 · A2it's done

做好了

Oh yeah. I think it's done, Chef.
短语 · B2jam something into something

硬塞进去

Mmm hmm. You wanna... Maybe you wanna jam it into the Pacojet.
短语 · B2actually quite ...

其实相当…

It's actually quite...
短语 · C1the mystery has been drained

神秘感被抽干了

You are why the mystery has been drained from our art.
语法 · B2You are why

why 引导的表语从句:You are why the mystery has been drained 用 why 从句当表语,解释原因。通常会把功劳或过错归到别的说法上,这里却把责任直接推成对方的存在本身,指责更重。

You are why the mystery has been drained from our art.
短语 · B1..., don't you?

你看到了吧

You see that now, don't you?
短语 · A2sorry chef

对不起主厨

Sorry, Chef.
短语 · B1yes chef

是,主厨

Yes, Chef.
短语 · B1free too

也自由了

And now you're free too.
短语 · B1ladies and gentlemen

女士们先生们

Um, ladies and gentlemen, I wanna apologize to you all.
短语 · B2wanna apologize

想道歉

Um, ladies and gentlemen, I wanna apologize to you all.
发音ladies and

ladies and 中 and 常弱化为一个轻 /n/,搭在 ladies 的 z 后面,重音留在 ladies。

Um, ladies and gentlemen, I wanna apologize to you all.
短语 · B2part of tonight's menu

今晚菜单的一部分

What you just saw was not originally part of tonight's menu.
语法 · B2What you just saw was

what 引导主语从句:What you just saw was not originally part of tonight s menu 用 what 从句当主语,指刚才看到的那一幕。它把整段画面收成一个整体,再对它下判断,语气冷静。

What you just saw was not originally part of tonight's menu.
短语 · B2strive for perfection

追求完美

主厨站在众人面前解释,他们这一行一直在追求完美。

We strive for perfection.
短语 · B2does not exist

并不存在

Which of course does not exist. And that is a hard truth for me to accept. So please forgive me.
短语 · B2a hard truth

难以接受的真相

主厨承认完美并不存在,说这是自己必须接受的残酷事实。

Which of course does not exist. And that is a hard truth for me to accept. So please forgive me.
短语 · B1forgive someone

原谅我

Which of course does not exist. And that is a hard truth for me to accept. So please forgive me.

看懂「美食家被逼当众掌勺」

这一章能学到

  • 会用 culinary expertise 开口
  • 见到 strive for perfection 知道在施压
  • 能听懂这场里的讽刺或命令
  • 听懂关键短语在本场的真实语气
  • 把台词搭配放进新的日常回应里

发音重点

  • Come here — Come here 里 come 末尾的音和 here 连读,听起来像 co-mhere,中间不断开。
  • Food himself — Food himself 里 food 末尾的 d 和 himself 连读,听起来像 foo-dhimself,两个词接得很紧。
  • ladies and — ladies and 中 and 常弱化为一个轻 /n/,搭在 ladies 的 z 后面,重音留在 ladies。
You are why the mystery has been drained from our art

就是因为你,这门手艺里的神秘感才被抽干。 把一个人指认为整门艺术的损耗原因:不是你不懂,是你的存在本身抽走了敬畏。最文雅的定罪。

I bear witness to a revolution in cuisine

我在此见证一场烹饪界的革命。 把一次示范抬成历史时刻:用见证者的口吻,荒唐里带着虔诚。

which of course does not exist and that is a hard truth for me to accept so please forgive me

而这个菜单当然并不存在——这是我很难接受的残酷事实,所以请原谅我。 先戳破自己编的东西,再把真相和道歉一起端出来,冷静得让人发冷。

You think it s done You re sure

你觉得做好了?你确定? 连续两个反问,把「自信」当场碾成「自大」。主厨不动声色地重复对方的话,再补一句你确定,是最高效的羞辱句式,也是这场公开处刑的转折。

关于这一章的问题

bear witness to 是什么意思?

意思是亲眼见证、目睹某事发生,比 see 更郑重,常用在重要、历史性的时刻。主厨就是用它形容自己见证了一场厨艺革命。

「难以接受的真相」英语怎么说?

a hard truth。hard 在这里不是「困难」,而是「难受、不好接受」,指一个你不想承认却不得不面对的事实。

courtesy of 怎么用?

表示某物由谁提供或赠送,常见于正式的致谢场合。比如厨师的白色外套 courtesy of Hawthorn,就是「由餐厅提供」。

You think it's done? 语气重吗?

重。它表面在确认,实际是在质疑和施压,等于说「你真觉得这就做好了?」用反问把人逼到心虚。

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