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主厨戳穿铁杆粉丝:swore you to secrecy

主厨当着所有人点名泰勒,问他 Tell me why you're here(告诉我你为什么来)。原来这个铁杆粉丝跟他通信了八个月,还被他 swore you to secrecy(要你发誓保密),明知 everyone would die(所有人都会死),仍带玛戈来当约会对象。想学会用英语拆穿「你早就知道」,这几句最值得学。

发生了什么

主厨暂停菜单,说还有一件 unresolved matter(未了结的事)要处理,一句「你」把泰勒拎了出来。他问泰勒为什么来,泰勒说想 experience(体验)他的料理;可泰勒知道 everyone would die(所有人都会死),明知 she'd die(她会死)还是把玛戈带来凑两人位。主厨说两人通信了八个月,他 swore you to secrecy(要泰勒发誓保密)。泰勒懂 Pacojet(料理机),也认得出 bergamot(佛手柑),主厨却说:you're a cook(你只是个厨子),Cooks belong in the kitchen(厨子就该待在厨房)。学会这几句,逼问真相时特别顺口。

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本章短语

swore you to secrecy

要你发誓保密made you promise to keep a secret

主厨说,当年正是让他发誓绝不外传,才给了他进入这个世界的机会。

They swore her to secrecy about the recipe.他们让她发誓对配方保密。

本章还有

  • killed it

    干得漂亮、大获成功

  • ahead of time

    事先、提前

  • pick out

    (从一群里)挑出、辨认出

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65 句台词里标了 46 处

短语 · B1the party's over

好日子到头了、散场了

Party's over.
发音Party's

Party s 里 party 和 s 连成一个音节,读起来像 partys,不要拆成两个词。

Party's over.
短语 · A2welcome back

欢迎回来

Welcome back. What did you get?
短语 · B2allow me

让我来

Allow me. No, it's fine. It's fine.
短语 · A2it's fine

没关系、不用了

Allow me. No, it's fine. It's fine.
短语 · B1out there

在外面那边

How'd you do out there?
短语 · B2kill it

干得漂亮、大获成功

客人回到餐厅,吹嘘自己在逃命游戏里表现最好。

I did great. I killed it.
短语 · B2get away

逃掉了、溜掉了

I'm the only one who got away.
短语 · C1a fucking failure

一个彻头彻尾的失败者

I'm sorry. I'm a fuckin failure.
俚语 · B2fuckin

该死的、彻头彻尾的(加强语气)——fuckin 放在名词前加强轻蔑或情绪,是粗话;只适合私下爆粗或影视对白,正式场合、对长辈和客户要避免。

I'm sorry. I'm a fuckin failure.
短语 · A2it's okay

没事的

It's okay.
短语 · B2steal money from someone

偷钱

I've been stealing money from you.
短语 · C1a negative recommendation

一封负面推荐

I wrote a negative recommendation to Sony.
短语 · B2cc someone

抄送给我

I know. You cc'd me on it.
短语 · B2cannot continue

无法继续

I'm afraid our menu cannot continue as planned.
短语 · B1as planned

按原计划

I'm afraid our menu cannot continue as planned.
语法 · B2cannot continue as planned

as planned 方式状语:our menu cannot continue as planned 用 as planned 表示「按原定计划」,修饰 continue 的方式。它比 as we planned 简洁,等于宣告原方案作废。

I'm afraid our menu cannot continue as planned.
短语 · B1deal with something

处理、对付

Until we deal with an unresolved matter.
短语 · C1an unresolved matter

一件未了结的事

Until we deal with an unresolved matter.
短语 · B1tell me why ...

告诉我为什么

Tell me why you're here.
短语 · B2want to experience something

想体验

I wanted to experience your food, Chef.
短语 · B2ahead of time

事先、提前

主厨当着众人追问这位常客,在来之前到底被人告知了多少内情。

What were you told ahead of time?
短语 · B2the greatest ... ever created

史上最伟大的菜单

You told me it'd be the greatest menu ever created.
短语 · B1everyone would die

所有人都会死

And that everyone would die.
短语 · B1have a date

有个约会对象

SLOWIK: You had a date.
短语 · B2seem to remember

好像记得

I seem to remember you had a date.
短语 · B1what happened to someone

她后来怎么了

So what happened to her? Your date.
短语 · B2break up with someone

跟我分手了

She broke up with me, Chef. So you brought Margot.
短语 · C1seatings for one

一人座、单人桌

Cause you don't offer seatings for one.
短语 · B2knowing (that) ...

明知她会死

So you hired her knowing she'd die.
短语 · B1be gonna kill someone

要杀了你

I'm gonna kill you, Tyler.
短语 · C1correspond with someone

和…通信往来

For the eight months I've corresponded with you, I gave you, Tyler, access to our world. Hmm.
短语 · B2access to something

让你进入

For the eight months I've corresponded with you, I gave you, Tyler, access to our world. Hmm.
语法 · B2I've corresponded with you

现在完成时表持续:For the eight months I ve corresponded with you 用现在完成时,配合 for 加时间段,说明这段通信从过去持续到现在。它强调关系的长度,而不只是发生过。

For the eight months I've corresponded with you, I gave you, Tyler, access to our world. Hmm.
短语 · C1swear someone to secrecy

要你发誓保密

主厨说,当年正是让他发誓绝不外传,才给了他进入这个世界的机会。

And I swore you to secrecy.
语法 · C1swore you to secrecy

swear someone to secrecy:I swore you to secrecy 里 swore 后面接人,再接 to 加名词,表示让对方发誓守约。to secrecy 是固定搭配,说明保密是一种被要求的义务,比单纯嘱咐更重。

And I swore you to secrecy.
短语 · B1why do you think ...

你觉得是为什么

Why do you think I'd do this?
短语 · B1could taste something

能尝出来

Yeah, I could taste it. Yeah, you could. Yeah, I know, but you identified it.
短语 · B2identify something

认出了它

Yeah, I could taste it. Yeah, you could. Yeah, I know, but you identified it.
短语 · B2pick something out

辨认出来

Picked it out. Mmm hmm. Right. That impressed me.
短语 · B2that impressed me

那一点让我刮目相看

Picked it out. Mmm hmm. Right. That impressed me.
短语 · A2a cook

一个厨子

I mean, you're a cook. Oh. Cooks belong in the kitchen.
短语 · B2belong in a place

就该待在厨房

I mean, you're a cook. Oh. Cooks belong in the kitchen.
发音belong in

belong in 里 belong 末尾的 ng 和 in 连读,听起来像 belon-gin,中间不断开。

I mean, you're a cook. Oh. Cooks belong in the kitchen.
短语 · A2come with someone

跟我来

Come with me. TYLER: Really?
发音with me

with me 里 with 末尾的音和 me 连读,听起来像 wi-me,两个词几乎粘在一起。

Come with me. TYLER: Really?

看懂「主厨戳穿铁杆粉丝」

这一章能学到

  • 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
  • 观察关系变化如何改变说话语气

发音重点

  • Party's — Party s 里 party 和 s 连成一个音节,读起来像 partys,不要拆成两个词。
  • belong in — belong in 里 belong 末尾的 ng 和 in 连读,听起来像 belon-gin,中间不断开。
  • with me — with me 里 with 末尾的音和 me 连读,听起来像 wi-me,两个词几乎粘在一起。
I'm the only one who got away.

就我一个人逃出来了。 把幸存说成一项战绩,得意里透着可悲:在一场没人该活着离开的局里,跑掉反而成了唯一的炫耀。

I mean, you're a cook. Oh. Cooks belong in the kitchen.

厨子就该待在厨房里。 一句看似职业分工的话,被他反手当成邀请:你不是客人,你是同类。归属感成了最危险的诱饵。

So you hired her knowing she'd die.

所以你是明知她会死,还雇了她。 把整场残忍压进一个分词短语:不是疏忽,是知情下的选择。提问即定罪。

I've been stealing money from you.

我一直在偷你的钱。 在生死关头,一个配角突然抛出最琐碎的认罪,把宏大恐怖拉回办公室政治。这句自首既荒诞又真实,也让这场审判显得更冷:连小偷都逃不掉。

关于这一章的问题

swore you to secrecy 是什么意思?

意思是「要某人发誓保密」,swore 是 swear 的过去式。戏里主厨说自己把泰勒拉进这个圈子时,要他发誓保密,可泰勒还是把内情告诉了别人。

「事先」英语怎么说?

ahead of time。戏里主厨追问 What were you told ahead of time,就是「你事先被告知了什么」。它和 in advance 意思接近,口语里很常用。

killed it 是「杀了它」吗?

不是。killed it 是「干得漂亮、大获成功」,跟杀没关系。戏里有人完成任务回来说 I killed it,就是得意地讲「我干得超棒」。

主厨为什么单独点泰勒的名?

因为泰勒是他通信八个月的铁杆粉丝,还发过誓保密,却明知大家会死也照样来了。主厨要当面问清楚他为什么来,并提醒他:你只是个厨子,厨子该待在厨房。

pick out 怎么用?

pick out 是从一堆里挑出、辨认出。戏里主厨夸泰勒「能尝出佛手柑,还把它 Picked it out」,就是说他从味道里认出了这一样,比 taste 更强调「认出来」。

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