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赛艇会后决定起诉马克:at our disposal

赛艇会上,兄弟俩的父亲从女儿那儿听说:A new website called Facebook(一个叫 Facebook 的新网站)已经传开他们输掉的比赛,还问 Do you have this in America?(美国有这个吗?)。他一锤定音,要动用一切资源去联邦法院起诉马克。想学怎么安慰失利、怎么说「好坏照单全收」、怎么放狠话,这段全有。

发生了什么

亨利赛艇会结束后,兄弟俩被引见给阿尔贝亲王,礼节周全却心不在焉。真正的坏消息来自接待家庭的父亲:他女儿和朋友们已经通过网络看到了那场比赛,用的正是 A new website called Facebook(一个叫 Facebook 的新网站),还追问 Do you have this in America?(美国有这个吗?)。父亲先安慰他们 Don't ever apologize to anyone for losing a race like that(这种比赛输了,永远不必向任何人道歉),随后把矛头转向马克:不要再忍,let's take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court(动用我们手头可观的资源,去联邦法院告他)。兄弟俩最后把心一横:Let's gut the frigging nerd(把那个书呆子开膛)。想学安慰、摊牌和放狠话,这段台词层层递进。

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at our disposal

可供我们调用、随便支配Available for us to use

哥哥劝大家动用现有资源:take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court。

The whole archive is at your disposal this week.这周整个档案库随你调用。

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  • Take the bitter with the better

    好坏一起接受、得失照单全收

  • Wouldn't have missed it

    绝不会错过、非来不可

  • a tough beat

    一场难受的失利

  • frigging

    该死的(脏话的委婉替代)

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63 句台词里标了 35 处

语法 · B1seen a race that close

现在完成时:I've never seen 是现在完成时,配合 never 表示「到现在为止从没见过」。时间范围是从过去一直延续到说话这一刻,而不是只谈某一次比赛。中文说「我从没见过」,英文用 have never 加过去分词,close 在这里当副词,等于那么接近。

Of course. Brilliant race. I've never seen a race that close.
短语 · B1may I introduce someone

请允许我介绍一下

May I introduce my teammates?
短语 · B1excuse us

我们先失陪一下

I'm sorry. You'll have to excuse us.
短语 · B1all the way out here

大老远跑到这里

Sorry you flew all the way out here to see that.
短语 · B2wouldn't have missed it for the world

绝不会错过、非来不可

弟弟说 Sorry you flew all the way out here,哥哥回 Wouldn't have missed it, brother,把看比赛说得比什么都重要。

Wouldn't have missed it, brother. How was the royalty?
短语 · A2a couple more something

再来几个、再多几次

I just wanted him to tell me a couple more times how close the race was.
短语 · B2the size of something

有某物那么大

The guy is the prince of a country the size of Nantucket.
语法 · C1a country the size of Nantucket

名词短语作同位语:a country the size of Nantucket 跟在 prince of 后面,进一步说明这个国家有多大,等于给前面的名词补一条注释,中间不用另起关系从句。这种压缩写法让讥讽更利落:一个国家的体量,被比成一座小岛。

The guy is the prince of a country the size of Nantucket.
短语 · C1a tough beat

一场难受的失利

父亲对刚输掉比赛的兄弟俩说 That was a tough beat,承认这一场败得让人难受。

- Mr. Winklevoss. - That was a tough beat.
俚语 · C1a tough beat

一场很难受的失利——体育或比赛语境里的口语,beat 指失败、被击败;安慰输家时用,轻描淡写但有心意,正式总结报告里换成 loss。

- Mr. Winklevoss. - That was a tough beat.
短语 · B1fly out

坐飞机过来

I'm sorry that you and Mom had to fly out here to see that.
短语 · B1apologize to someone for something

为某事向某人道歉

No, don't ever apologize to me for losing a race like that.
短语 · B2head of something

某组织的负责人

Dad, this is Mr. Kenwright, head of the host family for this week.
短语 · B1have a phone chat with someone

通电话聊了聊

I've just had a phone chat with my daughter.
短语 · B2see something via something

通过某渠道看到

which they've just seen via their computers.
语法 · B2which they've just seen via their computers

which 定语从句:which 指代前面整件事——她们已经在谈论的比赛,逗号后的从句补充说明她们是怎么看到的。just 放在 have 和 seen 之间,强调刚刚发生。中文常拆成「她们刚在电脑上看过」,英文用一个 which 从句挂上去,不另起一句。

which they've just seen via their computers.
短语 · B1major in something

主修某个专业

Majoring in French literature, though I wasn't aware there was such a thing.
短语 · B2be aware of something

没意识到、不知道有这回事

Majoring in French literature, though I wasn't aware there was such a thing.
语法 · B2though I wasn't aware there was such a thing

though 让步从句:though 引出让步:前面说她主修法国文学,后面补一句「虽然我不知道还有这么个专业」。there was such a thing 是宾语从句,省略了 that。让步语气让挖苦听起来像随口一提,其实每句都在贬低对方。

Majoring in French literature, though I wasn't aware there was such a thing.
发音That's awesome

That's 的 s 直接连到 awesome,awesome 从元音起头,重音压在 awe 上。

That's awesome.
短语 · C1take the bitter with the better

好坏一起接受、得失照单全收

长辈安慰输掉比赛的兄弟俩:Good race, boys. Take the bitter with the better, eh?,劝他们把苦果和收获一起咽下。

Good race, boys. Take the bitter with the better, eh?
发音bitter with the better

bitter 和 better 两个词都要重读,形成一抑一扬的对比节奏。

Good race, boys. Take the bitter with the better, eh?
短语 · B1knock it off

住手、别闹了

Knock it off.
发音Knock it off

Knock it off 里两个词之间几乎不停,it 的 t 变轻,off 重读收尾。

Knock it off.
短语 · B1lose to someone

输给某人

I don't mind that we lost to the Dutch today by less than a second.
短语 · B2by less than ...

以不到……的差距

I don't mind that we lost to the Dutch today by less than a second.
短语 · B1show up

露面、到场

is showing up on Monday for a race that was run on Sunday.
短语 · B1try doing something

试着做过某事

We tried talking to him ourselves, we tried writing a letter,
短语 · C1be at someone's disposal

可供我们调用、随便支配

哥哥劝大家动用现有资源:take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court。

let's take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court.
短语 · C1in federal court

在联邦法院

let's take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court.
短语 · B2sue someone

起诉某人

let's take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court.
发音Screw it

Screw 尾部滑进 it,it 缩成一个轻音快速收掉,重音落在 Screw 上。

Screw it.
俚语 · B2Screw it

去他的、算了——表示不管不顾、破罐破摔的粗俗说法;朋友间下决心时可用,职场、对长辈不能说。

Screw it.
俚语 · B2frigging

该死的(骂词的委婉版)——用来替代更脏的骂词,但仍属粗俗;朋友间发泄可用,公开场合、对不熟的人会显得没教养。

Let's gut the frigging nerd.
俚语 · C1gut

掏空、狠狠收拾——原意是掏内脏,引申为把某人或某组织彻底搞垮;本场是放狠话,极不客气,正式场合不要用。

Let's gut the frigging nerd.

看懂「赛艇会后决定起诉马克」

发音重点

  • That's awesome — That's 的 s 直接连到 awesome,awesome 从元音起头,重音压在 awe 上。
  • bitter with the better — bitter 和 better 两个词都要重读,形成一抑一扬的对比节奏。
  • Knock it off — Knock it off 里两个词之间几乎不停,it 的 t 变轻,off 重读收尾。
  • Screw it — Screw 尾部滑进 it,it 缩成一个轻音快速收掉,重音落在 Screw 上。
Don't ever apologize to anyone for losing a race like that.

永远不要为输掉那样一场比赛向任何人道歉。 把「道歉」和「比赛」拆开:你可以输,但不能为拼过的输认错。这是父亲能给的最好的一课。

That was a good race, and that was a fair race.

那是一场好比赛,也是一场公平的比赛。 把「好」和「公平」并列,是在输之后仍然守住的标准:结果不理想,过程没得挑。它让失败也能站得直。

Good race, boys. Take the bitter with the better, eh?

好比赛,孩子们。苦的甜的都得一起咽,懂吗? 用一句押着头韵的老话把失利包起来:甜苦一起收。它把残酷的赛果讲成一种成年人该有的胃口。

let's take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court.

动用我们能调动的一切资源,在联邦法院起诉他。 把一场学生纠纷推到联邦法院,是可笑的升级,也是最认真的宣战。它标志着兄弟俩不再讲理,改讲实力。

Let's gut the frigging nerd.

我们把这个该死的书呆子收拾了。 全章最后一句,把体面的绅士话撕掉,露出真正的动机:不是讨回公道,是解气。短促、粗暴、收得干脆。

关于这一章的问题

at our disposal 是什么意思?

意思是「可供我们调用、随便支配」,常和 resources、time 搭配。台词里说要动用 considerable resources at our disposal 去告马克,就是强调资源任他们调遣,口气很硬。

Take the bitter with the better 怎么理解?

它化用了 take the bitter with the sweet(苦甜一起接受),把 sweet 换成 better,意思是好坏得失都照单全收。长辈安慰输了比赛的孩子时用它,很豁达。

a tough beat 是什么意思?

be beat 有「被打败」的意思,a tough beat 就是「一场很难受的失利」。台词里拿它接一句安慰,承认输得难受,但语气并不沉重。

「非来不可、绝不会错过」英语怎么说?

Wouldn't have missed it,字面是「本来不会错过的」。别人谢你大老远赶来,回一句这句,等于说「这种场面我怎么可能缺席」,既客气又真诚。

frigging 是什么词?

它是脏话的委婉替代,比 fucking 温和得多,意思接近「该死的」。台词里说 gut the frigging nerd(把那个该死的书呆子开膛),用词很狠但没那么失礼。

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