这场戏：拦车检查时警察中枪
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深夜公路上，伍德警官拦下一辆没开车灯的车。他本来只想让司机打开车灯、放他 be on his way（上路走人）——他们这一班正是 graveyard shift（大夜班）。可走近车窗时对方突然掏枪，两枪把他打倒，他躺在地上流血而死。想学怎么讲深夜执勤和巡逻盘查，这段复盘用词克制又准确。
「他不打算开罚单」：write a ticket
ticket book 罚单本write a ticket 开罚单be on his way 上路、放人走
「第二枪正中胸口」：in the chest
small-caliber pistol 小口径手枪in the chest 在胸口（中枪）bled to death 流血而死
「叫救护车」：call for an ambulance
call for an ambulance 叫救护车grab the radio 一把抓起对讲机the license number 车牌号
那晚拦车的经过被完整复盘：伍德警官和搭档在西北分局辖区巡逻，上的是深更半夜的班。他发现一辆车没开车灯，本来只想让对方打开车灯、放他 be on his way（上路走人）——他们那一班正是 graveyard shift（大夜班）。可走近驾驶座车窗时，车里的人突然用小口径手枪开枪，第一枪打中胳膊，第二枪正中胸口；他倒在车道上，流血而死。搭档冲下车，朝逃跑的人打光子弹，又 run to his aid（跑去救他），却已经来不及。事后有人问：明明规程和常识都要求 call for an ambulance（叫救护车），可换了你，你会怎么办？想学讲案发经过和执勤巡逻，这些说法很实用。
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“He didn't know that the car was stolen.”
他并不知道那辆车是偷来的。
一句就把整件事的讽刺点破：他不知道，所以才会靠过去。
He didn't know that ...
讲某人不知情而吃亏时用；事后指责别人时这样说会像推卸。
He had no idea the car had been stolen. ／ Nobody told him the car was hot.
中性
didn't know the 连读，that 弱读，stolen 重音在前。
She didn't know that the money was fake. 她并不知道那笔钱是假钞。
“They had been into a fast-food restaurant. And she had a malt.”
他们刚去过一家快餐店，她还买了一杯麦乳精。
用一杯麦乳精的日常细节，反衬几分钟后发生的枪杀。
They had been to ... And she had a ...
讲一件小事如何被突然打断时用；写事故复盘也常这样补细节。
They had just left a diner with a drink in hand. ／ It was an ordinary stop after a coffee run.
中性
had been 连读，And she 轻带，malt 收住。
They had been to the cinema. And she had a bag of popcorn. 他们刚看完电影，她手里还拿着一袋爆米花。
“He lay there and bled to death.”
他躺在那儿，流血流到死。
没有形容词，没有感叹，只留下动作和结局，冷得刺人。
He lay there and ...
记述无法挽回的结局时用；除纪实和文学叙述外要慎用这种冷笔。
He lay there until he bled out. ／ He died where he fell, in the roadway.
literary
lay there 平读，bled to death 四拍均匀，句末下沉。
The bird lay there and never moved again. 那只鸟躺在那儿，再没动过。
“Common sense would tell you that. But what do you do?”
常识也告诉你要这么做。可换了你，你会怎么办？
先摆常识再反问，一句话就把「指责」顶了回去。
Common sense would tell you that. But what do you do?
替慌乱中的人辩解、或承认自己也没把握时用；正式报告里少用反问。
Everyone knows the rule. But could you do it? ／ That's the textbook answer. In the moment, who manages it?
中性
Common sense 连读，But 前稍顿，what do you 弱读。
Common sense would tell you that. But what do you do at two in the morning? 道理谁都懂，可凌晨两点的时候你能怎么办？
“How do we hold her responsible for not following procedure?”
我们怎么能怪她没按规程做呢？
用一个反问替慌乱的人挡下所有指责，语气里有体谅。
How do we hold someone responsible for ...?
替别人开脱、质疑某项追责时用；正式问责场合这样说会显得护短。
Can we really blame her for that? ／ How can we fault her for missing one step?
中性
hold her 连读，responsible for 重读，句尾反问上扬。
How do we hold him responsible for a rule nobody taught him? 没人教过他这条规矩，怎么能怪他呢？
“But the main thing was, she couldn't remember the license number.”
但最关键的是，她记不住车牌号。
把所有程序争论一把收进这个细节，案子输就输在这里。
But the main thing was, ...
从一堆理由里挑出最要紧那点时用；写总结、汇报都很好用。
The crucial point was that she never saw the plate. ／ What really mattered was the number she lost.
中性
main thing 重读，was 弱读，license number 平稳收尾。
But the main thing was, nobody had told the team about the change. 但最关键的是，没人把这次变动告诉团队。
下一章 · 04swear up and down赌咒发誓这场戏：少年反复吹嘘杀警「大夜班、深夜班」，指从半夜到清晨的班次。原句 Working the graveyard shift 就是「上的正是大夜班」，医院、工厂、警局都常用。
write a ticket。ticket 在这里指交通罚单，原句 he was not going to write a ticket，就是「他不打算开罚单」。
be on one's way，也可以说 let someone be on his way。原句 let the guy be on his way，就是「放那个人走」。
run to someone's aid。原句 she runs to his aid，就是「她跑过去救他」，aid 指救助、支援。
call for an ambulance。原句 Procedure says you grab the radio and call for an ambulance，就是「按规程该抓起对讲机叫救护车」。
