这场戏：挑流浪汉办死刑案
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十六岁的大卫在维多尔抢店、入室盗窃，最后却 scot-free（逍遥法外），还成了控方证人；二十八岁的流浪汉兰德尔反而被办成死刑案。有人质问地区检察官，对方只回一句 We don't feel that way in Vidor, Texas（在得克萨斯，我们不这么想）。想学怎么说「逍遥法外」，这段访谈讲得很清楚。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 他说自己「去自首」：turn myself in（去自首、投案）
and what have you 诸如此类的东西on probation 在缓刑期turned myself in 去自首、投案
他「没有良心」：have a conscience 是「有良心、有愧」
This is David 我是大卫I did it 是我干的have a conscience 有良心、有愧gets to me 让我心里过不去
❝ 独白 · 11 句 讲父亲与联邦调查局
从家教说到迪林杰被杀那晚，个人记忆和时代画面接在一起，语气慢慢变软。
维多尔的访谈拼出一桩荒唐事：大卫承认自己在维多尔抢过店、犯过入室盗窃，当时他还在 on probation（在缓刑期），最后 turn myself in（去自首）了，朋友甚至笑他吹自己抢店。另一边，律师追问地区检察官：枪和车都是大卫的，他为什么能 scot-free（逍遥法外），还去当控方证人？对方只回一句 We don't feel that way in Vidor, Texas（在得克萨斯，我们不这么想）。有人说，兰德尔被办成死刑案，只因为他 a convenient age（年龄正好合用）。这里能学到：scot-free 是「逍遥法外、毫发无损」；on probation 是「在缓刑期」；turn myself in 是「去自首、投案」。想聊罪案和法律，这些词都很常用。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“He didn't have a conscience.”
他没有一点良心。
五个词下了一个最重的判决，没有形容，却把一个人的空壳说透了。
He didn't have a conscience.
说一个人毫无悔意时用；对熟人评价第三者，别当面说。
He has no conscience at all. ／ The man simply has no conscience.
中性
didn't have a 连读，conscience 重读，句尾下沉。
He took the credit and didn't have a conscience about it. 他抢了功劳，还一点不觉得亏心。
“But it didn't bother him. Didn't bother him at all.”
可这事一点没困扰他。一点都没有。
重复一遍再补 at all，等于当着面把「他毫不在意」又说了一遍。
It didn't bother him. Didn't bother him at all.
说某人对坏事毫无反应时用；带指责口气，正式场合少用。
It didn't bother her in the least. ／ It never bothered him, not once.
口语
第二遍语速更快，at all 两个词重读后收住。
The noise didn't bother him. Didn't bother him at all. 那噪音一点没吵到他。一点都不。
“Not that they had him so dead to rights.”
倒不是因为他们铁证如山。
用先让步再转折的口气质疑整个案子，dead to rights 一句就是法律人的行话。
Not that they had him so ...
先退一步再反驳时用；dead to rights 偏口语，书面可换 conclusive evidence。
It's not that the evidence was airtight. ／ Not that they had him cold.
口语
Not that 轻带，dead to rights 三个词都重读。
Not that they had him dead to rights on the tape. 那段录音并不能说明他铁证如山。
“But just that he was a convenient age.”
只是因为他的年龄刚刚好。
一个 convenient 把整桩死刑案说成挑选的结果，冷静得让人发凉。
just that he was a convenient ...
说某事只是图方便、并非按理时用；评价制度与人选时很常见。
It was just a convenient choice. ／ Only because he was convenient at the time.
中性
just 轻读，convenient 拉长重读，age 干脆收住。
They picked me just because I was a convenient age. 他们挑我，只是因为我这年龄正好合用。
“Eventually I turned myself in for this stuff in Vidor.”
最后，我为了维多尔这些事去自首了。
用 eventually 和 this stuff 这种轻描淡写的词交代自首，越随便越显出事态的怪。
Eventually I turned myself in for ...
平实地交代自己或别人去投案时用；正式叙述可换 surrendered to police。
In the end I gave myself up for it. ／ Eventually he handed himself in.
中性
Eventually 快带过，turned myself in 连读，Vidor 重读。
Eventually I turned myself in for the missed shift. 最后我为了那次漏掉的班去认了错。
“My father was an FBI man.”
我父亲是联邦调查局的人。
一句家常介绍，却为后面所有关于法律与执法的立场埋下根。
My father was a ... man.
介绍家人职业、交代自己来历时用；口语里常带一点自豪。
My father was a police man. ／ My dad worked for the Bureau.
中性
an FBI 连读成 an-eff-bee-I，man 放平收尾。
My father was an army man, so we moved a lot. 我爸是当兵的，所以我们常搬家。
All this time I was on probation. Juvenile probation. Eventually I turned myself in for this stuff in Vidor. I think I made a confession. I can't even remember exactly. So I'm told I did.
那段时间我一直处在缓刑期。少年缓刑。 最后，我为了维多尔这些事去自首了。 我好像认了罪。具体我都记不太清了。 反正他们说我认过。
I grew up in a family... where I was taught a great respect for law enforcement. I became acutely aware of the dangers... that police officers go through, law enforcement officials go through... that I think much of the public is not really sensitive to. My father was an FBI man. Probably at the worst possible time to be in the FBI. It was from 1932 to 1935 in Chicago. He was at the Biograph Theater the night that Dillinger was killed. It was a hot summer evening. Little air conditioning in Chicago... and people were out for a walk.
我在一个家庭里长大…… 从小被教导要十分尊重执法者。 我深切意识到其中的危险…… 警察和执法人员每天要面对的危险…… 我觉得很多公众对此并不真的敏感。 我父亲是联邦调查局的人。 偏偏赶上了在联邦调查局最难干的时候。 那是一九三二到一九三五年，在芝加哥。 迪林杰被杀那晚，他就在比奥格拉夫剧院。 那是个炎热的夏夜。芝加哥当时没什么空调…… 人们都出来散步。
下一章 · 10cover for替人打掩护这场戏：证词处处晚两小时意思是「逍遥法外、毫发无损」，指做了坏事却一点惩罚都没受。原文说大卫 got off scot-free，就是他没被追究、全身而退。注意它常跟 get off / go 搭配。
on probation。原文 All this time I was on probation，就是「那段时间我一直处在缓刑期」，后面还补了一句 Juvenile probation，指「少年缓刑」。
意思是「去自首、投案」。原文 Eventually I turned myself in，就是「最后我去自首了」。把 myself 换成 himself 就是「他去自首」，这是反身代词随主语变的短语。
字面是「有良心」，指一个人对自己做错的事会内疚。原文 He didn't have a conscience，就是「他一点良心都没有」；后面还说事情一点没 bother him，意思是他毫无愧疚。
它是「罪证确凿、抓个正着」，指证据充分到无法抵赖。原文 Not that they had him so dead to rights，就是「倒不是因为他们铁证如山」。常和 have someone 搭配。
