这场戏：她坦白被劫与说谎
第 6 章 · 共 20 章 · 5'02"
车里，克莱尔终于开口：几天前她的银行被抢，她被蒙着眼带走，在沙滩被放下，那段路她一直怕 step off a cliff（一脚踩空）。她还坦白跟联调局撒了谎，最后问道格 What do you think I should do（你觉得我该怎么办）。想学怎么把一段创伤讲清楚、再开口求助，这段最完整。
❝ 独白 · 9 句 「一脚踩空」的恐惧：step off a cliff
step off a cliff 一脚踩空、跌下悬崖in mourning 在服丧、沉浸在悲伤里not your fault 不是某人的错
道格和克莱尔在一起后，克莱尔决定把心里的事都告诉他。她在车里讲起几天前的银行劫案：四个人打开保险柜，蒙上她的眼把她带走，最后在沙滩放她下车，让她一直走到脚趾碰到水；那段路她一直怕 step off a cliff（一脚踩空）。她提到联调局在跟进，也提到副经理被打伤住院，两人便去看他。后来她坦白向联调局撒了谎——她其实看见了劫匪的纹身，还问道格 What do you think I should do（你觉得我该怎么办）。道格说，只要那人 got a record（有前科）就能认出来，要么报告，要么再等等。
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。
“What kind of a guy lets you open your own door like that?”
什么样的男人才会让你自己开门啊？
一句自嘲式的体贴，把殷勤说得不油腻，也显出道格在用力演好人。
What kind of a guy lets you ... like that?
半开玩笑地表现贴心或悄悄批评某人时用；对不熟的人会显得油。
What kind of man makes you carry your own bags? ／ Who lets someone walk home alone at this hour?
口语
kind of a 连读，重音在 lets 和 own door。
What kind of a host lets you pour your own coffee? 什么样的主人才会让你自己倒咖啡啊？
“It was the longest walk of my life. I kept thinking I'd step off a cliff.”
那是我这辈子最长的一段路。我总觉得自己会一脚踩空掉下悬崖。
用一段走不完的路写恐惧，没有形容词，却让人跟着屏住呼吸。
It was the longest ... of my life.
描述极度煎熬的经历时用；轻描淡写的小事别套这么重的说法。
It was the longest night of my life. ／ That was the longest hour I have ever sat through.
中性
longest 重读，I kept thinking 连读，cliff 尾音干脆收。
Waiting for the results was the longest hour of my life. 等结果的那一小时是我这辈子最漫长的。
“I'm sure I'd recognize their voices if I heard them again.”
我要是再听到他们的声音，一定能认出来。
用一句笃定的假设把恐惧和线索同时交出去，为后面的选择埋了雷。
I'm sure I'd ... if I ...
笃定地说自己在某种情况下会怎样时用；下判断前最好真有把握。
I know I would know them if I heard them again. ／ I'd spot them in a second.
中性
sure 重读，I'd recognize 连读，if I 轻轻带过。
I'm sure I'd remember his face if I saw him again. 我要是再见到他，一定能认出他的脸。
“I'm afraid if I report it they'll make me testify.”
我怕一旦报上去，他们就会让我出庭作证。
一句话说尽受害者的两难：说出来就可能被推上证人席。
I'm afraid if I ... they'll ...
说出担心后果的条件时用；谈严肃决定时要讲清代价。
I worry that reporting it means testifying. ／ If I tell them, I'll have to go to court.
中性
afraid 重读，if I report it 连读，testify 放慢。
I'm afraid if I complain they'll fire me. 我怕一旦投诉，他们就会开除我。
“What do you think I should do?”
你觉得我该怎么办？
把选择权递到对方手里，一句问话就暴露了她有多信任眼前这个人。
What do you think I should do?
向信任的人请教决定时用；不想采纳建议就别问。
What would you do in my place? ／ If you were me, what would you do?
中性
What do you 连读，think 重读，句尾 do 轻轻上扬。
What do you think I should do about the offer? 这个邀约你觉得我该怎么办？
A few days ago my bank was robbed. Four men took it over and opened the safe. They took me as a hostage. They blindfolded me and drove me around. And then they stopped and let me out over at the beach and .... And one of the guys told me... ...to walk until I felt the water on my toes. It was the longest walk of my life. I kept thinking I'd step off a cliff. And then I felt the water.
几天前，我的银行被抢了。 四个人控制了银行，打开了保险柜。 他们把我当人质带走了。 他们蒙住我的眼睛，开着车带我到处转。 然后他们停下车，在沙滩那边把我放了下来，然后…… 其中一个人告诉我…… ……一直往前走，直到脚趾碰到水。 那是我这辈子最长的一段路。我总觉得自己会一脚踩空掉下悬崖。 然后我碰到了水。
下一章 · 07have a card手里有筹码这场戏：劝克莱尔自保并替她出气字面是「一脚踩空、跌下悬崖」。剧中克莱尔被蒙着眼走，看不到路，所以总觉得自己下一步就会 step off a cliff，形容那种随时会出事的恐惧。
got a record。剧中道格说 If the guy's got a record，意思是如果那人有案底，警方凭纹身档案就能把他认出来。
in mourning。剧里说联调局的人告诉她，这种状态会 feel like you're in mourning，就是像在服丧，形容劫案之后那种挥不去的低落。
是 Witness Security 的缩写，指「证人保护计划」。剧中道格提醒克莱尔，一旦作证，联调局多半会把她送进 WITSEC，换到别的城市生活。
意思是「你觉得我该怎么办」，向信任的人征询意见时常用。剧中克莱尔拿不定主意要不要上报纹身，就是用它问道格的。
