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找教练学飞后谈迁徙:small wings are teeth

为了教亮翅飞,众人把他交给古怪的飞行教练雷霆,对方一开口就讲 Small wings are teeth, the claws of the sky(小翅膀是牙齿,是天空的利爪),还逼他整天练。真正给希望的是长颈那句:his heart can pay the balance(他的心能把差额补上)。想学怪师语录和走心鼓励,这段又中二又暖。

发生了什么

亮翅就是飞不起来,众人先想办法:We need to get him in the air(我们得让他上天),又去请飞行教练。来的是金雕 Thunderbolt(雷霆),他没讲技巧,先甩出 Small wings are teeth, the claws of the sky(小翅膀是牙齿,是天空的利爪),逼着亮翅硬飞。练到后来,鹅群首领 Longneck(长颈)找上来,给了关键的说法:他仍有机会,if his heart can pay the balance(只要他的心能补上差额),因为 Brightbill's heart is much bigger on the inside than the outside(亮翅的心,内里比外在大多了)。临走还立下规矩:First light to dusk, his feet cannot touch the ground(从晨光到黄昏,脚不能碰地)。想学怪师语录、走心鼓励和立规矩,这一章全有。

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small wings are teeth

小翅膀就是利齿small wings bite like teeth

飞行教练雷霆对担心自己翅膀太小的亮翅说,短翼不是遗憾,而是天空里的牙和爪,当场重写了他的自卑。

A short client list can be teeth if every account renews.客户名单短也可以是利齿,只要每个都续约。

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  • pay the balance

    把差额补上

  • good conversationalists

    反讽:很会聊天(其实无聊)

  • dig up

    翻出来(一个不太上台面的人)

  • have an effect on

    对……产生影响

  • not negotiable

    没有商量余地

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短语 · A2have no choice

没有别的选择

He has no choice. He has to say yes.
短语 · B1have an effect on something

对……产生影响

萝斯用说明书似的口吻安慰亮翅:让你变小的那次变异,不该影响你飞行的能力。

The mutation that made you small should not have an effect on your ability to navigate the air.
语法 · B1that made you small

定语从句:that 修饰 mutation:让你变小的那次变异,后面才说不该影响飞行。

The mutation that made you small should not have an effect on your ability to navigate the air.
短语 · A2know more about something

对某事了解得更多

Do either of you know more about flying than you did swimming?
短语 · A2after all

毕竟、终究 这里是:我们为他做了那么多之后

And after all we've done for him.
短语 · B1not negotiable

没有商量余地

萝斯把亮翅的命说成不可谈条件的事,逼他接受训练,语气强硬得不容反驳。

Your life is not negotiable.
短语 · A2be willing to do something

愿意做某事

If you are willing to do this, you can fly away
短语 · A1fly away

飞走、离开

If you are willing to do this, you can fly away
语法 · B1If you are willing to do this

条件从句:If 先谈愿意,后半句才给飞走的结果,条件在前。

If you are willing to do this, you can fly away
短语 · A2where someone belongs

某人该去的地方

and we can both go to where we belong.
短语 · B1have a proposition

有一个提议

We have a proposition.
语法 · B2there's nothing he can do that you can't

双重定语从句:nothing 后两层:他能做的事,没有你做不到的。

Remember, there's nothing he can do that you can't.
短语 · B1not bad for someone

以某人的身份来说还不错

- Not bad for a goose. - Oh. [chuckles]
短语 · A2for some time

有一段时间了

I've been watching you both for some time.
短语 · B1bother to do something

费心去做某事

You are the only goose that has ever bothered to be civil with us.
短语 · B1be civil with someone

对某人以礼相待

You are the only goose that has ever bothered to be civil with us.
语法 · B1that has ever bothered to be civil with us

定语从句:that 接上一句 the only goose,强调唯一肯以礼相待的那只。

You are the only goose that has ever bothered to be civil with us.
短语 · A2pretty much

几乎、差不多

suspicious of pretty much everything,
语法 · B2I dare say Brightbill is the most interesting among us

宾语从句:dare say 后省略 that,直接接他认为最有意思的判断。

I dare say Brightbill is the most interesting among us, though none would ever admit it.
短语 · B1from first light to dusk

从晨光到黄昏、一整天

First light to dusk, his feet cannot touch the ground.
短语 · A2be supposed to

按理应当、本来该

Brightbill was never supposed to get this far.
短语 · B1get this far

走到这一步

Brightbill was never supposed to get this far.
语法 · B2where his wings end

地点状语从句:where 标出翅膀停住的位置,下句心才去补差额。

But he has a chance if, where his wings end,
短语 · B2pay the balance

把差额补上

长颈告诉萝斯,亮翅的翅膀到不了的地方,他的心可以替他把差额补齐,等于说意志能补天赋。

his heart can pay the balance.
短语 · A2on the inside

在内在、在心里

From what I've seen, Brightbill's heart is much bigger on the inside than the outside.
发音get him

get him 连成 ge-tim,h 常丢掉

发音have an

have an 连成 ha-van,别听成 haven

发音gonna let

gonna 弱读 /gənə/,let 轻轻带过

俚语 · A2gonna

going to 的口语音——口语极常见,写作写成 going to

发音have to

have to 常弱化为 /ˈhæftə/,to 只剩一个极轻的 /tə/,前面的 v 清化。

俚语 · B1loser

失败者、窝囊废——熟人嘲讽,正式场合别用

俚语 · B1dig up

翻出来、挖来——口语贬义,暗示找来的人不体面

发音Not bad

Not 的 t 常吞掉,听成 Noh-bad

俚语 · A2Woo-hoo

哇哦、好耶——兴奋喊叫,书面不用

俚语 · B1cranky lot

一群脾气坏的——自嘲圈子,正式写作少用

发音First light to dusk

重音落在 First 和 dusk,to 轻轻带过

发音pay the balance

pay 和 balance 都加重,the 弱读

看懂「找教练学飞后谈迁徙」

这一章能学到

  • 听懂 Small wings are teeth 的比喻
  • 会用 not negotiable 守住底线
  • 见到 pay the balance 知道是补缺口
  • 能听懂 endurance 从黎明练到黄昏

发音重点

  • get him — get him 连成 ge-tim,h 常丢掉
  • have an — have an 连成 ha-van,别听成 haven
  • gonna let — gonna 弱读 /gənə/,let 轻轻带过
  • have to — have to 常弱化为 /ˈhæftə/,to 只剩一个极轻的 /tə/,前面的 v 清化。
Small wings are teeth, the claws of the sky.

小翅膀是牙齿,是天空的利爪。 把缺陷改写成武器:小翅膀不是短板,是天空的牙。

his heart can pay the balance.

他的心能把差额补上。 用账本话说勇气:翅膀停住的地方,心把差额补上。

Your life is not negotiable.

你的命没有商量余地。 把命从讨价还价里抽走,底线一句钉死。

From what I've seen, Brightbill's heart is much bigger on the inside than the outside.

据我所见,亮翅的心,里面远比外面大得多。 用尺寸这种机器人的说法夸一颗心,冷感和温情撞在一起。

关于这一章的问题

small wings are teeth 是什么意思?

字面是「小翅膀就是牙齿」,教练用来点醒小个子:翅膀小不是缺点,而是像利爪一样适合俯冲和转向。它是一句反常理的鼓励话。

pay the balance 是什么意思?

balance 指差额、缺口,pay the balance 就是「把差额补上」。台词里说他翅膀做不到的事,可以由 his heart 来补,等于说「靠心气顶上」。

「对……产生影响」英语怎么说?

have an effect on。台词里说那次变异不该对他掌控天空的能力 have an effect,就是「不该产生影响」,写说明、分析原因时很好用。

「没有商量余地」英语怎么说?

not negotiable。台词里 Your life is not negotiable(你的命没有商量余地),是把话说到最硬,表示这件事没得谈。

good conversationalists 为什么是自嘲?

字面是「很会聊天的人」,但台词紧接着说自己其实 boring、只会 gossip,所以整句是反着夸自己,属于自黑式幽默。

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