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葬礼悼词与旧日威胁:turn his back on you

葬礼上,悼词把逝者夸成尽职的丈夫、慈爱的父亲,说教孩子分辨 the difference between right and wrong(是非对错)是他的本分。可紧接着翻出一段旧日狠话:不许再和那个男孩来往,否则 I'll kill you both(我就把你们俩都杀了)。想学悼词的庄重腔和旧式威胁,这段最反差。

发生了什么

这是一场葬礼:悼词把逝者说成如今不多见的那种人——尽职的丈夫、慈爱的父亲、好美国人,做正确的事对他不是选择,而是 his duty(他的本分);教孩子分清 the difference between right and wrong(是非对错)也是本分。可悼词之间插进了他当年的狠话:不许再跟那个男孩来往,I'll kill you both(我就把你们俩都杀了),还骂这是 perversion(变态)、说上帝会 turn his back on you(背弃你)。最后众人一起念主祷文,Amen(阿们)。想学悼词的庄严腔和旧式训斥,这些句子都能用。

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  • 悼词如何把麦克说成完人
  • 闪回里父亲怎样用地狱威胁
  • 贝丝那声 Oh my God 插在哪

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turn his back on youthe difference between right and wrongdo the right thingopen yourself up to something

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本章短语

turn his back on you

背弃、抛弃某人to abandon or reject someone

旧录音里父亲威胁说,God hisself will turn his back on you,把上帝也拉来当抛弃他的帮凶。

I will not turn my back on a friend in trouble.朋友有难,我不会背弃他。

本章还有

  • the difference between right and wrong

    是非对错之分

  • do the right thing

    做该做的事、走正道

  • open yourself up to something

    让自己暴露在(风险、批评或疾病)之下

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37 句台词里标了 28 处

短语 · B2the kind of X you don't see much anymore

如今不多见的那种人

Mac Bledsoe was the kind of man you don't see much anymore.
短语 · B2dedicated husband

尽职的丈夫

Dedicated husband.
短语 · B2loving father

慈爱的父亲

Loving father.
短语 · B2do the right thing

做该做的事、走正道

悼词说麦克把做正确的事当成本分而非选择,话音未落旧录音就拆穿了他的伪善。

A man for whom doing the right thing,
语法 · C1for whom doing the right thing

介词 for 加 whom:for whom 是正式书面语的定语从句开头,介词提到关系词前面。它把「对他而言」提前,语气庄重得像悼词。

A man for whom doing the right thing,
短语 · B2not be a choice

不是一道选择题

it wasn't a choice.
短语 · B2be someone's duty

是他的本分

It was his duty.
短语 · B2the difference between right and wrong

是非对错之分

悼词说麦克的本分是教孩子 the difference between right and wrong,而下一段旧录音恰恰暴露了他的双重标准。

It was his duty to teach his children the difference between right and wrong.
语法 · B2his duty to teach his children the difference between right and wrong

it 形式主语加不定式:前面用 it was his duty 起头,真正的动作放到后面用不定式说明,句子重心因此落在「教孩子分辨是非」上。这是庄重叙述常用的结构。

It was his duty to teach his children the difference between right and wrong.
短语 · C1the path of righteousness

同一条义路

in the same path of righteousness as Mac.
发音find out

find out 连读时 find 末尾的音接上 out,听起来像 fin-dout,两个词像一整个。

If I find out you are, I'll kill you both.
短语 · B2gamble with something

拿自己的灵魂去赌

You're gambling with your very soul, son.
短语 · B2open oneself up to something

让自己暴露在(风险、批评或疾病)之下

旧录音里父亲说弗兰克把自己敞开口子,去染上他口中的「病」,把恐同话术说成关心。

Opening yourself up to that sickness.
短语 · C1want to be something

想当个基佬(侮辱语转述)

You want to be a queer, hm?
俚语 · C1queer

基佬(对同性恋者的侮辱性旧称)——queer 曾是针对同性恋者的侮辱词,这里转述父亲的偏见。今天它被部分人重新挪用为自称,但外人当骂人话用仍然极具冒犯性,务必谨慎。

You want to be a queer, hm?
俚语 · C2faggot

死基佬(极重的侮辱语)——faggot 是针对男同性恋者最恶毒的侮辱词之一。这里是转述旧录音中的仇恨言论,现实中任何人都不该用它称呼别人。

A faggot?
短语 · B2turn one's back on someone

背弃、抛弃某人

旧录音里父亲威胁说,God hisself will turn his back on you,把上帝也拉来当抛弃他的帮凶。

God hisself will turn his back on you.
语法 · C1God hisself will turn his back on you

方言反身代词 hisself:标准说法里的反身代词在这里写成 hisself,是南方乡村的方言形式。它让威胁听起来更土、更蛮横,也加深了这段旧录音的粗粝感。

God hisself will turn his back on you.
发音turn his back on

turn his back on 里 his 被压得几乎听不见,听起来像 turn-is-back-on。

God hisself will turn his back on you.
俚语 · B2hisself

他自己(方言反身代词)——hisself 是 himself 的方言形式,南方乡村口语里有。正式写作和考试里必须用 himself,其余场合听到也不用模仿。

God hisself will turn his back on you.
短语 · C1cast someone into something

把你丢进火湖里

Cast you into the lake of fire.
短语 · B2what someone expected of someone

上帝对麦克的期望

It's what God expected of Mac, and it's what God now expects of us.
短语 · B2let us pray

让我们祷告

Let us pray.
短语 · C1forgive us our trespasses

免我们的过犯

and forgive us our trespasses,
发音forgive us our

us 末尾的 s 滑到 our 上,our 弱缩为 /ər/,三个词串成一口气。

and forgive us our trespasses,
短语 · C1forgive those who ...

免了得罪我们的人

as we forgive those who trespass against us.
短语 · C1lead us not into temptation

不叫我们遇见试探

Lead us not into temptation,
短语 · C1deliver us from evil

救我们脱离凶恶

but deliver us from evil.

看懂「葬礼悼词与旧日威胁」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 turn one's back on 说抛弃
  • 见到 lake of fire 知道是地狱火湖
  • 会听悼词里的 duty 和 righteousness
  • 听懂 gambling with your soul 是冒险
  • 能跟读主祷文里的 thy 和 trespass

发音重点

  • find out — find out 连读时 find 末尾的音接上 out,听起来像 fin-dout,两个词像一整个。
  • turn his back on — turn his back on 里 his 被压得几乎听不见,听起来像 turn-is-back-on。
  • forgive us our — us 末尾的 s 滑到 our 上,our 弱缩为 /ər/,三个词串成一口气。
Mac Bledsoe was the kind of man you don't see much anymore.

麦克·布莱索是那种如今不多见的人了。 悼词最经典的开场:先把他抬成一种稀缺品格,越庄重越反衬后文。

It was his duty to teach his children the difference between right and wrong.

教孩子分辨对错,是他的本分。 把道德说成义务而非选择,正好解释这种「好人」为何伤人还不自知。

It's what God expected of Mac, and it's what God now expects of us.

这就是上帝对麦克的期望,也是现在对我们的期望。 把人的偏见一路推到神那里,替自己找最高背书,听的人无从反驳。

You're gambling with your very soul, son.

儿子,你这是在拿自己的灵魂下注。 用赌桌比喻把一句诅咒说成关切,威胁和爱混在同一口气里。

关于这一章的问题

turn his back on you 是什么意思?

字面是「背过身去」,意思是背弃、抛弃某人,指对方在你需要时不再管你。台词里说上帝都会 turn his back on you,是极重的恐吓。

the difference between right and wrong 是什么意思?

指「是非对错之分」,即判断什么该做、什么不该做的界限。常出现在讲道德、讲教养的语境里。

「做该做的事、走正道」英语怎么说?

do the right thing,指按道义去做、做正确的事。台词里用来夸一个人不用犹豫就会走正道。

open yourself up to something 是什么意思?

指「让自己暴露在(风险、批评或疾病)之下」,也就是主动把自己交到某种坏结果面前。

「他的本分」英语怎么说?

It's his duty,duty 是责任、本分。台词里反复用 duty 串起整段悼词,把做正确的事说成不容选择的责任。

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