死亡和税收，喻逃不掉的事 字面是死亡和税，这里指人人都躲不过的事。
You can't fight city hall, death and taxes.Waking Life · 2001 — 第 6 / 13 章 · 2'05" · C1
演说号召反抗控制：two sides of the same coin
有人把左右两派一起骂成垃圾，甩出一句 two sides of the same coin（同一枚硬币的两面）：两边其实都是同一套控制。开场那句 You can't fight city hall（和官僚体系硬碰硬），是他要拆掉的认命话。想把愤怒讲得有节奏、有画面，这场演说值得逐句听。
发生了什么
有人发表激烈演说，从“官府你斗不过”讲到两党不过是一枚硬币的两面，再喊出反抗不是徒劳。You can't fight city hall 意思是和官僚体系硬碰硬，常用来劝人别白费力气；two sides of the same coin 指看似对立其实是一回事，吐槽政客时很好用；take a bite out of it 字面是从…里咬一口，这里指一口谎言都不接受。整篇话情绪一路升高，适合学怎么用短句叠出气势，也适合在争论、演讲或吐槽公共话题时借用这些说法。
这场戏看什么
- 留意排比如何从短句推到长句
- 看比喻怎样承接上一句
- 注意口号句和抽象名词的交替
留意这几个短语
fight city hallrat mazeI don't know about you, buttwo sides of the same coin
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two sides of the same coin
同一枚硬币的两面two things that are different but connected
有人刚把两个对立阵营一起骂成垃圾，紧接着用 two sides of the same coin 收束，语气轻蔑，像在说两边其实同属一套。
The two rival apps are two sides of the same coin: both sell the same data.这两个竞争应用是同一枚硬币的两面：都在卖同样的数据。
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- fight city hall
和官僚体系硬碰硬
- rat maze
困住人的老鼠迷宫
- I don't know about you, but
我不知道你怎么想，但我…
- take a bite out of it
从…里咬一口
- Slavery, Incorporated
奴役公司（把奴役拟作企业）
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快说时 can't 的 t 轻带，直接滑进 fight，别两词都咬死
You can't fight city hall, death and taxes.聊政治或宗教这类敏感话题
Don't talk about politics or religion.等同于…的东西
This is all the equivalent of enemy propaganda rolling across the picket line.敌方宣传
This is all the equivalent of enemy propaganda rolling across the picket line.罢工纠察线 这里把宣传说成越过罢工纠察线向前推进。
This is all the equivalent of enemy propaganda rolling across the picket line.该站出来了
And now in the 21st Century, it's time to stand up and realize...任由自己被塞进…
that we should not allow ourselves to be crammed into this rat maze.被动不定式：allow 后接被动不定式，主语 we 才是被塞进迷宫的人。
that we should not allow ourselves to be crammed into this rat maze.屈服于非人化
We should not submit to dehumanization.关心、在意某事
I don't know about you, but I'm concerned with what's happening in this world.控制体系
I'm concerned with the systems of control,试图控制
those that control my life and those that seek to control it even more!定语从句：those 指前面的 systems；两个 that 从句分别限定哪些系统在控制你。
those that control my life and those that seek to control it even more!我们每一个人
It's up to each and every one of us to turn loose and just shovel the greed, the hatred, the envy and, yes, the insecurities...and 只剩很轻的 n，each 与 every 之间别断开
It's up to each and every one of us to turn loose and just shovel the greed, the hatred, the envy and, yes, the insecurities...使役结构：make + 宾语 + 形容词，控制先让人变小，再让人自愿交出权利。
because that is the central mode of control-- make us feel pathetic, small...放弃主权
so we'll willingly give up our sovereignty, our liberty, our destiny.大规模地
We have got to realize that we're being conditioned on a mass scale.企业奴隶国 字面是企业奴隶国，指被公司逻辑支配的国家机器。
Start challenging this corporate slave state!其余所有的…
and classism and statism and all the rest of the modes of control!将要——口语常用，正式写作里换成 going to
It's gonna be the age of humankind...为某事挺身而出
standing up for something pure and something right!一堆废话——轻蔑吐槽，正式场合别用
What a bunch of garbage-- liberal Democrat, conservative Republican.争夺控制权
Two management teams bidding for control!一整桌谎言 字面是自助餐，这里指大量谎言任人挑选。
The truth is out there in front of you, but they lay out this buffet of lies!受够了——熟人吐槽用，正式场合别用
I'm sick of it, and I'm not gonna take a bite out of it! Do you got me?听懂了吗——口语追问，别写进正式文书
I'm sick of it, and I'm not gonna take a bite out of it! Do you got me?gonna 轻带，get fired 连上，重音在 fired
We're gonna get fired up about the real things, the things that matter: creativity and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit!热血沸腾——打气时用，正式报告可换 motivated
We're gonna get fired up about the real things, the things that matter: creativity and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit!该你表态/行动了
演说最后，有人把话全部说完，用 It's in your court 突然收住，把接下来该做什么推回给听众。
Well, that's it! That's all I got to say! It's in your court.看懂「演说号召反抗控制」
发音重点
- can't fight — 快说时 can't 的 t 轻带，直接滑进 fight，别两词都咬死
- each and every one — and 只剩很轻的 n，each 与 every 之间别断开
- gonna get fired — gonna 轻带，get fired 连上，重音在 fired
You can't fight city hall, death and taxes.你斗不过市政厅，也躲不过死亡和税。 把官僚体制和死亡、税收并列，一句俗语点破无力感。
We should not submit to dehumanization.我们不应屈服于非人化。 把抽象名词当作底线来拒绝，短句有道德重量。
I'm sick of it, and I'm not gonna take a bite out of it! Do you got me?我受够了，我一口都不会吃！听懂了吗？ 把谎言比作自助餐，用咬一口表示接受，怒气很具体。
It's all there to control you. Two sides of the same coin.那一切都是为了控制你。同一枚硬币的两面。 先用指控句，再落一个熟到不能再熟的比喻，收得冷。
Resistance is not futile. We're gonna win this thing.抵抗并非徒劳。我们会赢下这一局。 反转宿命口号，把绝望句改成集结号，短句收得干脆。
关于这一章的问题
fight city hall 是什么意思？
意思是和官僚体系硬碰硬，常带“别白费力气”的语气。台词把它和死亡、税收并列，说有些事你斗不过。
「同一枚硬币的两面」英语怎么说？
two sides of the same coin。台词用它形容自由派民主党和保守派共和党，说两边看似不同，其实都在控制你。
take a bite out of it 字面是什么意思？
字面是从…里咬一口。这里上一句把谎言摆成自助餐，所以说 not gonna take a bite out of it，就是一口都不吃、不接受。
It's in your court 该怎么用？
意思是该你表态或行动了。演说最后说“我要说的全说完了”，然后把话头交给听众，就是这种用法。
get fired up 是发火还是被点燃？
这里是被点燃、热血沸腾，不是单纯发火。台词说要为创造力和不肯屈服的精神燃起来，语气是鼓动性的。
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