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过关时被查车:look the part

边境检查站前,一家人被要求 prepare for vehicle inspection(接受车辆检查),嘴上说别慌,实际要 look the part(样子上要像那么回事),免得旁人起疑。为装成幸福家庭,跟邻车寒暄,硬挤出 quality family time(高质量家庭时光),一句 I'm gonna take us to the promised land(我要带大家去应许之地)给足气势。想学过海关的说法,从这里开始。

发生了什么

一行人开着房车来到美国边境,广播一句 prepare for vehicle inspection(接受车辆检查)就让人紧张。有人安慰说警卫会挥手放行,为了不被看出破绽,得起做到 look the part(样子上要像那么回事)。他们自称大卫和罗丝·米勒,把凯西、肯尼说成儿女,还结识了邻车的菲茨杰拉德夫妇,对方一句 make your acquaintance(结识某人)说得文绉绉。为撑场面,有人抱怨 carve out(挤出)家庭时间像 such a bear(费劲得很),又说 I'm gonna take us to the promised land(我要带大家去应许之地)。中途他们慌乱藏起大麻,最终还是被请去二次检查。

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这场戏看什么

  • 假一家怎么对齐话术
  • 邻车热情和大卫卡壳对比
  • 海关口令从客气变命令

留意这几个短语

look the parta bundle of joya real soft spotfollow my lead

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本章短语

look the part

样子上要像那么回事

过检查站前,大卫让肯尼拿帽子,提醒大家外表上先像一家人,免得别人怀疑。

Wear a suit if you want to look the part at the interview.想面试时看起来像那么回事,就穿套西装。

本章还有

  • a bundle of joy

    小宝宝;带来欢乐的小家伙

  • a real soft spot

    特别偏爱、特别吃那一套

  • follow my lead

    跟着我来、照我说的做

  • make your acquaintance

    结识某人、与某人相识

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80 句台词里标了 30 处

发音here we go

here we go 里 here 的卷舌音和 we 连读,听起来像 here-we,三个词顺滑连成一片。

Okay, here we go. This is it.
短语 · B2wave someone through

挥手放行

You said the guard was just gonna wave us through.
短语 · B2look the part

样子上要像那么回事

过检查站前,大卫让肯尼拿帽子,提醒大家外表上先像一家人,免得别人怀疑。

He will. But let's look the part so the others don't get suspicious.
语法 · B2let's look the part so the others don't get suspicious

so 引导目的状语从句:so 在这里引出目的,表示为了让某种结果不发生;先说做法再说用意,把伪装的理由讲得头头是道。

He will. But let's look the part so the others don't get suspicious.
短语 · B2make a scene

闹出很大动静

Okay, he's really honking and it's making a huge scene. I think he just wants to say hi.
短语 · B2quite a rig

真够气派的车

Howdy-doody! Quite a rig you got there, amigo.
发音Quite a rig

Quite a rig 常连成 /kwaɪdə rɪg/:Quite 的 t 夹在元音间弹成闪音,舌尖轻碰齿龈就松,重音压在 Quite 上。

Howdy-doody! Quite a rig you got there, amigo.
短语 · B2as often as one used to

像过去那样经常

We don't take her out as often as we used to when our girl was small.
语法 · B2as often as we used to

as ... as 比较结构:as often as 表示频率上和过去一样,后面用 used to 指从前常做的事;一句话把现在和过去悄悄做了对比,带点怀念。

We don't take her out as often as we used to when our girl was small.
短语 · B2be such a bear to do something

费劲得很

It can be such a bear to carve out quality family time but you gotta do it, don't you?
短语 · B2carve out something

挤出(时间)

It can be such a bear to carve out quality family time but you gotta do it, don't you?
语法 · B1you gotta do it, don't you

附加疑问句:在陈述句后面加 don't you,把肯定变成向对方求认同的反问,等于说你也觉得该这样吧;这种句式让建议听起来像共识。

It can be such a bear to carve out quality family time but you gotta do it, don't you?
发音carve out

carve out 里 carve 的 v 与 out 连读,听起来像 car-veout,中间不断开。

It can be such a bear to carve out quality family time but you gotta do it, don't you?
短语 · B2make someone's acquaintance

结识某人、与某人相识

大卫把假儿子肯尼介绍给检查站的一家人,肯尼用这句正式说法问好。

- How handsome. - Pleased to make your acquaintance.
俚语 · C1smoldering wife

风情万种的太太(带调侃)——用夸张又戏谑的词形容伴侣有魅力,多出现在自嘲或玩笑里;正式场合显得轻浮。

Don Fitzgerald, my smoldering wife, Edith...
俚语 · B2joint

大麻烟——毒品圈对大麻卷烟的俗称;日常和正式场合都不要用,也不要跟不熟的人提。

I got a joint here.
短语 · B1get rid of something

把它处理掉

Get rid of it! Oh, my God!
发音Get rid of it

Get rid of it:rid 的 d 弹成闪音并滑向 of,常连成 /rɪdəvɪt/,四个词一口气推出去,重音落 rid。

Get rid of it! Oh, my God!
短语 · B1be so close

好险、差一点

- Oh, that was so close. - You have a baby!
短语 · B1a bundle of joy

小宝宝;带来欢乐的小家伙

菲茨杰拉德太太看到假婴儿,连声赞叹,用这个温馨说法演出一场热情的表演。

Oh, look at that gorgeous little bundle of joy!
短语 · B2have a soft spot for someone

特别偏爱、特别吃那一套

大卫解释孩子名字的来由,调侃妻子特别偏爱那些永远比不上乔丹的自恋球星。

I was against the name at first, but the missus has a real soft spot...
语法 · B2prima donnas who'll never be as good as Jordan

who 引导定语从句:who 连接前面的球星和后面的评价,说明这些人永远比不过乔丹;从句里再用 as good as 做比较,一句调侃就把偏爱对象贬了一通。

...for prima donnas who'll never be as good as Jordan.
短语 · B2be dying to do something

特别想、巴不得

- I'm dying to see his face. - Sir, pull forward to lane two.
俚语 · B1a fucking idiot

十足的蠢货(粗话)——用粗口骂人或自嘲,情绪很重;正式场合绝对不能用。

- My God, I feel like a fucking idiot. - That's the idea.
短语 · B1follow someone's lead

跟着我来、照我说的做

过检查站前,大卫让大家跟着他做,统一动作,好把一家人的戏演圆。

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Everybody smile and follow my lead, all right?
短语 · B2the promised land

应许之地、理想之地

I'm gonna take us to the promised land. Here we go. Here we go.
短语 · B1got this

这回我来

Shh. Shh, shh. I got this one.
俚语 · B1pooped

累趴了、累坏了——口语里说累到没力气,多形容小孩或自己;轻松场合用,正式场合换 exhausted。

I mean, these kids are pooped and we've just--
短语 · B2search something top to bottom

从上到下

Last chance. I'm gonna search this vehicle top to bottom.
短语 · B2sorry to inconvenience someone

抱歉给你添麻烦

Sorry to inconvenience you, folks. This happens a lot.

看懂「过关时被查车」

发音重点

  • here we go — here we go 里 here 的卷舌音和 we 连读,听起来像 here-we,三个词顺滑连成一片。
  • Quite a rig — Quite a rig 常连成 /kwaɪdə rɪg/:Quite 的 t 夹在元音间弹成闪音,舌尖轻碰齿龈就松,重音压在 Quite 上。
  • carve out — carve out 里 carve 的 v 与 out 连读,听起来像 car-veout,中间不断开。
  • Get rid of it — Get rid of it:rid 的 d 弹成闪音并滑向 of,常连成 /rɪdəvɪt/,四个词一口气推出去,重音落 rid。
It can be such a bear to carve out quality family time but you gotta do it, don't you?

要挤出高质量的家庭时光真够费劲,可你还是得挤,对吧? 把陪伴家人说成需要用力挤的苦差,用 bear 这个比喻加一句反问,把现代人的两难讲得又实在又无奈。

He will. But let's look the part so the others don't get suspicious.

他会的。但咱们先演得像一点,免得别人起疑。 把过关的希望分成两层:一层靠买通的警卫,一层靠自己装得像,一句话把骗局的脆弱说透。

Sorry to inconvenience you, folks. This happens a lot.

抱歉给各位添麻烦了。这种事经常发生。 用最礼貌的道歉把一场荒唐追捕说成日常,后半句的经常发生让整句从客套变成一记冷幽默。

I'm gonna take us to the promised land. Here we go. Here we go.

我要把大家带到应许之地。走,走。 把一场走私过关拔高成带领族人出埃及,用 promised land 这宗教意象给狼狈逃亡加史诗感,越庄重越好笑。

关于这一章的问题

look the part 是什么意思?

意思是「外表、样子上要像那么回事」,常用来形容为了某个场合或身份刻意打扮、演得像。这里指为了骗过检查,一家人得装成真正的游客家庭。

a bundle of joy 是什么意思?

英语里对新生儿的爱称,字面是「一包快乐」,指带来欢乐的小宝宝。台词里那位太太看到婴儿就用它来夸,语气又甜又夸张。

make your acquaintance 是什么意思?

意思是「结识某人、与你相识」,比 nice to meet you 更正式、更老派。台词里第一次见面的人用它自我介绍,显得客套而讲礼数。

「跟着我来」英语怎么说?

follow my lead,也可以说 follow me。lead 这里是「带头、领路」的意思。喊大家照自己说的做时用它,语气像领队。

「应许之地」英语怎么说?

the promised land,字面是《圣经》里上帝许给以色列人的土地,引申为「理想之地、向往的归宿」。台词里说 I'm gonna take us to the promised land,就是「我这就带大家去好地方」。

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