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出租车司机遇害查案:flag a cab

一辆出租车在普雷西迪奥附近出事,司机中枪身亡,警探查现场时一句 The odd thing is, we also got gloves(奇怪的是,还发现了手套),把疑点摆出来;还原过程里又交代凶手怎么 flag a cab(招手拦出租车)、让司机停车再动手。想学办案现场怎么描述线索、怎么讲拦车的动作,这段很密。

发生了什么

深夜,一辆出租车停在普雷西迪奥附近的街上,司机头部中枪身亡,钱包和车钥匙都不见了。警探赶到现场,先问有没有目击者,再根据几个孩子的描述拼出凶手的样子——白人男性、戴眼镜、平头、穿深色夹克,也提到先前发出去的描述搞错了。现场还发现一枚九毫米弹壳和一副带血的手套,一句 The odd thing is, we also got gloves(奇怪的是,还发现了手套)点出蹊跷。他们一边用 flag a cab(招手拦出租车)复盘凶手怎么上车、怎么让司机靠边停车再开枪,一边聊着日本菜打发长夜。想学案子现场、目击描述、拦车和复盘经过怎么说,这一段全是素材。

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flag a cab

招手拦出租车to stop a taxi by raising your hand

警探在推演凶手当晚的路线,从招手叫车讲到报出目的地,一步步还原案发前的行动。

We flagged a cab outside the station.我们在车站外拦了一辆出租车。

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  • get around to it

    腾出空来去做、终于抽出时间

  • the odd thing is

    奇怪的是、蹊跷的是

  • dead asleep

    睡得很死、毫无知觉

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短语 · B1owe someone something

欠我一盏新台灯

Whoever this is, you owe me a new lamp.
语法 · B2Cabbie's been shot

现在完成时的被动语态:把动作的承受者提到主语位置,再用完成时说明事情已经发生、结果就在眼前。这里只报出司机中枪这一事实,不点开枪的人,是警务通报里最省事也最冷的说法。

Cabbie's been shot three blocks from the Presidio.
短语 · A2it wasn't me

不是我干的

Well, it wasn't me. I've been with my bride all night.
短语 · B2vouch for someone

可以作证、能担保

-She can vouch. -Go put on the Folgers.
短语 · A2pick someone up

来接我

You'll pick me up?
发音pick me up

pick me up:me 常弱化为轻短的 /mi/,几乎贴住前词,重音落在 pick 上,up 顺势滑出。

You'll pick me up?
短语 · A2lock something up

锁上、封存起来

Walt's on scene, locked up the cab and secured the crowd.
短语 · B1be dead asleep

睡得很死、毫无知觉

警探问同屋的人当时是否醒着,对方强调自己和同伴 dead asleep,连手臂都压麻了,以此撇清嫌疑。

Seriously, dead asleep. I lost feeling in my arm and everything.
俚语 · C1Crackers

疯子、脑子有毛病的人——俚语里用 crackers 形容人疯疯癫癫,语气带嘲弄。只适合熟人之间调侃或影视对白,当着外人说会冒犯人。

Crackers.
短语 · A2try a kind of food

尝尝日本菜

You ever try Japanese food?
短语 · A2always wanted to do something

一直想试试

-I always wanted to try it. -So, why don't you?
短语 · B2get around to something

腾出空来去做、终于抽出时间

警探聊起一直想尝的日本菜,被问到为什么不去,他含糊地说一直没顾上,用一句轻描淡写把话题带过。

Haven't got around to it.
短语 · B1what a lovely ...

多美好的一个晚上

Evening, gents. What a lovely night for a botched robbery.
短语 · C1a botched robbery

搞砸了的抢劫

Evening, gents. What a lovely night for a botched robbery.
俚语 · B2gents

先生们、各位——对一群男性的随意称呼,比 gentlemen 轻松,常带一点调侃。熟人之间或旧式口语里用得多,正式场合仍应说 gentlemen。

Evening, gents. What a lovely night for a botched robbery.
短语 · B2the end of summer rush

夏末的高峰期

Yeah, third this week. Must be end of summer rush.
短语 · A2be on the way

正在赶来、在路上

I got foot patrols going through the park, dogs are on the way.
短语 · B1a shot to the back of the head

打在后脑上

Suspect fired one shot to the back of the head.
短语 · A2be missing

不见了、丢了

Driver's wallet and car keys are missing.
俚语 · B2ID him

辨认他的身份——警务口语里把辨认身份说成这个说法,用法随意、简洁。日常也能用来指认嫌疑人或遗体,正式文书里一般写出完整说法。

Leroy, there, came down from Yellow Cab to ID him.
短语 · B2pretty high-end

相当高档

Neighborhood's pretty high-end for this kind of thing, so I already set up transpo for the cab.
短语 · B2call something in

打电话报警

Kids who called it in saw the suspect from that window.
语法 · B1Kids who called it in

who 引导的定语从句:who 引出一个小句,说明是哪些孩子,把范围限定成打电话报警的那几个。它让一句话同时交代人物和他们的作用,是英语叙事里最省字的衔接方式。

Kids who called it in saw the suspect from that window.
短语 · B1get a better look at something

看得更清楚些

Oldest kid ran downstairs to get a better look from the dining room,
短语 · B2a crew-cut

板寸头、平头

described him as a white male, glasses, crew-cut, stocky, and wearing a darkjacket.
短语 · B1get out of here

出去吧;别逗了

-You guys need anything else? -No. Get out of here.
发音Get out of here

Get out of here 连读时 Get 末尾的音接上 out,out 又滑向 of,整串像 ge-tou-tə-here。

-You guys need anything else? -No. Get out of here.
短语 · B2take the body

去负责尸体那边

-Body or scene? -It's your birthday, I'll take the body.
短语 · B2wipe something down

把出租车擦了一遍

Dave, looks like he wiped the cab down pretty good.
短语 · B2the odd thing is ...

奇怪的是、蹊跷的是

警探在车里清点物证,先说了常规发现,接着用这句话引出那副不该出现的血手套。

The odd thing is, we also got gloves.
短语 · C1roll someone

把他抢了

-Who rolled him? -Stewarts.
俚语 · C1rolled him

把他抢了、对他下了手——口语里 roll 指抢劫或把人放倒后洗劫,语气随意,多出现在警匪和街头语境。正式报告里会换成更中性的说法。

-Who rolled him? -Stewarts.
短语 · B2happen to be something

偏偏是、恰好是

Okay. I'm your shooter, Negro male adult, who also happens to be a stocky, crew-cut Caucasian.
短语 · B2flag a cab

招手拦出租车

警探在推演凶手当晚的路线,从招手叫车讲到报出目的地,一步步还原案发前的行动。

I flag a cab. I give him this address.
发音flag a cab

flag a cab 连读时 flag 末尾的音和 a 贴在一起,a 又几乎吞掉,听起来像 fla-gə-cab。

I flag a cab. I give him this address.
语法 · B1you tell him to go down a block

tell 加人加不定式:tell 后面先接人,再接不定式,表示吩咐某人去做某事。这里推演凶手如何把司机支开一段路,用最平常的句型还原一个精心挑选的作案地点。

You don't want any witnesses so you tell him to go down a block.
短语 · B1pull over

靠边停车

He pulls over.
短语 · B2put something in park

挂到停车挡

I wait for him to put it in park because I'm smart
语法 · B2wait for him to put it in park

wait for 加不定式复合结构:先说要等的人,再用不定式说明等的是哪件事。这里把行凶前那几秒的耐心交代得清清楚楚,正是这份从容让整个推演格外骇人。

I wait for him to put it in park because I'm smart
短语 · C1dump something

倒了一大摊血

All right. So, eitherway, I just dumped a quart of blood in the front seat.
短语 · A2for the money

为了钱

-So, why do you get in the front seat? -For the money.
短语 · B1anywhere near something

靠近、接近某处

You don't have to go anywhere near the blood.
短语 · A2animal crackers

动物造型小饼干

It's his third fare of the night. Does anyone have any animal crackers?
短语 · B1one at a time

一次一个

Sir, I was wondering if I'd be able to talk to your children, one at a time and preferably alone?
语法 · B2if I'd be able to talk

be able to 表能力:用 be able to 表示有没有办法做某件事,前面加 if 引出请求的由头。警探向家长开口时先放低姿态,把「能不能」说成条件,语气比直接要求客气得多。

Sir, I was wondering if I'd be able to talk to your children, one at a time and preferably alone?
短语 · B1get a chance to do something

有机会做某事

-Did you get a chance to see his face? -I did.
短语 · B1sort of

算是吧、有那么点

Well, sort of.

看懂「出租车司机遇害查案」

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  • 会用 get around to 认拖延
  • 听懂 botched 是搞砸
  • 掌握停车挡 put it in park
  • 见到 wipe down 知是彻底擦

发音重点

  • pick me up — pick me up:me 常弱化为轻短的 /mi/,几乎贴住前词,重音落在 pick 上,up 顺势滑出。
  • Get out of here — Get out of here 连读时 Get 末尾的音接上 out,out 又滑向 of,整串像 ge-tou-tə-here。
  • flag a cab — flag a cab 连读时 flag 末尾的音和 a 贴在一起,a 又几乎吞掉,听起来像 fla-gə-cab。
Whoever this is, you owe me a new lamp.

不管你是谁,你欠我一盏新台灯。 案子闹得满城风雨,开头却先算一盏台灯的账。它用最家常的抱怨给恐怖事件开了个荒诞的头,也让人记住这桩案子最初闯进普通人生活时有多荒唐。

Well, it wasn't me. I've been with my bride all night.

嗯,不是我。我整晚都跟我的新娘在一起。 被怀疑时的标准自证,末尾却甩出一个过分亲昵的称呼,听上去像炫耀而非辩解。它把一桩命案现场变成了夫妻间的玩笑,反差本身就是笑点。

Evening, gents. What a lovely night for a botched robbery.

晚上好,各位。多适合一场搞砸了的抢劫的夜晚啊。 把凶案现场当成社交场合来寒暄,还认真评价了一句「今晚真合适」。这种把惨事说得像天气的腔调,正是老警探的黑色幽默,也是整部片子的语气底色。

Yeah, third this week. Must be end of summer rush.

是啊,这周第三起了。准是夏末的高峰期。 把接连发生的劫案说成季节性生意,用「旺季」两个字把命案拉平成行业数据。它不带情绪,却精准地写出人麻木起来有多快。

Okay. I'm your shooter, Negro male adult, who also happens to be a stocky, crew-cut Caucasian.

好,我就是你们的枪手,成年黑人男性,同时又恰好是个敦实、平头的白人。 把两条互相矛盾的目击描述摆在一起,不评论、不解释,只让荒诞自己说话。它既是警探的自嘲,也点出目击证词有多不可靠,是整场推演里最锋利的一句。

关于这一章的问题

flag a cab 是什么意思?

字面是「给出租车打旗语」,其实是站在路边招手拦出租车,也可以说 hail a cab,意思一样,都是打车。

「招手拦出租车」英语怎么说?

说 flag a cab,或 hail a cab。flag 本来是打旗号示意,用在这里就是抬手把车拦下来,讲打车动作时很地道。

the odd thing is 是什么意思?

意思是「奇怪的是、蹊跷的是」,用来引出跟常理对不上的线索。台词里发现一副奇怪的手套时就用它起头。

「睡得死死的」英语怎么说?

dead asleep,比 very asleep 更口语,指睡得很死、毫无知觉。有人喊都喊不醒、完全没察觉周围动静时就能这么说。

get around to it 是什么意思?

意思是「终于腾出空来去做」。想做的事一直没做,常见借口就是 Haven't got around to it,说「一直没顾上」。

现场发现的弹壳说明了什么?

是九毫米的鲁格弹壳,和司机头部中枪对上;加上带血的手套和丢失的钱包车钥匙,指向一起有预谋的抢劫杀人。

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