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Zodiac · 2007 — 第 16 / 30 章 · 5'01" · B2

线人供出可疑钓友：lost in the shuffle

线人把艾伦元旦那天的狂言全抖了出来：他连打校车轮胎、用右手写十二宫的信都计划好了。警探催同伴 Do the math（自己算算），可关键线索早就在警方内部 lost in the shuffle（被淹没在忙乱里漏掉了）。想催人动脑子、想吐槽事情被忙乱耽误，这两句都很好用。

发生了什么

线人回忆起艾伦在元旦那天喝得上了头，把整套计划说得清清楚楚：自称十二宫、往警局寄信耍人，甚至要打爆校车轮胎。警探听完忍不住催同伴 Do the math（自己算算）。笔迹样本送检后，专家说既没法把他 rule him out（排除在嫌疑之外），也没法把他定为嫌疑人；而当年那条线报早就 lost in the shuffle（被淹没在忙乱里漏掉了）。而且艾伦左右手都能写字，案子只能继续往前推。想催人动脑子、说无法排除某人、形容事情被忙乱耽误，这几句都能直接用。

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Do the mathlost in the shufflerule him outmess with someone

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本章短语

lost in the shuffle

在忙乱中被漏掉、被忽略to be overlooked in the confusion

警方追查陈年线索为何迟迟没上报，解释说那份报案只是在一堆事务里被漏掉了，用 got lost in the shuffle 带过。

My request got lost in the shuffle during the office move.搬家那阵子，我的申请在忙乱中被漏掉了。

本章还有

  • Do the math

    自己算算、动动脑子想清楚

  • rule him out

    把某人排除在嫌疑之外

  • mess with someone

    招惹、戏弄或干扰某人

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90 句台词里标了 47 处

语法 · B2gets crushed in an accident

get 加过去分词表被动：get 后面接过去分词，构成比 be 更口语的被动，常带出事、遭殃的意味。这里说他的脚在一场事故里被压碎，暗示这场意外正是后面杀戮的起点。

His foot gets crushed in an accident and the killings begin.
短语 · B2do the math

自己算算、动动脑子想清楚

线人对托斯基说线索全都指向同一个人，不耐烦地丢下一句 Do the math，催他自己把结论算出来。

You're a cop, man. Do the math.
发音Do the

Do the 里 the 弱读，几乎只留一个极轻的音，重音落在句首的 Do 上。

You're a cop, man. Do the math.
短语 · C1get a load on

喝得越来越上头

He was drinking Coors, getting a load on.
短语 · B2get away with something

干了坏事却逃脱惩罚

So I asked him, "Howwould you get away with it?"
发音get away

get away 连读时 get 末尾的 t 变成轻快的 flap，听起来像 ge-daway，两个词粘在一起。

So I asked him, "Howwould you get away with it?"
短语 · B2call oneself something

自称某个名号

Then he said he'd write letters to the police and call himself Zodiac to mess with them.
短语 · B2mess with someone

招惹、戏弄或干扰某人

嫌疑人说自己会假冒十二宫写信，好去 mess with 警方，用这个词点出他存心搅局。

Then he said he'd write letters to the police and call himself Zodiac to mess with them.
语法 · B2call himself Zodiac

call oneself 加名词：call 后面接反身代词再加名词，表示自称、把自己叫做什么。这里说他会写信自称 Zodiac 来戏弄警方，把冒名这个动作讲得很直接。

Then he said he'd write letters to the police and call himself Zodiac to mess with them.
语法 · B2I've thought about it a long time

现在完成时：现在完成时把思考这个动作从过去一直拉到此刻，强调「早就想过、想很久了」。说话人借它反驳别人以为他随口起名的猜测，把执念摆在明面上。

"I've thought about it a long time and that's the name I'm gonna use."
短语 · B2think about something a long time

琢磨了很久

Did you feel like he'd been thinking about it a long time?
短语 · C1be raw about something

对某事耿耿于怀

He was raw about losing his job at the school.
短语 · B2shoot out the tires

打爆轮胎

He talked about shooting out the tires of a school bus and picking off the little darlings.
短语 · C1pick someone off

一个个射杀

He talked about shooting out the tires of a school bus and picking off the little darlings.
短语 · B2be into something

迷上某项活动

Other thing is, Leigh's into skin diving.
短语 · B1a bunch of times

好多次

I know he's been up to that lake a bunch of times.
短语 · A2go fishing

去钓鱼

Couple times. We went fishing by Putah Creek near there.
短语 · B2put something together

把线索引到一起想明白

Tell him when you put it together.
短语 · C1blow someone off

敷衍打发某人

They blew him off. Thought he was a nut.
发音blew him off

blew him off 里 him 的 h 常被吞掉，听起来像 blew-im off，off 收得短促。

They blew him off. Thought he was a nut.
俚语 · B2a nut

疯子、神经病——这是口语里说人「脑子不正常」的贬义词，语气不重但带轻蔑。熟人背后议论能用，当面说或对陌生人说会很伤人，正式场合应避免。

They blew him off. Thought he was a nut.
语法 · C1couldn't have been any later

情态动词加完成时表推测：couldn't 加完成时用来回望过去、断定某事不可能更晚。说话人要靠这个时间点锁死对方的说法，语气像在推理，不留模糊空间。

It couldn't have been any later.
短语 · B2can buy something

这我信、能接受

been thinking about it for a while. I can buy that.
短语 · C1get lost in the shuffle

在忙乱中被漏掉、被忽略

警方追查陈年线索为何迟迟没上报，解释说那份报案只是在一堆事务里被漏掉了，用 got lost in the shuffle 带过。

He just got lost in the shuffle.
俚语 · C1screw

搞上、跟人发生关系（粗话）——screw 在这里是粗俗说法，指发生性关系，带着打探和不屑的口气。只适合熟人私下开玩笑，职场、对长辈或公开场合都不能说。

Did Allen screw his wife or anything?
短语 · B2do a background check

做全面的背景调查

We're gonna do a full background check.
短语 · C1be a wash

两边抵消、白搭

So, the check stubs are a wash. There's not enough handwriting.
短语 · C1rule someone out

把某人排除在嫌疑之外

笔迹专家说样本还不够定性，既不能认定这个人，也不能排除他，rule him out 说的就是「排除嫌疑」。

so he can't rule him in. But he can't rule him out, either.
俚语 · B2pervert

变态、色魔——pervert 指有异常性癖好的人，是很重的贬义标签。用来指认犯罪嫌疑人时可以，但日常拿它骂人非常冒犯，正式场合应改用中性说法。

Also, our guy is a pervert.
短语 · C1a polite euphemism

客气的委婉说法

-Touching? -Polite euphemism.
短语 · A2make some phone calls

打几个电话

-So what do you want to do? -Make some phone calls.
短语 · A2be done with something

吃完了、用完了

-Are you done with the fries? -Go ahead.
短语 · A2go ahead

你吃吧、请便

-Are you done with the fries? -Go ahead.
短语 · B1pretty creepy

挺瘆人的

Yeah. Some of this stuff is pretty creepy.
短语 · B1misspell a word

拼错单词

He misspells words like that. He thinks it's funny.
语法 · C1too neat for someone to have written

too 加形容词加不定式：too 加形容词再加不定式，表示「太……以至于不可能」。这里说字迹太工整，不可能是用错手写的，一下否掉了对方的猜想。

The letters are a little too neat for someone to have written with the wrong hand.
短语 · B2write with either hand

两只手都能写字

He can write with either hand. Didn't you guys know that?
语法 · C1producing a different handwriting

现在分词作结果状语：现在分词短语接在句尾，交代前面动作带来的结果：写出另一种笔迹。它把「换手写字」和「无法被追查」的后果连成一句，逻辑紧凑。

But he writes the Zodiac letters with his right hand producing a different handwriting that he can't be linked to.
短语 · B2have got to do something

必须见见这个人

We got to see this guy, Chief.
短语 · B1make sure you do something

记得一定打给

Make sure you call Mulanax. It is his backyard.
短语 · C1someone's backyard

某人的地盘、辖区

Make sure you call Mulanax. It is his backyard.
短语 · C1work so well for someone

对我们可真管用（反话）

Oh, right, because that worked so well for us in Riverside.
短语 · B2at all costs

不惜一切代价

Cooperation, that's us, at all costs.
短语 · A2by the way

顺便说一句

You can talk to him in here. Coke machine's busted, by the way.
发音by the way

by the way 里 the 弱读得几乎听不见，重音落在首尾的 by 和 way 上。

You can talk to him in here. Coke machine's busted, by the way.
短语 · B1okay by someone

我没意见

It's okay by me.
短语 · A1sit down

请坐

Please, sit down.

看懂「线人供出可疑钓友」

这一章能学到

  • 切尼一句 do the math：脚被压碎，连环杀人就开始
  • 酒劲上来说猎人对、枪口装灯，还自称 Zodiac 来戏弄警察
  • 连校车轮胎和 picking off the little darlings 都原话讲过
  • 他爱去贝里耶萨潜水，当地警察却把线报当疯子打发

发音重点

  • Do the — Do the 里 the 弱读，几乎只留一个极轻的音，重音落在句首的 Do 上。
  • get away — get away 连读时 get 末尾的 t 变成轻快的 flap，听起来像 ge-daway，两个词粘在一起。
  • blew him off — blew him off 里 him 的 h 常被吞掉，听起来像 blew-im off，off 收得短促。
  • by the way — by the way 里 the 弱读得几乎听不见，重音落在首尾的 by 和 way 上。
Cooperation, that's us, at all costs.

合作，说的就是我们，不惜一切代价。 把官方口口声声的「合作」当成自我介绍，再补一句「不惜一切代价」，用最正经的腔调说出最讽刺的话。它像一句自嘲的部门口号，适合形容那种嘴上配合、实际各干各的局面。

You're a cop, man. Do the math.

你是警察，老兄。自己算算吧。 六个词把线索、身份和结论全推回给对方：不是我下判断，是这道题本来就摆在你面前。它带着一股慵懒的挑衅，适合点破那些装看不见的人。

Oh, right, because that worked so well for us in Riverside.

哦对，毕竟在里弗赛德那次，这招对我们可「管用」了。 用一句「管用」把上次惨败反着说，反话拉满。它不直接抱怨，而是让人自己去回味哪里出了错，是英语里最省力也最扎人的讽刺方式。

This guy, Leigh, just lays out his entire evil plan to a fishing buddy on New Year's Day?

这家伙，Leigh，就在元旦那天对着一个钓鱼的伙计把自己的邪恶计划全盘托出？ 把一整件荒谬的事压缩成一句反问，靠 just 和 on New Year's Day 的并置放大荒唐感。它是侦探式的怀疑口吻，专门用来点出「这故事太顺了，反而不对」。

关于这一章的问题

lost in the shuffle 是什么意思？

字面是「在洗牌时弄丢了」，引申为在忙乱、换手的过程中被漏掉、被忽略。戏里指关键线报在警局里被淹没，没人跟进。

「自己算算」英语怎么说？

Do the math，字面是「做数学」，实际是让对方动脑子、把明显的结论想清楚。You're a cop, man. Do the math. 就是「你是警察，自己想想就明白」。

rule him out 是什么意思？

指把某人排除在嫌疑之外；反过来 rule him in 是把他列为嫌疑人。戏里专家说既 rule him out 不了，也立不了案，等于把矛头一直悬着。

为什么案子一直没法锁定艾伦？

笔迹专家的结论是不确定：申请表上的字迹不够像十二宫的信，既不能排除他，也不能咬定他。加上他左右手都能写字，更让比对难有结论。

「招惹、戏弄某人」英语怎么说？

mess with someone。可以是开玩笑地逗人，也可以指故意去惹、去干扰别人。戏里说自称十二宫写信，就是为了 mess with 警方。

线人为什么过了这么久才来说？

他当年就给当地警察打过电话，可对方觉得他是疯子，把他打发了；线索就这么 lost in the shuffle。等报纸再登十二宫的消息，他才又想起来联系。

十二宫 · 共 30 章

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下一章 · 第 17 章the whole point审讯室里盘问嫌疑人
第 1 章creep someone out烟花夜停车遭枪击第 2 章I wouldn't kid you收到凶手的认罪信第 3 章shed light on编辑部争论要不要登密码第 4 章get any ideas湖边情侣遭持枪挟持第 5 章a hell of a get-up湖边双尸案与电台争论第 6 章flag a cab出租车司机遇害查案第 7 章did in杀手来信扬言扫射校车第 8 章skip town跨辖区互相踢皮球第 9 章at a moment's notice电视直播等杀手来电第 10 章crack the code秘密会面里接凶手电话第 11 章What's your angle?破解杀手密信第 12 章the more the merrier搭车遇险跳车逃生第 13 章come out of the woodwork翻旧报戳穿凶手抄新闻第 14 章in my gut约会饭桌上聊凶案第 15 章beat the bushes交换案卷时吵翻正在看 · 第 16 章lost in the shuffle线人供出可疑钓友第 17 章the whole point审讯室里盘问嫌疑人第 18 章greener pastures警方约谈凶嫌母亲第 19 章home turf拼证据申请搜查令第 20 章tore out of here搜查嫌疑人的拖车住处第 21 章holding the bag老同事交车告别第 22 章fade into a footnote酒吧劝人写书被泼冷水第 23 章yesterday's news软磨硬泡求看案卷第 24 章more than just a coincidence追查杀手生日的线索第 25 章tread lightly追查马歇尔笔迹第 26 章blow over新信反咬办案警探第 27 章put yourself out there瞒着家人追查旧案第 28 章get it in your head追查神秘胶片罐的线报第 29 章the date that didn't end追问刷漆聚会旧事第 30 章cancel each other out上门说服老搭档
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