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Zodiac · 2007 — 第 27 / 30 章 · 5'06" · B1

瞒着家人追查旧案：put yourself out there

家里，父亲压低声音说别跟妈妈提我们的特别计划；电话那头有人讲起 lunar cycles（月相周期），说 More often than not（多半）每个周期都对应一起袭击。妻子忍不住质问 What's it gonna take for you to be done with this?（到底要怎样你才肯了结这件事？），他却执意要 look him in the eye（直视凶手的眼睛），亲自确认。

发生了什么

格雷史密斯把家当成了第二间办公室：跟孩子说完别跟妈妈提我们的特别计划，又打电话和纳帕警监比对月相与十二宫时间线。妻子提醒他 You put yourself out there（你把自己暴露在凶手眼前了），质问 What's it gonna take for you to be done with this?（到底要怎样你才肯了结这件事？）；他执意要 I need to look him in the eye（直视凶手的眼睛），理由是 Because nobody else will（因为没有别人愿意做）。之后他去见沃恩，从一部老电影聊到十二宫符号，末了还提到一个不许打开的胶片盒。

家庭 · 亲子冲突冲突 · 争吵质问解释夫妻B1中速美音
IMDb ↗

这场戏看什么

  • 看别告诉妈妈里谁先把话说死
  • 留意玩笑后面有没有认真的一句

留意这几个短语

put yourself out therelook someone in the eyetake a crack at somethingmore often than not

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put yourself out there

把自己暴露出来、抛头露面to expose yourself to public view or risk

妻子质问格雷史密斯为什么上电视，说他这么做等于把自己亮出来，让凶手看得一清二楚。

If you want the part, you have to put yourself out there.想要这个角色，你就得主动站到人前。

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  • look someone in the eye

    坦然直视某人的眼睛

  • take a crack at something

    试着做一次、碰碰运气

  • more often than not

    多半、往往是这样

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83 句台词里标了 40 处

俚语 · A2Oh, guys

哎呀，各位（招呼或无奈的开场）——这是熟人之间叫住几个人时随口用的称呼，带点无奈或撒娇的语气。对同辈、朋友合适，用在正式场合或对长辈、客户会显得太随便。

Oh, guys.
短语 · B1a special project

秘密的特别项目

Don't tell Mom about our special project, okay?
短语 · B1how come ...

为什么、怎么会的

How come you and Mom don't sleep in the same bed anymore?
短语 · B1call someone back

给我回电话

Oh, Captain Narlow. Thank you for calling me back.
短语 · C1cross-reference A with B

把月相周期拿来交叉比对

I called you because we've been cross-referencing lunar cycles with the Zodiac's timeline.
语法 · B2we've been cross-referencing

现在完成进行时：现在完成进行时表示一个动作从过去持续到现在，而且还在继续。这里说双方一段时间以来一直在把月相周期和案件时间线对照，强调反复、持续的过程，而不是一次做完的结果。

I called you because we've been cross-referencing lunar cycles with the Zodiac's timeline.
短语 · C1more often than not

多半、往往是这样

儿子打电话给警长，用 more often than not 总结月相周期和袭击之间的对应关系，把规律说得留有余地。

More often than not, each cycle since '69 corresponds with an attack
短语 · B2correspond with something

和一次袭击对得上

More often than not, each cycle since '69 corresponds with an attack
语法 · B2since '69 corresponds with an attack

since 作介词表起点：since 在这里是介词，后面接一个时间点，表示从那时起到现在。它配合一般现在时，说明从六九年起每个周期都对应一次袭击，把规律说成至今仍然成立的事实。

More often than not, each cycle since '69 corresponds with an attack
发音often than not

often than not：than 常弱化为 /ðən/，几乎缩成半拍，重音落在 often 和 not 上。

More often than not, each cycle since '69 corresponds with an attack
短语 · B1hold on a second

稍等一下

-Ken, can you hold on one second? -Dad?
短语 · B2take a crack at something

试着做一次、碰碰运气

新闻里说，十年来每个联邦机构都试着破解那封密码信，却始终没人成功，最后倒是一个漫画家解开了。

every federal agency has taken a crack at decoding it.
语法 · B2where those agencies had failed

过去完成时：过去完成时表示在过去某个时间点之前就已经完成的动作。这里说那些机构此前都失败了，再接现在完成时形成对照：它们没做到，一个漫画家却做到了。

But today, where those agencies had failed,
俚语 · C1The fucking library

他妈的图书馆（加重语气）——fucking 夹在名词前是加强语气的粗口，用来表达恼火、不屑或难以置信。它是脏话，正式场合、对长辈或外人绝不能出口，只适合熟人私下发泄情绪。

Yeah. The fucking library.
短语 · B2accomplish something

做成任何事

I believe that you can accomplish anything that you put your mind...
短语 · B1why'd you do it

你为什么要那么做

Why'd you do it?
短语 · B1what are you talking about

你在说什么

-What are you talking about? -You went on TV.
短语 · C1put oneself out there

把自己暴露出来、抛头露面

妻子质问格雷史密斯为什么上电视，说他这么做等于把自己亮出来，让凶手看得一清二楚。

You put yourself out there for him to see.
短语 · B1in the middle of the night

在半夜

Then who's been calling our house in the middle of the night at least once a week?
发音middle of the night

middle 的词尾和 of 连上，of 又几乎吞掉，整串听起来像 middle-of-the-night，中间不停顿。

Then who's been calling our house in the middle of the night at least once a week?
短语 · B2what's it gonna take to do something

到底要怎样才……

What's it gonna take for you to be done with this?
短语 · B1be done with something

把这件事了结

What's it gonna take for you to be done with this?
短语 · B2look someone in the eye

坦然直视某人的眼睛

格雷史密斯对妻子说，他必须站到凶手面前，直视对方的眼睛，亲口确认就是这个人。

I need to look him in the eye and I need to know that it's him.
发音look him in

look 的词尾和 him 连上，him 里的 h 几乎不发音，听起来像 loo-kim-in。

I need to look him in the eye and I need to know that it's him.
语法 · B1more important than

比较级：比较级用 more 加形容词，再用 than 引出比较对象。这里把查明真相和家人的安全放在天平两端，反问哪个更重要，逼对方正面回答。

Is that more important than your family's safety?
短语 · B1of course not

当然不是

Of course not.
短语 · B1nobody else will

没有别人会去做

Because nobody else will.
短语 · B1not good enough

还不够、不令人满意

That's not good enough.
短语 · B2put someone out

给你添麻烦

-Why don't we just go to my home? -Oh, I don't wanna put you out.
短语 · B1no trouble at all

一点都不麻烦

It's no trouble at all.
短语 · B1watch one's step

脚下留神

Watch your step.
发音Watch your step

Watch 的词尾和 your 连上，整句听起来像 watch-your-step，两个重音落在 Watch 和 step 上。

Watch your step.
短语 · A2have a seat

请坐

-Have a seat. -Thank you.
短语 · B1check one's records

查一查我的记录

I'd have to check my records. Why?
语法 · B1isn't it

反义疑问句：反义疑问句在陈述句后面加一个简短问句，用来向对方求证。这里其实已经认定对方是在说里克·马歇尔，用这个尾巴把话递过去，等一个确认。

This is about Rick Marshall, isn't it?
短语 · C1have no occasion to do something

没有理由和他通信

But I have no occasion to correspond with him these days.
短语 · B1these days

如今、这阵子

But I have no occasion to correspond with him these days.
短语 · B2trim something off

剪掉、裁掉

It's trimmed off each reel before it's shown,
语法 · B1before it's shown

before 引导时间从句：before 引导时间状语从句，说明某个动作发生在另一件事之前。这里用被动语态，讲每盘胶片在放映之前都会被剪掉那一小段。

It's trimmed off each reel before it's shown,
短语 · B1leave something behind

留下了一个胶片罐

We got a tip that Rick left a film canister here that he told you never to open.

看懂「瞒着家人追查旧案」

这一章能学到

  • 叮嘱孩子 don't tell Mom about our special project，分床的事却问到脸上
  • 纳帕拿月相对袭击和来信，一九六九年以来常常对得上
  • 联邦十年破不开的密码，上电视的却是个爱猜谜的漫画家
  • 琳达在监狱能指认里克，半夜电话却让家里人问何时才算完

发音重点

  • often than not — often than not：than 常弱化为 /ðən/，几乎缩成半拍，重音落在 often 和 not 上。
  • middle of the night — middle 的词尾和 of 连上，of 又几乎吞掉，整串听起来像 middle-of-the-night，中间不停顿。
  • look him in — look 的词尾和 him 连上，him 里的 h 几乎不发音，听起来像 loo-kim-in。
  • Watch your step — Watch 的词尾和 your 连上，整句听起来像 watch-your-step，两个重音落在 Watch 和 step 上。
You put yourself out there for him to see.

你把自己摆了出去，好让他看见。 一句话点破上电视的代价：不是勇敢，是把自己交到凶手眼里。它把曝光的两面说得清清楚楚，适合用来提醒别人抛头露面会有反噬。

I need to look him in the eye and I need to know that it's him.

我需要站在那里，直视他的眼睛，亲口确认就是他。 把执念说成一个具体的画面：站到那个人面前，看着他的眼睛确认。它让抽象的追凶变成身体可以完成的动作，也暴露了这份执着的私人性质。

What's it gonna take for you to be done with this?

到底要怎样你才肯把这件事了结？ 用一句近乎耗尽耐心的追问，把无休止的争执压缩成一个条件：你到底要什么。它适合任何反复拉锯、想逼对方给出底线的时刻。

Then who's been calling our house in the middle of the night at least once a week?

那到底是谁，每周至少一次半夜往家里打电话？ 把零散的恐惧变成一串具体证据：时间、频率、地点全摆出来，再抛出一个反问。说话的人不是失控，而是冷静地列事实，反而更让人不安。

关于这一章的问题

put yourself out there 是什么意思？

指把自己暴露出来、主动抛头露面。戏里说他上了电视，就等于把自己送到凶手能看见的地方。

「抛头露面」英语怎么说？

put yourself out there。它指主动把自己展现在公众或某个人眼前，中性偏口语，鼓励别人勇敢表现时也能用。

look someone in the eye 是什么意思？

指坦然直视某人的眼睛。I need to look him in the eye 不是逞强，而是想亲眼确认对面就是凶手。

「多半、往往」英语怎么说？

more often than not。More often than not, each cycle corresponds with an attack 就是说多数情况下每个周期都对应一起袭击。

妻子为什么发火？

她觉得丈夫越查越偏执，还担心半夜的骚扰电话和家人的安全，所以追问到底要怎样他才肯收手。

十二宫 · 共 30 章

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下一章 · 第 28 章get it in your head追查神秘胶片罐的线报
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新信反咬办案警探正在看 · 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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