Zodiac · 2007 — 第 23 / 30 章 · 5'05" · B2

软磨硬泡求看案卷:yesterday's news

想帮忙的漫画师找上门,警督一句 I can't allow you to help(我不能让你帮忙)把门关上,又补一句 we don't cooperate with writers(我们不跟作家合作)。他搬出朋友、态度诚恳,最后问 So, what's the harm?(那看看又有什么关系?),才换来一次翻档案的机会,代价是 No pens, no paper(不许带笔,不许带纸)。

发生了什么

漫画师格雷史密斯想参与十二宫案的调查,却被警督泼了冷水:I can't allow you to help(我不能让你帮忙),理由是 this is an open police investigation(这是警方的在办案件)。他不死心,说自己不是作家、朋友托斯基也推荐了他,还追问 So, what's the harm?(那看看又有什么关系?),终于被放进档案室,规矩只有一条:No pens, no paper(不许带笔,不许带纸),看到什么只能记在脑子里。他也顺带吐槽,在警方眼里 Zodiac 早就 He's yesterday's news(他已经是过时新闻了),可他不这么想,之后又堵着警督追问达琳案的细节。想学求人、立规矩、说某人过气的说法,这段很实用。

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留意这几个短语

yesterday's newsdo some goodNo pens, no paperWhat's the harm?

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yesterday's news

昨日的新闻、已经过时的人和事something no longer important or interesting

记者想激对方开口,说凶手早就没人关心了,用「过时新闻」这个说法试探警探的态度。

That scandal is yesterday's news by now.那桩丑闻现在早就是旧闻了。

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  • do some good

    帮上点忙、做点有益的事

  • No pens, no paper

    不许带笔,不许带纸

  • What's the harm?

    这有什么坏处呢、试试又何妨

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76 句台词里标了 36 处

短语 · A2wanna help

想帮忙

I just wanna help.
短语 · B1allow someone to do something

允许你帮忙

I can't allow you to help.
语法 · B1allow you to help

allow 加不定式复合结构:allow 后面先接人,再接不定式,表示允许某人去做某事,动作由对方执行。这里用否定形式把门关上:不是不许帮忙这件事,而是不能让你参与。责任和动作分得很清楚,是表达许可与拒绝的标准句型。

I can't allow you to help.
发音allow you

allow you 连读时 allow 末尾的音接上 you,听起来像连成的一个词,中间没有停顿。

I can't allow you to help.
短语 · B1discuss something with someone

和你讨论案情

I can't discuss the case with you.
短语 · A2give someone information

给你消息

I can't give you information, and I certainly couldn't tell you to go see Ken Narlow in Napa.
短语 · B1tell someone to do something

叫你去见某人

I can't give you information, and I certainly couldn't tell you to go see Ken Narlow in Napa.
短语 · B1cooperate with someone

跟某人合作

I'm sorry, Mr. Graysmith, but we don't cooperate with writers.
短语 · B1do some good

帮上点忙、做点有益的事

格雷史密斯对朋友说,也许自己能在这桩旧案上做点有用的事,哪怕只是帮上一点忙。

Maybe he thought that I could do some good.
短语 · B1some kind of ...

某种、算是

-What are you, some kind of boy scout? -Eagle Scout, actually, first class.
俚语 · B2boy scout

童子军(调侃太守规矩、太热心的人)——boy scout 除了字面,还常用来半带嘲讽地说某人太守规矩、热心到不切实际,像随时准备做好事。语气看场合可以是玩笑也可以是挖苦;对不熟的人说是贬低,正式场合不用这个说法。

-What are you, some kind of boy scout? -Eagle Scout, actually, first class.
短语 · B1let someone stop you

别让我拦着你

Well, if you wanna do this, don't let me stop you.
短语 · A2start with something

从某事开始

Better start with Vallejo, Jack Mulanax.
短语 · A2try to do something

想做某事

I understand what you're trying to do.
短语 · B2an open investigation

进行中的警方调查

But this is an open police investigation.
短语 · B1might be able to do something

也许能帮上忙

And he said that you might be able to help.
语法 · B1might be able to help

情态动词加 be able to:情态动词表示把握不大的可能性,后面用 be able to 表示具备能力,合起来是「也许帮得上」。它比直接说「能」更留有余地,适合转述别人含糊的承诺,既没打包票,也没把话说死。

And he said that you might be able to help.
短语 · B1be long gone

早已不在、消失很久

I mean, the case is dead. Zodiac's long gone.
短语 · C1someone is yesterday's news

昨日的新闻、已经过时的人和事

记者想激对方开口,说凶手早就没人关心了,用「过时新闻」这个说法试探警探的态度。

He's yesterday's news, right?
短语 · B1what's the harm

这有什么坏处呢、试试又何妨

漫画家想借查案给自己找点意义,用一句 what's the harm 给双方找台阶,把一次越界的请求说成无伤大雅。

So, what's the harm?
短语 · B1no X, no Y

不许带笔,不许带纸

警探允许格雷史密斯翻阅旧案卷,但开口就立下规矩:No pens, no paper,只能用脑子记。

No pens, no paper.
短语 · B1remember something in your head

记在脑子里

Anything that you see that's relevant, you got to remember in your head.
语法 · B2Anything that you see that's relevant

关系词引导修饰从句:关系词引导的从句跟在 Anything 后面,把范围收窄到「相关的」那些内容。整句里两个相同的关系词分工不同,一个连接修饰从句,另一个和后面的词缩合,理清这一点整句就不容易读乱。

Anything that you see that's relevant, you got to remember in your head.
短语 · B2creep someone out

把我们吓毛了

Man, you really creeped us out.
发音creeped us out

creeped us out 连读时 creeped 末尾的音直接滑向 us,us 又轻带过,out 收得短促,几个词几乎连成一串。

Man, you really creeped us out.
俚语 · B2creeped us out

让我们心里发毛、起鸡皮疙瘩——这是口语里很常见的说法,指某人或某事让人莫名地害怕、不舒服,宾语是人。朋友之间讲怪事、怪人都能用;正式报告里会换成让人感到不安的中性表达,不适合对长辈随口说。

Man, you really creeped us out.
短语 · A2gonna solve something

要破案

Some cartoonist. Thinks he's gonna solve the Zodiac.
短语 · A2good for someone

那挺好、祝他顺利

Well, good for him.
短语 · B2happen to be doing something

碰巧正坐着

We're just two guys who happen to be sitting on the same bench at the same time.
发音happen to be

to 常弱化为 /tə/,be 也收得很轻,重音稳稳压在 happen 上,两个功能词别用力。

We're just two guys who happen to be sitting on the same bench at the same time.
短语 · B1get in touch with someone

联系上某人

Okay. As far as you know, did anyone ever get in touch with Mike Mageau during your investigation
短语 · B2the only surviving victim

幸存下来的受害者

Well, he's the only surviving victim who ever saw Zodiac without a mask.
短语 · A2sounds like something

听上去像

Sounds like a terrible party.
短语 · B1be terrified of someone

怕某人怕得要命

And Darlene is terrified of him.
语法 · B2if you wanna connect Darlene to Zodiac

条件从句加将来必须:由 if 引导的条件从句先摆出想要达成的目标,主句再用表示将来必须的结构说明实现它的唯一途径。它把逻辑关系说得很直白:想连上这条线,就只能换一条路。语气是给建议,也带一点现实压力。

So if you wanna connect Darlene to Zodiac, you're gonna have to find anotherway.
短语 · B1heavy breathing

沉重的呼吸声

and one to Darlene's father-in-law. Just heavy breathing.

看懂「软磨硬泡求看案卷」

这一章能学到

  • 警察连说三个 can't:不能帮、不能谈、更不能叫你去找纳洛
  • 自称不是作家是漫画家,还报童子军身份,换来 don't let me stop you
  • 开卷规矩:no pens, no paper,相关的只能记在脑子里
  • 卷宗里写着不要因笔迹排除嫌疑人,还有达琳家里只喘气的电话

发音重点

  • allow you — allow you 连读时 allow 末尾的音接上 you,听起来像连成的一个词,中间没有停顿。
  • creeped us out — creeped us out 连读时 creeped 末尾的音直接滑向 us,us 又轻带过,out 收得短促,几个词几乎连成一串。
  • happen to be — to 常弱化为 /tə/,be 也收得很轻,重音稳稳压在 happen 上,两个功能词别用力。
I can't allow you to help.

我不能允许你插手帮忙。 一句把界线划得清清楚楚的拒绝:否定的不是「帮忙」这件事,而是「让你」参与。它冷静、正式,又留了一点尊重,适合任何需要客气但坚决地说不的场合。

We're just two guys who happen to be sitting on the same bench at the same time.

我们只是两个碰巧在同一时间坐在同一条长椅上的陌生人。 用一句绕圈子的描述,把一次正式会面消解成「碰巧」。它既守住了不能私下接触的规矩,又暗地里承认对方来过。这种说法聪明、克制,还带一点默契的幽默。

I mean, the case is dead. Zodiac's long gone.

我是说,这案子已经死了。Zodiac 早就没影了。 两句就把一件事判了死刑:案子「死了」,人「早走了」。它不解释理由,只给出结论,适合用来劝人别再为一件旧事投入——平静里带着一点残忍的清醒。

I understand what you're trying to do.

我明白你想做什么。 一句看似温和的确认:我没有拦你,只是告诉你我看懂了。它把「拆穿」和「留面子」同时做到,适合在对方话里有话时接住话头,既表明立场又不撕破脸。

关于这一章的问题

yesterday's news 是什么意思?

指昨日的新闻,引申为已经过时、没人再关注的人和事。He's yesterday's news 就是说这人早就没人提了。

do some good 是什么意思?

意思是帮上点忙、做点有益的事。Maybe he thought that I could do some good 就是「也许他觉得我能出上力」。

No pens, no paper 是什么意思?

字面是不许带笔、不许带纸,用来立一条干脆的规矩。戏里进档案室翻卷宗,只能靠脑子记,不能抄。

「试试又何妨」英语怎么说?

说 What's the harm? 字面是「有什么坏处呢」,用来劝对方别太较真、试一试也无妨。

警督为什么一开始拒绝帮忙?

他说这是警方的在办案件,而且他们不跟作家合作,怕对方写出去影响调查,所以先把门关上。

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下一章 · 第 24 章more than just a coincidence追查杀手生日的线索
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正在看 · 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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