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警方约谈凶嫌母亲：greener pastures

警探上门盘问嫌疑人的母亲，老人一句 Well, Leigh's always been troubled（唉，利一直都有问题），算是松了口；她还翻出一张旧圣诞卡，证明儿子信里那个拼错的单词跟案子对得上。另一头，被嫌弃的记者放话说自己非常乐意 decamp for greener pastures（另谋高就）。想学盘问长辈和赌气辞职怎么说，这段都有。

发生了什么

警探来到艾伦家，向嫌疑人的母亲打听情况。她承认 Well, Leigh's always been troubled（唉，利一直都有问题），说自从发现一些事后就很少见他，还翻出几年前的一张圣诞卡，卡上把 Christmas 拼成两个 S，跟十二宫信里的写法一模一样；不过光凭这点还不够。后来笔迹鉴定给出「完全一致」却又挑出左右手的问题，法官也拒绝签发搜查令，一句 We need Allen's right hand（我们需要艾伦右手的字迹）道出卡点。另一头，被约谈的记者觉得这份小报配不上自己，放话 decamp for greener pastures（另谋高就）。想学盘问、找证据、赌气辞职的说法，这一段材料很足。

法律与调查 · 警察问话法律与调查 · 查案推理请求坦白警察与嫌犯B1快速美音无脏话
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  • 留意玩笑后面有没有认真的一句

留意这几个短语

for the time beingin step withgreener pasturesspice it up

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greener pastures

更好的去处、更肥的草场a better or more promising place

Avery 接着说自己会「欣然另谋高就」，用 greener pastures 把跳槽说得体面又带刺。

She left the firm for greener pastures overseas.她离开公司，去海外寻找更好的机会。

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  • for the time being

    暂时、眼下

  • in step with

    与……合拍、步调一致

  • spice it up

    添点料、把内容说得更精彩

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86 句台词里标了 49 处

语法 · B2we don't arrest people just because we're interested in them

not ... just because 表否定理由：just because 引出表面理由，前面再用否定，等于说「不会仅凭这一点就动手」。这句话在安抚家属，把警方的标准和私人怀疑划清界限。

Mrs. Allen, we don't arrest people just because we're interested in them.
短语 · B2always been troubled

一直不太正常、一直有问题

Well, Leigh's always been troubled.
发音always been troubled

always been troubled 里 always 末尾的音接上 been，been 又弱读，整串听起来像 alway-zbeen troubled。

Well, Leigh's always been troubled.
短语 · B1find out

发现真相

We don't see him much anymore since we found out.
短语 · B1not see someone much anymore

不怎么见某人了

We don't see him much anymore since we found out.
短语 · B1feelings about someone

对某人的看法

What are your feelings about Don Cheney?
短语 · B1a very reliable guy

很可靠的人

Well, Don's a very reliable guy.
短语 · C1believe something to be true

相信它是真的

If he were to tell you something, I'd believe it to be true.
语法 · C1he were to tell you something, I'd believe it to be true

were to 表假设：were to 放在主语后，把可能性说成遥远而正式的假设，配后面的 l'd 构成完整推测。它比普通的条件句更书面，也更能显出说话人对朋友的绝对信任。

If he were to tell you something, I'd believe it to be true.
短语 · A2a couple years ago

几年前

We got a Christmas card from Leigh a couple years ago.
短语 · B1the exact same way

一模一样的方式

He spelled it the exact same way. Christ-mass.
短语 · A2that would be great

那太好了

Thank you. That'd be great.
短语 · B2anything else we can do to help

还能帮上什么忙

Is there anything else we can do to help?
短语 · C1get around a rule

绕过某项规定

-That gets you around a warrant. -For the time being.
短语 · B2for the time being

暂时、眼下

探员说靠家属配合搜查能暂时绕开搜查令，用 for the time being 强调这只是权宜之计。

-That gets you around a warrant. -For the time being.
短语 · B1search the place

正式搜查那个地方

If we do find something, Mulanax will go to the DA in Vallejo, and we could search the place properly.
短语 · C1get onto someone

盯上某人、查到某人头上

Doesn't remember how he got onto him,
短语 · B1look like a ...

看起来像凶手

but didn't think he looked like a killer so he didn't like him for Z.
语法 · C1didn't think he looked like a killer

否定前移：否定词放在主句动词前，形式上否定「想」，实际否定的是后面整件事，等于说「我认为他不像凶手」。这种否定前移在英语里很常见，语气比直接否定从句更委婉。

but didn't think he looked like a killer so he didn't like him for Z.
短语 · B2take someone in

把某人抓进去

-But you do? -I wish I could've taken the guy in there.
短语 · B1take it slow

慢慢来、别急

Take it slow, Dave. Try and find more stuff for Sherwood.
发音Take it slow

Take it slow 连读时 Take 末尾的音和 it 粘在一起，it 的 t 变成 flap，听起来像 tay-kit slow。

Take it slow, Dave. Try and find more stuff for Sherwood.
短语 · B2get someone farther

让我们更进一步

A match'll get us farther on the warrants.
俚语 · C1Tell him to screw

叫他滚蛋、让他去死——screw 在这里是粗俗的骂人话，等于叫人滚远点，只适合熟人之间发火或影视对白。对上司、长辈或陌生人说会立刻得罪人，正式场合要换成更中性的说法。

-Avery's on two. -Tell him to screw.
短语 · C1spice something up

添点料、把内容说得更精彩

记者问上司，转述原话时能不能 spice it up 一点，把消息说得更抓人，好让报道更有看头。

You want me to communicate that verbatim or can I spice it up a little?
短语 · B1exactly one year after something

正好在……一年之后

The letter to Melvin Belli was sent exactly one year after the Lake Herman Road murder.
短语 · B1a day before something

万圣节前一天

-She was killed a day before Halloween. -Yeah.
短语 · B2fascinating pieces of news

很有意思的几则消息

You know, these are all fascinating pieces of news, Robert,
短语 · B2a bit early

时候还太早

it's a bit early in the day.
发音a bit early

a bit early 连读时 bit 末尾的 t 变成 flap，听起来像 a bi-dearly，三个词连成一串。

it's a bit early in the day.
短语 · B1not mean to do something

不是故意要……

-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you up. -No, no, no.
语法 · B2Both hands would have commonalities

would 表推测：would 在这里不是过去式，而是对两种可能结果的推断：如果两只手都写，笔迹就会有共同点。它把推论说得像顺理成章，语气克制却把结论钉住。

Both hands would have commonalities.
短语 · B2strike out

碰壁、没办成

We struck out with the judge.
发音struck out

struck out 连读时 struck 末尾的音直接接上 out，听起来像 stru-kout，中间不停顿。

We struck out with the judge.
短语 · C1sign off on something

签字批准

He won't sign off on a warrant for Allen's house.
语法 · B2unless we bring him a handwriting match

unless 引导条件句：unless 相当于「除非」，引出一个必须满足的条件。这里说除非能拿出笔迹比对结果，否则法官不会松口，把取证的死结一句话讲明白。

Now, unless we bring him a handwriting match or some evidence that...
短语 · C1toss a place

把房子彻底搜一遍

How are we gonna get evidence if we can't toss the house?
俚语 · C1toss the house

把房子彻底搜一遍（警察口语）——toss 在警匪口语里指彻底搜查某个地方，toss the house 就是把整栋房子翻个遍。这是行话，警察同事之间用，正式报告和对外沟通会换成更规范的说法。

How are we gonna get evidence if we can't toss the house?
短语 · B2without a warrant

没有搜查令

We need Allen's right hand. We can't get it without a warrant.
短语 · B2put someone in charge of something

让某人负责某事

asking to be put in charge of the Zodiac investigation?
短语 · C1a free flow of ideas

思想的自由交流

to promote an exchange and free flow of ideas.
短语 · B2who better than someone

还有谁比我更合适

-And that you run it. -Well, who better than me?
短语 · B2stop doing something

别再酗酒了

One, stop boozing.
短语 · C1cut something out

别再胡闹了

And three, cut this nonsense out.
语法 · C1cut this nonsense out

cut out 分隔式短语动词：cut out 是「删除、戒掉」的短语动词，宾语放在中间变成 cut this nonsense out。这里用命令式让下属别再胡闹，语气直接，是上司发话的口吻。

And three, cut this nonsense out.
短语 · C1in step with something

与……合拍、步调一致

Avery 在辞职信里挖苦说，自己的出色工作已经跟不上这份低俗地方小报，in step with 就是「与……步调一致」。

you feel my excellent work is no longer in step with this trashy provincial rag,
短语 · C1a trashy provincial rag

低俗的地方小报

you feel my excellent work is no longer in step with this trashy provincial rag,
短语 · C1move on to greener pastures

另谋高就、跳去更好的地方

More than happily decamp for greener pastures.
短语 · C1an editorial tête-à-tête

编辑之间的私下密谈

-What was that? -An editorial tête-à-tête.

看懂「警方约谈凶嫌母亲」

这一章能学到

  • 家里人一句 Leigh's always been troubled，却问你们要不要抓他
  • 圣诞卡写成 Christ-mass，两个 S，跟来信拼法一模一样
  • 弟弟愿趁他出门搜公寓，暂时绕过搜查令
  • 贝里耶萨两天后问过他的警察，当时并不觉得他像凶手

发音重点

  • always been troubled — always been troubled 里 always 末尾的音接上 been，been 又弱读，整串听起来像 alway-zbeen troubled。
  • Take it slow — Take it slow 连读时 Take 末尾的音和 it 粘在一起，it 的 t 变成 flap，听起来像 tay-kit slow。
  • a bit early — a bit early 连读时 bit 末尾的 t 变成 flap，听起来像 a bi-dearly，三个词连成一串。
  • struck out — struck out 连读时 struck 末尾的音直接接上 out，听起来像 stru-kout，中间不停顿。
Well, Leigh's always been troubled.

唉，Leigh 一直就不太正常。 用最轻描淡写的语气说出最重的话：把一个人的反常归结成一句「一直都这样」。它既是母亲的袒护，也是默认，听完让人分不清是心疼还是放弃。

More than happily decamp for greener pastures.

我会非常乐意……另谋高就，去找更肥的草场。 把辞职说成「去更肥的草场」，表面体面，骨子里全是鄙夷。它示范了高级的告别方式：不吵不闹，用一句农场比喻把对方贬成留不住人的烂摊子。

We need Allen's right hand. We can't get it without a warrant.

我们需要 Allen 的右手笔迹。没有搜查令，我们拿不到。 两个短句把死局摆得明明白白：要证据就得有搜查令，要搜查令就得先有证据。它像一句冷冰冰的逻辑闭环，把程序正义的无力感说到骨子里。

This suspect is not your Zodiac.

这个嫌疑人不是你要找的十二宫。 一句直截了当的否定，不给任何缓冲：方向错了，这个人不是。它短、硬、不留幻想，适合在别人一厢情愿时当头泼一盆冷水。

关于这一章的问题

greener pastures 是什么意思？

字面是「更绿的草场」，指更好的去处或更好的工作。说 decamp for greener pastures，就是收拾东西另谋高就。

for the time being 是什么意思？

意思是「暂时、眼下」，表示眼下可行、以后未必。台词里是讲绕过搜查令的办法只顶得了一时。

in step with 是什么意思？

意思是「与……步调一致、合拍」。记者反用这句话赌气：要是你觉得我这份工作跟不上小报了，那我就走。

「添点料、说得更精彩」英语怎么说？

spice it up。转述别人原话前问 can I spice it up a little，就是能不能稍加润色、加点味道。

为什么法官不肯签搜查令？

因为现有证据不够。警方连嫌犯右手的字迹都拿不到，没有搜查令就搜不了房子，案子因此卡住。

十二宫 · 共 30 章

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下一章 · 第 19 章home turf拼证据申请搜查令
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正在看 · 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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