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Zodiac · 2007 — 第 15 / 30 章 · 5'05" · C1

交换案卷时吵翻：beat the bushes

两地警探聚在一起交换十二宫案卷，有人发现一桩旧案，冷冷总结：他 wants to be published（想被刊登出来），还 calls it a game（把它叫作游戏）。散会时一句 in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing（依我看你们这趟南下白跑了）把气氛浇凉。想学「白跑一趟」「把罪责安到某人头上」，这段用词很地道。

发生了什么

旧金山警探南下里弗赛德，和当地及司法部的人交换十二宫案卷。有人讲起谢丽·乔·贝茨被杀案：她车被人破坏，凶手又回来提出帮忙，Like Kathleen Johns。还摆出一封打印的认罪信，说 He wants to be published（他想被刊登出来），calls it a game（把它叫作游戏），could be our boy（可能就是我们要找的人）。可东道主泼冷水：in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing（依我看，你们这趟南下白跑了）。之后全州被假认罪搅乱，警探和记者也为了谁泄露消息翻脸，一句 We're not in anything together（我们不是一条船上的）把关系彻底说死。

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  • 对比文件交换和性双关
  • 注意 together 被当场拆掉

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a snipe huntbeat the bushespin it on himcome in peace

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beat the bushes

四处搜寻、地毯式查找to search everywhere for something

Avery 说自己在外头到处翻找线索、想把凶手引出来，beating the bushes 就是形容这种漫无头绪的搜寻。

Reporters beat the bushes for anyone who knew the family.记者们四处打听，找认识这家人的人。

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  • a snipe hunt

    白忙一场的徒劳追查

  • pin it on him

    把罪责安到某人头上

  • come in peace

    我是来讲和的、没有敌意

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98 句台词里标了 50 处

发音got screwed

got screwed 里 got 末尾的 t 在 s 前几乎被吞掉，听起来像 gah-screwed，两个词连得很紧。

We got screwed.
俚语 · B2got screwed

被坑了、吃了大亏——这是口语里说「被人耍了、吃了亏」的常用说法，语气带怨气但不算脏话。熟人之间抱怨可以，正式场合或对上级说会显得太随意。

We got screwed.
短语 · B2get one's name in the paper

名字见报、出了名

You do get your name in the paper a lot. People talk.
短语 · B2an open investigation

尚未结案的调查

I don't ever talk about an open investigation, period. Okay, Ken?
语法 · B2don't ever talk about an open investigation

一般现在表一贯原则：一般现在时配 ever，说的不是某一次，而是「我从来都」这样的原则。说话人把不向外界谈论未结案当成铁律，句尾再补一句 period，把话钉死，不留回旋余地。

I don't ever talk about an open investigation, period. Okay, Ken?
短语 · B2catch a ride with someone

搭某人的便车

Paul Avery. Can I catch a ride with you gents when we get there?
发音catch a ride

catch a ride 里 catch 末尾的音直接接到 a，听起来像 ca-cha ride，中间没有停顿。

Paul Avery. Can I catch a ride with you gents when we get there?
短语 · A2not a good idea

这主意不好

Not a good idea, Paul.
短语 · B1make someone do something

逼我去打车

He's gonna make me take a cab when we're going to the same place.
短语 · B1thanks for having someone

谢谢款待/邀请

Great. Thanks for having us down today.
短语 · A2not at all

别客气、哪儿的话

Not at all. I hear you have some files for us.
短语 · B1here's what we know

我们知道的情况是这样

Here's what we know.
短语 · B1stabbed to death

被刺死

Her body's found the next morning in a parking lot, stabbed to death.
语法 · B2Her body's found the next morning

被动语态：被动结构把重点放在尸体被发现这件事上，谁发现的并不重要。found 前的 her body's 直接被推进镜头，随后再补出地点和死因，叙述像在念案情简报。

Her body's found the next morning in a parking lot, stabbed to death.
短语 · B1might be a victim

可能是十二宫的受害者

A woman outside of Modesto, might be a Zodiac victim.
语法 · B2was sent to the Riverside Press Enterprise

一般过去时的被动：承接上一句的 confession 作主语，这里用被动说明这封信被寄到了报社。动作执行者被省掉，焦点落在信和收信方，符合案情陈述的口吻。

A typewritten confession was sent to the Riverside Press Enterprise
短语 · B1stop the game

让游戏停下来

"I'm not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game.
语法 · B2should be published for all to read

should 加被动表应当：should 加被动表示「应该被发表」，带着要求公开的口气。后半句说明给谁看，把诉求说得冠冕堂皇，也让写信人的执念暴露出来。

"This letter should be published for all to read."
短语 · B1call something a game

把它称作一场游戏

He wants to be published. He calls it a game.
短语 · B2could be our boy

可能就是我们要找的人

I mean, this could be our boy.
短语 · A2a couple of months later

几个月之后

This was found a couple of months later by a janitor in RCC storage.
短语 · B1to be honest with someone

跟你说实话

To be honest with you,
发音To be honest

To be honest 里 to 和 be 都弱读，声音很轻，重音落在 honest 上。

To be honest with you,
短语 · B2get one's hands on something

把某物弄到手

How did Paul Avery get his hands on the exemplars?
短语 · A2talk on the phone

通了个电话

We talked on the phone the other day for about an hour.
短语 · B2a guy we like for something

我们中意的一个嫌疑人

-You don't think this is Zodiac? -We got a guy we like for it.
短语 · C1pin something on someone

把罪责安到某人头上

警方说证据还不足以把案子定在这个嫌疑人身上，pin it on him 说的就是「坐实他有罪」。

We don't have enough to pin it on him yet, but we're pretty sure it's him.
语法 · B2enough to pin it on him

enough 加不定式：enough 后面接不定式，表示「足以做到某件事」。这里说的是证据还不足以把罪定在他身上，yet 又强调只是暂时不够，暗示他们仍在往这个方向查。

We don't have enough to pin it on him yet, but we're pretty sure it's him.
短语 · B1try to cooperate

想配合

I'm trying to cooperate.
短语 · B2take credit for something

把功劳揽到自己身上

Zodiac reads it in the paper, and he writes a letter taking credit for it.
语法 · B2writes a letter taking credit for it

现在分词作伴随状语：现在分词短语挂在主句后面，说明写信这个动作附带的用意：把功劳揽下来。它把两个动作压进一句，读起来像记者在概述一连串行为，节奏快而不啰嗦。

Zodiac reads it in the paper, and he writes a letter taking credit for it.
短语 · A2have done something before

以前干过

Now, that's something he's done before.
短语 · C1come for nothing

白跑了一趟

But, in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing.
俚语 · C1FUBAR

全乱套了、彻底搞砸（军旅粗话缩写）——FUBAR 是军中流传的缩写，指局面已经烂到没法收拾，语气粗、带自嘲。熟人私下抱怨能用，正式场合和对不熟的人说会显得没分寸。

FUBAR, gentlemen, FUBAR.
短语 · A2talk to someone about something

你去找他说这事

Well, there's your press agent. Talk to him about it.
短语 · B2come in peace

我是来讲和的、没有敌意

记者闯进警局前先撂一句 I come in peace，缓和双方的对立，也给自己的冒昧找台阶。

I come in peace. I don't want any trouble.
发音come in peace

come in peace 连读时 come 末尾的音接上 in，听起来像 cu-min peace，三个词几乎连成一串。

I come in peace. I don't want any trouble.
短语 · B2freak someone out

把整个州都吓到了

and you just freaked out the entire state.
短语 · C1a snipe hunt

白忙一场的徒劳追查

Toschi 抱怨里弗赛德警方认定他在做无用功，说自己被派去进行一场 snipe hunt，意思是被耍着白跑。

I have got Napa, Vallejo, and DOJ looking at me sideways and Riverside's telling me I'm on a snipe hunt!
短语 · B1does that matter to someone

这对你重要吗

This may not be Zodiac. Does that matter to you?
短语 · C1make a case against someone

立案坐实对某人的指控

be able to make a case against their suspect because of you?
短语 · C1beat the bushes

四处搜寻、地毯式查找

Avery 说自己在外头到处翻找线索、想把凶手引出来，beating the bushes 就是形容这种漫无头绪的搜寻。

Tell it to Sherwood. I'm out here, beating the bushes, trying to draw him out. We're in this together.
短语 · C1draw someone out

把某人引出来

Tell it to Sherwood. I'm out here, beating the bushes, trying to draw him out. We're in this together.
短语 · B2be in this together

同舟共济、共担这件事

Tell it to Sherwood. I'm out here, beating the bushes, trying to draw him out. We're in this together.
短语 · C1up one's circulation

提高我的发行量

No, we're not in anything together, Paul, because I'm not interested in upping my circulation.
短语 · B2threaten someone's life

威胁要我的命

Oh, boy. He wrote me. He threatened my life.
俚语 · C1this fucking guy

那个混蛋、那家伙（粗话）——fucking 是最常见的粗口加强词，加在名词前表示愤怒或轻蔑，这里是在当街质问警察。只适合熟人私下或情绪爆发时，职场、对长辈和正式场合绝不能说，会立刻冒犯对方。

Been a year-and-a-half, you gonna catch this fucking guy or not?
短语 · B2should have done something

你本该打给我

You should have called me, Paul.
俚语 · C1a little rat bastard

卑鄙的小人（骂人）——rat bastard 是骂人阴险、下作的组合脏话，rat 指告密或背信的人。只出现在发火或影视对白里，不能对长辈、上司或需要维持关系的人说。

Only a little rat bastard like Andre could have done something like cut off all the victims' hands.
短语 · B1cut off something

切下、砍掉

Zodiac didn't cut off any of the victims' hands.

看懂「交换案卷时吵翻」

这一章能学到

  • 听懂 name in the paper 是出风头
  • 会用 snipe hunt 说白忙
  • 见到 FUBAR 知是全乱套
  • 能拆 show you mine 的双关

发音重点

  • got screwed — got screwed 里 got 末尾的 t 在 s 前几乎被吞掉，听起来像 gah-screwed，两个词连得很紧。
  • catch a ride — catch a ride 里 catch 末尾的音直接接到 a，听起来像 ca-cha ride，中间没有停顿。
  • To be honest — To be honest 里 to 和 be 都弱读，声音很轻，重音落在 honest 上。
  • come in peace — come in peace 连读时 come 末尾的音接上 in，听起来像 cu-min peace，三个词几乎连成一串。
"I'm not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game.

我没病。我是疯子。但这不会让游戏停下来。 先否掉「病」，再自认「疯」，最后把一切都归到「游戏」上——三句层层加码，冷静得可怕。它把行凶说成娱乐，一句话就让人明白对手要的不是钱或恨，而是这场游戏本身。

But, in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing.

可在我看来，你们这趟南下是白跑了。 一句克制的逐客令：先给足礼貌的缓冲，再把结论冷冷抛下。它示范了怎么在别人的地盘上不留情面地否定对方，语气越平静，分量越重。

This may not be Zodiac. Does that matter to you?

这可能不是十二宫。这对你来说重要吗？ 用两个短句把良心拷问摆到桌上：真相次要，重要的是你在不在乎。它不吵不闹，却把对方「只求热度、不管对错」的立场一口点破。

No, we're not in anything together, Paul, because I'm not interested in upping my circulation.

不，我们没什么「一起的」，Paul，因为我不想拿它提高发行量。 把对方套近乎的「我们」当场拆掉，再补一句刀锋般的职业理由。它点出新闻与调查之间那条线：不是为了正义，而是不能拿命案做销量，既冷酷又清醒。

关于这一章的问题

a snipe hunt 是什么意思？

指白忙一场、注定找不到目标的徒劳追查。戏里里弗赛德的人就说警探是在 on a snipe hunt，等于说他们这趟白费力气。

beat the bushes 是什么意思？

意思是四处搜寻、地毯式查找。I'm out here, beating the bushes 就是「我在外面到处翻找」，常指为了找人找线索到处跑。

pin it on him 是什么意思？

指把罪责安到某人头上。We don't have enough to pin it on him yet 就是说证据还不够，没法把罪名扣到他身上。

「我是来讲和的」英语怎么说？

说 come in peace。I come in peace. I don't want any trouble. 就是先声明自己没有敌意、不想惹事。

这场戏里谁在跟谁较劲？

警探嫌记者乱写、把全州搅乱，记者则说自己是在帮忙扩大线索；一句 We're not in anything together 就把这段合作关系摊开了。

十二宫 · 共 30 章

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下一章 · 第 16 章lost in the shuffle线人供出可疑钓友
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约会饭桌上聊凶案正在看 · 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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