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审讯室里盘问嫌疑人:the whole point

审讯室里,警官一句句抛出线人的说法,从作案时间问到左右手;被问的人矢口否认 I'm not the Zodiac(我不是十二宫杀手),还撂下一句 And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you.(就算我是,我也肯定不会告诉你们。)。想学盘问、否认、话里带刺的英语,这段特别值得学。

发生了什么

审讯室里,警官拿着线人的说法逐条盘问:从那天去盐点潜水、车里带血的刀,问到左右手和里弗赛德那起案子。被问的人——坚持让人叫他利(Leigh),不叫亚瑟——一条条给出解释,又说 Bill saw them(比尔看见了)可能是邻居举报了自己。谈到《最危险的游戏》时,他承认 That's the whole point of the story(这正是故事的核心)。最后他否认 I'm not the Zodiac(我不是十二宫杀手),还补上 And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you.(就算我是,我也肯定不会告诉你们。)。想学盘问、辩解、话中带刺,这段是范本。

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这场戏看什么

  • 看线人来对质里谁先把话说死
  • 留意玩笑后面有没有认真的一句

留意这几个短语

look forward tothe whole pointtake a look atwarrant further investigation

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本章短语

the whole point

整件事/整个故事的核心the central idea or purpose

Allen 谈起《最危险的游戏》,说人是最危险的猎物,并说这就是整篇故事的核心,用这句话给自己的兴趣下定义。

The whole point of the exercise is to stay calm.这个练习的核心就是保持冷静。

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  • look forward to

    期待、盼望

  • take a look at

    看一眼、过目

  • warrant further investigation

    值得进一步调查

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短语 · B2make statements

说过某些话

The informant notified us that you made certain statements
短语 · C1quite incriminating

相当能定罪、很不利

If they're true, they're quite incriminating.
短语 · B2recall having done something

记得做过某事

Do you recall having any such conversation?
发音Do you

Do 常弱化为 /də/,you 也轻,两个词常连成 /dʒə/,问句里重音靠后的 recall。

Do you recall having any such conversation?
语法 · B2Have you ever read or heard anything about the Zodiac

现在完成时疑问:现在完成时配 ever,问的是「到现在为止有没有过」这类经历。它把时间拉成从过去到现在的整段,比一般过去时更强调与此刻的相关,适合盘问对方是否接触过某话题。

-No. -Have you ever read or heard anything about the Zodiac?
短语 · B1follow a story

持续关注某条新闻

But I didn't follow it after those first reports.
短语 · B2too morbid

太阴森了

-Why not? -Too morbid. I...
短语 · A2right after something

就在……之后

No, but it was right after the murder at the lake.
发音right after

right after 连读时 right 末尾的 t 变成 flap,听起来像 righ-dafter,两个词粘在一起。

No, but it was right after the murder at the lake.
短语 · A2that would be great

那太好了

That would be great, Arthur.
短语 · B1nobody calls someone something

没人这么叫我

Leigh. Nobody calls me Arthur.
短语 · A2come home

回到家

Also, that day when I came home, my neighbor saw me.
短语 · B1a week or so

大约一周

He died a week or so afterwards.
短语 · B2think to do something

想到要打个电话

Heart attack. So I didn't think to call to follow up.
短语 · C1call the police on someone

向警方举报我

Maybe Bill saw them and called the other officer on me.
短语 · B2check in on something

跟进核实

Well, we'll be checking in on that.
短语 · B1around that time

那段时间前后

Well, I guess I was there around that time.
短语 · B2write with both hands

两只手都能写字

You can't write with both hands?
短语 · B2try to make someone do something

想逼我这么做

My teachers tried to make me when I was a kid, but I couldn't.
语法 · B2tried to make me when I was a kid

make 加宾语省略 to:make 后面接人再接动词原形,中间不能加 to。这里说老师当年想逼他换手写字却没成功,用 make 把强迫的意味写得很直接。

My teachers tried to make me when I was a kid, but I couldn't.
短语 · B2a horrible thing to say

这话说得太恶毒了

That is horrible. That is... That's a horrible thing to say.
短语 · B2angry about being fired

因被解雇而生气

So, you weren't angry about being fired from Valley Springs for touching your students?
语法 · C1angry about being fired from Valley Springs

动名词的被动式:being fired 是动名词的被动形式,表示「被解雇」这件事本身。介词 about 后面接它,把对方被开除的旧事端上台面,逼他正面回应。

So, you weren't angry about being fired from Valley Springs for touching your students?
短语 · B1wouldn't tell someone

肯定不会告诉你

And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you.
语法 · C1if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you

虚拟条件句:if 引出的假设配 wouldn't,说的是「就算真是我,我也不会说」。这种假设与事实相反,语气冷而挑衅,把否认和挑衅揉进同一句。

And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you.
短语 · B1a gift from someone

我妈送的圣诞礼物

It was a Christmas gift from my mother two years ago.
短语 · A2very sweet

真贴心

That's very sweet.
短语 · B2couldn't be positive

没法确定

But I couldn't be positive.
语法 · B2this man who waits for people to get shipwrecked on this island

定语从句:who 引出的定语从句接在 man 后面,说明这个人在岛上等什么。它先立住人物再补出行为,把小说情节一句讲清,是转述故事时最省力的结构。

It's about this man who waits for people to get shipwrecked on this island.
短语 · B2be tired of doing something

厌倦了打猎

Because he was tired of hunting animals, he hunted the people for the challenge.
短语 · B1the most dangerous ...

最危险的动物

And man is the most dangerous animal of all?
短语 · B2the whole point of something

整件事/整个故事的核心

Allen 谈起《最危险的游戏》,说人是最危险的猎物,并说这就是整篇故事的核心,用这句话给自己的兴趣下定义。

That's the whole point of the story.
短语 · A2at least

至少

Or, at least, that's what I told Phil.
短语 · B1be willing to do something

愿意帮忙

-Thanks for your time. -I'm willing to help in any way possible.
发音willing to help

willing 后的 to 常弱化为 /tə/,舌尖一碰就走,紧贴 willing;重音给 help。

-Thanks for your time. -I'm willing to help in any way possible.
短语 · B1look forward to something

期待、盼望

Allen 临走前说他盼着有一天警察不再被叫做猪,用 look forward to 把挑衅包在一句客套里。

I look forward to the day
短语 · C1refer to someone as something

被称作猪(对警察的蔑称)

when police officers are no longer referred to as pigs.
俚语 · C1pigs

条子(对警察的蔑称)——pigs 是骂警察的贬义词,带强烈敌意,多出现在抗议或冲突现场。日常这样称呼警察非常冒犯,正式场合和面对执法人员时绝对不能用,可改用中性的说法。

when police officers are no longer referred to as pigs.
短语 · B1be in touch

保持联系

We'll be in touch.
发音be in touch

be in touch 连读时 be 末尾的音接上 in,听起来像 bee-in touch,三个词连成一串。

We'll be in touch.
短语 · C1warrant further investigation

值得进一步调查

警官把嫌疑人的可疑之处一条条摆出来,用 warrants further investigation 给这场问询慢慢收口。

So does anyone think this suspect warrants further investigation?
短语 · A2take a look at something

看一眼、过目

警方把十二宫信件的复印件递过去,请对方过目,take a look at 就是请人看一眼的日常说法。

We'd like you to take a look at them.
语法 · B2We'd like you to take a look at them

would like 加宾语加不定式:would like 后面先接人,再接 to 加动词,表示希望对方做某事。它比直接提出要求更客气,是提出请求时最稳妥的说法,适合警方请人配合。

We'd like you to take a look at them.
短语 · A2arrest someone

逮捕他

Are you going to arrest him?

看懂「审讯室里盘问嫌疑人」

这一章能学到

  • 开口先问 do you recall having any such conversation,他一律说不
  • 周末去盐点潜水,邻居比尔一周后心脏病死,刀上说是鸡血
  • 纠正别人:Leigh,没人叫我 Arthur
  • 否认双手都能写,老师逼过也学不会,自己是左撇子

发音重点

  • Do you — Do 常弱化为 /də/,you 也轻,两个词常连成 /dʒə/,问句里重音靠后的 recall。
  • right after — right after 连读时 right 末尾的 t 变成 flap,听起来像 righ-dafter,两个词粘在一起。
  • willing to help — willing 后的 to 常弱化为 /tə/,舌尖一碰就走,紧贴 willing;重音给 help。
  • be in touch — be in touch 连读时 be 末尾的音接上 in,听起来像 bee-in touch,三个词连成一串。
And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you.

就算真是我,我也肯定不会告诉你。 先撇清,再反手补一刀:就算是我也不会说——这句否认比任何辩解都更让人起疑。它把「我是清白的」和「你永远别想知道」拧在一起,是悬疑里最冷的自证方式。

That is horrible. That is... That's a horrible thing to say.

那太可怕了。那……这话说得太恶毒了。 用重复和停顿演出真实的震惊:先说可怕,卡住,再换一个更重的词。它不像背台词,更像人在气头上找不到话的样子,特别适合表达听到骇人言论时的反应。

That's the whole point of the story.

这就是整个故事的核心。 一句话把讨论收口,把散落的细节全归到一个主题上。它像结论又像提醒,适合在任何分析或争论里用来点出「别绕了,重点就在这」。

And man is the most dangerous animal of all?

而人,才是所有动物里最危险的? 用一句反问把小说的命题点破:最危险的猎物不是野兽,而是人。它把猎杀上升到人性的层面,既是解读,也是威胁,冷静而耐人寻味。

关于这一章的问题

the whole point 是什么意思?

指整件事、整个故事的核心。That's the whole point of the story 就是在说「这才是故事想说的事」,一句话点题。

「期待某天实现」英语怎么说?

look forward to,后面接名词或动名词。I look forward to the day when... 就是「我期待有一天……」,比 hope 更带期待感。

warrant further investigation 是什么意思?

意思是「值得进一步调查」。warrant 在这里是动词,相当于 deserve,常用于正式场合评价线索、案件或嫌疑人。

「就算我是,我也不会告诉你们」英语怎么说?

And if I was, I certainly wouldn't tell you. 用虚拟语气把话堵死,既没承认也没否认,还顺手嘲讽了对方。

这段盘问的突破口是什么?

警官从线人给的细节一条条核对:潜水、车里的刀、哪只手写字、里弗赛德的时间。被问的人解释得滴水不漏,却越说越可疑。

十二宫 · 共 30 章

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下一章 · 第 18 章greener pastures警方约谈凶嫌母亲
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线人供出可疑钓友正在看 · 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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