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杀手来信扬言扫射校车:did in

报社收到十二宫杀手的来信,他认下出租车司机那桩命案,还扬言要扫射校车上的孩子。有人急着问 Is this on the record?(这话能公开记录吗),警方则请大家 go about your business(照常过日子),别制造全城恐慌。想确认能不能对外说、想安抚人群别慌,这两句最实用。

发生了什么

十二宫杀手寄来一封信,认下出租车司机那桩命案,说 the same man who did in the people in the North Bay(北湾区那些人也是他干掉的),还附上带血的衬衫布片当证据。信里更放话要扫射校车上的孩子,记者立刻追问 Is this on the record?(这话能公开记录吗),警方只肯做血样和布料比对、采集排除性指纹,并要求员工对此保密。报道口径一下子 go from「普通出租车枪杀案」to「连环杀手盯上孩子」;对外则请大家 go about your business(照常过日子),别引发全城恐慌。想描述某人被干掉、确认信息能不能对外引用、说事情从一种状态急转成另一种,这几句都能直接用。

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  • 听 looming 被拆成字母 L
  • 注意校车威胁怎么被改写成标题

留意这几个短语

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本章短语

did in

把某人干掉、杀死to kill someone

凶手在信里自报身份,说北湾那些人也是他下的手,用一句轻描淡写把连环命案归到自己头上。

The gang did him in before he could talk to the police.那伙人在他来得及跟警察开口之前就把他干掉了。

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  • on the record

    可以公开记录、能对外引用

  • go about your business

    照常过日子、该干什么干什么

  • go from ... to ...

    从某种状态一路滑到另一种状态

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69 句台词里标了 44 处

短语 · B2this is someone speaking

我是十二宫,正在说话

"This is the Zodiac speaking.
短语 · B1the murderer of someone

杀害某人的凶手

"I am the murderer ofthe taxi driver "over by Washington Street and Maple Street last night.
短语 · C1a blood-stained piece of something

一块带血的东西

"To prove this, here is a blood-stained piece of his shirt.
短语 · B1the same person who ...

就是那个……的人

"I am the same man who did in the people in the North BayArea.
短语 · C1do someone in

把那些人杀了

"I am the same man who did in the people in the North BayArea.
短语 · B2could have done something

本来能抓住我

"The S.F. Police could have caught me last night
语法 · B2could have caught me

could have 加过去分词:用这个结构回看一件本来可能发生、却没有发生的事。这里写信人嘲弄警方:昨晚本来抓得到我。它把「你们错过了」说得像在记账,挑衅意味十足。

"The S.F. Police could have caught me last night
短语 · B1instead of doing something

而不是去搞……

"if they had searched the park properly "instead of holding road races with their motorcicles."
语法 · B2if they had searched the park properly

if 引导的过去完成条件句:在假设句里用过去完成,表示对过去某件事的反事实推想:要是当时搜得仔细就好了。它与上一句的推测语气配成一套,构成完整的「本来可以」句式。

"if they had searched the park properly "instead of holding road races with their motorcicles."
短语 · B1right there, boss

就在那儿,头儿

Right there, boss.
短语 · A2get in the front seat

坐进了前座

So he got in the front seat to tear off a piece of the shirt.
短语 · B1tear off a piece of something

撕下一块

So he got in the front seat to tear off a piece of the shirt.
短语 · B2be on the record

可以公开记录、能对外引用

警探问上司这句话能不能对外说,对方用一句反问把态度摆明:这种事你还用问吗。

-Is this on the record? -Well, what do you think?
短语 · B1it gets worse

还有更糟的

Gets worse.
短语 · B1what does someone mean ...

他这话是什么意思

What does he mean, it gets worse?
短语 · B2make nice targets

是很好的下手目标

"School children make nice targets.
短语 · C1wipe out something

把一辆校车整个干掉

"I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning.
发音wipe out a school bus

wipe out a school bus 连读时 wipe 末尾的音接上 out,out 又滑向 a,整串像 wai-pou-tə-school bus。

"I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning.
短语 · C1pick off someone

把小孩一个个撂倒

"Just shoot out the front tire "and then pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out."
发音pick off the kiddies

pick off the kiddies 连读时 pick 末尾的音直接接上 off,off 又和 the 粘在一起,听起来像 pi-koff-the。

"Just shoot out the front tire "and then pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out."
短语 · C1elimination prints

排除用的指纹样本

I'm gonna need elimination prints from your staff.
语法 · B2that didn't touch this letter

that 引导的定语从句:用 that 引出一个修饰 anyone 的小句,把范围收窄成「没碰过这封信的人」。警探要采集排除用的指纹,这句话一句就问清了谁的手没沾过信纸。

Is there anyone here that didn't touch this letter?
短语 · A2on one's way back

在回去的路上

On my way back to my desk. They have phones, if you want.
短语 · B2get a print off something

从出租车上取到一枚指纹

Dave, just one thing. Is it true they got a print off the cab?
短语 · B2not for publication

不能对外发表、不许见报

-But that is not for publication. -Hey, hey, come on.
短语 · A2it's me

是我

Hey, it's me.
短语 · B2wear something like someone

佩枪的样子像……

Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt.
俚语 · B1Dude

老兄、哥们——对男性的随意称呼,年轻人之间很常见,也可用来起句引起注意。对长辈或正式场合说会显得轻浮,应换成更得体的称呼。

Dude, he wears his gun like Bullitt.
短语 · C1on rubber crutches

(夸张的感叹)我的老天

Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches, Bobby.
俚语 · C1on rubber crutches

(夸张的感叹)我的老天爷——把宗教感叹词胡乱接上一串荒诞意象,用来表达震惊或无语。语气夸张、带戏谑,只适合熟人之间或影视对白,正式场合不合用。

Jesus Harold Christ on rubber crutches, Bobby.
语法 · B2the thing we discussed

省略关系词的从句:修饰名词的小句里省掉了关系词,直接把主语和动词接在后面,口语里很常见。这里把「我们讨论过的那件事」说得含糊又心照不宣,制造出一种只有两人懂的默契。

You're doing that thing, the thing we discussed, the thing that I don't like. Starts with an "L."
短语 · B2in cooperation with someone

与……合作

In cooperation with SFPD, we will run the Zodiac letter without including the threat on school children.
短语 · B2a city-wide panic

全城范围的恐慌

We don't want to start a city-wide panic so I'm asking all of you to please keep this confidential.
短语 · B2keep something confidential

对这件事保密

We don't want to start a city-wide panic so I'm asking all of you to please keep this confidential.
短语 · B2go about one's daily business

照常过日子、该干什么干什么

报社和警方决定不公开校车威胁,发言人对市民说照常生活,用一句安抚的话把恐慌压下去。

Just go about your daily business.
短语 · B2similarities in something

在小写字母上的相似之处

Similarities in the lowercase "r's."
语法 · B2It is you waiting

it 加 be 加动名词的强调结构:用 it 开头把要强调的人或事拎出来,后面接正在进行的动作,等于给对方的行为定了性。这里把「在外面等」变成一条明确的惩罚,语气不容反驳。

It is you waiting in the hall if you speak again.
短语 · B2count as something

也算作说话了

"Sorry" counts as speaking.
发音counts as speaking

counts as speaking 连读时 counts 末尾的音接上 as,as 又几乎吞掉,整串像 coun-tsə-speaking。

"Sorry" counts as speaking.
短语 · B2release something

公开校车威胁这件事

We have to release the bus threat.
短语 · B2screw someone

把我们坑惨了

-It'll screw us. -We're already screwed.
俚语 · B2screw us

把我们坑惨了、害了我们——口语里用 screw 表示坑害或搞砸,语气比中性的说法冲。熟人之间抱怨时常用,正式场合和对不熟的人说会显得粗鲁。

-It'll screw us. -We're already screwed.
短语 · B1go from something to something

从某种状态一路滑到另一种状态

报社把当天的头条从普通出租车枪击直接换成连环杀手盯上孩子,用 went from...to... 把舆论的骤变一层层摊开。

We just went from "Routine Cabbie Shooting" to "Mass Murderer Targets Kids."
短语 · B1come bouncing out

蹦蹦跳跳地跑出来

the Zodiac has threatened to, "Wipe out a school bus "and pick off the kiddies as they come bouncing out."

看懂「杀手来信扬言扫射校车」

这一章能学到

  • 听懂 on the record 是可引用
  • 会用 not for publication 封口
  • 见到 wipe out 知是整批消灭
  • 能把 looming 听成逼近

发音重点

  • wipe out a school bus — wipe out a school bus 连读时 wipe 末尾的音接上 out,out 又滑向 a,整串像 wai-pou-tə-school bus。
  • pick off the kiddies — pick off the kiddies 连读时 pick 末尾的音直接接上 off,off 又和 the 粘在一起,听起来像 pi-koff-the。
  • counts as speaking — counts as speaking 连读时 counts 末尾的音接上 as,as 又几乎吞掉,整串像 coun-tsə-speaking。
"This is the Zodiac speaking.

我是十二宫,正在说话。 没有寒暄,没有威胁,先给自己报上名号。这句话像广播开场一样平常,却宣告了一个连环杀手第一次主动站到公众面前,从此这个名字成了整座城市的噩梦。

"To prove this, here is a blood-stained piece of his shirt.

为了证明这一点,这里附上一块带血的衬衫碎片。 用一件死者的遗物当作身份凭证,冷静得像在提交作业附件。越是不动声色,越让人意识到这块布是从尸体上剪下来的,一句话把恐怖推到了具体可触的层面。

"School children make nice targets.

学童是很好的下手目标。 用「好目标」这样挑选猎物般的口吻谈论孩子,把最不该被碰的人变成一条冷冰冰的评估。正是这种把人当物件的说法,让整封信的威胁从纸面变成了行动预告。

"I think I shall wipe out a school bus some morning.

我想哪天早上把一辆校车整个干掉。 用「我想」和「某个早上」这种商量日程的口气宣布一场屠杀,轻描淡写到了极点。可怕的不是内容,而是它听起来像在安排一件普通的家务。

It is you waiting in the hall if you speak again.

你再开口,就给我到走廊里等着去。 把惩罚说得像一条不容商量的规定,还把「说话」这件事卡得死死的。它用最家常的管教口气制造笑点,也让人物一下子立体起来,适合任何立规矩的场合。

关于这一章的问题

on the record 是什么意思?

指可以公开记录、能对外引用。记者的 Is this on the record? 就是在问这话能不能见报。日常采访、开会时问一句,就能确认哪些内容可以写出去。

「照常过日子」英语怎么说?

go about your business,意思是该干什么干什么、别受影响。戏里警方对外请大家 go about your daily business,就是让市民别慌、照常生活。

did in 是什么说法?

口语里表示「干掉、杀死」,比 kill 更随便、更粗。台词里说自己就是 did in the people in the North Bay 的人,等于承认北湾区那些人也是他杀的。

为什么报社想隐去校车威胁?

因为一旦公开「杀手要扫射校车」,很可能引发全城恐慌。报社本想配合警方保密,但消息压不住,最终还是决定公开,并开通举报热线。

go from ... to ... 怎么用?

用来说事情从一种状态急转成另一种。报道口径一下子 go from「普通出租车枪杀案」to「连环杀手盯上孩子」,强调变化之大、来得之快。

「全城范围的恐慌」英语怎么说?

a city-wide panic。戏里说不想公开校车威胁,就是不想引发 a city-wide panic,指影响整个城市的恐慌。city-wide 表示「全城的」。

十二宫 · 共 30 章

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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正在看 · 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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