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搭车遇险跳车逃生:the more the merrier

夜里一个抱着婴儿的女人搭上陌生人的车,对方一开始客气地说 I can give you a lift(我可以载你一程),还来一句 The more the merrier(人越多越热闹)。可下一刻画风突变,他甩出一句 I'm gonna throw your baby out the window.(我要把你的孩子从窗户扔出去。),她只能抱着孩子跳车逃命。

发生了什么

夜里,一个抱着婴儿的女人在路边拦车,被好心人捎上。司机先客气地说 I can give you a lift(我可以载你一程),女人担心添麻烦,对方回一句 The more the merrier(人越多越热闹)。可气氛很快变了:他谈起 Do you always go around helping people in the night?(你总是夜里到处帮人吗?),然后冷冷补一句 When I'm done with them, they don't need much help.(等我帮完他们,他们也不需要什么帮助了。),紧接着威胁要 Before I kill you, I'm gonna throw your baby out the window.(在我杀你之前,把你的孩子从窗户扔出去。)。女人抱着孩子跳车逃生,事后向警方讲述,却说自己从车上跳下来、根本没带孩子。这段既有搭车寒暄,也有暗藏的杀意。

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the more the merrierdone with themcheer someone upgive someone a lift

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本章短语

the more the merrier

人越多越热闹the more people, the better

对方看到车里多了个婴儿有点犹豫,开车的人用这句话欢迎她们一起上车。

Bring your friends along; the more the merrier.把你朋友也带上,人越多越热闹。

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  • done with them

    把某人了结掉

  • cheer someone up

    让某人心情好起来

  • give someone a lift

    开车捎某人一程

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51 句台词里标了 31 处

短语 · A2have a good night

晚安

No problem. Have a good night.
短语 · A1are you okay

你没事吧

Are you okay?
短语 · B1worse than someone thought

比想象中更糟

Must have been worse than I thought.
语法 · B2Must have been worse than I thought

must have done 表推测:must have been 表示对已经发生的事做出很有把握的推测。这里他看到对方的伤,判断情况比自己原先想的严重,语气笃定,也顺势把关心说出口。

Must have been worse than I thought.
短语 · B1give someone a lift

开车捎某人一程

陌生人主动提出送她一程,一句 I can give you a lift 听上去体贴,接下来却成了这桩噩梦的开端。

I can give you a lift to a service station.
语法 · B1can give you a lift to a service station

can 表主动提供:can 在这里不是能力,而是主动提出帮忙,相当于「我可以……」。这句话把善意说得轻描淡写,不追问缘由,也不要求回报,是路边搭救陌生人时很自然的口气。

I can give you a lift to a service station.
发音give you a lift

give 后面的 you 弱读,a 几乎被吞掉,重音落在 lift 上,整句听起来轻快又随意。

I can give you a lift to a service station.
短语 · B2the more the merrier

人越多越热闹

对方看到车里多了个婴儿有点犹豫,开车的人用这句话欢迎她们一起上车。

The more the merrier.
发音The more the merrier

more 的 /r/ 常和后面的 the 连成 /rðə/,两个 the 都轻,重音分别落在 more 和 mer-。

The more the merrier.
短语 · A2a bad habit

坏习惯

You shouldn't smoke. It's a bad habit.
短语 · B2go around doing something

到处帮别人的忙

Do you always go around helping people in the night?
短语 · B2be done with someone

把某人了结掉

面对陌生人的搭话,开车的人说等自己把人处理完,对方就不怎么需要帮忙了。

When I'm done with them, they don't need much help.
语法 · B1gonna throw your baby out the window

gonna 表即将:gonna 是口语里表示即将做某事的形式,语气比完整说法更随意,也更直接。这里把威胁说得像在叙述一个已经确定的事实,平静的语气反而让恐惧加倍。

I'm gonna throw your baby out the window.
短语 · B2flag someone down

挥手把我拦下

She was on the side of the road. She flagged me down.
发音flagged me down

flagged 末尾的音轻轻带过,me 弱读,down 收得短促,三词几乎连成一串,动作感很强。

She was on the side of the road. She flagged me down.
短语 · B1jump from something

从车上跳下来

-What happened to her? -She said she jumped from a car.
短语 · B2in case someone does something

以防他回来

-You hid it? -In case he came back.
语法 · B2have you cracked the last cipher I sent you

现在完成时问结果:现在完成时把过去的动作和现在的结果连起来,问的是「到现在为止破了没有」。这里凶手用它将对方一军,语气带着挑衅,也在试探自己那封信有没有被重视。

"By the way, have you cracked the last cipher I sent you?
短语 · B2money on someone's head

悬赏捉拿某人

"I'm mildly curious as to how much money you have on my head now.
短语 · B2wipe someone out

干掉了、消灭

"I hope you do not think I was the one who wiped out that blue meanie
俚语 · C1blue meanie

对警察的蔑称(蓝衣坏蛋)——blue meanie 是凶手信里的贬称,blue 指警服,meanie 是骂人「坏蛋」的儿语。这是挑衅式的侮辱叫法,只能在骂人语境或影视台词里理解,绝不能当面或正式场合使用。

"I hope you do not think I was the one who wiped out that blue meanie
短语 · B1cheer someone up

让某人心情好起来

凶手在信里说,要是看到很多人戴着他做的徽章,他会觉得心情好一些。

"It would cheer me up considerably "if I saw a lot of people wearing my button.
短语 · B2coupled with something

与……结合起来

"The map coupled with this code will tell you where the bomb is set.
短语 · B2dig something up

把它挖出来

"You have until next fall to dig it up."
语法 · B2have until next fall to dig it up

until 表期限:have until 加一个期限,再接 to 加动词,表示必须在某个时间点之前完成某事。这里给对方下了最后通牒,句式平平,压迫感却全落在那个期限上。

"You have until next fall to dig it up."
发音dig it up

dig 末尾的音接上 it,it 又轻带过,up 收音,听起来像 di-gi-tup,三个词连成一串。

"You have until next fall to dig it up."
短语 · B1start with someone

从……开始

"So, I now have a little list, starting with the woman and her baby "that I gave a rather interesting ride
短语 · B2hold back

压住不发、暂缓

The new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back and see how he reacts.
语法 · B1want us to hold back and see how he reacts

want 后接宾语和不定式:want 后面先接人,再接 to 加动词,表示希望某人做某事;中间用 and 把两个动作并起来。这里说的是警方的新策略:先压住不发,看凶手怎么反应。

The new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back and see how he reacts.
俚语 · B2brothers in blue

警察同行(蓝衣兄弟)——brothers in blue 是警方内部对同僚的亲切称呼,blue 指警服。语气带认同和抱团,记者转述或警察之间常用;普通人对警察这么说会显得刻意。

The new policy. Our brothers in blue want us to hold back and see how he reacts.
短语 · B1the first mention of something

第一次提到

Four letters in three months, and this is the first mention of Kathleen Johns. That's very weird.

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这一章能学到

  • 听懂 we're fine 可能在封口
  • 会用 give someone a lift
  • 见到 merrier 先分欢迎和反话
  • 能拆 blue meanie 双关

发音重点

  • give you a lift — give 后面的 you 弱读,a 几乎被吞掉,重音落在 lift 上,整句听起来轻快又随意。
  • The more the merrier — more 的 /r/ 常和后面的 the 连成 /rðə/,两个 the 都轻,重音分别落在 more 和 mer-。
  • flagged me down — flagged 末尾的音轻轻带过,me 弱读,down 收得短促,三词几乎连成一串,动作感很强。
  • dig it up — dig 末尾的音接上 it,it 又轻带过,up 收音,听起来像 di-gi-tup,三个词连成一串。
When I'm done with them, they don't need much help.

等我把他们处理完,他们就不怎么需要帮忙了。 一句轻描淡写的双关:嘴上说「帮忙」,意思却是「了结」。越是平常的口气,越让听的人后背发凉,是整场善恶反转的关键台词。

Do you always go around helping people in the night?

你总是这样夜里到处帮人吗? 一句好奇的追问,把「善意」和「反常」摆在一起审视。它既能是感谢,也能是起疑,取决于听的人怎么理解,这种暧昧正是它的力量。

"You have until next fall to dig it up."

你得在明年秋天之前把它挖出来。 一句平平的最后通牒,把期限当成筹码甩给所有人。它没有威胁的形容词,却让整座城市都动了起来,冷得很有分量。

"I'm mildly curious as to how much money you have on my head now.

我有点好奇,现在你们给我的人头标了多少钱。 用「有点好奇」这种礼貌到荒唐的说法谈论悬赏自己的金额,把杀手的傲慢和戏谑全写进去了。mildly curious 与 on my head 一轻一重,反差极强。

关于这一章的问题

the more the merrier 是什么意思?

意思是人越多越热闹、来者不拒。戏里司机对担心添麻烦的女人这么说,就是让她尽管上车,语气热情。

give someone a lift 是什么意思?

指开车捎某人一程。I can give you a lift to a service station 就是我可以用车送你去加油站。

「把某人了结掉」英语怎么说?

可以说 be done with someone。When I'm done with them 表面平常,放在凶手嘴里却是「等我收拾完他们」,杀意藏在轻描淡写里。

「让某人心情好起来」英语怎么说?

说 cheer someone up。信里写 It would cheer me up considerably,是他看到有人戴他的徽章就会开心不少。

女人为什么说自己没带孩子?

她被袭击后把婴儿藏了起来,防的是凶手回来找孩子,所以对警方只说跳车、不提孩子,这也让报案更蹊跷。

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下一章 · 第 13 章come out of the woodwork翻旧报戳穿凶手抄新闻
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?破解杀手密信正在看 · 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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