【朦胧英语沙龙】电影中的经典英文台词及其它

~月朦胧~

Throughout the series he explains his plans by directly speaking into the camera ― a technique that has been used in many TV series, often to bad effect. But Spacey’s natural and skillful acting makes it work.
整部剧中，凯文•史派西总是直面镜头径直说出自己的计划——尽管许多电视剧里都采用这一手法，但效果往往并不理想，可是凯文•史派西自然和纯熟的演技却让这一手法颇为奏效。

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One of the more common comments about the show is that “it makes TV network executives nervous”. If a TV series that didn’t even air on TV can do that, I can’t think of a reason why you shouldn’t give House of Cards a try.
关于本剧，人们听到最多的评论是：“它让各大电视台的高管们捏了把汗”。如果一部甚至没有在电视上播出过的剧集能够如此受欢迎，实在没理由拒绝《纸牌屋》的魅力。

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美剧《丑闻》 解读危机公关




美剧《丑闻》为我们打开了政治剧的新视角。
主角从老谋深算的政客，变成了手段通天的危机公关经理，以另一种方式审视人们追名逐利的心理。

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Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) has quit her position as press aide in the White House to set up her own crisis management firm. She handles scandals for clients, most of whom are public figures or belong to the political elite.
白宫前媒体关系顾问奥利维亚•蒲柏（凯利•华盛顿饰演）辞职后开创了自己的危机公关公司，专门为客户处理种种丑闻，而这些客户大都是公众人物或政治精英。

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TV series Scandal sounds like, and to some extent is, another cliched political drama about the bloody power struggles that go on behind the walls of the US Capitol and White House.
美剧《丑闻》听上去像是又一部讲述美国国会及白宫背后血雨腥风的老套政治剧，而从某种程度上来讲，也的确如此。

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But when a newly hired amateur lawyer who works for the legendary Pope says “I want to be a gladiator in a suit”, it gives the show another dimension – subordination.
但当传奇人物蒲柏新聘用的一名业余律师说出“我想做西装革履的角斗士”这句话时，整部剧被赋予了另一种视角——附属关系。

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Gladiators, although treated like celebrities in Roman times, could not change their subordination to their master. In an era in which materialism prevails, aren’t we also subordinate to our desires, just like slaves? The real question, “what and who are we fighting for”, is often overlooked by political thrillers that put too much focus on complicated schemes and conspiracies.
古罗马时期的角斗士，尽管享受名人般的待遇，却不能改变自己附属于主人这一层关系。在物欲横流的年代，难道我们不都是欲望的奴隶吗？真正的问题在于：“我们为何而战，为谁而战？”而这一问题往往被那些政治惊悚片所忽略，转而浓墨重彩地描述那些复杂的计划与阴谋。

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Most of Pope’s clients, unsurprisingly, are subordinate to power, money and fame – but not themselves. They lie to get what they want. In order to cover up a scandal they’re willing to do even more scandalous things.
不出所料，蒲柏的大部分客户都是权力、金钱和名望的附庸——却不是为自己而活。他们为了得到想要的东西而谎话连篇。不惜用更可耻的行径来掩盖丑闻。

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Pope is the person these people turn to when they prepare to put morals and justice aside in order to cling on to what they think is important. And Pope always gets them through the tough times, even if sometimes involves hurting innocent people. Once the job is done she says stylishly into her phone “It’s handled”.
当这些人准备置道德正义于不顾、紧紧抓住他们认为最重要的东西时，就会来找蒲柏求助。而蒲柏总能帮助他们度过难关，即使有时甚至会伤害到一些无辜的人。一旦任务完成，她就会很有范儿地对着电话说出那句经典台词：“处理完毕”。

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But it seems that Pope herself is not subordinate to money, power or fame. She decides whether to take a case or not by looking into her clients’ eyes. This seemingly irrational act serves to indicate her subordination to emotion.
但蒲柏本人似乎并非金钱、权力或者名望的附属品。她会直视客户的眼睛来决定要不要接一个案子。这一看似荒谬的行为正揭示出她听从于自己的情感。

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It’s never explained why she quit her dream job at the White House. But through the storyline it becomes clear that Pope’s feelings for the president, with whom she had an affair, often clouded her judgment. Ironically this turns our protagonist, who helps others fight off scandals through her judgment, into the subject of a scandal herself.
剧中从未解释她放弃白宫那份理想工作的原因。但随着情节发展，观众渐渐明了，她与总统之间的私情常常会干扰她的判断。颇具讽刺意味的是，这位靠个人判断来帮助他人摆脱丑闻的主角自己却身陷丑闻。

~月朦胧~

But when Pope is to represent a client who also had an affair with the president, her struggle between reason and emotion eventually reveals the paradox in her own scandal and those of many others.
但当蒲柏接受另一位身为“总统情人”的客户时，她在理性和情感之间的挣扎，最终反映出她自己与众人身陷丑闻时的矛盾状态。

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英国“神剧”《黑镜子》：科技变陷阱？



英国“神剧”《黑镜子》为我们构建了一个看似荒谬无稽的世界，而仔细想想，
在现实中这些并非不可能。科技在为我们带来便捷的同时，也埋下了一些隐患。

~月朦胧~

The manner in which TV series in the UK are aired can be highly frustrating at times. Sometimes you only get three episodes of a show and then nothing else for a couple of years.
英剧的播出方式偶尔会令人心情跌到谷底，有时只只播出前，之后便沉寂数年。

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While waiting for more episodes is frustrating, it does allow a lot of interesting ideas to make it onto TV screens, thus always offering audiences something exciting to watch.
虽然追剧是件令人抓狂的事，但这样一来，也为荧幕上的一些奇思妙想提供了沃土，从而不断为观众带来惊喜。

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One such exciting idea is the mini-series Black Mirror. Aired on Channel 4 in the UK, it’s a series of three unrelated one-hour short movies that all offer a twisted commentary on technology.
迷你剧《黑镜子》便是这样一部令人欣喜的作品。这部在英国第四频道播出的剧集由三个时长一小时的独立短片构成，全部反映出对于科技的一种几近扭曲的注释。

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For those not familiar with the series, let’s take a look at some of the intriguing yet strange topics of the previous episodes so that you can get an idea.
有人可能还不熟悉该剧，我们来“科普”一下前几集里妙趣横生，而又匪夷所思的主题。

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In one story, an unknown person kidnaps a British princess and posts a ransom video on YouTube. The video says that the princess will be set free if the British prime minister performs an indecent act with a pig on live TV.
其中一集中，匿名人士绑架了英国公主，接着在视频网站YouTube上发布勒索视频。视频中，绑匪要求英国首相公开在电视上与一只猪进行一段不雅表演以换取公主的平安归来。

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Another story is set in a future where people must pedal bikes in order to generate power for the world and earn money that they can spend only on food, skipping TV ads, other entertainment and to change their online avatar.
另一个故事架构于未来世界，在那里人们必须通过骑车发电来维持世界的运转，同时为自己赚取消费点数。这些“货币”只能用来够买食物、跳过电视广告、参加其他一些文娱活动以及更换自己的虚拟形象。

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In the third and final episode of season two, which aired on Feb 27, a computer-generated character from a TV show is jokingly put forward to become a member of Parliament.
作为本季的收官之作，《黑镜子》第二季的第三集于2月27日播出。在这集中，一档电视节目中的虚拟人物仿佛开玩笑般地提出要竞选国会议员。

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One of the joys of watching Black Mirror is that as an anthology series it changes its setting, characters and theme in each episode, always leaving viewers unsure about what to expect in the next installment.
观看《黑镜子》的乐趣之一就在于：像这样一部多段式剧集故事集，每集都会有着不同的故事背景、人物以及主题，观众永远不知道下一集会是什么内容。

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But the series presents a world in which anything is possible thanks to technology — a hard, cold fact that is less joyous to digest.
而该剧却为人们呈现出一个“科技无所不能”的世界，这个严酷而不争的事实一时令人难以接受。

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The stories, often through extreme situations, explore the human anxieties that surround technology: when we enjoy science but ignore morality, will we suffer a disaster?
这些故事往往通过极端的状况来探寻被科技包围的人们内心的焦虑：当我们享受科技而忽视道德时，我们是否在自掘坟墓？

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Charlie Brooker, creator of the series, described Black Mirror as being about “the way we live now — and the way we might be living in 10 minutes’ time if we’re clumsy”.
该剧的编剧查理•布鲁克称《黑镜子》展现的就是“我们现在的生活方式——或者如果我们还是这样继续冥顽不灵的话，这将是我们十分钟后的生活方式。”

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I’ve always enjoyed TV series and movies that make people think. Black Mirror is undoubtedly a thought-provoking experiment and a refreshing change from other programs on the schedule.
我一直很对这种发人深省的影视剧情有独钟。《黑镜子》无疑是一次引人深思的尝试，不同于同档的其他一些节目，令观众耳目一新。

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揭开《美国骗局》中的真实故事

"You set a crook to catch a crook. We put the big honey pot out there and all the flies came to us." ——Mel Weinberg, 60 Minutes, April 12, 1981
“你设陷阱要套出坏蛋。我们把装满蜂蜜的大罐子放在外头，然后一群苍蝇就朝我们飞过来了。”——梅尔·温伯格，《60分钟》，1981年4月12日

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1. How long had Mel Weinberg been living a life of crime prior to his capture?
1. 梅尔·温伯格被逮捕之前有多长的犯罪生涯？

As indicated in the American Hustle movie, prior to his capture by the FBI, Mel had been living a life of delinquency ever since he was a boy growing up in the Bronx. It was then that he stole gold stars from his teacher's desk in order to show his mother what an excellent student he was. When his father's window-glass business was on the rocks, a helpful Mel drove around town in a Cadillac, shooting out windows with his slingshot. His father's business surged. His delinquency as a juvenile eventually evolved into large scale swindles as an adult. -Washington Post
正如电影《美国骗局》里描述的那样，被FBI逮捕之前，梅尔在布朗克斯长大，从小就开始了违法犯罪的生活。那时候他偷了老师桌上的金制的星星，只为让妈妈知道他是一个好学生。当他爸爸的窗玻璃生意不景气时，一心想帮助爸爸的梅尔开了一辆凯迪拉克在镇上转悠，用弹弓打破了别人家的窗户。于是爸爸的生意红火起来。梅尔青少年时期的不良行为最终升级到成年时期的诈骗犯罪。——《华盛顿邮报》

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2. Why did confessed con man Mel Weinberg agree to help the FBI?
2. 为什么承认犯罪事实的诈骗犯梅尔·温伯格同意帮助FBI?

The real Irving Rosenfeld, Mel Weinberg, had been running get-rich-quick schemes that mainly included insurance fraud and various other investment scams. His swindling days ended when the FBI nabbed him for operating a bogus international banking and investment firm, London Investors, out of a furnished leased office in Melville, Long Island.
欧文·罗森菲尔德的原型，梅尔·温伯格，当时正在捣鼓保险诈骗和其他的投资骗局为主的、所谓“一夜致富”的犯罪计划。他在长岛的梅尔维尔租了一间办公室，挂名“伦敦投资公司”，其实就是一个空壳的国际银行和投资公司，后来FBI查出他的犯罪行径，温伯格的诈骗生涯也就告一段落。

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Weinberg's luck ran out in 1977 when a real estate man from Pittsburgh reported him to the FBI. Arrested along with his mistress Evelyn Knight and conspirator Patrick Francis, he was indicted by a federal grand jury for mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. Unlike what is seen in the movie, the real FBI agent behind Bradley Cooper's character Richie DiMaso, whose actual name is Anthony Amoroso, was not on hand for Mel and Evelyn's arrest. Agent Amoroso didn't meet con man Mel Weinberg until after Weinberg agreed to a deal to help the FBI. -NJ.com
1977年温伯格的好运终于走到尽头。匹兹堡的一名房地产商人向FBI举报了他。他和情妇伊芙琳·奈特、共犯帕特里克·弗朗西斯同时被逮捕，温伯格被联邦高级陪审团以邮件诈骗、汇款诈骗和阴谋骗局的罪名起诉。与电影有所不同的是，布莱德利·库珀扮演的里奇·迪玛索的原型——FBI特工安东尼·阿莫罗索，他并没有接手梅尔和伊芙琳的逮捕行动。直到温伯格同意帮助FBI时，阿莫罗索特工才第一次见到温伯格。——NJ.com

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Knowing that prison was Weinberg's only option, FBI agent John Good, who was in charge of the Abscam operation, made a deal with Weinberg in hopes that he could lead the FBI to more white collar prey. Like what is shown in the movie, Weinberg agreed to work on four cases in order to keep himself and his mistress out of jail. Once those cases were completed, Weinberg agreed to continue to work for the FBI, leading them to uncover the political corruption that the Abscam operation became known for. -60 Minutes
负责阿伯斯坎行动（Abscam）的FBI特工约翰·古德明白，锒铛入狱是温伯格唯一的选择，于是他与温伯格做了一场交易，希望温伯格能够帮助FBI查出更多的“猎物”。与电影中所呈现的一样，温伯格同意参与四件案子，使自己和情妇免受牢狱之灾。一旦完成这些案子，温伯格同意继续为FBI效劳，在他的协助下就有了以揭露政治腐败而著名的阿伯斯坎行动。——《60分钟》