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The cops in this town have been jerking my family around for more than a year.
镇上的警察糊弄了我们全家人整整一年多
No more of that.
不能再这样下去了
I'm here to get some action.
我来这儿就是要付诸行动
And this memorial is gonna help me get it.
这次追悼会能帮我找到一些线索
Oh, and I'm adding one speaker to the program.
还有 我要加一位致辞者
Jenna Marshall?
詹娜·马歇尔
You want Jenna to speak at the dedication?
你想让詹娜在追悼会上致辞
That's right.
是的
Why?
为什么
She asked me if she could.
她主动提出来的
Jenna asked to speak?
詹娜主动提出致辞
Is there a problem?
有什么问题吗
I-it just didn't occur to us that Alison and Jenna were that close.
我们只是没觉得詹娜和艾莉森关系有那么近
Yeah, I didn't know either.
我也没想到
Jenna called and...said my sister was a lot of help to her after her accident.
詹娜打电话来说 在她发生事故之后 我妹妹给了她很多帮助
Well, concentrate on what you're gonna say.
好了 专心准备你们的致辞吧
Leave the rest of it to me.
其他的就留给我好了
Now, I'm going to have a talk with detective Wilden.
现在 我要去和威尔登侦探聊一下
And find out why they haven't located Toby yet.
问问他们为什么还没找到托比
Did we just get fired?
我们被炒了
Shh! Keep it down!
嘘 轻点
Why is he talking to Jenna?
他为什么会和詹娜讲话
I don't know.
不知道
重点解释
原文:I'm here to get some action.我来这儿就是要付诸行动。
【take measures, take steps, take action的区别及用法】
take measures:采取手段,采取措施,设法,着手
take measures to do sth:采取措施做某事
We should take measures to preserve the environment from pollution.
我们应该采取措施保护环境免受污染。
take steps :采取步骤,采取行动(或措施)
take steps to do sth:采取行动干某事
The government should take steps to preserve the natural resource.
政府应该采取一定的措施去保护自然资源。
take action:1. 采取行动(或措施) 2. 提出诉讼,对…起诉,控告 3. 开始起作用
I knew I needed to take action.
我知道我要采取一些行动了。
There is no better/sounder time to take steps/measures/action than right now, for no chance will be greater than the one we are offered.
要采取行动,没有比现在更好/更适宜的时机,因为我们现在拥有的机会是我们能得到的最好机会。
【注意】
这三个词组没有明显差别,意思都差不多的,一般都可以替代使用的。
原文:Leave the rest of it to me.其他的就留给我好了。
【the rest,the other, the others的区别】
the rest:用于一类不可数事物中,剩余的其他的(只能修饰不可数名词)
The rest of egypt is desert.
埃及其余的地方全是沙漠。
And the rest of time?
那么其余的时间呢?
the other:指其中的“另一个”, 如:Give me the other one; not this one. 给我那一个, 不是这一个。
the others:其他东西,其余的人,特指某一范围内的“其他的(人或物)”,是the other的复数形式,修饰可数
Two boys will go to the zoo, and the others will stay at home.
两个男孩将去动物园,其余的留在家里。
the others=the other +复数名词
原文:The cops in this town have been jerking my family around for more than a year.镇上的警察糊弄了我们全家人整整一年多。
【cop和police的区别】
cop:口语化一点,police:书面化一点
可在美国人们说警察普遍用cop这个词。对英文有些研究的人会说,cop是police的俚语,不是警察的正式用语。但现在连美国总统、美国国会说警察也常常用cop这个词.