越狱第一季:第七十五期

这一段是副总统Caroline的幕后支持者之间的谈话，对于Caroline的表现，他们并不十分满意，想寻机干掉她，又惟恐她把每个人都拖下水。

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[00:43.55]Caroline
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[00:59.81]The scope of this, which we're all aware of, can cloud judgment¹.
[01:03.70]I suggest we look at this in very simple terms.
[01:06.59]We have an employee, she's not working out.
[01:09.59]We fire her.
[01:10.91]It needs to be that simple.
[01:12.27]She's the vice² president of the United States.
[01:14.46]And that's all she'll ever be.
[01:15.52]She's plummeting³ in the polls.
[01:18.14]If we keep her as our candidate,
[01:19.45]we're handing the presidency⁴ to her opponent,
[01:22.65]and then everything we hope to gain with caroline in office--it's all gone.
[01:26.74]Fine. If we ask her to drop out,
[01:29.10]how do we know she'll keep her mouth shut on everything she knows?
[01:33.96]Samantha?
[01:39.20]Yes, sir.
[01:40.01]I need a very frank assessment⁵ from you right now.
[01:42.53]Based on your contact with her, will the vice president go quietly?
[01:48.13]No. Absolutely not.
[01:50.57]Becoming president is the most important thing to her.
[01:53.28]If we take that away, she has absolutely nothing to lose.
[01:56.75]And I guarantee you,
[01:57.77]she will do everything she can to take everyone she can down with her.
[02:03.97]We need to make a move on her.
[02:06.01]Now.
[02:10.13]讲解
[02:13.60]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[02:18.64]The scope of this, which we're all aware of, can cloud judgment.
[02:29.44]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[02:38.66]I suggest we look at this in very simple terms.
[02:42.23]We have an employee, she's not working out.
[02:45.24]We fire her.
[02:46.78]It needs to be that simple.
[02:59.04]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:04.90]She's the vice president of the United States.
[03:09.18]And that's all she'll ever be.
[03:11.78]She's plummeting in the polls.
[03:22.56]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:27.60]If we keep her as our candidate,
[03:29.85]we're handing the presidency to her opponent,
[03:39.98]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[03:44.89]and then everything we hope to gain with Caroline in office--it's all gone.
[03:56.81]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[04:04.76]Fine. If we ask her to drop out,
[04:07.51]how do we know she'll keep her mouth shut on everything she knows?
[04:18.73]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[04:25.14]Samantha?
[04:26.42]Yes, sir.
[04:30.66]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[04:33.43]I need a very frank assessment from you right now.
[04:41.64]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[04:46.42]Based on your contact with her, will the vice president go quietly?
[04:56.64]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[05:03.80]No. Absolutely not.
[05:05.83]Becoming president is the most important thing to her.
[05:16.38]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[05:25.56]If we take that away, she has absolutely nothing to lose.
[05:30.00]And I guarantee you,
[05:31.30]she will do everything she can to take everyone she can down with her.
[05:44.39]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[05:47.23]We need to make a move on her.
[05:52.56]原声播放--请用心收听、理解
[05:55.30]Now.
[06:13.16]语言点
[06:15.09]scope  机会，余地
[06:18.65]no scope for doubt
[06:23.55]scope for improvement
[06:28.12]cloud  云 / 使不清楚；使混乱
[06:37.27]cloud the issues
[06:41.67]judgment  判断力
[06:45.95]suggest
[06:47.36]that
[06:49.11]提议；提出；建议
[06:52.35]I suggested that it would be quicker to travel by train.
[07:01.22]terms  词语、选用的词
[07:05.92]spoke in rather vague terms
[07:11.44]praised him in glowing terms
[07:17.00]work out  成功的、有效的或令人满意的
[07:23.50]The new strategy may not work out.
[07:32.09]plummet  骤降，爆跌，突然大幅度地降低
[07:38.31]Stock prices plummeted⁶.
[07:43.55]in the polls
[07:47.21]poll  民意调查
[07:51.00]opponent  对手，敌手；反对者
[07:55.81]We beat our opponents at football.
[08:02.88]drop out  不参与, 离去, 放弃
[08:16.36]keep her mouth shut
[08:20.45]shut  关上、闭合
[08:23.99]keep mouth shut
[08:30.92]frank  坦白的；直率的；真诚的
[08:35.08]to be frank
[08:38.21]Will you be quite frank with me about this matter?
[08:46.33]frank
[08:47.95]frankly  真诚地；坦白地
[08:51.60]frankly speaking
[08:55.74]assessment  评估，评价，意见
[09:00.11]based on  基于... 以...为基础
[09:05.40]Based on a true story,
[09:07.35]the movie depicts⁷ how a mother cares her children in the civil war.
[09:20.98]contact with
[09:22.18]contact  接触, 联系
[09:27.04]contact with
[09:30.72]Contact with many people.
[09:34.88]contact with new ideas
[09:40.52]guarantee
[09:47.48]guarantee a product
[09:51.64]guarantees a good crop
[10:27.24]谢谢收听

1 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 plummeting   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
• The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句

4 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

5 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

6 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 depicts   

描绘，描画( depict的第三人称单数 )； 描述

参考例句：

• The book vividly depicts French society of the 1930s. 这本书生动地描绘了20 世纪30 年代的法国社会。
• He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively. 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。