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场景 02 · 18 分钟史密斯先生到华盛顿 · Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The committee question 场景学习单
本场重点:面对质询时先直接回答,再披露利益关系与证据边界
01
理解
先读场景与人物目标,不逐词翻译。
02
遮挡复述
遮住中文,用英文复述关键意思。
03
迁移表达
把高价值表达改写到自己的情境。
语言观察
“Answer the question before you defend your intention.” 先回应问题,再解释动机。
Read and notice
原创双语场景
INT. COMMITTEE ROOM — AFTERNOON
内景 · 委员会会议室 · 下午
A witness statement is covered with arrows pointing away from one highlighted question.
一份证词上画满了偏离一个高亮问题的箭头。
WITNESS
I supported the project because the community needs it.
我支持这个项目,是因为社区需要它。
COUNSEL
Answer the question before you defend your intention.
先回答问题,再为你的动机辩护。
WITNESS
Yes, a donor to my campaign owns land beside the proposed site.
是的,我竞选活动的一位捐赠者在拟议地点旁拥有土地。
COUNSEL
Now identify the independent evidence and the decision you did not control.
现在说明独立证据,以及不由你控制的决策环节。
The group returns to the opening concern—“I supported the project because the community needs it.”—and compares it with the later response before closing the scene.
众人重新审视开场问题——“我支持这个项目,是因为社区需要它。”——并在结束场景前把它与后续回应进行比较。
WITNESS
Which part is a request, which part is permission, and what may be refused or withdrawn without losing an existing right?
哪一部分是请求,哪一部分是许可,又有哪些内容可以拒绝或撤回而不失去现有权利?
COUNSEL
Permission will name its scope, audience, duration, storage, withdrawal route, and the consequence of saying no.
许可会写明范围、受众、期限、保存方式、撤回渠道,以及拒绝会产生什么后果。
Two phrases remain visible on the shared note: “before you defend your intention” and “owns land beside the proposed site,” each linked to the exact line that gives it force in the discussion.
共用记录上保留两个表达:“before you defend your intention”(在为动机辩护之前)与“owns land beside the proposed site”(在拟议地点旁拥有土地),并分别连接到赋予其讨论力量的原句。
WITNESS
An independent person will check that silence was not treated as agreement and that no benefit depends on continued permission.
由独立人员检查沉默是否被误当成同意,以及任何福利是否以持续许可为条件。
The longer passage separates relationship, request, permission, refusal, and repair instead of compressing them into one yes.
加长段落把关系、请求、许可、拒绝和补救分别展开,不再压缩成一个笼统的“同意”。
A second pass through “The committee question” slows the exchange where “I supported the project because the community needs it.” still leaves motive, consequence, or responsibility unstated.
第二轮细读“The committee question”时,交流在“我支持这个项目,是因为社区需要它。”仍未说明动机、后果或责任的位置慢下来。
COUNSEL
What information would change the decision, who benefits from agreement, and can refusal remain safe, private, and free of retaliation?
什么信息会改变决定,谁会从同意中受益,而拒绝是否仍能保持安全、私密且不受报复?
WITNESS
The explanation will cover purpose, alternatives, foreseeable effects, data use, expiration, withdrawal, and the contact responsible for correction.
说明会覆盖目的、替代方案、可预见影响、数据用途、到期时间、撤回方式和负责纠正的联系人。
The speakers test how “before you defend your intention” changes the force of “the decision you did not control,” then restate the distinction without relying on either phrase.
说话者检验“before you defend your intention”(在为动机辩护之前)如何改变“the decision you did not control”(不由你控制的决策)的语气力度,然后不依赖这两个短语重新说明区别。
WITNESS
A signature can document a decision, but it cannot repair missing information, hidden pressure, or an unusable withdrawal route.
签名可以记录决定,却无法弥补信息缺失、隐性压力或无法使用的撤回渠道。
COUNSEL
We will pause the request, provide the missing details in plain language, and ask again only after independent questions are possible.
我们会暂停请求,用清楚的语言补齐细节,并只在对方能够独立提问后再次询问。
They rehearse one careful version, one direct version, and one version for a listener who enters late, checking that “owns land beside the proposed site” still leads to the same next step.
他们分别排练谨慎版、直接版和面向迟到听众的版本,检查“owns land beside the proposed site”(在拟议地点旁拥有土地)是否仍然导向同一个下一步。
Before the scene closes, “before you defend your intention” and “the decision you did not control” are placed beside the unresolved pressure in “The committee question,” giving the speakers one more round to challenge, concede, reframe, and hand off the decision.
场景结束前,“before you defend your intention”(在为动机辩护之前)与“the decision you did not control”(不由你控制的决策)被放回“The committee question”尚未解决的压力旁,让说话者再完成一轮质疑、让步、重述与交接。
WITNESS
If saying no changes access, status, safety, or the relationship, how can we claim the answer is voluntary, and what must change before asking again?
如果拒绝会改变机会、身份、安全或关系,我们凭什么说回答是自愿的,又必须先改变什么才能再次询问?
COUNSEL
I accept that an earlier yes may document one moment, but it does not cover a new audience, a longer duration, hidden pressure, or a changed purpose.
我承认先前的同意只能记录一个时刻,不能覆盖新的受众、更长期限、隐性压力或已经改变的目的。
WITNESS
Then permission will be specific, informed, reversible, and separate from unrelated benefits, with silence treated as a reason to pause rather than agreement.
那么许可必须具体、知情、可撤回,并与无关利益分开;沉默应被视为暂停理由,而不是同意。
WITNESS
I will pass on the approved scope, excluded uses, expiration, withdrawal route, and correction contact so no later participant has to guess what was allowed.
我会交接获准范围、排除用途、到期时间、撤回渠道和纠正联系人,让后来的参与者无需猜测哪些内容曾被允许。
The longer dialogue now leaves “The committee question” with an acknowledged objection, a revised frame, a named owner, and a handoff that can be checked after the conversation ends.
更长的对话让“The committee question”在结束时留下已被承认的异议、经过修订的框架、具名负责人,以及能在谈话结束后继续核验的交接。
The fuller scene treats consent as an informed, reversible process rather than a single line of approval.
更完整的场景把同意视为知情且可撤回的过程,而不是一句单独的批准。
The highlighted question receives a direct answer and two supporting references.
高亮问题得到直接回答,并附上两项支持性参考。
Useful language
高价值表达
before you defend your intention
/bɪˈfɔːr ju dɪˈfend jʊr ɪnˈtenʃən/
在为动机辩护之前
避免用善意解释替代直接回应。
我的例句
owns land beside the proposed site
/oʊnz lænd bɪˈsaɪd ðə prəˈpoʊzd saɪt/
在拟议地点旁拥有土地
具体披露可能影响判断的利益关系。
我的例句
the decision you did not control
/ðə dɪˈsɪʒən ju dɪd nɑːt kənˈtroʊl/
不由你控制的决策
说明个人影响力的实际边界。
我的例句
输出练习
1. 用 2 句英文概括场景中的沟通问题。
2. 选一个高价值表达,改写成你本周可能真正使用的句子。
3. 如果你是场景中的另一方,你会怎样回应?
我能说清场景目标
我能复述关键台词
我写了自己的例句