冬日观剧指南 之 黑镜 S04E01
"Don't be too nice to him 'cause he gets a bit starey."
黑镜系列真的是最近几年来的最热门剧集之一了，在去年年底网飞一次性发布了黑镜第四季的片源，我并不是那种特别死忠的黑镜剧迷，没有在片源一发布的时候立马就去找资源看，因为这不是一部让你看场面的无脑剧集，你在看这部剧的时候镜头总能够不经意带着你深入思考一些有关社会、人性、科技的东西，所以得用心看，时间自然短不了。
也是前几天的时候，我才知道在第三季里我最喜欢的那一集——圣朱尼佩罗是第三季整季中评分最高的，作为科幻爱好者，圣朱尼佩罗可以算是我对生活的最终幻想了！很巧合的是第三季和第四季里我最喜欢的都是第四集，如果你没有那么多时间去看黑镜一整部剧的内容的话，那么我最推荐的就是这两个单集了。当然，其他的部分也很好看。
上面说的跟我们今天要讲语言点的这一集没有任何关系，今天说的这一单集的名字是U.S.S Callister(卡利斯特号星舰)。
Robert Daly是Callister公司的CTO，是他编写了Infinity的主要代码，Infinity是一款只要将小小的芯片贴在太阳穴处就能进入虚拟太空的一款星际游戏。RD即便作为公司的创始人之一，可在与下属交往中完全得不到应该有的尊重，终于有一天，公司来了个新的编程小妹——Nanette Cole，因为对CTO代码的痴迷所以来到这家公司，对RD很崇拜，可在与同事的闲聊中得知RD有可能会一直盯着自己看所以就疏远了他，但没想到RD是个心思重的小人，靠低级趣味的方法复制了所有让他“被孤立”的人的基因，上传到了自己独一无二的Infinity版本的游戏中，让这些“人们”受尽折磨......最后的结局当然就是编程小妹其实是天才程序媛，跟大boss斗智斗勇后，让大boss自食了恶果——RD意识困在了游戏中而死亡。
对这集我的感受就是，Robert Daly其实只是个对待生活的懦夫，想凭借自己的擅长靠低劣手段给自己创造“主角光环”，永远也就只能在游戏中寻求快感。不过话说回来，他最不人道的地方不是偷别人DNA并上传到游戏里的行为，而是他根本就没有把人的意识当作人来看待。
EXPRESSIONS
一、地道表达
shred (plural shreds)
1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle; a very small amount.
eg: There isn't a shred of evidence to support his claims.
按照字面，我的理解就是他要把我们大卸八块，也就是字幕组说的，不会手下留情。
lose one's head 相当于 lose one's mind
“别失态”这个表达很地道，但我很少会在平常的口语练习中用到accordingly这个词，所以觉得很有用，分享给大家。
accordingly (comparative more accordingly, superlative most accordingly)
(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably.
(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
别失态：act accordingly
这里面没有生词，主要是想强调reflect译为对某事作出反应的时候这个介词用on
这里想告诉大家泡咖啡的两种说法：
1.make a coffee；
2.fix a coffee；
还有一点就是在口语表达中coffee一般是可数的
good call：明智的决定
这里很明显，把fangirl当作动词使用了，它一般用作名词，意思是A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).
at the wheel：掌舵，控制，指挥
这里用 are asleep at the wheel 不是说真的睡着了，而是与情景联系，翻译为玩忽职守
Okey-dokes【美国俚语】也就是okay的意思
berth (plural berths) n.
1. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
2. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase, a wide berth.)
3. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
4. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
5. A job or position, especially on a ship.
6. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
7. (sports) position on the field of play
这里很明显就是第二个意思了，解释中也有说明一个常用的短语 a wide berth
就职：take one's post
敬酒不吃吃罚酒：sb. tried the carrot,now meet the stick
stay in line的意思不用多说，直译就是保持在线内，表达比赛不要犯规的意思的时候也可以用
恢复游戏：resume game；
退出游戏：exit game
二、词汇
immersive：形容词，身临其境的
damsel (plural damsels) n.
1. A young woman (of noble birth).
2. A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
3. A young woman who is not married.
4. An unmarried lady-in-waiting
这里字幕组译成少妇，我个人觉得有点不合适
sublime (comparative sublimer, superlative sublimest) adj.
1. Noble and majestic.
2. Impressive and awe-inspiring, yet simple.
eg：sublime scenery; a sublime deed
3. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
groovy (comparative groovier, superlative grooviest) adj.
(dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting, fashionable.
我见过cripple比较多的意思是名词，指腿脚不方便的人【瘸子】，但在这里是动词
cripple
1. to make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired
eg：The car bomb crippled five passers-by.
2. (figuratively) to damage seriously; to destroy
eg：My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.
3. to release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
eg：The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.
4. (informal) slang: to nerf (used in gaming) something which is overpowered .
dud (plural duds) n.
1. (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
2. (informal) A failure of any kind.
3. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
4. A loser, an unlucky person
biblical (comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical) adj.
1. Of or relating to the Bible.
eg：Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
2. In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
eg：biblical morality
3. Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
eg：with biblical fury
