文化面面觀  National Aeronautics and Space Administration 美國國家航空航天局簡介

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影片對白

Queenan: The readiness is all. You know the players. Call the game.

Colin: Thank you.

Costello: Are you ready?

Woman: Is your highness gonna drop me off at confession before work or fuck me or what?

Costello: What have you got to confess to that anointed pederast? The confessional seal, these days... I'm not so sure.

Cop1: Piece of cake, he'll operate the cameras, you id the guys and log them.

Queenan: Well, all cell phone signals are under surveillance through the courtesy of our federal friends over there.

Ellerby: Patriot act! Patriot act! I love it, I love it, I love it. Keep an eye on it.

Colin: All right, here we go. There is Costello, Mr. French, there's Fitzy. Delahunt. And the new guy, Billy Costigan. Time is 10: 46.

Costello: All right, turn off your cell phones. Fitzy's got the chicken. Check your weapons.

Cop2: We have a blind spot. 

Ellerby: Why do we have a blind spot?

Cop2: We had two hour's notice. Two hours, what the fuck do you think this is, Nasa?

Ellerby: Never crossed my mind. Have you got a camera in the back?

Camera geek cop: What back?

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. Call the game

Call the game 可以表示"to referee the game or to call the game off 為比賽做裁判或是中止比賽"，做后一個意思講的時候常用于這樣的情況：在比賽中，由于天氣等原因不得不中止比賽，等天氣好轉后再繼續比賽或是擇日再賽。

在這個電影片段中，Queenan 的意思有點是讓Colin來"主持整個進程"，在后面我們會看到當監視器的畫面顯示出Costello一伙時，Colin 主持人性質的發言。

2. Id

這里的id 可不是指 ID card，而是 identify（辨別身分）的意思。
Id 作動詞用時的時態和形態變化有：ID'd or IDed or ID'ed, ID'ing or ID·ing。

3. Blind spot

這里指"A part of an area that cannot be directly observed under existing circumstances盲區"。

Blind spot 還可以指"Subject about which one is ignorant or biased某人一無所知或是抱有偏見的事物"，例如：The boss has a blind spot about Henry; he wouldn't fire him for anything.

4. We had two hour's notice. Two hours, what the fuck do you think this is, NASA?

這句話的意思是 The police didn't have very much notice to set up their video equipment, which is why they have a blind spot. NASA （美國國家航空航天局）has very good technology. Cop2's comment is referring to the fact that their equipment was put up quickly (in only 2 hours) and that they have poor equipment.

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