影片對白  You came all the way down here to tell me how guilty I am?

文化面面觀  Prisons in the United States 美國的監(jiān)獄

Medium security
Prisoners that fall into the medium-security group may sleep in dormitories on bunk beds with lockers to store their possessions. They may have communal showers, toilets and sinks. Dormitories are locked at night with one or more correctional officers supervising, there is less supervision over the internal movements of prisoners. The perimeter is generally double fenced and regularly patrolled.

Minimum security
Prisoners in minimum-security facilities are considered to pose little physical risk to the public, and are mainly non-violent "white collar criminals". Minimum Security prisoners live in less-secure dormitories, which are regularly patrolled by correctional officers. As in medium security facilities, they have communal showers, toilets, and sinks. Martha Stewart was a minimum-security inmate at "Camp Cupcake" in West Virginia.

A minimum-security facility generally has a single fence that is watched, but not patrolled by armed guards. At facilities in very remote and rural areas, there may be no fence at all. Prisoners may often work on community projects, such as roadside litter cleanup with the state Department of Transportation. Many states now allow persons in minimum-security facilities access to the Internet.

我觀之我見

Lincoln Burrows 是一個有前科的人。通常人們都不會認為前科累累的慣犯會改正做好人，所以他被選為誣陷的對象也是有充分理由的。問題是，你一個人不做好人可不僅僅是自己的事，你會害得老婆忍無可忍、和你離婚后還有被害的危險，你會害得孩子找不到依靠、走上墮落之路也說不定（上梁不正下梁歪嘛），你還會害得親人為了救你而以身犯險……誠可謂“后果不堪設想啊！”所以，廣大的男士們，看《越獄》后要學到的第一條不是“一定要學建筑學，以備不時之需”，而是一定要做個品學兼優(yōu)、德行無暇的好青年，這樣才能給親人帶來穩(wěn)定的安全感！

考考你

用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。

1. 我沒有偷東西，我是被冤枉的。
2. 大衛(wèi)一直煩著我，因為我欠他的錢。
3. 您既然不能降價，那這筆交易不如就拉倒吧。

Prison Break 1《越獄》1（精講之一）考考你 參考答案

1. Rarely in the case of armed robbery do we hear a plea of no contest.
很少有犯持槍搶劫嫌疑而不愿辯護的。

2. He's beginning to get that anybody he attaches himself to is gonna end up in prison.
他會開始認為任何和他有關系的人最后都會進監(jiān)獄。

3. Then will you please tell me what's going through your head?
那么，你能不能告訴我你到底是怎么想的？

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