The Departed《无间道风云》（精讲之二）

影片对白

Billy: So what do I do?

Queenan: There's money behind this operation. You won't be paid as a regular cop, but there's a bonus involved. Tax free. We can't conceal that you were a trainee. You'll be convicted of a crime. We were thinking a guilty plea to assault and battery would make sense.

Dignam: Given your nature.

Queenan: You do enough jail time to convince anyone this is no setup. You'll be on probation, see a court-ordered shrink, the whole nine yards.

Dignam: If you wanna serve the Commonwealth, this is your chance. We need you pal. You already pretended to be a Costigan from south Boston.

Billy: Every weekend, sergeant.

Dignam: Perfect.

Queenan: Do it again. For me. 

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. Convict someone (of...)

"某人被判有罪"的意思，例如：The jury convicted the defendant of manslaughter.
这个片语还可以表示"显示有过错，谴责"，例如：His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.

2. Make sense

这里的意思是"To be practical, wise or advisable"，例如：It makes sense to go now.

3. Setup

这里的setup是个俚语，意思是"骗局"。This is no 后面加名词常用来表示"这不是……"，例如：This is no love. 这不是爱情。

4. On probation

"缓刑"的意思。例如：Many people who are convicted of crimes are placed on probation instead of being sent to prison.

5. The whole nine yards

这个片语的意思是"Everything that is relevant; the whole thing"，例如：He decided to take everything to college--his books, his stereo, his computer, his skis, the whole nine yards. 这里指的是"所有和犯罪、判刑、缓刑、释放"有关的事情。

此外，它还可以表示"in all ways; in every respect; all the way"，例如：If you want to run for mayor, I'll be with you the whole nine yards.

文化面面观

State police of the United States

In the United States, state police are a police body unique to each U.S. state, having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations. In general, they perform functions outside the normal or the county sheriff, such as enforcing traffic laws on state highways and interstate expressways, overseeing the security of the state capitol complex, protecting the governor, training new officers for local police forces too small to operate an academy, providing technological and scientific support services, and helping to coordinate multi-jurisdictional task force activity in serious or complicated cases in those states that grant full police powers statewide. A general trend has be to bring all of these agencies under a state Department of Public Safety. Additionally they may be under several agencies, such as the Highway Patrol being under the state Department of Transportation. Some states have both a State Police and A Highway patrol, such as Arkansas and Rhode Island.

They have emerged at various times in the history of each particular state, alternately evolving from corps of mounted rangers (the term trooper coming from cavalry parlance) or being newly established as a fully motorized highway patrol.

State Police

Twenty-three U.S. states actually call their state police by the term "State Police." In this case state police are general-power law enforcement officers with statewide jurisdiction, who conduct patrols and respond to calls for service and perform all the other aforementioned duties. The State Police may be the name of the entire agency or it may fall under a Department of Public Safety. These states are: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Highway Patrol

In other states the state police are known by different names. However, most have the same jurisdiction over the entire state as the agencies that are simply called "State Police". The names are usually historical and do not necessarily describe the agency's function or jurisdiction. They may exist as part of or separate from the state police:

State Highway Patrol (Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio);

Highway Patrol (California, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming),

State Patrol (Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, Washington, Wisconsin)

Other State Police agencies

State Bureaus of Investigation (SBI) - the state's detectives.

State Bureau of Narcotics - the state's [DEA].

Department of Public Safety or DPS, exist in 30 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Vermont), many of which contain the State Police and in some cases the Highway Patrol.

Motor Carrier Enforcement - another organization with many various titles and may be part of the actual State Police or Highway Patrol. Many belong the their state's Department of Transportation. Conducts vehicle inspections and enforces the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) as mandated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). It conducts safety inspections of commercial motor vehicles (primarily trucks and buses), inspects highway shipments of hazardous materials, and performs compliance reviews (safety performance audits) on motor carriers. The DPS adopts and enforces driver and vehicle safety regulations and hazardous materials regulations as part of this program.

Marine Patrol

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1. 不能只靠旁证就判定一个人有罪。

2. 让小孩玩火柴有意义吗？

The Departed《无间道风云》（精讲之一）考考你 参考答案

Massachusetts State Police has a long tradition of excellence. Your graduation today solidifies your acceptance into one of the finest law enforcement agencies in our nation. As the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts I am confident each and every one of you will serve with distinction, honor and integrity.

马塞诸塞州警局有着长久的优良传统。合格毕业让你们能够进入我们国家最优秀的法律执行机构之一。作为马萨诸塞联邦的长官，我确信你们每一个人都将正直、卓越的服务于此项工作，并为之带来荣耀。