文化面面觀  Prison industry in the U. S. 美國的監獄產業

我觀之我見  在這個弱肉強食的世界里，生存不僅要靠技術和手段，還要有堅定的信念。無論是在監獄內外，這條道理都適用。

考考你  一展身手

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Cherry: Help me. Please.

T-bag: You'll have to forgive my boy. He has the, uh, propensity to be a bit gregarious when he shouldn't be. Fraternizing in the prison shower. Come on.

Michael: Maybe you ought tocut the kid a break.

T-bag: You wouldn't be meddling in my affairs now, would you, Scofield? You can't be that stupid. Not when I'm so fully invested in your affairs.

Michael: What's between you and him... is between you and him.

T-bag: That's what I thought you said.

Cherry: You've got to help me.

Sucre: Looks like I got to find something else to call you now.

Michael: Why is that?

Sucre: Cause you ain't a fish no more. You ain't the newest con in the tank. No...

Michael: I could've done something.

Lincoln: No. T-Bag had hishooksin that kid. There was nothing you could've done.

Michael: I could've told the pope. He could've transferred the kid to AdSeg. He would've been safe.

Lincoln: Go easy, Michael. You didn't even know him.

Michael: That makes it okay? Iturned my back on himbecause I didn't want tomake waves. It was just... easier... to look the other way... keep the plan safe.

Lincoln: And you did.

Michael: But at what price?

Abruzzi: I give you permission to call to Philly? Hey, I asked you a question, man.

Gus: Listen, there, uh... there's been a restructuring. This comes from Philly himself. You couldn't deliver Fibonacci... so I'm The Man in here now.

Abruzzi: Hey, jelly wad... run to the commissary, get me a bag of chips, we'll pretend this never happened, right?

Gus: Yeah, I'm telling you, John. The sooner you face these facts, the better off we will all be.

Abruzzi: I could kill youin a heartbeat.

Gus: Somehow I doubt that. The sooner you face facts, the better off we will all be. You'reyesterday's news, John.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. Cut someone a break

Give someone a break 的另一種表達，意思是"Give someone a chance or special consideration"，常常翻譯成"饒了某人，放過某人，給某人一個機會"，例如：She begged the professor for an extension on her term paper, saying "Please give me a break."

另外，give me a break還可以用來表示感嘆，要求對方"stop trying to fool or upset or bother me"，例如：Don't tell me the party's been postponed again--give me a break!

2. hooks

在俚語中，hooks有hands or fingers的意思，例如：Get your hooks off that cake!