屋頂上的那根金屬桿
這一族就是核心畫面的實物本身。
noun · B1
A metal rod fixed to the highest part of a building and joined to a wire that runs down into the ground, so that lightning passes safely through it instead of damaging the building.
避雷針
核心畫面
Picture the tallest point of a roof in a storm. A thin metal rod stands there on purpose, with a wire running all the way down into the ground. When the strike comes, it does not get pushed away — it is invited. The rod is the easiest path, so everything goes through it, and the house underneath is untouched. Hold two parts of that picture: the strike lands on one small place, and the thing it lands on was not the cause of the storm.
可以想成暴風雨中屋頂的最高點。那裡故意立著一根細細的金屬桿，接著一條線一路通到地底。雷打下來的時候，它不是被擋開的，…更多收起
可以想成暴風雨中屋頂的最高點。那裡故意立著一根細細的金屬桿，接著一條線一路通到地底。雷打下來的時候，它不是被擋開的，而是被請上去的。桿子是最好走的一條路，所以電全部從它身上過，底下的房子毫髮無傷。這個畫面有兩個要記住的地方：所有的力量都集中在一個小點上，而那個小點並不是暴風雨的起因。Two branches
代人接下所有火力的人
把雷換成罵聲，畫面其他部分原封不動：一個小小的點，承受了全部，而且它並不是事情的起因。
noun · C1
A person or a thing that takes most of the criticism, blame or public attention when something goes wrong, even though they may not have caused it, and often with the effect that the attention stops somewhere else.
箭靶；眾矢之的