核心畫面

Picture a wreck — something smashed — and then ask who is standing next to it. That is all -er is doing: naming the one at the scene. But there are two ways to be at the scene. You can be the reason it is a wreck, and then the word is an accusation. Or you can be the one sent to deal with it, and then the word is just a job: a truck that tows it, a yard that takes it apart.

可以想成先有一個殘骸,然後問一句:誰站在旁邊?-er 做的就是這件事——替現場的那一方命名。可是站在現場有兩種站法。更多收起可以想成先有一個殘骸,然後問一句:誰站在旁邊?-er 做的就是這件事——替現場的那一方命名。可是站在現場有兩種站法。一種是「你就是它變成殘骸的原因」,這時候這個字是一句指控。另一種是「你是被派來處理它的」,這時候它只是一份工作:一台把車拖走的卡車,一間把車拆開的廠。