這場戲：母子道別時拒絕作證
第 12 章 · 共 19 章 · 2'21"
莫爾太太想趕在季風前離開印度，羅尼勸她至少留下參加婚禮、出庭作證。她卻說自己不想跟這場審判 have anything to do with（有任何關係），還冷冷地說 Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference（教堂裡的愛，巖洞裡的愛，好像有什麼區別）。想學禮貌又決絕地拒絕，這場很典型。
I don't want to have anything to do with it：不想跟這事有任何牽扯
have anything to do with 與……有任何關係stage-managed 一手導演、幕後操縱mumbo jumbo 故弄玄虛的胡話
莫爾太太要趕在季風前離開印度，羅尼來勸她別在這個季節趕路，至少待到婚禮、留下來為審判作證。她卻說自己不想跟這場審判 have anything to do with（有任何關係），還點破羅尼的說法：他說阿齊茲用回聲嚇她、把一切 stage-managed（一手導演），她只回一句 mumbo jumbo（故弄玄虛的胡話）。談到阿德拉和愛情，她一句 Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference（教堂裡的愛，巖洞裡的愛，好像有什麼區別）把羅尼噎住。最後她說 Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference（我說什麼、做什麼，都起不了半點作用），羅尼只好讓她走。想學拒絕、拆穿和告別時的說法，這一場都齊了。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“Get away from all this muddle and fuss into some cave of my own, some shelf.”
躲開這一團亂麻和喧鬧，找個我自己的洞穴，一個角落。
把「想抽身」說得像動物找洞穴，厭倦裡帶一點詩意。
get away from all this muddle and fuss
表達想逃離喧囂、獨處時用；語氣偏重，適合私人場合。
I need to get away from all this noise. ／ Let me escape all this fuss for a while.
literary
muddle and fuss 連讀，cave 重讀。
I want to get away from all this fuss for a week. 我想躲開這一切，清靜一週。
“You'll never understand the nature of that place, nor will anyone else in that ridiculous court of yours.”
你永遠不會明白那地方的性質，你們那個荒唐的法庭裡也不會有人明白。
nor 倒裝一口氣把整個法庭都否定掉，冷靜又決絕。
nor will anyone else
要把否定擴充套件到其他人時用；語氣強，正式或激烈爭論中常見。
Nor will anyone else agree. ／ And nobody else will either.
正式
nor 重讀，ridiculous 重音在 dic。
He won't come, nor will anyone else. 他不來，別人也不會來。
“Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference.”
教堂裡的愛，巖洞裡的愛，好像有什麼區別似的。
用 as if there were 的虛擬語氣一否，把兩種愛一起說成無所謂。
as if there were the least difference
諷刺兩種說法其實沒差別時用；語氣尖刻，別對當事人說。
as if it made any difference ／ as if that changed anything
literary
as if 連讀，difference 重音在前。
Fancy or plain, as if there were the least difference. 豪華還是樸素，好像真有什麼區別似的。
“I've never understood you any more than you've understood me.”
我從沒理解過你，就像你也沒理解過我。
any more than 把互相的不理解擺得對稱，平靜得讓人心涼。
I have never done X any more than you have
說彼此半斤八兩時用；語氣冷，適合攤牌的對話。
I don't understand it any more than you do. ／ You don't know her any more than I do.
中性
understood you 連讀，any more than 輕讀。
I don't get him any more than you do. 我跟你一樣，也搞不懂他。
“Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference.”
我說什麼、做什麼，都起不了半點作用。
the least difference 一否到底，把無力感說得乾乾淨淨。
Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference.
覺得怎麼努力都沒用時用；語氣悲觀，安慰人時別用。
Nothing I do will make any difference. ／ It will not change a thing.
中性
least difference 連讀，nothing 重讀。
Nothing I say will make the least difference now. 現在我說什麼都無濟於事了。
下一章 · 13make it my business特意去做這場戲：庭審為莫爾太太吵翻意思是「與……有任何關係」。莫爾太太說 I don't want to have anything to do with it，就是「我不想跟這事有任何牽扯」，常用來劃清界限。
用 get away from。莫爾太太說 Get away from all this muddle and fuss into some cave of my own，就是「躲開這一團亂麻和喧鬧，找個我自己的洞穴」。
意思是「故弄玄虛的胡話」。羅尼說阿齊茲那套嚇人的回聲是 mumbo jumbo, but very effective（故弄玄虛，可很管用），帶點貶義。
用 stage-managed。羅尼說 He stage-managed the whole thing（他把整件事一手導演了），指在背後安排好一切，和 stage 舞臺有關。
她厭倦了這一切，說 I don't want to have anything to do with it，還認為法庭根本理解不了巖洞那個地方，Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference。
