這場戲：撤訴後回聲消失
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撤訴之後，阿德拉被追問：既然要撤訴，當初為什麼還要那樣指控？她只回了一句 My echo's gone（我的回聲消失了）——從巖洞那天起，她腦子裡那陣噪音，她管它叫「回聲」。順便能學到 have a hunch（憑直覺猜）和 out of pity（出於同情），想問對方「你是不是可憐我才這麼做」，這兩個說法都用得上。
have a hunch（有直覺、憑感覺猜）
out of pity 出於同情have a hunch 有直覺、憑感覺猜broke down 崩潰、情緒失控exorcised 驅魔、驅除
庭審撤訴之後，阿德拉麵對一連串追問：既然要撤訴，當初為什麼還要那樣指控？對方是不是出於同情才這樣做？在巖洞那天，她腦子裡開始出現一陣噪音，她管它叫「回聲」，如今它突然消失了。她說不清那一切是不是幻覺。有人替她解釋：是麥克布賴德一步一步把她帶回巖洞，她才突然崩潰，把「回聲」也一起甩掉了。這裡有幾個說法很實用：have a hunch（憑直覺猜），用來說「我就是有種感覺」；out of pity（出於同情），問對方「你是不是可憐我才這麼做」；broke down（崩潰），形容情緒一下失控。都能用在日常對話裡。
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。
“Why did you make such a charge if you were going to withdraw it?”
既然你要撤訴，為什麼當初要那樣指控？
if 條件句把「既然……又何必」的困惑說得乾淨，句句在理卻不咄咄逼人。
Why did you do X if you were going to do Y?
指出對方前後矛盾時用；語氣別太沖，適合朋友間追問。
Why buy it if you were going to sell it? ／ Why complain if you were going to agree?
中性
such a 連讀，withdraw 重音在後。
Why promise to help if you were going to leave? 既然要走，何必答應幫忙？
“- I ought to feel grateful to you, I suppose. - I don't expect gratitude.”
——我想我該感激你。——我不指望你感激。
一句客氣一句擋回，expect gratitude 把「做好事不求謝」說得剋制又不居功。
I don't expect gratitude.
幫了別人又不想被當成施恩時用；語氣要平淡，別顯得冷淡。
I don't want any thanks. ／ You don't owe me anything.
正式
grateful to 連讀，gratitude 重音在前。
I helped because I wanted to; I don't expect gratitude. 我幫忙是因為我願意，不圖你感激。
“I call the noise in my head my echo. I've had it since the cave.”
我管腦子裡的噪音叫回聲。從巖洞那天起就有了。
把自己的心理創傷命名成「回聲」，抽象卻具體，一下子能懂。
I call X my Y.
給某種感受或個人說法命名時用；適合解釋自己的心理狀態。
I call that feeling my alarm bell. ／ I call it my little warning voice.
中性
noise in my 連讀，echo 重讀。
I call that tight feeling my deadline knot. 我把那種發緊的感覺叫作截止日期結。
“I have a hunch that poor old McBryde exorcised you.”
我有個直覺，是可憐的麥克布賴德把你身上的魔驅走了。
have a hunch 加 exorcise，把一場審訊說成驅魔，輕描淡寫又意味深長。
I have a hunch that ...
憑感覺猜測某事時用；比 I think 更口語，暗示沒有證據。
I have a hunch she will agree. ／ My hunch is that it will work.
口語
have a 連讀，exorcised 重音在前。
I have a hunch the deal will go through. 我有個直覺，這單生意能成。
“No, I only meant that it's difficult, as we get older, not to believe that the dead live again.”
不，我只是說，人越老，就越難不相信死者會復活。
not to believe 雙重否定繞出年老的心軟，句子越繞越顯溫柔。
it's difficult, as we get older, not to believe ...
委婉談年齡、信念或思念時用；語氣溫和，適合沉重話題。
It is hard, as we age, not to hope. ／ As we get older, it is difficult not to believe.
literary
as we get 連讀，difficult 重音在前。
As we get older, it is hard not to look back. 人越老，就越難不回頭看。
下一章 · 18extend an open invitation長期邀請這場戲：臨別發出長期邀請意思是「有直覺、憑感覺猜」，不是有證據的確定判斷，而是心裡隱隱覺得是這樣。比如 I have a hunch she's lying，就是「我總覺得她在撒謊」。
out of pity。問別人「你是不是可憐我才這麼做」，就是 Did you do it out of pity? 這裡的 out of 表示動機來源。
broke down 在這裡不是機器壞了，而是人情緒失控、當場崩潰。He took you back into that cave, and you broke down，說的就是那場庭審把人逼到崩潰。
不是真的聲音，是阿德拉自己給腦子裡那陣噪音起的名字。從巖洞那天起它一直在，撤訴後她說 My echo's gone，指的是那個糾纏她的東西終於停了。
意思是「讓路、騰出空間」，穿過人群或者有人要經過時最常用。劇裡就是一句 Make way, please，禮貌又簡短，旅行、商場、地鐵裡都能聽到。
