這場戲：講哈欠如何毀掉歌劇
第 19 章 · 共 25 章 · 2'26"
薩列里給莫札特算了一筆「哈欠賬」：皇帝打一個哈欠，戲還能演九場；打三個，當晚就完。莫札特的作品 Nine performances!（只演了九場）就被撤下。薩列里一句話點破：You make too many demands on the royal ear（你對陛下的耳朵要求太高了），還勸他 accept the fact（接受現實）。想學怎麼點評作品、勸人認命，這幾句到位。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 他數 Nine performances（九場演出）就沒了
Nine performances 九場演出within a week 一週之內Withdrawn 被撤下
他說你「overestimate（高估）」了維也納觀眾
best opera yet written 迄今最好的歌劇overestimate 高估concentrate 集中注意力when to clap 知道什麼時候該做
薩列里跟莫札特復盤一場失敗：皇帝的哈欠就是歌劇的判決，一個哈欠，作曲家還能換來九場演出；三個哈欠，戲當晚就完。莫札特的作品 Nine performances! That's all it's had! Withdrawn!（就演了九場就被撤下）。莫札特不服，問 Why didn't they come?（他們為什麼不來）。薩列里說 You make too many demands on the royal ear（你對陛下的耳朵要求太高了），皇帝連一個小時都 concentrate（集中不了），你卻讓他聽四個小時。他還點出莫札特 overestimate（高估）了維也納觀眾，因為他們沒有被喂慣了的一記 a bang（爆點）來提示 when to clap（何時鼓掌）。最後莫札特拿出一部新作請薩列里過目。想學怎麼復盤、點評、請教，這些表達很實用。
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。
“Of course. It's the best opera yet written.”
當然。它是迄今最好的歌劇。
用 yet written 把最高階釘成事實，誇得徹底又假得徹底。
It's the best (thing) yet written.
誇張地稱讚某作品為最佳時用；可真心也可反諷。
It is the finest work yet composed. ／ Nothing better has been written.
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best opera 連讀，written 收得輕。
Critics call it the best novel yet written. 評論家稱它是迄今最好的小說。
“I think you overestimate our dear Viennese,friend.”
我覺得你高估了我們親愛的維也納人，朋友。
用 overestimate 把失敗推給觀眾，客氣裡帶著一句「別怪自己」。
I think you overestimate (someone).
委婉地說對方看高了某人時用；語氣冷靜，帶評價。
You give them too much credit. ／ You expect more of them than they can give.
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overestimate our 連讀，Viennese 重音在後。
I think you overestimate the market. 我覺得你高估了市場。
“Nine performances! Nine! That's all it's had! Withdrawn!”
九場演出！就九場！然後就撤了！
數字加重複加感嘆，把失敗的打擊一下一下敲出來。
Nine performances! That's all it's had!
用數字強調某事的短暫或不足時用；語氣激動。
Three matches! That is all we got! ／ One week! It lasted one week!
口語
Nine 重讀兩次，Withdrawn 收得重。
Two days! That's all the run lasted! 兩天！就這麼演了兩天！
“Still,if the public doesn't like one's work...”
不過，要是公眾不喜歡一個人的作品……
用 one's 把話說到一般層面，像講道理，其實是站著說話不腰疼。
If the public doesn't like one's work, ...
泛泛講道理、把個案說成規律時用；可能顯得冷淡。
If people don't like what you do, ... ／ When the audience rejects a piece, ...
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doesn't like 連讀，one's 稍輕。
If the market doesn't like one's product, one adapts. 要是市場不喜歡一個人的產品，就得調整。
“The poor man can't concentrate for more than an hour. You gave him four.”
可憐的人專注不了一個小時。你讓他聽了四個小時。
先替皇帝找臺階再補一刀，把失敗歸給「太長」，溫柔而致命。
Someone can't do something for more than (a time).
用事實型的比較指責對方時用；語氣平靜，殺傷力足。
He can't sit still for ten minutes. ／ You asked for three hours; he lasts one.
中性
can't concentrate 連讀，four 重讀。
She can't focus for more than ten minutes, and you scheduled an hour. 她集中不了十分鐘，你卻安排了一小時。
Mozart was lucky the emperor yawned only once. Three yawns... ...and the opera would fail the same night. Two yawns,within a week at most. With one yawn,the composer could still get... Nine performances! Nine! That's all it's had! Withdrawn!
莫札特運氣好，皇帝只打了一個哈欠。 三個哈欠…… ……歌劇當晚就會失敗。 兩個哈欠，最多撐一週。 一個哈欠，作曲家還能換來…… 九場演出！就九場！然後被撤下！
下一章 · 20with your own hands親自動手這場戲：騙來安魂曲再害死莫札特意思是「高估」。臺詞裡 I think you overestimate our dear Viennese 就是「我覺得你高估了我們親愛的維也納人」，指把對方想得比實際更好。
意思是「接受現實」。臺詞裡 one has to accept the fact gracefully 就是「也得體面地接受」，accept the fact 後面常接 that 從句或直接說事。
意思是「一記爆點、一個響亮的效果」。臺詞裡說歌曲結尾要給觀眾 a bang，就是留個特別抓耳的收尾，好讓他們知道該鼓掌了。
concentrate。臺詞裡 The poor man can't concentrate for more than an hour 就是「他專注不了一個小時」，concentrate 指把注意力集中起來。
the best opera yet written。臺詞裡 It's the best opera yet written 就是「它是迄今最好的歌劇」，yet written 表示「至今寫出來的」。
Why didn't they come? 臺詞裡莫札特問的就是這句，用來追問觀眾為什麼沒來，句式和普通疑問句一樣，只是用過去時。
