這場戲：為一段芭蕾跟總監翻臉
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皇帝禁止歌劇裡出現芭蕾，莫札特卻在《費加羅》里加了一段舞，總監當場把樂譜撕掉。他急得說 I have no one else to turn to（我再沒有別人可求助了），又抱怨 It's unfair that a man like that should have power over our work（這種人憑什麼對我們的作品有支配權）。被壓得沒脾氣時，這幾句很解氣。
陛下「明確禁止」歌劇有芭蕾：expressly forbidden
expressly forbidden 明確禁止your score 你的總譜should never have put in 本不該加進去
「我再沒有別人可求助了」：I have no one else to turn to
turn to 求助於、投靠某人as it is 就現在這樣into the fire 扔進火裡have power over 對……有支配權
奧地利皇帝曾下令歌劇裡不許有芭蕾。莫札特寫《費加羅的婚禮》時偏在第三幕加了一段舞，歌劇總監找上門，說 His Majesty has expressly forbidden（陛下明確禁止），伸手就要拿走總譜，還當面把他不該加的段落刪掉。莫札特又氣又無助，說自己 no one else to turn to（再沒有別人可求助），甚至想 take this up with the emperor（去跟皇帝理論）。這段戲適合學「向上溝通」「被刁難」「求人幫忙」時怎麼用英語抗議、求助和抱怨。
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。
“Do you not know that His Majesty has expressly forbidden ballet in operas?”
你不知道陛下明確禁止歌劇裡有芭蕾嗎？
用 Do you not know 反問，把規矩當大棒，語氣居高臨下。
Do you not know that ...?
拿規矩質問對方、暗示對方無知時用；語氣強硬。
Are you not aware of the rule? ／ Don't you know that is forbidden?
正式
not know that 連讀，expressly 重音在前。
Do you not know that parking here is banned? 你不知道這裡禁止停車嗎？
“I have no one else to turn to.”
我再沒有別人可求助了。
一句話把走投無路說盡，簡單卻讓人心軟。
I have no one else to turn to.
表示自己別無依靠時用；語氣懇切，適合求助。
There is no one else I can ask. ／ You are my last hope.
中性
turn to 連讀，else 重讀。
Please help me; I have no one else to turn to. 請幫幫我，我再沒有別人可求了。
“But it's perfect as it is.”
可它本來就是完美的。
用 as it is 拒絕一切改動，簡短而不容商量。
It is perfect as it is.
強調某物無需改動時用；日常和正式都常見。
Leave it as it is. ／ It works fine as it is.
中性
as it is 連讀成一串。
Don't touch the design; it's fine as it is. 別改設計，現在這樣就好。
“I could kill him! I mean,really! Kill him!”
我真想殺了他！我是說真的！殺了他！
重複三遍「殺了他」，把氣急敗壞演成一句句升級的抱怨。
I could kill him!
被氣到極點時誇張地發洩用；口語裡常見，別當真。
I could strangle him! ／ He drives me mad!
口語
could kill 連讀，really 重讀。
I could kill him for losing the tickets! 他把票弄丟了，我真想宰了他！
“It's unfair that a man like that should have power over our work!”
這種人憑什麼能對我們的作品指手畫腳，太不公平了！
用 It's unfair that 加 should，把不服氣上升成對規則的質問。
It's unfair that someone should have power over something.
抗議某種不公平時用；語氣憤慨，適合激烈爭論。
It's wrong that he decides for us. ／ Why should he control our work?
正式
power over 連讀，unfair 重音在後。
It's unfair that one man should decide for everyone. 一個人替所有人做決定，太不公平了。
下一章 · 19accept the fact接受現實這場戲：講哈欠如何毀掉歌劇意思是「找某人理論、把某事向某人提出」，指的是去找有權處理的人當面把話講清楚。劇裡莫札特想 take this up with the emperor，就是去找皇帝理論這件事。
have power over。例句 It's unfair that a man like that should have power over our work，意思是這種人憑什麼對我們的作品有支配權，抱怨對方權力過大時就能用。
turn to。I have no one else to turn to 意思是我再沒有別人可求助了，走投無路、只能開口求人時很常用。
不是，這只是氣話，表示被氣到極點。後面他說把整部總譜扔進了火裡，可見是在發洩情緒，並不是真要動手。
很重。expressly 是「明確地」，forbidden 是「禁止」，合起來是「明令禁止」，比一般的 don't 強硬得多，多用在規則、敕令上。
