這場戲：草地上坦白信上帝
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威爾伯福斯躺在溼草地上，向僕人理查德坦白自己信了上帝，還反問他 Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is（你知道這有多不方便嗎）。他嘴上講著光鮮的前途，心裡卻 in my heart（打心底裡）想要蜘蛛網。想聊信仰、聊內心掙扎、說點自嘲，這些句子都很地道。
「把人拒之門外」說 turn away
turn him away 把人擋在門外打發走None of my business 與我無關、不歸我管
威爾伯福斯整夜躺在溼草地上，向僕人理查德坦白自己信了上帝。他本只想研究蒲公英，可一想到那光鮮的政治前途就頭疼，反問理查德 Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is（你知道這有多不方便嗎）；他承認，嘴上說要事業，in my heart（打心底裡）想要的卻是蜘蛛網。理查德沒有多問，只輕描淡寫地回了一句——他十五歲差點 ran away with the circus（跟著馬戲團一走了之），人家還說他能當雜技演員。想學怎麼坦白心事、怎麼自嘲、怎麼接話，這對主僕的對話很值得看。
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。
“I think he found me.”
我想，是他找到了我。
把『我找到上帝』輕輕翻過來，一句就把主動權交了出去。
I think it found me.
說一件你沒主動去找、卻找上門來的事時用，語氣要輕，別在正式場合賣弄。
it came to me first ／ I didn't go looking for it
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he found 連讀，me 收得輕，整句別用力。
I never chased this job; I think it found me. 這工作不是我求來的，是它自己找上門的。
“I've a political career glittering ahead of me and in my heart I want spiders' webs.”
我前面是一條閃閃發光的政治前程，可我心裡想要的卻是蜘蛛網。
把萬丈前程和一張蜘蛛網並排，落差本身就是一句坦白。
I've X ahead of me, but in my heart I want Y.
跟信得過的人說自己表面風光、內心另有所求時用，正式場合別輕易說。
I have everything ahead of me and want none of it ／ the career is there; the heart is elsewhere
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career、glittering 重讀，spiders' webs 放慢收尾。
I've a promotion ahead of me, but in my heart I want the farm. 升職就在眼前，可我心裡想要的是那座農場。
“They said I could have been an acrobat.”
他們說我本來能當個雜技演員。
一句輕描淡寫的舊事，把沒走成的那條人生輕輕放到桌上。
They said I could have been a ...
熟人聊天講起沒實現的舊夢想時用，語氣帶笑，別在面試場合說。
I could have gone the other way ／ everyone thought I'd be a ...
口語
could have been 連成 coul-da-been，acrobat 重音在首音節。
They said I could have been a pianist. 他們說我本來能當鋼琴家。
“I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.”
我今天有一萬件國事要辦，可我寧願溼著屁股過一天，研究蒲公英，對著該死的蜘蛛網驚歎。
把一萬件國事和溼屁股、蒲公英並列，一句話就把雄心與厭世的反差抖了出來。
I have X today, but I would prefer to spend the day Y.
吐槽自己被正事困住、只想乾點沒用的事時用；對上級或客戶說顯得不敬業，別用。
I have a mountain of work, but I'd rather be doing nothing. ／ Duty says one thing, my heart says another.
口語
10,000 engagements 放慢強調，getting a wet arse 一帶而過，bloody spiders' webs 加重收尾。
I have ten meetings today, but I would prefer to spend the day watching clouds. 我今天有十個會，可我寧願看一整天雲。
下一章 · 03where your heart lies心到底在哪邊這場戲：勸老友重返政壇字面是「跟著……跑掉」，常指跟某人私奔，或跟著某個行當一走了之。理查德說 almost ran away with the circus，就是「差點跟馬戲團跑了」。
Do you have any idea how...。後面接形容詞或句子，比如 Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is，就是「你知道這有多不方便嗎」。
它更常表示「打心底裡、說真心話」，強調真實感受。I want spiders' webs in my heart 就是「我心底想要的其實是蜘蛛網」。
指把人拒之門外、打發走。僕人說 I would turn him away，就是「我本想把他打發走」，物件通常是人。
find God。有意思的是威爾伯福斯沒說自己找到上帝，而說 I think he found me（我看是他找到我了），主客一顛倒，意思深了一層。
意思是「比平常更……」。I've been more strange than usual 就是「我最近比平時更古怪」，用來描述程度超出常態。
