這場戲：出庭作證與當庭抵賴
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法庭上，檢察官問妹妹為什麼看見姐姐捱打卻不報警，她回答 I'd get the same treatment（我就會受到同樣的對待）——怕連自己也遭殃。接著 Gertrude was the last one to take the stand（格特魯德最後一個出庭作證），面對傷痕一句句推說什麼都沒看見。想學法庭英語裡出庭、作證、被質問的說法，這一場很集中。
「I'd get the same treatment」就是我會受到同樣的對待
call the police 報警the same treatment 受到同樣的對待up and down 滿街上下、到處
「You're telling the jury」是難以置信的反問
stay up 勉強撐住不倒feel like 想、有心情做某事any knowledge 對某事知情making marks 在…上留下痕跡
法庭上，檢察官一遍遍問珍妮：西爾維婭對巴尼謝夫斯基太太、寶拉、約翰尼做過什麼嗎？她答什麼都沒看見。問到為什麼看著姐姐 be beaten, struck（被打、被揍）卻不報警，她說格特魯德威脅過她，說出去就會 I'd get the same treatment（落得跟西爾維婭一樣的對待）。檢察官反駁 You could have told anyone, up and down on the street（你本可以告訴街上任何一個人），她只說 I did what she told me to do（她讓我做什麼我就做什麼）。後來輪到格特魯德出庭，面對多日的虐待，她只說自己 pretty run down（累垮了）、連站都站不穩。想練聽懂法庭問答、證詞和推脫，這幾段是現成範本。
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。
“You could have told anyone, up and down on the street.”
你本可以告訴街上任何一個人。
一句責備裡藏著最鋒利的追問：當時明明有那麼多條路。
You could have done something.
事後指出對方本可以怎麼做時用；對上級或長輩說會顯得冒犯。
You could have said something. ／ You had every chance to speak up.
口語
could have 輕快帶過，told anyone 連讀，句尾放平。
You could have warned me before I signed it. 簽字之前你本可以提醒我一下。
“I've seen her cry before.”
我以前見過她哭。
輕輕一句，就把「她沒感情」的說法整個推翻。
I've seen someone do something before.
想用親身經歷反駁傳言時用；正式作證也站得住。
I saw her cry more than once. ／ She has cried in front of me before.
中性
I've seen 連讀成 I've-seen，her cry 之間稍停再收。
I've seen him apologize before, so I believe him. 我以前見過他道歉，所以我相信他。
“You're telling the Jury, you don't know who did it?”
你是在告訴陪審團，你不知道是誰幹的？
把整場推脫堵在一個反問裡，聽的人無處可退。
You're telling me (that) ...?
對明顯的說法表示難以置信時用；對平輩可以，對長輩略衝。
Are you telling the court you had no idea? ／ You expect us to believe you knew nothing?
正式
telling the Jury 連讀，句尾上揚收在 did it 上。
You're telling me you never saw the email? 你是說你從沒看見那封郵件？
“did what she told me to do. I wish, I hadn't.”
她讓我做什麼我就做什麼。我真希望我沒做過。
一句後悔把服從和罪責縫在一起，比辯解更讓人心軟也更刺人。
I wish, I hadn't.
表達後悔時能用；對受害者家屬說這種話，別指望一句後悔就能被原諒。
I wish I hadn't done it. ／ If only I'd said no.
中性
did what 連讀，wish 後停頓，hadn't 尾音收輕。
I wish I hadn't signed that contract. 我真希望我沒簽那份合同。
指走上證人席、出庭作證，是法庭劇裡最常見的說法。臺詞裡說 Gertrude was the last one to take the stand，就是她是最後一個出庭作證的。
the same treatment。臺詞裡 I'd get the same treatment than Sylvia was getting，意思是我也會落得和西爾維婭一樣的對待。
不是。knew better 指「心裡清楚不是那樣」。珍妮說大家都說她姐姐沒感情，but I knew better，就是她清楚事實並非如此。
run down 指累垮、形容憔悴、沒精打采。格特魯德出庭說自己 pretty run down, physically，就是把身體虛弱當成了開脫的理由。
指吵吵鬧鬧、鬧個不停。格特魯德抱怨孩子們 arguing and carrying on，就是把家裡的混亂說成自己情緒失控的原因。
