這場戲：守著電視聊宗教
第 3 章 · 共 14 章 · 4'55"
貝爾法斯特的晚上，一家人圍著電視，奶奶突然問街坊「他們打你了嗎」。她形容天主教鄰居只是 kick with the left foot（左腳踢球，暗指天主教徒），輕描淡寫，卻點出這座城的裂縫。想學一句體面的英式說法「死去」，就記 shuffle off this mortal coil（嚥下這口氣）。
「上帝太多了」英語是 too much God
too much God 上帝太多了（反諷）before too long 用不了多久to the pictures 去看電影
「我們這邊和他們那邊」英語是 our side and their side
our side and their side 我們這邊和他們那邊bloody 該死的、他媽的（輕咒罵）nothing against 對某人沒意見
❝ 獨白 · 14 句 佈道者的末日演講
短句起頭，長句鋪開，最後一句反問把恐嚇推到頂。
晚上，一家人守在電視機前，奶奶一邊唸叨昨晚的騷亂，一邊拿天主教街坊打趣，說他們只是 kick with the left foot（左腳踢球），其實是「天主教徒」的暗語。巴迪追問：砸天主教徒房子的是不是我們這邊？得到的回答是 There is no our side and their side in our street（這條街上不分你們這邊他們那邊）。有人又嘆氣說 It's all bloody religion. That's the problem.（全是這該死的宗教鬧的）。電視裡隨後響起佈道，有人拿 shuffle off this mortal coil（嚥下這口氣、死去）嚇唬觀眾掏錢。想聊信仰、身份和身邊的衝突，這幾句都用得上。
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。
“There is no our side and their side in our street.”
我們這條街上，沒有你們那邊我們這邊之分。
把宗派對立一句抹平，用最簡單的詞說出最重的立場。
There is no A and B in ...
勸人別分陣營時用；對家人、鄰里合適，正式場合太隨意。
There's no them and us here. ／ We don't split into sides on this street.
中性
重讀 no 與 our street，中間平帶過。
There is no your room and my room in this house. 這個家裡沒有你的房間我的房間之分。
“It's all bloody religion. That's the problem.”
全是這該死的宗教。問題就出在這兒。
兩句短話一錘定音，髒字當重音，情緒全在停頓裡。
It's all ... . That's the problem.
對熟人吐槽根源時用；帶 bloody 別對長輩或正式場合說。
It all comes down to religion. ／ Religion is the whole trouble.
口語
bloody 重讀，problem 前停一拍。
It's all drivers on phones. That's the problem. 全是開車玩手機的人。問題就在這。
“I wouldn't be too sure about that.”
我可不敢說得那麼肯定。
用委婉否定頂回對方的樂觀，軟裡帶刺。
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
不認同對方判斷時用；對同事朋友都行，別硬頂領導。
I wouldn't count on it. ／ Don't be so certain.
中性
wouldn't 弱讀，too sure 稍加重。
You think it'll stay dry? I wouldn't be too sure about that. 你覺得天不會下雨？我可不敢打包票。
“I've had too much God for one day.”
今天這上帝，我可聽夠了。
把抽象信仰說成能吃飽的東西，疲憊感一下就出來。
I've had too much ... for one day.
對熟人半開玩笑地喊累時用，正式場合不要說。
I've had enough of this for one day. ／ That's more than enough for today.
口語
too much God 連讀，day 收尾降調。
I've had too much email for one day. 今天的郵件我可看夠了。
Protestants, you will die! Agonizingly! And where will you go when you shuffle off this pestilential mortal coil? Where?! Well, I will tell you where. Picture the scene. A fork in the road. In one direction, a straight and narrow highway. In the other, a long and winding road which stretches down and away into an unknowable distance. One will take you to the bosom of the Lord's grace, forever and a day caress you with beatific love. And the other will spew you into an eternal pit of sulfurous suffering, pustulating pain, from which you will never, ever, through the seven circles of hell escape! And I ask you here and now... ...which road will you take?!
新教徒，你們會死的！ 死得痛苦不堪！ 等你們擺脫這具充滿罪孽的臭皮囊，你們會去哪兒？ 去哪兒？！ 好，我告訴你們去哪兒。 想像一下這個場景。 一條岔路口。 一個方向，是條筆直狹窄的大道。 另一個方向，是條漫長曲折的路，一路向下，延伸進未知的遠方。 一條會帶你投入主恩的懷抱，用至福的愛永遠撫慰你。 另一條會把你吐進一個硫磺烈火、膿瘡劇痛的永恆深淵，你永遠、永遠 都別想逃出地獄的七層火圈！ 此刻此地，我問你們…… ……你們選哪條路？！
下一章 · 04double-bluff真話反當幌子這場戲：被盤問信仰與上門威脅字面是「用左腳踢球」，在貝爾法斯特是一句暗語，指對方是天主教徒，說的時候多半帶點玩笑。
可以說 handle herself，比如 She's well able to handle herself，意思就是她自己應付得來，不用別人替她操心。
用 take the hand out of someone，多出現在愛爾蘭英語裡，指耍弄、逗某人，可以提醒別人別被人當傻子耍。
bloody 是英式輕咒罵，語氣比一般髒話輕，多用來加重語氣。這句話的意思是「全是這該死的宗教鬧的」，帶著無奈和抱怨。
出自莎士比亞，意思是死去、嚥下這口氣。劇裡傳道人故意說得文縐縐，用來嚇唬觀眾趕緊掏錢。
可以說 once in a while，和 sometimes 意思接近，但更口語，強調次數不多，日常聊天裡很常用。
