這場戲：說清當年為何離開
第 17 章 · 共 20 章 · 3'07"
伊爾莎在巴黎把當年的真相一次說清：聽說維克多已死，她才和裡克相愛，臨走前卻得知丈夫還活著，只能不告而別。後來裡克舉杯說 Here's looking at you, kid（敬你一杯，孩子），伊爾莎回他 I wish I didn't love you so much（真希望自己沒這麼愛你）。想學分手的解釋和酒桌告別，這段最經典。
❝ 獨白 · 8 句 「打聽到音信」：get word 是到處打聽訊息
wasn't long after 沒過多久就…two-line item 報紙上兩行字的小啟get word 打聽到音信not even hope 連一點指望都沒有
在巴黎的回憶裡，伊爾莎把當年離開的原因全說了出來：婚後才多久，維克多就回布拉格，被蓋世太保抓走，報紙上只有兩行小字；她到處 get word（打聽到音信），等來的卻是丈夫已死的訊息。她說那時自己孤零零的，not even hope（連一點指望都沒有），直到遇見裡克。可就在兩人準備一起離開巴黎前，她得知維克多還活著，只能不告而別。重逢後，裡克舉杯說 Here's looking at you, kid（敬你一杯，孩子），還說 I wish I didn't love you so much（真希望自己沒這麼愛你）。想學怎麼把舊事講清楚、怎麼在酒桌上道別，這段是最好的範本。
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。
“I wish I didn't love you so much.”
我真希望自己沒這麼愛你。
用 wish 加過去式，把「愛到想收回卻收不回」一句說盡，甜裡帶苦。
I wish I didn't ... so much.
對很親的人半認命地抱怨時用，正式場合或剛認識別這麼說。
I wish I could stop caring this much ／ I wish it didn't matter so much to me
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didn't 輕快帶過，so much 慢慢壓低收尾。
I wish I didn't like this show so much; it is past three. 真希望沒這麼喜歡這劇，都三點多了。
“I can't fight it anymore.”
我再也撐不住、爭不動了。
it 不點明是什麼，把心裡那場拉鋸整個收進一句，認輸得很體面。
I can't ... anymore.
對身邊人坦白自己撐不住時用，工作彙報裡別說，會被當成放棄。
I can't hold it together anymore ／ I can't keep this up anymore
中性
can't 收短，anymore 重音在後，尾音往下落。
I can't push through these nights anymore. 這些通宵我再也扛不動了。
“Here's looking at you, kid.”
敬你一杯，孩子。
舉杯的客套被說成默契的暗號，一句就把風浪擋在兩人之外。
Here's to ... / Here's looking at you
舉杯時對親近的人說，帶點玩笑；商務酒會裡用會顯得太隨便。
Here's to you ／ Here's to the two of us
口語
Here's 弱讀，looking at 連起來，kid 輕輕收。
Here's looking at you, partner; same table next year. 敬你一杯，老搭檔，明年還坐這張桌。
“I know that I'll never have the strength to leave you again.”
我知道我再也沒有力氣離開你了。
把愛說成一種認輸，越坦白越讓人心碎。
I'll never have the strength to ... again.
對愛而難捨的人坦白心意時用；在要分開的場合說會把人拖住，慎重。
I could never leave you again. ／ I don't have it in me to walk away twice.
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know that 連讀，never 重讀，leave you again 放慢輕收。
I'll never have the strength to leave this city again. 我再也沒有力氣離開這座城市了。
It wasn't long after we were married that Victor went back to Czechoslovakia. They needed him in Prague, but there the Gestapo were waiting for him. Just a two-line item in the paper: "Victor Laszlo apprehended. Sent to concentration camp." I was frantic. For months I tried to get word. Then it came. He was dead. Shot trying to escape. I was lonely. I had nothing, not even hope. Then I met you.
我們結婚沒多久，維克多就回捷克斯洛伐克去了。 布拉格那邊需要他，可蓋世太保早在那兒等著他。 報紙上就兩行字：“維克多·拉茲洛被捕，押送集中營。” 我急瘋了。好幾個月，我一直想打聽訊息。 後來訊息終於來了。 他死了。說是逃跑時被開槍打死的。 我孤零零的，什麼都沒了，連希望都沒了。 然後我遇見了你。
下一章 · 18stick my neck out冒風險替人出頭這場戲：情敵托妻後被捕是「打聽到訊息、得到音信」，比 get news 更口語、更急。戲裡伊爾莎說 For months I tried to get word，就是「好幾個月我一直在打聽他的下落」。
not even hope。not even 是「連……都沒有」，語氣很重。伊爾莎說 I had nothing, not even hope，就是「我什麼都沒有，連一點指望都沒了」，把絕望說得很乾淨。
這是舉杯敬酒時的說法，等於「敬你一杯」，加上 kid 就是寵溺地叫對方「孩子」。裡克在重逢時用它開口，既是敬酒，也是把當年的感情輕輕放到檯面上。
她得知維克多還活著、又病又需要她，同時知道里克若留下會被蓋世太保抓走。她說 I knew you wouldn't have left Paris，所以只好自己先走，用離開保住兩個人的命。
是「真希望自己沒這麼愛你」，聽著像抱怨，其實是深情。wish 加否定，表示對現狀的無奈；伊爾莎用這句收尾，等於承認自己放不下里克。
