這場戲：隔浴室門盤問情史
第 11 章 · 共 30 章 · 2'33"
婚後清晨，夏洛特隔著浴室門不放人，一句 Sweetheart, I don't want any secrets between us（甜心，我不想我們之間有任何秘密），又說 It makes me feel insecure（這讓我沒安全感），翻來覆去問他過去有多少女人。亨伯特隔著門冷冷敷衍，最後一句 like a good little wife（做個聽話的小妻子）把控制慾暴露無遺。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 a quiet affair（一場低調的婚禮）
a quiet affair 一場低調的婚禮secrets between us 我們之間有隱瞞feel insecure 沒有安全感promotion from lodger to lover 從房客升格成情人
in point of fact（事實上、確切地說）
In point of fact 事實上、確切地說make out a complete list 開出一份完整清單to be jealous 吃醋、嫉妒morning cup of coffee 早上那杯咖啡
亨伯特的旁白說婚禮辦得很低調，他從房客升格成情人。可婚後清晨並不甜：夏洛特隔著浴室門非要談，說 Sweetheart, I don't want any secrets between us（甜心，我不想我們之間有任何秘密），又說 It makes me feel insecure（這讓我沒有安全感）。亨伯特讓她等自己出去，還賭氣說要列一份完整名單。夏洛特不接招，只說她覺得吃醋很健康，甚至說 it means that I love you（這說明我愛你）。亨伯特不接話，最後一句 Please do that, like a good little wife（做個聽話的小妻子），把她支去煮咖啡。
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。
“Sweetheart, I don't want any secrets between us.”
親愛的，我不希望我們之間有秘密。
把親密定義成「沒有秘密」，一句既像深情又像要求，溫柔裡帶壓力。
I don't want any secrets between us.
對伴侶或好友表明要彼此坦白時用，帶著懷疑查問的場合別說。
I don't want us keeping secrets. ／ No secrets between us, okay?
中性
重音落在 secrets，between us 輕聲收尾。
I don't want any secrets between us, so ask me anything. 我不希望我們之間有秘密，有話儘管問我。
“Can't this wait till I come out of here?”
這事就不能等我出去再說嗎？
用否定疑問句把「現在不行」說得不撕破臉，既推後話題又留了臺階。
Can't this wait till I ...?
手頭正忙、想晚點再談時用，對上級或正式場合別用。
Can this wait till later? ／ Let's talk once I'm out.
口語
Can't this 連讀，wait 重讀，句尾升調。
Can't this wait till I finish the call? 這事不能等我打完電話再說嗎？
“I think it's healthy for me to be jealous.”
我覺得自己吃醋是件健康的事。
把嫉妒說成健康，顛倒常理替自己開脫，語氣越平靜越顯理虧。
I think it's healthy for me to ...
半開玩笑地給壞情緒找理由時用，認真反省的場合不要說。
I think a little jealousy is healthy. ／ Jealousy keeps things honest.
中性
healthy 重讀，for me 弱讀帶過。
I think it's healthy for me to worry a little. 我覺得自己稍微擔心一下是好事。
“Were there a lot of women in your life before me?”
在我之前，你生命裡有過很多女人嗎？
把查崗包進一句過去時的問句，表面好奇，底下全是佔有慾和不安。
Were there a lot of ... before me?
想探問伴侶過去、又不想顯得太計較時能用；已經因為嫉妒吵過架，就別再翻這句。
How many people were there before me? ／ Was there anyone serious before me?
中性
Were there a 連讀，重音落在 lot 和 me，句尾輕輕上揚。
Were there a lot of jobs in your life before this one? 在現在這份工作之前，你換過很多份嗎？
“You know how happy I can make you.”
你知道我能讓你多快樂。
用「你知道」起句，把挽留說成既成事實，溫柔裡藏著一點要挾。
You know how ... I can ...
想挽留或安撫對方時能用；對方剛說完要走，這話會顯得像在談條件，慎用。
You know how good I can be for you. ／ You know what I can give you.
口語
You know 輕快帶過，重音在 happy，make you 收輕。
You know how much smoother this can go if we work together. 你知道我們要是合作，這事能順多少。
The wedding was a quiet affair... ...and when called upon to enjoy my promotion from lodger to lover... ...did I experience only bitterness and distaste? No. Mr. Humbert confesses to a certain titillation of his vanity... ...to some faint tenderness, even to a pattern of remorse... ...daintily running along the steel of his conspiratorial dagger.
婚禮辦得很低調…… ……而當我該為從房客升格成情人而高興時…… ……我體會到的只有苦澀和厭惡嗎？ 不。亨伯特先生承認，他的虛榮心多少被撩撥了一下…… ……還泛起一絲淡淡的溫情，甚至一種悔意…… ……輕巧地順著他那把陰謀匕首的鋼鋒滑過。
下一章 · 12sacred and profane神聖與褻瀆這場戲：床頭拿出亡夫的手槍意思是「沒有安全感、心裡不踏實」。夏洛特說 It makes me feel insecure，就是在抱怨亨伯特有事瞞著她，讓她心裡發慌，為逼他交代找理由。
in point of fact，比 in fact 更正式、更較真的說法。亨伯特說 I haven't been here long. In point of fact, I only just came in，就是強調「事實上我這才剛進來」。
make out a complete list。make out 在這裡是「開列、寫出」，不是「辨認」。亨伯特賭氣說要把認識過的每個女人都列出來，用的就是這個說法。
a quiet affair。affair 在這裡指「活動、事情」，a quiet affair 就是辦得不大、很安靜的婚禮。旁白說 The wedding was a quiet affair，語氣冷淡得反常。
like a good little wife。good 在這裡是「聽話、乖」，little 帶著居高臨下。亨伯特一句 Please do that, like a good little wife，既打發她去煮咖啡，也顯出他對這段婚姻的輕視。
