這場戲：海上失散與退還戒指
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西巴斯辛向救命的安東尼奧講身世，說孿生妹妹在海上失散、已經溺亡，誇她 She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair（她的心性，連嫉妒的人也只能說好）。想學這種又剋制又深情的英文表白，看這一分鐘。
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 「不由得、只能」英語是 could not but
left behind 身後留下（家人）born in an hour 同一時辰出生could not but 不由得、只能boldly publish her 大膽地稱頌她
「但願老天不許」用 Fortune forbid 止住壞念頭
seem sport 像玩樂一樣輕鬆saved me my pains 省了我白跑一趟worth stooping for 值得彎腰去撿Fortune forbid 但願老天不許
故事發生在伊利里亞街頭：西巴斯辛向救命恩人安東尼奧講起身世，說父親身後 left behind（留下）他和一個孿生妹妹，兩人同一時辰出生，可妹妹已在海難中溺亡；他誇妹妹 She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair（她的心性，連嫉妒的人也只能說好）。安東尼奧卻不肯離去，說 If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant（你若不肯因這份情義殺我，就讓我做你的僕人），還誓言 come what may（不管發生什麼）也要跟隨。另一邊，馬伏里奧把奧麗維婭的戒指還給男裝的薇奧拉，薇奧拉這才驚覺自己 Fortune forbid（但願老天不許）——小姐愛上了她。想學深情的古文式英語，這些臺詞很典型。
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。
“She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.”
她有一顆連嫉妒也不得不說它美的心。
把讚美推到極致：連最挑剔的嫉妒都只能承認。
X that even envy could not but call Y
追憶或誇讚一個人時，用強對比抬高評價。
A spirit that even rivals had to admire. ／ A record that no critic could call weak.
literary
envy 稍停，could not but call fair 一氣呵成。
She had a calm that even her critics could not but respect. 她有一種連批評她的人也不得不敬重的鎮定。
“If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant.”
若你不因我的愛而殺我，就讓我做你的僕人。
把生死與效忠壓進一個條件句，熱烈又不失分寸。
If you will not X for my love, let me Y
向人表態效忠時，用條件句把姿態放低。
If you will not blame me, let me stay near. ／ If you can forgive my zeal, let me help.
literary
my love 上揚，let me be your servant 穩穩落下。
If you will not laugh at my nerve, let me work for you. 你要是不笑我膽大，就讓我為你做事吧。
“I do adore thee so that danger shall seem sport, and I will go.”
我如此仰慕你，連危險也像玩樂，我一定跟你去。
把赴險說成玩樂，戀人式的忠誠瞬間立住。
I do X so that Y shall seem Z
想表達為某人甘冒風險時套用這個遞進。
I trust you so much that trouble feels like a game. ／ I love the work so that long hours feel short.
literary
do adore 重讀，danger shall seem sport 輕快帶過。
I believe in her so that setbacks feel like practice. 我太信她了，連挫折都像練習。
“I have many enemies in Orsino's court, else would I very shortly see thee there.”
我在奧西諾的宮裡樹敵不少，否則我早就去那兒見你了。
把不能同行的原因歸給「仇敵」，既是解釋也是體面，一句藏著身世與危險。
I have many enemies in ..., else would I ... there.
解釋為何不能同行時用，帶古典腔；正式說明理由要更直接，別繞。
I have enemies there, or I would follow you. ／ Were it not for foes, I would join you.
literary
I have many enemies 重讀，in Orsino's court 平推，else would I see thee there 放慢收住。
I have many enemies in that office, else would I join you there. 我在那個部門樹敵不少，否則就跟你一起去了。
“She is drowned already, sir, with salt water.”
先生，她已經淹死了，溺在海水中。
用「已經」和「海水」把悲傷說成既成事實，剋制得讓人不敢追問。
She is ... already, sir, with ...
平靜地陳述親人已逝時用，語氣要穩；在輕鬆的場合提起會讓人無措，別用。
She drowned in the sea. ／ The salt water took her.
中性
She is drowned 輕帶，already, sir 稍頓，with salt water 放慢收住。
He is gone already, sir, with the winter. 先生，他已經隨著冬天走了。
He left behind him myself and a sister. Both born in an hour. If the heavens had been pleased would we had so ended. But you, sir, altered that. For some hour before you took me from the breach of the sea, was my sister drowned.
他身後留下一對兒女，我和一個妹妹。 我倆是同一個時辰出生的。 若是上天願意，我們本該也在同一刻一同了結。 可是先生，你改變了這一切。 因為就在你把我從海浪裡救起來前一個時辰，我妹妹已經淹死了。
下一章 · 08make the welkin dance鬧得震天響這場戲：夜裡喝酒點歌唱輪唱意思是「不由得、只能」，表示實在沒法不這麼做。臺詞 envy could not but call fair 就是「連嫉妒的人也只能說好」。
come what may。它常放在句首或句末，表示無論出什麼事都照做，語氣很堅定，帶點古典味。
不是「告狀」，而是「出賣我」。臺詞說母親的多情讓他一有機會眼淚就會 tell tales of me，眼睛會把心事全洩露出去。
意思是「省了我白跑一趟」。馬伏里奧還戒指時說，你本可以自己拿走，saved me my pains，省得我跑這一趟。
不是。它是誇張說法，指人驚訝或出神到說不出話。臺詞說她的眼睛彷彿 lost her tongue，就是看得連話都忘了說。
