這場戲：幻想娶小姐被人偷看
第 12 章 · 共 25 章 · 3'33"
馬伏里奧一個人做白日夢，幻想當上伯爵、娶了奧麗維婭，越說越飄。托比一夥躲在旁邊偷看，說他 Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him（這麼一想，他活像只神氣活現的公火雞），又冷笑著 Now is the woodcock near the gin（笨鳥快踩上陷阱了）。想學怎麼諷刺自大狂、又形容獵物上鉤，這段妙語連珠。
❝ 獨白 · 7 句 turkey-cock（神氣活現的自大狂），幻想吹大了他
turkey-cock 神氣活現的自大狂jets under his advanced plumes 抖著華麗羽毛招搖example for it 有先例可循imagination blows him 被幻想吹得鼓起來
the woodcock near the gin（自投羅網），等著他上鉤
amend your drunkenness 改掉酗酒的毛病sinews of our plot 某事的命脈關鍵the woodcock near the gin 自投羅網的獵物
《第十二夜》這段在奧麗維婭的花園：馬伏里奧獨自做白日夢，幻想自己 To be Count Malvolio（當上馬伏里奧伯爵），娶了奧麗維婭，連怎麼對手下發號施令都想好了。托比一群人躲在樹後偷看，說他 Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him（這麼一想，他活像只神氣活現的公火雞），看他 jets under his advanced plumes（抖著羽毛招搖），還激動地喊 Pistol him（斃了他）。托比按捺住眾人，說 Nay, patience or we break the sinews of our plot（別，忍住，不然咱們的計謀就斷了筋骨），最後一句 Now is the woodcock near the gin（笨鳥快踩上陷阱了）。想學諷刺、損人和形容上鉤的英文，這段最逗。
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。
“Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him...”
一味空想，把他變成了好一隻神氣的火雞。
把自戀寫成動物，一句就讓人看見他挺胸抖羽的蠢樣。
make a rare X of someone
形容某人被某種情緒或想像弄成一副可笑模樣時套用。
make a fool of himself by thinking ／ turn someone into a peacock
口語
rare 拖長帶諷刺，turkey-cock 重音加重。
One lucky deal made a rare peacock of him. 一單走運的生意，就把他變成了好一隻神氣的孔雀。
“how he jets under his advanced plumes.”
看他抖著一身高高翹起的華麗羽毛，招搖成什麼樣。
把虛榮寫成一隻抖羽炫耀的鳥，動作一齣，人格自現。
jet under one's advanced plumes
形容某人靠借來的光環擺譜的場合，比說愛炫耀更傳神。
strut in borrowed feathers ／ parade his borrowed plumes
口語
jets under 連讀，advanced plumes 加重收尾。
After one award he jets under his advanced plumes for a week. 拿了一個獎，他就抖著一身借來的羽毛招搖一整週。
“Now is the woodcock near the gin.”
瞧，那傻鳥已經快踩進網裡了。
把獵物和傻瓜疊成同一只鳥，一句預告了他自投羅網。
Now is the X near the gin.
眼看某人要上當或自曝其短，用這句提醒同伴別出聲。
he's walking right into it ／ the fish is nearing the net
口語
woodcock 與 near 連讀，gin 輕輕收住。
Now is the woodcock near the gin; just wait for him to sign it. 那傻鳥快踩網了，就等他把字簽了。
“There is example for it.”
這是有先例的。
五個詞把荒唐的野心說成有據可查，自我說服的滑稽全在這句。
There is example for it.
半開玩笑地為自己的想法找先例時用；正式論證時要有真實依據，別空說這句。
There is precedent for it. ／ It has been done before.
中性
There is example 輕帶，for it 放慢收住。
There is example for it, plenty of people have switched careers late. 這是有先例的，很多人都是晚年轉行。
“You must amend your drunkenness.”
你得改改你這酗酒的毛病。
用 amend 把戒酒說成一項體面的整改，訓人和玩笑只差語氣。
You must amend your ...
半開玩笑地勸人少喝時用；認真談成癮問題要用更嚴肅、更關懷的說法。
You must mend your drinking. ／ You have to do something about the drink.
literary
You must amend 重讀，your drunkenness 放慢收住。
You must amend your late-night snacking. 你得改改半夜吃零食的毛病。
Having been three months married to her sitting in my state... Oh, for a stone bow to hit him in the eye! ...Calling my officers about me in my branched velvet gowns, having come from a day bed where I have left Olivia sleeping. Fire and brimstone! Oh, peace, peace! And then to have the humour of state.
跟她結婚三個月以後，我高坐在自己的寶座上…… 唉，要是有把彈弓，我就一石子打他眼睛上！ ……穿著繡花的天鵝絨長袍，把手下都召集到跟前， 剛從躺椅上起身，奧麗維婭還在那兒睡著。 天打雷劈！ 別出聲，別出聲！ 然後擺出當權者的派頭。
下一章 · 13have greatness thrust upon them偉大被硬塞過來這場戲：撿到假情書自作多情字面是「丘鷸快靠近捕鳥網了」。woodcock 是種笨鳥，gin 是陷阱，合起來比喻「快自投羅網的獵物」，專說自以為得計的傻瓜。
know my place。place 這裡指身份、本分，I know my place 就是「我明白自己的身份」，也可以帶點諷刺：提醒別人別越界。
本意是「公火雞」，公火雞愛昂首闊步、抖動羽毛。所以 turkey-cock 常用來罵那些神氣活現、自命不凡的人。
imagination blows him。blow 有「吹脹」的意思，說一個人被自己的幻想吹得飄飄然、自我膨脹，畫面感很強。
馬伏里奧沉浸在幻想裡，把瑪麗亞、托比一夥全當成將來聽命的下屬；托比、費邊和安德魯則躲在旁邊偷看，等著他踩進那封假信的陷阱。
