這場戲：追問醫生從哪裡下刀
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凱瑟琳衝回病房，抓著醫生追問 Where will you cut, doctor?（醫生，你要從哪裡下刀？），又傷心地問 Or further back? I suppose I'm to have my head shaved（還是再靠後一點？我猜頭髮得剃光吧）。她一遍遍說 I am not（我沒瘋），還點破 Insane is such a meaningless word（「瘋」這個詞根本沒什麼意義）。想學絕望中的追問和反話，這段最揪心。
❝ 獨白 · 7 句 believe me（相信我）
have my head shaved 讓別人把頭剃了such a waste 白費了、太可惜believe me 相信我
poor doctor（可憐的醫生（實為挖苦））
poor doctor 可憐的醫生（實為挖苦）bother you 打擾到、煩到某人take off 脫掉衣物seems to me 在我看來、我覺得
《夏日痴魂》這段在獅景的病房：凱瑟琳剛從辦公室跑出來，情緒還沒平復，就抓著醫生追問 Where will you cut my brain, doctor?（醫生，你要從我腦子的哪裡下刀？），又問 Or further back? I suppose I'm to have my head shaved（還是再靠後一點？我猜頭髮得剃光吧），心疼她今早剛做好的頭髮。醫生說不確定會不會動刀，她一遍遍強調 You've got to believe me, doctor. I am not（你一定要相信我，我沒瘋），還點破 Insane is such a meaningless word（「瘋」這個詞根本沒什麼意義），而 lobotomy has a precise meaning（腦白質切除術的意思卻很清楚）。想學絕望、追問和反話的英文，這段最揪心。
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。
“Insane is such a meaningless word.”
「瘋」這個詞根本沒什麼意義。
把強加給她的名目說成一個空詞，一句話拆掉了逼她認罪的底座。
X is such a meaningless word
替被貼標籤的人說話時用；正式文書裡別用，會顯得太情緒化。
That label means nothing at all. ／ Such a word tells us nothing.
literary
Insane 重讀，such a 連讀，句尾 word 降調收住。
Lazy is such a meaningless word for what she is going through. 用「懶」這個詞形容她正在經歷的事，根本沒什麼意義。
“But lobotomy has a precise meaning, hasn't it?”
可腦白質切除術的意思卻很明確，不是嗎？
用反問問回去，把「瘋」和一刀切腦擺上天平，輕重立見。
X has a precise meaning, hasn't it?
在爭論裡用反問逼對方表態；對上級或客人別這麼鋒利。
That term means something exact, doesn't it? ／ The word is precise, isn't it?
中性
precise 重讀，hasn't it 輕快上揚，留一絲冷意。
But deadline has a precise meaning, hasn't it? 可「截止日期」這個詞意思很明確，不是嗎？
“I want to trust you.”
我想相信你。
把信任說成一件還做不到的事，比任何哀求都更讓人心軟。
I want to + 動詞原形
向人交底、承認自己還做不到時用；正式報告裡不宜這樣示弱。
I wish I could trust you. ／ I'd like to be able to trust you.
中性
want to 連讀成 wanna，trust 重讀，you 輕收。
I want to trust you again, but it takes time. 我想重新相信你，可這需要時間。
“- I'm not at all sure that I will. - Where will you cut my brain, doctor?”
醫生，你要在我腦子哪裡下刀？
一個天真又直接的提問，讓手術的恐怖不加修飾地攤在眼前。
Where will you cut, doctor?
用近乎天真的方式追問一個可怕的問題時用；醫生或正式溝通裡別這麼問，會加劇對方不安。
Where exactly are you going to cut? ／ Which part of my brain will you cut into?
中性
Where will you 連讀，cut my brain 一頓，doctor 降調收尾。
Where exactly will you cut, doctor? 醫生，你到底要在哪兒下刀？
Where will you cut, doctor? - I'm not at all sure that I will. - Where will you cut my brain, doctor? In front? Or further back? I suppose I'm to have my head shaved. It seems such a waste, seeing as how I had my hair fixed this morning... ...then to have it all cut off right after it. I tell you, it's funny.
醫生，你要從哪裡下刀？ ——我還沒拿定主意要不要動刀。——醫生，你要從我腦子的哪裡下刀？ 前面嗎？ 還是再靠後一點？我猜我這頭髮得剃光吧。 真是太可惜了，我今天早上才剛做過頭髮…… ……結果轉眼就要全剃掉。 我跟你說，真好笑。
下一章 · 17on the menu被當菜挑這場戲：談塞巴斯蒂安拿人當菜意思是「突然一下子、毫無預兆地」，比 suddenly 更口語。臺詞 All of a sudden my poor baby flew out of the room 就是「我可憐的寶貝突然衝出房間」。
believe me，也可以說 trust me。臺詞 You've got to believe me, doctor 就是「醫生，你一定要相信我」，語氣很急切。
指「腦白質切除術」，舊時用來治療嚴重精神疾病的腦部手術。臺詞說 lobotomy has a precise meaning，就是「腦白質切除術的意思很明確」，跟含混的 insane 正好相反。
poor 通常表示「可憐的」，可在這裡凱瑟琳是挖苦：她覺得被追問得心煩的是醫生，於是用「可憐的醫生」反過來刺他一句。
意思是「應該做的正確選擇」。臺詞 I'm sure it's the right thing, what you and Violet are doing 就是「我相信你和維奧萊特做的是對的」，多用來說服自己或別人。
