這場戲：翻供後被冷風反咬
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瑪麗當庭翻供，說自己以前只是以為看見了鬼魂，其實並沒有。阿比蓋爾立刻反手，喊 A wind, a cold wind, has come（一陣冷風，一陣冷風吹來了），裝成被瑪麗施了巫。普羅克特忍無可忍，當庭承認 I have known her（我跟她睡過）。想學翻供、反咬、豁出去的說法，這段最狠。
「我只是以為自己看見了」：I only thought I saw them
used to faint 過去常昏倒thought I saw 以為我看見了in the beginning 起初、一開始
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 艾比蓋爾的控訴
用流血和盡責把自己說成受害者，節奏越逼越緊。
❝ 獨白 · 9 句 普羅克特當庭自曝
從名聲的常理講到自己的私情，一寸寸把自己交出去。
瑪麗頂住壓力翻供，說自己 I used to faint because I thought I saw spirits（我以前會暈過去，是因為以為看見了鬼魂），可 I only thought I saw them but I did not（我只是以為自己看見了，其實並沒有）。阿比蓋爾立刻反咬，喊 A wind, a cold wind, has come（一陣冷風，一陣冷風吹來了），瑪麗當庭喊 They're pretending!（他們是裝的！）。普羅克特忍無可忍，說出 I have known her, sir（我跟她睡過，先生），最後說 A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything, I know it now（人或許以為上帝睡著了，可上帝什麼都看得見，我現在明白了）。想學翻供、反咬、豁出去認罪的英文，這段最狠。
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 promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not.”
我向你保證，丹佛斯先生，我只當自己看見了他們，其實並沒有。
把“看見”和“以為看見”分開，一句話戳破整場指控的根基。
I only thought I saw ... but I did not.
承認當初誤會時用，可收回舊結論；正式道歉裡也常用。
I only imagined it; I never really saw it. ／ I mistook what I saw for something else.
正式
only thought 重讀，but I did not 放慢。
I only thought I saw a mistake, but I did not. 我只當自己看到了錯誤，其實並沒有。
“A wind, a cold wind, has come.”
起風了，一陣冷風。
最短的一句卻最嚇人，用身體的感覺把指控轉向別人。
A wind, a cold wind, has come.
用身體反應暗示危險來臨時用，帶戲劇感；日常說天氣別這麼演。
A chill has come over me. ／ Something cold just passed through.
literary
cold wind 重讀，has come 放低收尾。
A wind, a cold wind, has come over this room. 這屋裡起風了，一陣冷風。
“I have known her, sir.”
我認識過她，先生。
用 known 這一層委婉說法自曝私情，四個字毀掉全部體面。
I have known her.
被迫承認一段私情時用，含蓄卻致命；日常別用這種委婉指代人。
I have been with her. ／ We were involved, and I will not deny it.
正式
known her 連讀，sir 輕收。
I have known her, and I will not pretend otherwise. 我認識過她，我不會假裝沒這回事。
“A man will not cast away his good name.”
人不會把自己的好名聲隨手丟掉。
一句常理道破他接下來的代價，good name 的分量全在句裡。
A person will not cast away his good name.
提醒別人名聲一旦毀掉難挽回時用，鄭重；熟人閒聊會顯說教。
No one throws away a good name lightly. ／ A good name is not something you spend for nothing.
正式
cast away 連讀，good name 重讀。
A man will not cast away his good name for a small gain. 人不會為一點小利丟掉自己的好名聲。
“A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything, I know it now.”
人或許以為上帝睡著了，可上帝什麼都看得見，我現在才明白。
把隱瞞寫成“以為神睡了”，再用 sees everything 一擊，警句味十足。
A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything.
承認再也瞞不住時用，帶懺悔感；正式或文學語境合適。
You may think no one is watching, but someone always is. ／ Nothing stays hidden forever.
literary
God sleeps 後稍停，sees everything 一字一頓。
I may think no one notices, but the record sees everything. 我或許以為沒人注意，可記錄什麼都看得見。
I wish you had some evil in you that you might A man will not cast away his good name. You surely know that. In - in what time? In what place? In the proper place - where my beasts are bedded. On the last night of my joy, some eight months past. She used to serve me in my house, sir.
我真希望你身上有點邪念，好讓你明白—— 一個人不會白白丟了自己的好名聲。 你當然明白這一點。 在——在什麼時候？在什麼地方？ 在正該辦那事的地方—— 就是我牲口睡覺的地方。 在我最後一段快活日子的那晚， 大約八個月前。 她以前在我家裡幫傭，先生。
I have seen my blood running out! I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people - and this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied,
我親眼看著自己的血流出來！ 因為我盡了本分，天天都差點被人害死， 把魔鬼的人一個個指出來—— 這就是我得到的回報？ 被人懷疑， 被人否認，
下一章 · 22given to understand據我們獲悉這場戲：妻子為保夫名說謊「捫心自問」，指認真反省自己的內心。劇裡 I bid you now search your heart 就是「我現在勸你捫心自問」，要對方說真話。
lecher。劇裡問 you are a lecher?，就是「你是個淫棍？」，是法庭聽到普羅克特承認通姦後的質問。
「拋棄、隨手丟掉」。劇裡 A man will not cast away his good name 就是「一個人不會白白丟了自己的好名聲」，說人不會輕易毀掉名譽。
used to faint。used to 表示過去經常，劇裡 I used to faint because I thought I saw spirits 就是「我以前會暈過去，是因為以為看見了鬼魂」。
a lump of vanity。lump 是「一團」，vanity 是「虛榮」，劇裡形容那姑娘 a lump of vanity，就是「一肚子虛榮」。
