這場戲：天亮前求緩刑被拒
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天亮前，黑爾趕回來求丹福斯緩刑，說只要有人認罪就能 cast doubt upon（讓人起疑）其餘人的清白；丹福斯一概不準，半點不讓。黑爾徹底翻臉，說自己是 I come to do the Devil's work（來替魔鬼辦事的）。想學立場翻盤、反話自嘲的說法，這段最重。
❝ 獨白 · 13 句 讓人安靜聽你說：now hear me（現在聽我說）
now hear me 現在聽我說cast doubt upon 使…顯得可疑I will not receive a single plea 任何請求我一概不準
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 他當庭喊出：the blood on my head（血債；手上沾血）
raise rebellion 發動叛亂do the Devil's work 替…幹活；幹…的勾當the blood on my head 血債；手上沾血
天還沒亮，黑爾回來求丹福斯緩刑，對方只回 There will be no postponement（一天都不能緩），還說這些人 They will not budge（死活不肯鬆口）。丹福斯宣佈 Them that will not confess will hang（不肯認罪的，一律絞死），因為 reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now（緩期或赦免會讓先前處死的人顯得可疑）。黑爾聽完徹底絕望，甩下一句 I come to do the Devil's work（我是來替魔鬼辦事的），說自己是來 I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves（勸基督徒說謊騙自己）。想學立場翻盤、反話自嘲的英文，這段最重。
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。
“Them that will not confess will hang.”
不肯認罪的人，就得上絞架。
一句不帶情緒的條件句，把生路和死路壓成一條直線，冷得嚇人。
Them that will not ... will ...
下達不容商量的規矩時能用，語氣極硬；對家人、對朋友別用這種最後通牒。
Those who will not agree will leave. ／ Anyone who refuses will face the consequences.
正式
not confess 重讀，will hang 一字一頓收尾。
Them that will not hand in the form will not get paid. 不交表格的人拿不到錢。
“I come to do the Devil's work.”
我是來幹魔鬼的活的。
用一句話把自己從牧師說成魔鬼的幫工，自嘲裡全是良心的重量。
I come to do the Devil's work.
自嘲自己在做違心的事時能用，多帶反話；正式場合對不熟的人別說這種重話。
I am here to do the dirty work. ／ I have come to play the villain.
literary
Devil's work 放慢加重，句尾落下去。
I come to do the Devil's work and close the whole office. 我是來幹魔鬼的活，把整個辦公室關掉。
“While I speak God's law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering.”
我宣讀上帝律法時，不會用嗚咽把它的聲音弄啞。
把法律說成一種聲音，再用 crack 和 whimpering 兩個動作寫拒絕心軟。
While I speak ..., I will not ...
表明自己按原則辦事、絕不動搖時能用；對需要安慰的人別用這麼硬的姿態。
I will not soften the rule for anyone. ／ I will not weaken the law with tears.
正式
God's law 重讀，crack its voice 壓低，whimpering 輕收。
While I run this team, I will not crack its rules with excuses. 只要我帶這個團隊，就不會用藉口把規矩弄鬆。
“I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves.”
我是來勸基督徒自相矛盾的。
把勸人認罪的差事說成讓人 belie themselves，一個詞就把道德困境說盡。
I come to counsel ... they should ...
自嘲地說明自己在勸人做違心事時能用，語氣要冷；對當事人別這樣點破。
I am here to make honest people lie. ／ My job is to talk them into betraying themselves.
literary
counsel 抬一下，belie themselves 放慢點透。
I come to counsel clients they should contradict themselves. 我這份工作就是勸客戶自相矛盾。
Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more. I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement. Them that will not confess will hang. Twelve are already executed; the names of these seven are given out, and the village expects to see them die this morning. Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now. While I speak God's law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering. If retaliation is your fear, know this - I should hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law, and an ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statutes. Now draw yourselves up like men and help me, as you are bound by Heaven to do.
現在聽我說，別再自欺欺人了。 任何赦免或緩期的請求，我一概不準。 不肯認罪的，一律絞死。 已經有十二個人被處決了； 這七個人的名字也張榜公佈了，全村都等著今天早上看他們上路。 現在緩期，就等於承認我自己在動搖； 一旦緩期或赦免，先前那些被處死的人是否有罪，就難免讓人起疑。 我這是在代上帝宣示律法，絕不會因為幾聲哭哭啼啼就讓這聲音變了調。 要是你們怕人報復，那就聽清楚了—— 誰膽敢對抗律法，就算有一萬人，我也照樣絞死； 再多的鹹淚匯成大海，也化不開律法的決意。 現在都給我拿出男人的樣子來，幫我把事辦妥， 這是上天交給你們的本分。
I come to do the Devil's work. I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves. There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head?
我是來替魔鬼辦事的。 我是來勸基督徒說謊騙自己的。 我頭上有血債！ 你看不見我頭上的血嗎？
下一章 · 27cleave to死死抱住這場戲：獄中勸妻勸夫認罪字面「魔鬼的活」，劇裡黑爾說 I come to do the Devil's work，是反話：他覺得自己勸人撒謊認罪，等於在替魔鬼辦事。
cast doubt upon，指使某件事顯得可疑。劇裡說 reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt，就是「緩期或赦免會讓先前被處死的人是否有罪顯得可疑」。
「不肯讓步、紋絲不動」。劇裡說 They will not budge，就是「他們死活不肯鬆口」，指受刑的人堅決不認罪。
「堅決不鬆口的」，形容態度極硬。劇裡問 Is he yet adamant?，就是「他還是那麼頑固嗎」，問的是普羅克特肯不肯認罪。
belie themselves。belie 是「與…不符、讓人看不出真相」，劇裡說 counsel Christians they should belie themselves，就是「勸基督徒說謊騙自己」。
