這場戲：寫完最後一章送出版社
第 10 章 · 共 18 章 · 2'48"
海鷗別墅裡，瑪莎送來催繳房租的通知，露西婉拒她的積蓄，一句 wouldn't dream of（絕不會）既領情又堅定。隨後格雷格船長陪她寫完最後一章，說普通人要 come of age（長大成人），往往得經歷沉船和災難。想學會體面地拒絕別人的好意，又記住一句談成長的金句，就看這幾句。
「絕不會」客氣拒絕：wouldn't dream of
wouldn't dream of 絕不會、想都不會想put by 攢下、存起來manage somehow 總會有辦法應付nothing but 不過是、無非是
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 船長的獻詞
把船上的三教九流一路點名，鄭重裡帶著對同行的敬意。
❝ 獨白 · 8 句 「長大成人」的英語說法：come of age
come of age 長大成人、成熟lead a very wise life 過一種明智的生活merely to 僅僅是為了risk their lives 冒生命危險
瑪莎從村裡帶回庫姆的信，是又一張催繳房租的通知，還捎話要派法警把她們趕出去。瑪莎掏出攢下的錢想幫忙，露西一句 wouldn't dream of（絕不會）婉拒，說總會有辦法。隨後格雷格船長說 bailiffs（上門執行的法警）不過是上岸的訟棍，他會應付。兩人寫完最後一章，送出版社之前，船長談起海上的苦，說人經歷沉船和災難才會 come of age（長大成人）。他還提到，那些坐在家裡享受的人，反過來 sneer at（嘲笑）想幫海員的人。
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。
“Thank you, Martha, but I wouldn't dream of taking it.”
謝謝你，瑪莎，可我絕不會要你的錢。
道謝與拒絕並行，一句婉拒把自尊和體貼都保住了。
I wouldn't dream of doing something
婉拒別人的錢或好意時用；對方真心相助，語氣要軟。
That's kind, but I could never take it. ／ I wouldn't think of accepting your savings.
正式
wouldn't dream of 連讀，taking it 輕收。
Thank you, but I wouldn't dream of letting you pay. 謝謝，可我絕不好意思讓你付錢。
“Bailiffs are nothing but sea lawyers come ashore.”
法警不過是上了岸的海上訟棍。
一句航海比喻就把威脅貶成笑話，船長的底氣全在裡頭。
X are nothing but Y
輕視對手、給對方降壓時用；正式談判裡別這樣形容對手。
They are nothing but bullies in uniform. ／ Those men are just hired muscle.
口語
nothing but 重讀，sea lawyers 連讀，come ashore 收平。
The inspectors are nothing but paperwork come to life. 那些檢查員不過是活過來的表格罷了。
“I can't see straight or think straight.”
我眼也花了，腦子也轉不動了。
同一句式重複，把疲憊說到不能再說的地步。
I can't see straight or think straight.
熬夜太久、累到不行時用；對醫生或上司如實說沒問題。
I'm too tired to think. ／ Everything is a blur right now.
口語
can't 輕，straight 兩次重讀，尾音往下。
I've been up so long I can't see straight. 我熬太久，看東西都花了。
“I didn't lead a very wise life myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one.”
我自己這輩子算不上多明智，但過得充實，也活得成熟。
認下不聰明，卻把充實和成熟擺在旁邊，是種坦然的自我評價。
I didn't ... myself, but it was a ... one.
回望自己的經歷、做總結時用；面試裡這樣講會顯得沒重點。
I may not have been wise, but I lived fully. ／ Not a clever life perhaps, but a complete one.
literary
wise 輕，full 與 grown-up 各加重，one 收尾。
I didn't have a quiet career, but it was a rich one. 我的職業生涯算不上安穩，卻很豐富。
“You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster.”
經歷沉船和災難，人很快就長大了。
把成長的代價說成海難，一句就帶出船長的整個人生觀。
You come of age through ...
感慨經歷讓人成熟時用；安慰遭遇挫折的朋友也合適。
Hard times make you grow up fast. ／ Disaster is a harsh teacher of maturity.
literary
come of age 連讀，shipwreck 重讀，disaster 放慢。
You come of age quickly through a year like that. 經歷那樣一年，人一下子就長大了。
To all who follow the hard and honorable profession of the sea, to the after-guard and forecastle alike, to masters, mates, and engineers, to able-bodied and ordinary seamen, to stokers, apprentices, ship's boys, carpenters, sailmakers, and sea cooks, I dedicate this volume.
獻給所有從事海上這門艱苦而光榮行當的人，無論後甲板還是前甲板， 獻給船長、大副， 獻給輪機員，獻給一等水手和普通水手， 獻給司爐工、學徒、船童， 獻給木匠、縫帆匠，還有海上廚子， 我把這一卷獻給你們。
It wasn't merely to save the house for me. Partly that. For you and the retired seamen you'll leave it to in your will, but mostly to help people understand, to make them understand. All those comfortable swabs who sit at home in their beam-ends reveling in the luxuries that seamen risk their lives to bring to them, and despising the poor devils if they so much as touch a drop of rum, and even sneering at people who try to do them some good like you and me.
不單是為了替我保住這房子。 有一部分是。 留給你，也留給將來你遺贈的那些退休海員， 但主要還是想幫人明白，讓人真正明白。 那些舒舒服服坐在家裡、得意洋洋的蠢貨， 享著水手們冒死給他們運來的好東西， 可水手要是沾一滴朗姆酒，就瞧不起人家， 甚至還要嘲笑像你我這樣想幫他們一把的人。
下一章 · 11cooped up憋在屋裡出不去這場戲：霧夜勸她出門見人字面是「連做夢都不會想到」，實際是客氣地表示「絕不會」。別人塞錢或送禮時，用它拒絕既領情又守住原則。
take it to the publishers，it 指書稿，publishers 就是出版社。寫完書、投稿之前，就可以說 I'll take it to the publishers。
本義是「到法定成年年齡」，也指「成熟起來」。句子裡 You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster 意思是經歷大難，人很快就成熟了。
指法院派上門執行的人，比如收房租、查封財產、把人趕出去。臺詞裡庫姆就威脅要派 bailiffs 把露西她們攆走。
他明說有一部分是為了保住房子，但主要目的是讓人真正理解海員的生活和付出，包括那些冒險運貨、卻被岸上人小看的水手。
意思是「不過是、無非是」，語氣比 only 更強。Bailiffs are nothing but sea lawyers 就是「法警不過是海上訟棍」，帶明顯的輕蔑。
