這場戲：書記員求私下密談
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妻子入獄後，羅伯特進城找律師喬伊斯，一坐下就坦言 I'm all in（我累垮了），連種植園都 go to blazes（見鬼去也無所謂）。他剛走，機要書記員翁志成請喬伊斯私下談，說手上有一件非常敏感、跟克羅斯比案有關的事。想學怎麼用英文說自己累垮、說「不在乎了」，這段很實用。
他坦白 I'm all in（累垮了、精疲力竭）
all in 累垮了、精疲力竭go to blazes 見鬼去、毀了也不在乎
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 他說這事 delicate and confidential（敏感且機密）
trouble you for 勞煩某人、請某人給出delicate and confidential 敏感且機密has to do with 與……有關
萊斯利入獄後，羅伯特進城到喬伊斯的事務所，身心俱疲。他坦白 I don't mind confessing I'm all in（我不瞞你說，我累垮了），說種植園 The plantation can go to blazes（毀了我也不在乎），還誇妻子 Leslie hasn't turned a hair（萊斯利卻面不改色）。喬伊斯安慰他，說審判免不了，還答應照應官司。羅伯特走後，機要書記員翁志成請喬伊斯私下談，說這件 The matter is very delicate and confidential（非常敏感機密），It has to do with the case of the crown vs. Crosbie（跟王室訴克羅斯比這樁案子有關）。想學怎麼用英文說自己累垮、不在乎，以及怎麼鄭重談要事，這段最合適。
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 don't mind confessing I'm all in.”
我不瞞你說，我累垮了。
I don't mind confessing 把難堪的實話包得體面，all in 又極口語，雅俗剛剛好。
I don't mind confessing (that) ...
向熟人承認自己的狼狽時用；對上級或客戶這樣說會顯得不夠可靠。
I'll admit I'm all in. ／ I don't mind saying I'm exhausted.
口語
don't mind 連讀，confessing 稍重，all in 兩詞收束。
I don't mind confessing I'm out of ideas. 我不瞞你說，我是一點主意都沒有了。
“I've tried to work. The plantation can go to blazes for all I care. I hate the house and every tree on the place.”
我試過幹活。種植園嘛，我一點也不在乎，毀了就毀了。我恨那座房子，恨那兒的每一棵樹。
go to blazes 一句賭氣狠話，再加恨到每一棵樹，把絕望說得又衝又具體。
X can go to blazes for all I care
賭氣說某樣東西毀了也不在乎時用；對需要你負責的場合這樣說太沖動。
The plan can go to blazes for all I care. ／ I don't care if the whole thing burns.
口語
go to blazes 三詞一頓，every tree 重讀。
That old car can go to blazes for all I care. 那輛破車我一點也不在乎，廢了就廢了。
“It's monstrous they should have kept her in that filthy prison all this time.”
他們把她關在那骯髒的監獄裡這麼久，簡直太過分了。
monstrous 一個詞把憤怒和心疼並在一起，而 filthy prison 讓不公有了氣味。
It's monstrous (that) ...
為某人受到的不公抱不平時用；對當事人家長式地這樣說會顯得替人做主。
It's outrageous that they kept her there. ／ It is monstrous the way she has been treated.
正式
It's monstrous 重讀，kept her 連讀，時間短語放慢。
It's monstrous they made him wait two years. 他們讓他等了兩年，簡直太過分了。
“She shot him as she would have shot a mad dog.”
她開槍打他，就像打死一條瘋狗。
把殺人比作打瘋狗，一句就替她定了性；比喻越隨意，越露出偏袒。
X as one would have done Y
把某事說得理所當然、不值得追究時用；對持不同看法的人這樣說會激化爭論。
She put him down like a rabid dog. ／ He needed stopping, like a mad dog.
中性
shot him 連讀，mad dog 兩詞重讀對比。
She brushed it off as she would have brushed away a fly. 她隨手就把它打發了，像趕走一隻蒼蠅。
“If you are not too busy, sir, might I trouble you for a few words in private conversation?”
先生，您要是不太忙，能否勞煩您私下跟我說幾句話？
might I trouble you for 是舊式謙辭，一句就把下位者的分寸擺得妥妥帖帖。
might I trouble you for ...?
正式場合向地位高的人提出請求時用；熟人之間這樣講會顯得生分。
Could I trouble you for a moment? ／ Might I have a word in private?
正式
might I 輕連，trouble you for 一串帶過，private 稍重。
Might I trouble you for five minutes of your time? 能否勞煩您給我五分鐘？
“The matter upon which I desire to speak to you, sir, is very delicate and confidential.”
先生，我想跟您談的這件事，非常敏感，也很機密。
delicate and confidential 兩個詞既定了性質，也預告了危險，正式卻不安。
the matter ... is delicate and confidential
預告一件不便張揚的事時用；對不該知情的人這樣說反而會引來追問。
What I have to say is strictly confidential. ／ This is a sensitive matter.
正式
upon which 連讀，delicate 輕，confidential 重讀收尾。
The matter I must raise is delicate and confidential. 我要提的這件事很敏感，也很機密。
If you are not too busy, sir, might I trouble you for a few words in private conversation? No trouble at all, Ong. The matter upon which I desire to speak to you, sir, is very delicate and confidential. Well... what matter is it? It has to do with the case of the crown vs. Crosbie.
先生，您要是不太忙，能否勞煩您私下跟我說幾句話？ 不麻煩，王。 先生，我想跟您談的這件事，非常敏感，也很機密。 哦……是什麼事？ 跟王室訴克羅斯比這樁案子有關。
下一章 · 06put a different complexion on讓事情換個樣子這場戲：律師收到告密信「累垮了、精疲力竭」。劇裡 I don't mind confessing I'm all in 就是「我不瞞你說，我累垮了」，all in 形容力氣用盡、徹底疲了。
turn a hair。劇裡 Leslie hasn't turned a hair 就是「萊斯利卻面不改色」，turn a hair 多用在否定句裡，表示一點反應都沒有。
go to blazes。劇裡 The plantation can go to blazes for all I care 就是「種植園毀了我也不在乎」，是句老派的賭氣話。
the ordeal of。劇裡 go through the ordeal of a trial 就是「受審這場折磨」，ordeal 指漫長難熬的經歷。
是極其鄭重、壓低聲音的語氣。翁志成說這事 very delicate and confidential，等於先宣告「非常敏感機密」，讓對方重視、別聲張，再往下談。
