這場戲：律師出示筆跡信
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霍華德來探視萊斯利，閒聊之後開始追問她和哈蒙德的關係。她一再否認寫過信，直到對方把信遞過來，她才說 But that's not my handwriting（那不是我的筆跡）。他還注意到，她對案發經過的說法 a hairsbreadth（一絲一毫）都沒變過。想學怎麼用英語平靜地對質和否認，這段最值得聽。
她一字不差：never varied a hairsbreadth（一絲一毫）
looking forward to 期待、盼望a hairsbreadth 一絲一毫、極細微unvarnished truth 不加修飾的實話
「那不是我的筆跡」：that's not my handwriting
by chance 碰巧、偶然having anything to do with 和某人有任何牽扯that's not my handwriting 那不是我的筆跡
萊斯利被關押著等待審判，律師霍華德來看她。兩人先聊近況，她擔心丈夫羅伯特 take it hard（難以接受），也承認自己並不 look forward to（期待）出庭作證。霍華德隨後追問她和哈蒙德的關係，指出她每次複述案發經過都一字不差，連 a hairsbreadth（一絲一毫）都沒變；最後他拿出一封據稱她寫給哈蒙德的信，她脫口而出 That's not my handwriting（那不是我的筆跡）。正式場合的詢問與否認都能用上這三個表達，值得反覆聽。
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。
“Oh, fine, thanks. It's a different place since Mrs. Crosbie's been here.”
哦，挺好的，謝謝。自從克羅絲比太太來了這兒，這裡都變了樣。
把誇獎和分寸一起說完，既不冷落主人，也沒多交心。
It's a different place since ...
誇某個地方因誰而變時用；日常客氣話，對熟人說也很好。
It feels like a different house since she came. ／ The whole place has changed since you arrived.
中性
different place 重讀，since 輕帶過去。
It's a different office since you joined. 自從你來了，辦公室都不一樣了。
“Oh, how lovely. I do miss my garden.”
哦，真好看。我真想念我的花園。
一句家常話把牢房裡的她拉回從前，越平淡越叫人心裡發沉。
I do miss ...
真心想念某樣東西時用；do 表強調，正式書面裡少見。
I really miss my garden. ／ I do long for my garden.
中性
do miss 裡 do 重讀，garden 放慢。
I do miss the old neighbourhood. 我真的很想念從前那個街區。
“He's much more anxious about you than you seem to be about yourself.”
他比你本人還要擔心你。
一句比較把人心的輕重擺平了，也替羅伯特說了話。
more ... than you seem to be
指出兩人態度不對等時用；對當事人說帶點提醒的味道。
He is more worried than you are. ／ He cares more than you let on.
中性
more anxious 重讀，than 輕滑過去。
Your parents are more anxious about this than you seem to be. 你父母比你本人還緊張這件事。
“One of the things that's impressed me is that every time you've told your story, you've told it in exactly the same words.”
讓我印象很深的一點是，你每次講自己的經歷，用的都是完全一樣的話。
不指認說謊，只說一字不差，把懷疑裹進了禮貌裡。
One of the things that's impressed me is that ...
委婉指出異常時用；正式談話裡比直接質疑更體面。
What struck me is that you always say it the same way. ／ I notice your story never changes.
正式
that's impressed me 快讀，same words 一頓一收。
One of the things that's impressed me is that you never repeat an excuse. 讓我印象很深的是，你從不重複同一個藉口。
“Well, we didn't have anything much in common.”
我們沒什麼共同話題。
一句看似平淡的實話，底下藏著後來不再來往的真正理由。
have nothing much in common
解釋關係變淡時用；日常很自然，正式場合也可用。
We didn't have much to talk about. ／ We had little in common.
口語
anything much 連讀，in common 輕收。
We were old friends, but we didn't have anything much in common anymore. 我們是老朋友，可已經沒什麼共同點了。
“Horrible. She was all covered with gold chains and bracelets and spangles, her face like a mask.”
太可怕了。她滿身金鍊子、手鐲和亮片，臉像戴了張面具。
短促的四樣首飾和一個比喻，把厭惡和嫉妒同時說盡。
covered with ... , her face like a mask
形容打扮豔俗到刺眼時用；帶明顯貶義，當面說會傷人。
She was loaded with jewellery, her face painted like a mask. ／ All gold and spangles, and a face like a mask.
口語
chains and bracelets 連讀，like a mask 壓低收尾。
She arrived covered with sequins, her face like a mask. 她來的時候滿身亮片，臉像一張面具。
“But that's not my handwriting.”
可那不是我的筆跡。
面對鐵證只否認這一樣東西，越簡短越顯得心裡有數。
That's not my ...
當面否認某樣東西時用；日常很常用，語氣可直接可平靜。
That isn't my writing. ／ That handwriting isn't mine.
中性
that's not 連讀，handwriting 重音在前。
That's not my signature on the form. 表格上那不是我的簽名。
下一章 · 08talk very plainly把話挑明瞭說這場戲：被追問那封信的來歷指極小的差距，常見搭配是 not vary a hairsbreadth，也就是「一絲一毫都沒變」。霍華德用它說萊斯利的證詞每次一字不差，語氣比 a bit 更強調分毫不差。
可以說 take it hard，加 terribly 就是 take it terribly hard，指很難接受某件壞事。戲裡萊斯利說丈夫 He's taking it terribly hard，是心疼他受不了。
varnish 是給傢俱上漆，unvarnished 就是「沒上漆、沒修飾的」，unvarnished truth 指「不加修飾的實話、原原本本的實話」，常用來形容說話直白老實。
指「和某人某事有任何牽扯、往來」。戲裡霍華德問萊斯利，是不是知道哈蒙德的妻子以後，就不再和他有任何來往了。
常用 by chance，表示純屬偶然。萊斯利說她 quite by chance（純屬偶然）見到過哈蒙德的妻子，比 happen to 更強調巧合、沒有安排。
