這場戲：坦白愛過你的妻子
第 26 章 · 共 30 章 · 3'32"
老友上門敘舊，聊到當年在柏林，一句話把藏了幾十年的秘密掀開：I was in love with her. Your wife（我愛過她——你的妻子）。他說當時以為心事 written all over my face（全寫在臉上），對方卻從沒看出來；還笑姑媽 Women have a nose for these things（女人對這種事嗅覺靈）。想學英式剋制下的深情，這段最動人。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 what is the home without women and children（沒有女人和孩子還叫什麼家）
used to say 過去常說、以前總是What's left 剩下來的就是…fighting beside 並肩作戰without women and children 沒有女人和孩子
That's just it. I never got over it（我一直沒放下）
have a nose for these things 對這類事嗅覺很靈got over it 從那件事裡走出來了I never got over it 我一直沒放下damned silly 特別傻的
戰時的倫敦，外僑有宵禁，特奧得在午夜前到家；坎迪卻留他再坐會兒，說 The night's young yet（夜還早著呢）。兩人聊起戰爭改變了一切：女人上了戰場，剩下的只有家。接著特奧翻出妻子的照片，坦白了一段藏了幾十年的舊事：I was in love with her. Your wife（我愛過她，你的妻子）；他說當年以為心事 written all over my face（全寫在臉上），可對方從沒看出來，還笑姑媽 Women have a nose for these things（女人對這種事嗅覺靈）。坎迪聽完竟說，自己也 That's just it. I never got over it（我一直沒放下）。written all over my face 是全寫在臉上；have a nose for these things 是對這類事嗅覺很靈；got over it 是從那件事裡走出來了。
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。
“That's just it. I never got over it.”
問題就在這兒——我一直沒走出來。
先認下對方說中的那半句，再補上更重的實情，平靜裡全是幾十年的不甘。
That's just it. I never ...
朋友以為你早翻篇時用，先認對方說得對，再說其實沒放下；初次見面別把舊情說得這麼重。
That's the thing — I never let it go. ／ Exactly. It never really ended for me.
中性
That's just it 連讀，重音壓在 never。
That's just it. I never sold the old house. 問題就在這兒——那棟老房子我一直沒賣。
“I was in love with her. Your wife.”
我愛過她——你的妻子。
把最難啟齒的事實拆成兩句，先給情感再點身份，中間那個停頓就是殺傷力。
I was in love with someone. Your ...
向人坦白過去的感情時用，先說感受再點明物件；情況敏感時別拿它當玩笑說出口。
I had feelings for her. Your sister. ／ I fell for her back then — your wife.
中性
her 後稍停，Your wife 放低聲音。
I was in love with her. Your roommate. 我愛過她——你的室友。
“All my life I've been looking for a woman like her.”
我這一輩子都在找一個像她那樣的女人。
用一生做尺度，把一段沒結果的愛說成終身的尋找，比直說愛更重。
All my life I've been looking for ...
講多年執念或長期目標時用，帶著感慨；輕鬆閒聊時別用這麼重的句子。
I've spent my whole life looking for someone like her. ／ All these years I've been searching for the same thing.
literary
重音在 All，I've been 輕讀，her 收住。
All my life I've been looking for a job I actually enjoy. 我這輩子一直在找一份真正喜歡的工作。
“But what is the home without women and children?”
可沒了女人和孩子，家還叫什麼家？
用一句反問把戰爭抽走的東西攤開：家不是房子，是人。
What is X without Y?
想說某樣東西沒了關鍵的人或條件就不成立時用；爭論時別拿它去壓人。
What's a team without its players? ／ What is a home without the people in it?
literary
重音在 home，without 前稍頓。
What is a band without the drummer who started it? 沒有了當初組隊的鼓手，這樂隊還叫樂隊嗎？
Do you remember, Clive, we used to say, "Our armies are fighting for our women, our children and our homes"? Now the women are fighting beside the men. The children are being trained to shoot. What's left is the home. But what is the home without women and children?
克萊夫，你還記得嗎？我們過去常說：「我們的軍隊在為我們的女人、孩子和家園而戰。」 如今女人和男人並肩作戰了。 孩子們在接受射擊訓練。剩下的就只有家了。 可沒有女人和孩子，還叫什麼家？
下一章 · 27a bit of an outsider格格不入這場戲：夜路上跟司機閒聊字面是「寫滿整張臉」，指心情、心事藏不住，一眼就能看出來。原句 it was written all over my face，就是「我臉上全寫著呢」。
說 have a nose for these things，nose 在這裡指敏銳的直覺。原句 Women have a nose for these things，就是「這種事女人鼻子靈」。
指從失戀、打擊或痛苦裡走出來、放下了。原句 I never got over it，就是「我一直沒放下」，否定式往往更常見、更深情。
意思是「聚過來一起幫忙、搭把手」。原句 Murdoch, rally round，就是「默多克，過來搭把手」，招呼人一起上時用。
多半不是真罵，而是加強語氣的「該死的、十足的」。原句 a damned silly thing，就是「特別傻的一件事」，英式口語裡很常見。
