這場戲：挑流浪漢辦死刑案
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十六歲的大衛在維多爾搶店、入室盜竊，最後卻 scot-free（逍遙法外），還成了控方證人；二十八歲的流浪漢蘭德爾反而被辦成死刑案。有人質問地區檢察官，對方只回一句 We don't feel that way in Vidor, Texas（在得克薩斯，我們不這麼想）。想學怎麼說「逍遙法外」，這段訪談講得很清楚。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 他說自己「去自首」：turn myself in（去自首、投案）
and what have you 諸如此類的東西on probation 在緩刑期turned myself in 去自首、投案
他「沒有良心」：have a conscience 是「有良心、有愧」
This is David 我是大衛I did it 是我乾的have a conscience 有良心、有愧gets to me 讓我心裡過不去
❝ 獨白 · 11 句 講父親與聯邦調查局
從家教說到迪林傑被殺那晚，個人記憶和時代畫面接在一起，語氣慢慢變軟。
維多爾的訪談拼出一樁荒唐事：大衛承認自己在維多爾搶過店、犯過入室盜竊，當時他還在 on probation（在緩刑期），最後 turn myself in（去自首）了，朋友甚至笑他吹自己搶店。另一邊，律師追問地區檢察官：槍和車都是大衛的，他為什麼能 scot-free（逍遙法外），還去當控方證人？對方只回一句 We don't feel that way in Vidor, Texas（在得克薩斯，我們不這麼想）。有人說，蘭德爾被辦成死刑案，只因為他 a convenient age（年齡正好合用）。這裡能學到：scot-free 是「逍遙法外、毫髮無損」；on probation 是「在緩刑期」；turn myself in 是「去自首、投案」。想聊罪案和法律，這些詞都很常用。
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。
“He didn't have a conscience.”
他沒有一點良心。
五個詞下了一個最重的判決，沒有形容，卻把一個人的空殼說透了。
He didn't have a conscience.
說一個人毫無悔意時用；對熟人評價第三者，別當面說。
He has no conscience at all. ／ The man simply has no conscience.
中性
didn't have a 連讀，conscience 重讀，句尾下沉。
He took the credit and didn't have a conscience about it. 他搶了功勞，還一點不覺得虧心。
“But it didn't bother him. Didn't bother him at all.”
可這事一點沒困擾他。一點都沒有。
重複一遍再補 at all，等於當著面把「他毫不在意」又說了一遍。
It didn't bother him. Didn't bother him at all.
說某人對壞事毫無反應時用；帶指責口氣，正式場合少用。
It didn't bother her in the least. ／ It never bothered him, not once.
口語
第二遍語速更快，at all 兩個詞重讀後收住。
The noise didn't bother him. Didn't bother him at all. 那噪音一點沒吵到他。一點都不。
“Not that they had him so dead to rights.”
倒不是因為他們鐵證如山。
用先讓步再轉折的口氣質疑整個案子，dead to rights 一句就是法律人的行話。
Not that they had him so ...
先退一步再反駁時用；dead to rights 偏口語，書面可換 conclusive evidence。
It's not that the evidence was airtight. ／ Not that they had him cold.
口語
Not that 輕帶，dead to rights 三個詞都重讀。
Not that they had him dead to rights on the tape. 那段錄音並不能說明他鐵證如山。
“But just that he was a convenient age.”
只是因為他的年齡剛剛好。
一個 convenient 把整樁死刑案說成挑選的結果，冷靜得讓人發涼。
just that he was a convenient ...
說某事只是圖方便、並非按理時用；評價制度與人選時很常見。
It was just a convenient choice. ／ Only because he was convenient at the time.
中性
just 輕讀，convenient 拉長重讀，age 乾脆收住。
They picked me just because I was a convenient age. 他們挑我，只是因為我這年齡正好合用。
“Eventually I turned myself in for this stuff in Vidor.”
最後，我為了維多爾這些事去自首了。
用 eventually 和 this stuff 這種輕描淡寫的詞交代自首，越隨便越顯出事態的怪。
Eventually I turned myself in for ...
平實地交代自己或別人去投案時用；正式敘述可換 surrendered to police。
In the end I gave myself up for it. ／ Eventually he handed himself in.
中性
Eventually 快帶過，turned myself in 連讀，Vidor 重讀。
Eventually I turned myself in for the missed shift. 最後我為了那次漏掉的班去認了錯。
“My father was an FBI man.”
我父親是聯邦調查局的人。
一句家常介紹，卻為後面所有關於法律與執法的立場埋下根。
My father was a ... man.
介紹家人職業、交代自己來歷時用；口語裡常帶一點自豪。
My father was a police man. ／ My dad worked for the Bureau.
中性
an FBI 連讀成 an-eff-bee-I，man 放平收尾。
My father was an army man, so we moved a lot. 我爸是當兵的，所以我們常搬家。
All this time I was on probation. Juvenile probation. Eventually I turned myself in for this stuff in Vidor. I think I made a confession. I can't even remember exactly. So I'm told I did.
那段時間我一直處在緩刑期。少年緩刑。 最後，我為了維多爾這些事去自首了。 我好像認了罪。具體我都記不太清了。 反正他們說我認過。
I grew up in a family... where I was taught a great respect for law enforcement. I became acutely aware of the dangers... that police officers go through, law enforcement officials go through... that I think much of the public is not really sensitive to. My father was an FBI man. Probably at the worst possible time to be in the FBI. It was from 1932 to 1935 in Chicago. He was at the Biograph Theater the night that Dillinger was killed. It was a hot summer evening. Little air conditioning in Chicago... and people were out for a walk.
我在一個家庭里長大…… 從小被教導要十分尊重執法者。 我深切意識到其中的危險…… 警察和執法人員每天要面對的危險…… 我覺得很多公眾對此並不真的敏感。 我父親是聯邦調查局的人。 偏偏趕上了在聯邦調查局最難乾的時候。 那是一九三二到一九三五年，在芝加哥。 迪林傑被殺那晚，他就在比奧格拉夫劇院。 那是個炎熱的夏夜。芝加哥當時沒什麼空調…… 人們都出來散步。
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on probation。原文 All this time I was on probation，就是「那段時間我一直處在緩刑期」，後面還補了一句 Juvenile probation，指「少年緩刑」。
意思是「去自首、投案」。原文 Eventually I turned myself in，就是「最後我去自首了」。把 myself 換成 himself 就是「他去自首」，這是反身代詞隨主語變的短語。
字面是「有良心」，指一個人對自己做錯的事會內疚。原文 He didn't have a conscience，就是「他一點良心都沒有」；後面還說事情一點沒 bother him，意思是他毫無愧疚。
它是「罪證確鑿、抓個正著」，指證據充分到無法抵賴。原文 Not that they had him so dead to rights，就是「倒不是因為他們鐵證如山」。常和 have someone 搭配。
