這場戲：殺手送玫瑰處死驗屍官
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V 帶著一朵猩紅卡森玫瑰，來見當年拉基山的驗屍官。她聽說他是來殺自己的，只說了句 Thank God（謝天謝地）。臨走他留下一句 the illusion of coincidence（巧合的假象），把宿命感說得又冷又狠。想學剋制又帶畫面的英文，這段別錯過。
❝ 獨白 · 9 句 迪莉婭的臨終自白
從想過自殺講到奧本海默，悔意和辯解交替，最後落在無力感上。
❝ 獨白 · 8 句 the illusion of coincidence（巧合的假象）
come for 為一件事而來、找上門清算the illusion of coincidence 巧合的假象meaningless to apologize 道歉毫無意義
芬奇查案時找驗屍官迪莉婭幫忙：毒理顯示死者中的是倫敦隨處可得的毒藥，而兇手每次留在現場的猩紅卡森玫瑰據信早已滅絕——They're believed to be extinct（據信已經滅絕）。芬奇順著檔案追查，才發現這位驗屍官改過名字，正是當年拉基山的負責人。等他趕到，V 已經先一步出現：迪莉婭聽說他是來殺自己的，只回了一句 Thank God（謝天謝地）。V 遞上玫瑰，說 I've come for what you did（我是為你做過的事而來的），又留下 the illusion of coincidence（巧合的假象）。想學冷淡剋制又帶宿命感的英文，這段臺詞值得反覆聽。
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。
“They're believed to be extinct.”
據說這個品種已經滅絕了。
用被動式輕描淡寫地說出滅絕，剛好襯出那朵花和送花人的不祥。
They're believed to be ...
轉述公認說法、又不想把話說死時用；法庭或新聞裡很常見。
They are thought to be extinct. ／ People believe the species has died out.
中性
They're believed 連讀，extinct 重讀，句尾降調。
Those coins are believed to be fake. 據說那些硬幣是假的。
“But I knew that one day you'd come for me.”
但我知道，總有一天你會來找我。
把等待死亡說成等待重逢，宿命和釋然擠在一句裡。
I knew that one day you'd come for me.
說早就料到某天會有報應時用；對朋友說會顯得沉重，看場合。
I always knew you would find me. ／ I knew this day would come.
中性
one day 連讀，you'd come 吞音，for me 放輕。
I knew one day the truth would catch up with us. 我知道總有一天真相會找上我們。
“What they did was only possible because of you.”
他們能做那些事，全靠你。
用 only possible because of you 定責，不罵一句，卻把罪摁在對方頭上。
What they did was only possible because of you.
要追究責任又不撕破臉時用；語氣很重，別在玩笑裡說。
None of it could have happened without you. ／ You made all of it possible.
正式
What they did 連讀，only possible 重讀，because of you 壓低收尾。
What they did was only possible because of your silence. 他們能那樣做，全靠你沉默。
“He changed the entire course of human history.”
他改變了整個人類歷史的走向。
用一整句話寫盡一個人物的分量，宏大卻不空。
change the entire course of ...
評價某人影響深遠時用；日常說小事會顯得誇張，得配得上。
He altered the whole course of history. ／ He set humanity on a different path.
正式
entire 重讀，course of 連讀，history 平穩收尾。
That invention changed the entire course of medicine. 那項發明改變了整個醫學的走向。
“I've come for what you did.”
我是為你做過的事而來的。
把復仇說得像一次例行公事，冷靜得可怕，是全片最鋒利的一句。
I've come for what you did.
要追究對方行為時用；現實裡這樣說等於宣戰，慎用。
I am here because of what you did. ／ I've come about your actions, not your hopes.
正式
I've come 連讀，for what you did 逐詞放慢加重。
I've come for what you did to my family. 我是為你對我家人做的事來的。
“There are no coincidences, Delia.”
沒有巧合，迪莉婭。
一句話抹掉偶然，把送玫瑰說成命中註定，宿命感撲面。
There are no coincidences.
說事情早有安排、絕非偶然時用；日常調侃也可以，語氣別太玄。
Nothing here happens by chance. ／ This was never a coincidence.
中性
There are 連讀成 there-are，no 重讀，Delia 放輕。
Meeting you twice in one day? There are no coincidences. 一天碰上你兩次？這可不是巧合。
“Is it meaningless to apologize?”
道歉就毫無意義嗎？
把臨終的歉疚壓成一個問句，比直接求原諒更叫人心裡發緊。
Is it meaningless to ...?
懷疑自己的道歉還有沒有用時用；對受害者說要看時機。
Does apologizing even matter now? ／ Is there any point in saying sorry?
中性
Is it 連讀，meaningless 重讀，apologize 尾音收輕。
Is it meaningless to apologize after all these years? 過了這麼多年，道歉還有意義嗎？
After what happened, after what they did... ...I thought about killing myself. But I knew that one day you'd come for me. I didn't know what they were going to do. I swear to you. Read my journal. What they did was only possible because of you. Oppenheimer was able to change more than the course of a war. He changed the entire course of human history.
出了那些事，他們做了那些事之後…… ……我想過自殺。 但我知道，總有一天你會來找我。 我不知道他們打算做什麼。 我向你發誓。 去讀我的日記。 他們能做那些事，全靠你。 奧本海默改變的不只是一場戰爭的走向。 他改變了整個人類歷史的走向。
It's funny. I was given one of your roses today. I wasn't sure you were the terrorist until I saw it. What a strange coincidence, that I should be given one today. There are no coincidences, Delia. Only the illusion of coincidence. I have another rose. And this one is for you.
說來可笑。 今天有人送了我一朵你的玫瑰。 在看到它之前，我還不確定你就是那個恐怖分子。 多奇怪的巧合啊，偏偏今天就有人送了我一朵。 沒有巧合，迪莉婭。 只有巧合的假象。 我還有一朵玫瑰。 這一朵是給你的。
下一章 · 15a matter of national security事關國家安全這場戲：封口檔案與實驗日記字面是「巧合的假象」。V 用它否定巧合：世上沒有偶然，一切背後都是刻意安排。原句是 There are no coincidences, Delia. Only the illusion of coincidence.
Thank God。但這場戲裡它不是在慶幸逃過一劫，而是等死的人終於等到復仇者，語氣更像解脫，甚至帶點反諷。
They're believed to be extinct. believed to be 就是「據信是、人們認為」，用來轉述一個說得通但沒被證實的說法。
put a call in 更強調「打過去聯絡一下」這個動作，常見於查案、辦事：I put a call in to the registry，我給戶籍處打了個電話。
把檔案從頭到尾看一遍。go through 強調逐頁過一遍的動作，不只是一眼掃過，讀完一份檔案就能用它。
