這場戲：承認殺人與追查舊檔案
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伊芙當面問 V 是不是他殺了普羅瑟羅，V 只回一句 Would you prefer a lie or the truth（你想聽謊話還是實話），隨後乾脆認了：Yes, I killed him（是我殺了他）。他還說 There's no court in this country for men like Prothero（這國家沒有能審普羅瑟羅這種人的法庭）。想學怎麼坦白重話、又怎麼給暴力找理由，這幾句夠直接。
V 反問 Would you prefer a lie or the truth（想聽謊話還是實話）
a lie or the truth 謊話還是實話have anything to do with 與……有關係、參與其中might have killed 可能是（我）乾的no court in this country 這國家沒有能審這種人的法庭
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 少校的推脫獨白
五句話句句在擋，卻越擋越露餡，是體制話術的範本。
伊芙當面質問 V，普羅瑟羅的死是不是他乾的。V 先反問 Would you prefer a lie or the truth（你想聽謊話還是實話），接著直接認下 Yes, I killed him（是我殺了他），還說那些襲擊過伊芙的打手 Fingermen（秘密警察、黑衣打手）可能也是他殺的，理由是 Violence can be used for good（暴力也可以用來做善事）。伊芙追問這是正義嗎，他回答 There's no court in this country for men like Prothero（這個國家沒有能審判普羅瑟羅這種人的法庭）。另一邊，芬奇翻出普羅瑟羅的 military record（服役檔案），發現他被派去管拉基山的一處 detention facility（拘留所），卻查不到更多記錄，嘆一句 no good deed goes unpunished（好心沒好報）。想學重話說出口、質問和查案對白，都用得上。
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。
“Would you prefer a lie or the truth?”
你是想聽謊話，還是實話？
不辯解不鋪墊，把選擇先推給對方，問題本身就是態度。
Would you prefer A or B?
對方逼問、你得先攤牌時用；日常小事這麼問會顯得太嚴肅。
Do you want the truth or a comfortable answer? ／ Which would you rather have, a lie or the truth?
中性
prefer 重讀，a lie or the truth 三項平均放慢。
Would you prefer a summary or the whole story? 你是想聽個大概，還是聽全過程？
“I might have killed the Fingermen that attacked you. I heard no objection.”
襲擊你的那幾個打手，可能也是我殺的。我沒聽到你反對。
輕描淡寫地認下一樁命案，還反將一句沒反對，冷幽默裡全是掌控。
I might have done X. I heard no objection.
用既成事實堵對方嘴時用；跟親近的人這麼講會顯得無賴。
I may have handled it. You didn't complain. ／ I did what was needed, and no one objected.
口語
might have 縮成一詞，no objection 放輕收平。
I might have thrown out the old boxes. I heard no objection. 那些舊箱子可能被我扔了。可我沒聽到你反對。
“There's no court in this country for men like Prothero.”
這個國家沒有能審判普羅瑟羅這種人的法庭。
一句話就給私刑找好理由：不是不想審，是根本沒得審。
There's no X for people like Y.
想說明制度失效時用；為私刑開脫時這句話最容易被濫用。
The law has no answer for men like him. ／ No court here would ever touch him.
中性
no court 連讀，for men like Prothero 放慢落下。
There's no court in this town for people like that landlord. 這鎮上沒有哪個法庭治得了那種房東。
“Your records are either deleted, omitted or missing.”
你們的檔案要麼被刪了，要麼被略過，要麼乾脆沒了。
三個詞把敷衍的路全堵死，句式平到近乎冷淡，質問卻最狠。
X is either A, B or C.
指出對方說辭有漏洞時用；對上級連說三個否定要拿捏分寸。
The files were lost, hidden or simply never kept. ／ Every version of the story fails the same way.
中性
either 後稍停，三個選項降調排開。
The receipts are either misfiled, lost or never written. 這些收據要麼歸錯檔，要麼丟了，要麼根本沒開過。
“We all did what we had to do.”
我們都做了當時不得不做的事。
一句人人都有的擋箭牌，說出口就把責任稀釋進集體裡。
We all did what we had to do.
為不得已的選擇辯解時用；用來推卸責任時最招人反感。
Everyone did what they had to. ／ We did what the times demanded.
中性
all 輕讀，what we had to do 連成一氣收尾。
It was brutal, but we all did what we had to do. 這很殘酷，但我們都做了當時不得不做的事。
“That's all I have to say about that.”
這件事我就說這麼多。
用最平常的收場句終止追問，越想結束越顯得心裡有鬼。
That's all I have to say about that.
不想再談某個話題時用；對上級說會顯得頂撞。
I've said everything I intend to say. ／ That is my final word on the matter.
口語
all I have to say 連讀，最後 about that 降調收。
We are not discussing my school years again. That's all I have to say about that. 別再提我上學那會兒了，這事我就說這麼多。
Before you go further, let me remind you things were very chaotic back then. Now we don't have the problems we had back then. We all did what we had to do. And in those circumstances, we did the best we could. That's all I have to say about that.
在你繼續往下說之前，我提醒你，那時候局勢非常混亂。 現在我們已經沒有當年那些問題了。 我們都做了當時不得不做的事。 在那種情況下，我們盡力了。 這件事我就說這麼多。
下一章 · 11a man after my own heart跟我一路人這場戲：講述家史並主動請纓字面是「好事不會不受懲罰」，實際就是「好心沒好報」。芬奇看著普羅瑟羅的檔案感慨一句，意思是幹了該乾的事反而落得麻煩。
have to do with。原句 Did you have anything to do with that? 就是「那件事跟你有關嗎？」，問某人是否參與某事時很常用。
a matter of urgency，也可以說 a matter of some urgency 強調「相當緊急」。原句 This is a matter of some urgency, major 就是用來催對方趕緊配合。
多接抽象名詞，表示「關乎……的事」，比如 a matter of urgency（緊急的事）、a matter of time（時間問題）、a matter of opinion（見仁見智）。
指「拘留所、關押設施」，比 prison 更中性、更像官方說法。原文說他被派去管拉基山的一處 detention facility，這家設施正是全片的關鍵秘密。
