这场戏：证人眼镜露破绽
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陪审室里有人盯住一个细节：女证人鼻梁上的印子说明她戴过眼镜，可睡觉时她不会戴。八号陪审员一句 in question（受质疑），把她的目击证词打进问号；再说 a blur（模糊的一团），意思是你看见的可能只是一团影子。要质疑某人的说法或证据，这两个说法都用得上。
❝ 独白 · 13 句 证词只剩「模糊的一团」：a blur
a blur 模糊的一团in question 受质疑send someone off to die 送人去死
闷热的陪审室里，八号陪审员发现女证人鼻梁上有戴眼镜留下的印子，可她作证说自己案发时躺在床上，而睡觉的人不戴眼镜，所以「看得清清楚楚」的说法站不住脚，她的视力如今 in question（受质疑）。八号还补充，也许她真心以为看见那孩子行凶，其实只看到 a blur（模糊的一团）。当有人提议把其余证据全部 throw out（丢掉、排除）时，多数人改了主意，投票成了十一比一。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“You can't send someone off to die on evidence like that.”
你不能凭这种证据就把人送去送死。
把抽象的证据问题拉回到一条人命，分量一下就重了。
You can't send someone off to … on evidence like that.
反对草率定人生死时用；对已经决定的人说也未必听得进。
You can't condemn a man on proof this shaky. ／ No one should die on evidence that weak.
正式
send someone off 连读，die 重读放慢。
You can't fire someone off a rumor like that. 你不能凭那样一句传言就把人开除。
“I don't care whether I'm alone or not! It's my right.”
我不在乎是不是就剩我一个！这是我的权利。
一句话把孤立和原则分开：被剩下也不改口。
I don't care whether … or not!
坚持立场、不在乎被孤立时用；对团队说会显得不合作。
I don't care if I'm the only one left. ／ It doesn't matter whether I stand alone.
中性
whether 弱读，It's my right 一字一顿。
I don't care whether I'm alone or not; I'm voting no. 我不在乎是不是就我一个，我投反对。
“Maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say she only saw a blur.”
也许她真心以为看见的是那孩子杀了他父亲。我说她只看到一团模糊的影子。
先给对方留足善意，再一句戳破，转折干净漂亮。
Maybe she honestly thought … I say she only …
替对方找台阶再指出问题时用；对当事人别用得太冷。
She may have believed it, but she only saw a blur. ／ Perhaps she meant well; she still saw nothing clearly.
中性
honestly 轻读，a blur 连读收尾。
Maybe he honestly thought he was right. I say he only saw half the story. 也许他真心以为自己没错。我说他只看到了一半。
“Eleven of us didn't think of it either.”
我们十一个人当时也都没往那儿想。
把责任从一个人身上卸下来，提醒疏忽是集体的，不只是他。
Eleven of us didn't ... either.
表示自己一方也有同样疏忽时能用；对想推责的人别用，这句是替人解围。
None of us caught it either. ／ The rest of us missed it too.
中性
of us 连读，didn't think 重读，either 轻收。
Nine of us didn't notice the typo either. 我们九个人当时也没注意到那个错字。
It's logical to assume that she wasn't wearing them when she was in bed... tossing and turning, trying to fall asleep. - How do you know? - I don't know! I'm guessing. I'm also guessing that she probably didn't put her glasses on... when she turned to look casually out of the window. And she herself testified the killing took place just as she looked out. The lights went off a split second later. She couldn't have had time to put them on then. - Wait a second. - Here's another guess. Maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say she only saw a blur. How do you know what she saw? How does he know all that? How do you know what kind of glasses she wore? Maybe they were sunglasses. Maybe she was farsighted. What do you know about it? I only know the woman's eyesight is in question now.
按常理推断，她躺在床上时不会戴眼镜…… 翻来覆去地想睡着。 ——你怎么知道？——我不知道！我是在猜。 我还猜，她大概也没有戴上眼镜…… 在她随意转头往窗外看的时候。 而且她自己也作证说，凶杀就发生在她往外看的那一刹那。 灯在转瞬之后才灭。她根本来不及那时候戴上眼镜。 ——等一下。——我再猜一个。 也许她真心以为看见的是那孩子杀了他父亲。我说她只看到一团模糊的影子。 你怎么知道她看见了什么？他凭什么知道这些？ 你怎么知道她戴的是什么眼镜？也许是太阳镜。 也许她是远视。你懂什么？ 我只知道，这女人的视力现在很成问题。
指「受到质疑、成问题」。八号陪审员说 the woman's eyesight is in question，意思是这位女证人的视力如今靠不住，她的目击证词也跟着失去分量。
可以说 a blur，指看到的是一团模糊的影子。八号陪审员说 I say she only saw a blur，意思是那个女人可能只看见一团影子，根本没看清动手的人是谁。
用 throw out。台词里有人说 we could throw out all the other evidence，就是把其他那些证据全都排除、不算数的意思。
女证人的视力被质疑后，又有一个人改了主意，投了无罪。十二人陪审团必须全体一致才能定罪，只剩一个人还坚持有罪，就定不了案。
public appearance。台词里提到女证人为 her first public appearance 特意打扮，也就是「第一次公开露面」。
