这场戏：探病聊起英国占印度
第 6 章 · 共 19 章 · 4'20"
阿齐兹病倒在床，菲尔丁上门探望，哈米杜拉和马哈茂德也在场。有人半是客套半是挖苦地说 Mr Fielding to condescend to visit our friend（菲尔丁先生肯屈尊来看我们的朋友），转头却抛出一句 But how is England justified in holding India（可英国凭什么占着印度）。想学带刺的客套和政治辩论，这场探病别错过。
有人当面质问凭什么占印度：justified in 是「有理由」
justified in 有理由做某事got in first 抢先一步Chuck 'em out 把他们撵走
❝ 独白 · 4 句 阿齐兹自嘲的家
他指着破墙和苍蝇，用漂亮话反说窘迫，又替朋友兜住场面。
病床前拿出亡妻照片：「领这份情」英语是 appreciate it
put her away 把她收起来come before 出现在某人面前appreciate it 领这份情
菲尔丁到阿齐兹的住处探病，拉尔医生正借着检查替卡伦达少校盯人，哈米杜拉和马哈茂德也在。有人客套地说菲尔丁肯 condescend to（屈尊）来看朋友，语气里却带着刺；马哈茂德直接发难，问 But how is England justified in holding India（可英国凭什么占着印度）。菲尔丁答得很坦白：我到这儿来是因为需要一份工作，有资格的印度人也需要；谁不高兴，就 chuck out（撵走）。等众人散去，阿齐兹才拿出亡妻的照片，说 Fielding 是第一个见到她的英国人，一句 appreciate it（领这份情）收住全场。适合学英式反话、政治辩论和表达感谢。
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。
“And he does not need three chairs. He's not three Englishmen!”
他也不用三把椅子。他又不是三个英国人！
用一句夸张的玩笑戳破朋友对英国人的过度客气，又好气又好笑。
He's not three (plural noun)!
朋友太殷勤、场面太夸张时打趣用；对长辈说会显得没大没小。
Calm down, he's not three guests! ／ One plate is enough, he's not four people!
口语
three Englishmen 重读，句尾上扬。
Relax, she's not three queens! 放松点，她又不是三位女王！
“But how is England justified in holding India?”
可英国凭什么占着印度？
把殖民统治收进一个 justified in，问题本身比任何控诉都锋利。
How is X justified in doing something?
质疑某种做法有没有正当理由时用；正式讨论和辩论都合适。
How are we justified in spending so much? ／ What justifies them in doing this?
正式
justified in 连读，India 三音节放平。
How are we justified in cutting their funding? 我们凭什么削减他们的经费？
“And I'm delighted to be here. That's my answer and that's my only excuse.”
而且我很高兴来这儿。这就是我的回答，也是我唯一的理由。
把「喜欢这里」当成唯一辩解，坦率里带一点俏皮。
That's my answer and that's my only excuse.
被人追问动机、你又不想多解释时用；正式场合慎用。
That's my reason, and it's the only one. ／ That's my answer, plain and simple.
口语
delighted 重读，answer 与 excuse 各顿一下。
I like the work; that's my answer and my only excuse. 我喜欢这份工作，这就是我的回答和唯一理由。
“I wish you weren't under him. But you are, and that's that.”
我真希望你不归他管。可你归他管，就这么回事。
wish 加 that's that，把无奈说尽，也把话题干脆收住。
I wish you weren't ..., but you are, and that's that.
对无法改变的处境表示遗憾并就此打住时用；语气偏无奈。
I wish it were different, but it isn't. ／ I wish things were easier, but that's that.
中性
wish 重读，that's that 顿得干脆。
I wish we had more time, but that's that. 我真希望时间多点，可就这么回事。
“It is nothing. She was not a highly educated woman, or even beautiful.”
没什么。她没受过多少教育，也算不上漂亮。
用最朴素的否定句说亡妻，反而让下一句「可我爱她」更重。
She was not (X), or even (Y).
如实描述一个人、不想美化时用；用在逝者身上要格外真诚。
He was not rich, or even comfortable. ／ The place was not fancy, or even clean.
literary
not a 连读，beautiful 收得轻。
The flat was not large, or even tidy. 那套房子不大，甚至也不算整洁。
Here you see the celebrated hospitality of the East. Look... look at the mess. Look at the flies. - Look at the plaster coming off the wall. - Please. Here is my home, where you come to be insulted by my friends.
你看，这就是东方远近闻名的好客。 看看……看看这一团糟。看看这些苍蝇。 ——看看墙上往下掉的灰泥。——请别说了。 这就是我的家，你来这里还要受我朋友的羞辱。
下一章 · 07call it off取消这场戏：给好友看亡妻照片意思是「屈尊、纡尊降贵」，指地位高的人放下身段去做某事，常带一点挖苦。朋友说 It is very good of Mr Fielding to condescend to visit our friend，就是「菲尔丁先生肯屈尊来看我们的朋友」。
可以用 shamming。有人问阿齐兹是不是真病了，他反问 No doubt Major Callendar told you I'm shamming，意思是「卡伦达少校肯定跟你说了我在装病」。
这是反话。有人嘲讽地说 Here you see the celebrated hospitality of the East，字面是「东方远近闻名的好客」，实际在讥讽眼前的一团糟，所以 celebrated 带刺。
口语里说 chuck out，也可以说 Chuck 'em out（把他们撵走）。菲尔丁被问到不高兴来的人怎么办，答 Chuck 'em out，语气很冲。
可以说 appreciate it。看到那张照片后，有人回了一句 I do appreciate it，就是「我真的很领这份情」，比 thank you 更强调心里的感激。
