这场戏：法官称证人不存在
第 14 章 · 共 19 章 · 2'19"
法庭上，法官达斯一锤定音：I must repeat that, as a witness, Mrs Moore does not exist.（我必须重申，作为证人，莫尔太太并不存在。）他说双方都没有 right to surmise（有权推测）她会怎么说。另一边，莫尔太太已在海上病逝，祷词念起 resurrection（复活）。一句「证人不在了」把辩论直接掐断，用法庭话术就该学这段。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 「莫尔太太并不存在」英语说 Mrs Moore does not exist
as a witness 作为证人does not exist 并不存在surmise 推测、臆断consequently 因此、结果
庭审继续。有人为同事道歉，说他 an intimate friend（挚友）一时冲动，his feelings have carried him away（情绪失控）；法官要求马哈茂德·阿里 in person（亲自、当面）道歉。随后法官重申：作为证人，莫尔太太 does not exist（并不存在）；无论阿姆里特拉奥还是麦克布赖德，都没有 right to surmise（推测）她会说什么，因为她不在这里，consequently（因此）什么也说不了。画面转到海上，人们为莫尔太太举行海葬，祷词里出现 commit her body to the deep（把遗体交还深海）和 resurrection（复活）。最后法官 call upon（传唤）阿德拉作证。想学法庭措辞和庄重的宗教用词，这段很典型。
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“He's an intimate friend of our client, and his feelings have carried him away.”
他是我们当事人的挚友，一时情绪失控。
用 carried him away 替失态的同事开脱，把激烈情绪说得云淡风轻。
his feelings carried him away
替人解释情绪失控时用；语气偏正式，适合为他人打圆场。
The moment carried him away. ／ Excitement carried the crowd away.
正式
carried him 连读，away 收得轻。
The excitement carried him away for a moment. 他一时被激动冲昏了头。
“Mr Mahmoud Ali will have to apologise in person.”
马哈茂德·阿里先生必须当面道歉。
in person 三个词把「书面敷衍」堵死，要求只有一个：当面。
apologise in person
要求对方当面表态或道歉时用；语气正式而坚决。
You should say it to her in person. ／ He came to thank us in person.
正式
apologise in 连读，person 重读。
Please apologise in person, not by message. 请当面道歉，别发消息。
“I must repeat that, as a witness, Mrs Moore does not exist.”
我必须重申，作为证人，莫尔太太并不存在。
把「不存在」当法律事实说出口，冷静到残忍。
as a witness, someone does not exist
强调某人不在程序内、其话不算数时用；语气极冷，慎用。
As a witness, she is not here. ／ In law, she does not count.
正式
does not exist 重读，witness 收得稳。
As a witness, his note does not exist for us. 作为证据，他这张便条对我们不算数。
“Neither you, Mr Amritrao, nor Mr McBryde, you, have any right to surmise what that lady would have said.”
无论你，阿姆里特拉奥先生，还是你，麦克布赖德先生，都无权揣测那位女士会说什么。
neither ... nor 把双方一起压住，surmise 一词更把「猜」贬成越权。
have no right to surmise
强调对方无权猜测或臆断时用；非常正式，适合争论与声明。
You have no right to assume that. ／ Neither of you can guess her answer.
正式
neither 与 nor 重读，surmise 重音在后。
You have no right to surmise what the client wants. 你无权揣测客户想要什么。
“She is not here and, consequently, she can say nothing.”
她不在这里，因此她什么也说不了。
consequently 把「缺席」和「失语」扣成逻辑链，法庭的冷酷一览无余。
..., and consequently, ...
说明必然结果时用；比 so 更正式，适合报告和演说。
It rained, and consequently the match was cancelled. ／ He lied, and consequently lost our trust.
正式
consequently 重音在前，nothing 重读。
He missed the deadline and, consequently, lost the contract. 他错过了截止日期，因此丢了合同。
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts. Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer. We therefore commit her body to the deep to be turned into corruption. Looking for the resurrection of the body, when the sea shall give up her dead. I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: "Blessed are the dead, which die in the Lord."
主啊，你知道我们心中的秘密。 求你不要掩耳不听我们的祷告。 因此我们将她的身体交还深海，归于腐朽。 等待身体复活，那时海要交出其中的死人。 我听见天上有声音对我说：“从今以后，在主里面而死的人有福了。”
下一章 · 15cast your mind back回想这场戏：法庭上证人动摇「推测、臆断」，常指没有证据地猜。法官说双方都没有 right to surmise what that lady would have said，就是不准你们乱猜莫尔太太会说什么。
说 his feelings carried him away，也可以说被情绪 carried away。有人用这句替同事求情，说他一时激动，不是有意捣乱。
「亲自、当面」。法官说 Mr Mahmoud Ali will have to apologise in person，就是道歉必须本人当面来，不能托人代说。
意思一样，都是「因此」，但 consequently 更正式，常用于书面和法庭。法官说 she is not here and, consequently, she can say nothing。
「传唤、请某人发言」。法官说 I now call upon Miss Quested，就是现在传唤阿德拉·奎斯特德上庭作证，日常里也可以指请人讲话。
