这场戏：母子道别时拒绝作证
第 12 章 · 共 19 章 · 2'21"
莫尔太太想赶在季风前离开印度，罗尼劝她至少留下参加婚礼、出庭作证。她却说自己不想跟这场审判 have anything to do with（有任何关系），还冷冷地说 Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference（教堂里的爱，岩洞里的爱，好像有什么区别）。想学礼貌又决绝地拒绝，这场很典型。
I don't want to have anything to do with it：不想跟这事有任何牵扯
have anything to do with 与……有任何关系stage-managed 一手导演、幕后操纵mumbo jumbo 故弄玄虚的胡话
莫尔太太要赶在季风前离开印度，罗尼来劝她别在这个季节赶路，至少待到婚礼、留下来为审判作证。她却说自己不想跟这场审判 have anything to do with（有任何关系），还点破罗尼的说法：他说阿齐兹用回声吓她、把一切 stage-managed（一手导演），她只回一句 mumbo jumbo（故弄玄虚的胡话）。谈到阿德拉和爱情，她一句 Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference（教堂里的爱，岩洞里的爱，好像有什么区别）把罗尼噎住。最后她说 Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference（我说什么、做什么，都起不了半点作用），罗尼只好让她走。想学拒绝、拆穿和告别时的说法，这一场都齐了。
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。
“Get away from all this muddle and fuss into some cave of my own, some shelf.”
躲开这一团乱麻和喧闹，找个我自己的洞穴，一个角落。
把「想抽身」说得像动物找洞穴，厌倦里带一点诗意。
get away from all this muddle and fuss
表达想逃离喧嚣、独处时用；语气偏重，适合私人场合。
I need to get away from all this noise. ／ Let me escape all this fuss for a while.
literary
muddle and fuss 连读，cave 重读。
I want to get away from all this fuss for a week. 我想躲开这一切，清静一周。
“You'll never understand the nature of that place, nor will anyone else in that ridiculous court of yours.”
你永远不会明白那地方的性质，你们那个荒唐的法庭里也不会有人明白。
nor 倒装一口气把整个法庭都否定掉，冷静又决绝。
nor will anyone else
要把否定扩展到其他人时用；语气强，正式或激烈争论中常见。
Nor will anyone else agree. ／ And nobody else will either.
正式
nor 重读，ridiculous 重音在 dic。
He won't come, nor will anyone else. 他不来，别人也不会来。
“Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference.”
教堂里的爱，岩洞里的爱，好像有什么区别似的。
用 as if there were 的虚拟语气一否，把两种爱一起说成无所谓。
as if there were the least difference
讽刺两种说法其实没差别时用；语气尖刻，别对当事人说。
as if it made any difference ／ as if that changed anything
literary
as if 连读，difference 重音在前。
Fancy or plain, as if there were the least difference. 豪华还是朴素，好像真有什么区别似的。
“I've never understood you any more than you've understood me.”
我从没理解过你，就像你也没理解过我。
any more than 把互相的不理解摆得对称，平静得让人心凉。
I have never done X any more than you have
说彼此半斤八两时用；语气冷，适合摊牌的对话。
I don't understand it any more than you do. ／ You don't know her any more than I do.
中性
understood you 连读，any more than 轻读。
I don't get him any more than you do. 我跟你一样，也搞不懂他。
“Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference.”
我说什么、做什么，都起不了半点作用。
the least difference 一否到底，把无力感说得干干净净。
Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference.
觉得怎么努力都没用时用；语气悲观，安慰人时别用。
Nothing I do will make any difference. ／ It will not change a thing.
中性
least difference 连读，nothing 重读。
Nothing I say will make the least difference now. 现在我说什么都无济于事了。
下一章 · 13make it my business特意去做这场戏：庭审为莫尔太太吵翻意思是「与……有任何关系」。莫尔太太说 I don't want to have anything to do with it，就是「我不想跟这事有任何牵扯」，常用来划清界限。
用 get away from。莫尔太太说 Get away from all this muddle and fuss into some cave of my own，就是「躲开这一团乱麻和喧闹，找个我自己的洞穴」。
意思是「故弄玄虚的胡话」。罗尼说阿齐兹那套吓人的回声是 mumbo jumbo, but very effective（故弄玄虚，可很管用），带点贬义。
用 stage-managed。罗尼说 He stage-managed the whole thing（他把整件事一手导演了），指在背后安排好一切，和 stage 舞台有关。
她厌倦了这一切，说 I don't want to have anything to do with it，还认为法庭根本理解不了岩洞那个地方，Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference。
