这场戏：与英国友人断绝来往
第 19 章 · 共 19 章 · 3'13"
法庭判阿齐兹无罪后，他来见菲尔丁。菲尔丁劝他 let her off（免了阿德拉那两万卢比赔偿），阿齐兹却越说越冷：In the end, you English always stick together.（到头来，你们英国人总是抱成一团。）最后他撂下一句 I want to have nothing more to do with any of you.（我不想再跟你们任何人来往。）想学翻脸、断交的英文，这段最狠。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 「两头落空」英语说 the worst of both worlds
the worst of both worlds 两头落空let her off 放过她、免了她behaved like a gentleman 表现得像个绅士join the club 加入俱乐部
阿齐兹胜诉后来找菲尔丁。菲尔丁要回英国休长假，阿齐兹说要另找份工作，去英属印度之外。说到赔偿，菲尔丁提到阿姆里特拉奥要两万卢比加诉讼费，他不愿看阿德拉两头落空。阿齐兹却火了，说自己的私信被念、亡妻照片被翻看。他猜到菲尔丁想让他 let her off（免了赔偿），冷笑说英国人只会讲「这个印度人差点像个绅士」。他质问菲尔丁是不是为这个来的，最后说 In the end, you English always stick together.（到头来，你们英国人总是抱成一团。）他宣布 I want to have nothing more to do with any of you.（不想再跟你们任何人来往），让菲尔丁把钱留下，甚至说让阿德拉拿钱去买个丈夫。
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。
“I am an Indian at last.”
我终于成了一个印度人。
被判无罪反而让他「成为」印度人，一句自嘲把殖民的荒诞说尽。
I am X at last.
历经波折后自嘲式宣布身份或状态时用；语气可正可反讽。
I am free at last. ／ I am finally myself again.
literary
at last 连读，Indian 重音在前。
After the audit, I am an honest man at last. 审计之后，我终于成了个清白的人。
“After this morning, she'd nowhere else to go.”
出了今早的事，她没别的地方可去。
nowhere else to go 一句把阿德拉的孤立说完，也解释了菲尔丁的选择。
have nowhere else to go
说明某人走投无路、别无选择时用；语气同情或无奈。
He had nowhere else to turn. ／ There was nowhere else for her to stay.
中性
nowhere else 连读，go 稍长。
After the flood, they had nowhere else to go. 洪水之后，他们无处可去。
“But when she saw she was wrong, she stopped and sent it all to smithereens.”
可当她发现自己错了，她就停下来，把这一切砸了个粉碎。
smithereens 一个口语词，把撤诉写成一次炸裂，画面感极强。
send it all to smithereens
形容彻底毁掉、砸烂某事时用；口语、生动，正式写作少用。
The plan was blown to smithereens. ／ It all fell apart completely.
口语
sent it all 连读，smithereens 重音在后。
The delay sent our schedule to smithereens. 这次延误把我们的日程砸了个稀烂。
“No. I couldn't possibly get away before the end of next term.”
不行。下学期结束前我根本走不开。
couldn't possibly 加 get away，把「实在脱不了身」说得干脆又无奈。
I couldn't possibly get away before ...
婉拒邀约、说明自己走不开时用；语气礼貌但坚定。
I couldn't possibly leave before June. ／ There is no way I can get away.
正式
couldn't possibly 连读，get away 连读。
I couldn't possibly get away this week. 这周我实在走不开。
“Then, if I agree, the English will be able to say "Here is an Indian that almost behaved like a gentleman."”
然后，要是我答应，英国人就能说：「看，这个印度人差点就表现得像个绅士了。」
把对方的「好意」原样引出来反讽，一句就让宽容变成居高临下。
if I agree, they will be able to say ...
点破对方所谓好意背后的优越感时用；语气尖锐，慎用。
If I say yes, they will call it a favour. ／ They will only see it as doing me a kindness.
正式
if I agree 连读，gentleman 重音在前。
If I agree, they will say they saved me. 要是我答应，他们会说是他们救了我。
And I know what you're going to ask next. You're going to ask me to let her off paying 20,000 rupees, right? Then, if I agree, the English will be able to say "Here is an Indian that almost behaved like a gentleman." "But for the colour of his face, we might even let him join the club." Is that why you came here to see me? Answer me.
我也知道你要接着问什么。 你要我免了她那两万卢比，对吧？ 然后，要是我答应，英国人就能说：“看，这个印度人差点就表现得像个绅士了。” “要不是他那张脸的颜色，我们说不定还能让他加入俱乐部。” 你来找我就是为这个？ 回答我。
「放过她、免了她」。菲尔丁想让阿齐兹免除阿德拉那两万卢比赔偿，用的就是 let her off paying 20,000 rupees，指免掉这笔钱不再追究。
说 stick together。阿齐兹一句 in the end, you English always stick together，就是说到头来你们英国人总是抱团；朋友互相支持时也可以这么用。
「碎片、稀巴烂」，常用在 send something to smithereens。菲尔丁说阿德拉把这一切 send it all to smithereens，就是说她把它全砸了。
「脱身、走开」。菲尔丁说 I couldn't possibly get away before the end of next term，就是他下学期结束前根本走不开，脱不了身。
「两头落空、两头吃亏」。菲尔丁说 I'd hate to see her getting the worst of both worlds，就是不愿看阿德拉既要赔钱、又落埋怨。
「与某人再无往来」。阿齐兹说 I want to have nothing more to do with any of you，就是我不想再跟你们任何人来往，常用来表达断绝关系的决心。
