这场戏：读原稿认出天才
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萨列里翻开莫扎特的乐谱，一页页干净得没有一处修改，他愣住了——这哪像作曲，简直像在 taking dictation（听写）。转身康斯坦茨求他替丈夫谋个职位，他只回一句 that is the price（这就是代价）。想夸人做事一挥而就，或把苛刻条件说得不动声色，这几句就是范本。
❝ 独白 · 10 句 萨列里透过乐谱看上帝
用「挪一个音就会减损」讲完美，把嫉妒写成仰望。
把话挑明「这就是代价」：that is the price
in return 作为回报up to you 由你决定that is the price 这就是代价
一句「让她进来」：Show her in
not knowing 心里没底Evening came 夜晚降临Show her in 让她进来
萨列里拿到莫扎特的乐谱，发现上面没有任何涂改，一页页像照单抄下来的一样。他意识到自己听到的不只是音乐，而是上帝的声音——用 taking dictation（听写）形容这种一挥而就最传神。随后康斯坦茨上门替丈夫求一个宫廷职位，萨列里答应帮忙，却提出「今晚一个人来」，还说 Some service deserves service in return（有些服务要以服务回报），把交换条件说得客气又冷酷。最后他干脆挑明 not to be vague, that is the price（说白了吧，这就是代价）。想知道怎么夸人做事行云流水，或者怎么在谈判里把条件摆上桌又不撕破脸，这几句都用得上。
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。
“Here again was the very voice of God.”
这里又一次出现了上帝的声音。
用 the very 加强确认，把音乐的震撼写成宗教体验。
Here again was the very (noun).
再次确认某种强烈感受时用；语气文学，偏正式。
Once again it was the same feeling. ／ Here it was again, plain as day.
literary
voice of God 连读，very 重读。
Here again was the very problem we feared. 我们担心的问题又一次出现了。
“One word from me and the post is his.”
我一句话，那个职位就是他的。
用「一句话」与「职位」对冲，权力的分量全在这轻描淡写里。
One word from me and X is his.
表示自己一句话就能决定某事时用；语气自信，甚至傲慢。
One call from me and it is done. ／ One nod and he gets the job.
口语
One word 连读，post is his 连读。
One word from her and the deal is closed. 她一句话，这单就成了。
“Page after page of it. As if he were just taking dictation.”
一页又一页。好像他只是在听写。
把作曲比作听写，一句话说尽天才的轻描淡写。
as if he were just taking dictation
形容某人做事轻松得像照抄时用；夸张又生动。
as if he were reading it off a page ／ like copying from a book
literary
page after page 连读，dictation 重音在后。
He solved it as if he were just taking dictation. 他解题解得像在听写一样。
“And not to be vague,that is the price.”
说白了吧，这就是代价。
用 not to be vague 撕掉含蓄，把丑陋的条件直接摊开。
Not to be vague, that is the price.
把话说白、不再绕弯时用；语气很重，慎用。
To put it plainly, that is the cost. ／ Let me be blunt: that is the price.
正式
not to be 连读，price 重读。
Not to be vague, that is the cost of the favour. 说白了，这就是帮忙的代价。
“I sat there,not knowing whether she would return or not.”
我坐在那儿，不知道她会不会回来。
分词短语把等待的煎熬摊开，whether...or not 又添一层悬着。
not knowing whether ... or not
描述悬而未决、心里没底的状态时用；偏书面。
not knowing whether to stay or go ／ waiting, unsure if she would come
中性
not knowing 连读，whether 后稍顿。
I waited, not knowing whether they would call. 我等着，不知道他们会不会打来。
Displace one note... ...and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase,and the structure would fall. It was clear to me... ... that sound I had heard in the archbishop's palace... ... had been no accident. Here again was the very voice of God. I was staring through the cage... ...of those meticulous ink strokes... ...at an absolute beauty.
改动一个音符…… ……就会减损。 改动一个乐句，整个结构就会垮。 我明白了…… ……我在大主教府邸听到的那个声音…… ……绝非偶然。 这里又一次出现了上帝的声音。 我仿佛透过笼子…… ……透过那些一丝不苟的墨迹…… ……望见了绝对的美。
下一章 · 12achieve mediocrity达到平庸水平这场戏：发誓与上帝为敌字面是「听写、笔录」，就是别人念、你照着写。戏里说莫扎特作曲像在听写，指旋律早已在脑中成形，他只是照抄一遍。
可以用 that is the price。前面加一句 not to be vague（说白了吧），把开价前的铺垫和最后落槌都说全。
in return。台词里 Some service deserves service in return，就是「有些服务要以服务回报」。
表面客气，实则把职位当筹码开价。越说得云淡风轻，越显冷酷。
两者都沾边。这里是把选择权和后果一起推给对方，听上去冷静，其实带着逼迫。
