这场戏：法庭上孩子承认施暴
第 12 章 · 共 16 章 · 2'21"
法庭上，检察官抛出 Did you see Sally, take cigarettes, and actually burn Sylvia with them?（你看见萨莉拿香烟烫西尔维娅了吗？）把暴行摆上台面；有孩子承认 She would do it, every time she came over（她每次过来都这么干），还有孩子说 I just thought, we were punishing her（我以为我们是在惩罚她）。想学法庭上怎么句句逼问、步步收紧，值得反复听。
「我以为我们在惩罚她」英语是 I just thought, we were punishing her
come over 过来、上门punishing her 在惩罚她、教训她washing her down 给某人冲洗全身
「她差不多一直都在」英语是 She was there, just about all the time
told no one 谁都没告诉ever present 曾在场过just about all the time 差不多一直都在
庭审现场，检察官对着一个个孩子追问细节：有人承认看见萨莉每次来都拿香烟烫西尔维娅（She would do it, every time she came over），有人被问有没有做过任何事去帮她（Did you do anything at all to help her?），还有人说自己以为大家是在惩罚她（I just thought, we were punishing her）。轮到雪莉，检察官问她母亲在别人施暴时是否在场，她答 She was there, just about all the time（她差不多一直都在），问母亲说了什么，只答 Nothing（什么也没说）。想学法庭上怎么用短句追问、怎么用 at all（根本、丝毫）加重语气，这里最典型。
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。
“Did you do anything at all to help her?”
你有没有做过哪怕一点事去帮她？
一句冷静的追问，把在场所有人的沉默都摆上台面。
Did you do anything at all to ...?
要当面追问对方有没有尽力时用；对上级或长辈这样问会显得像质问。
Did you even try to help her? ／ Did you lift a finger to help her?
中性
anything at all 连读，句尾降调收，像审问。
Did you do anything at all to fix the leak? 你有没有动手去修那个漏水的地方？
“I just thought, we were punishing her.”
我只是觉得，我们在惩罚她。
用最平静的语气说出最残忍的辩解，听了让人发冷。
I just thought (that) ...
为自己当时的做法找理由时用；对受害者家属说这话会被当成狡辩。
I figured we were teaching her a lesson. ／ I believed she deserved it.
中性
just 轻读，were punishing 连读，句尾放低。
I just thought we were doing the right thing. 我当时只觉得我们在做对的事。
“She was there, just about all the time.”
她差不多一直都在。
一句近乎冷漠的陈述，却点明母亲全程在场、什么都没做。
just about all the time
描述某人几乎总在某个场合时用；放进法庭证词里语气很重。
She was there nearly every time. ／ She was around almost constantly.
中性
just about 弱读连成一句，all the time 连贯不停。
He is at the shop just about all the time. 他差不多一直泡在店里。
“So, you told no one, what was happening at the Baniszewski's house?”
所以，在巴尼谢夫斯基家发生的事，你谁都没告诉？
把沉默摆到台面上追问，一句问话就让旁观者也站上被告席。
So, you told no one ...?
追问对方为何沉默时能用；日常对朋友这样质问会太像审问。
So you never said a word to anyone? ／ And you kept it to yourself?
正式
So 后停顿，told no one 连读，house 尾音上扬。
So, you told no one about the leak? 所以，泄密的事你谁都没说？
下一章 · 13know what it's like知道那是什么滋味这场戏：地下室里自述身世意思是「你有没有做过哪怕一点事去帮她？」。at all 放在否定或疑问里加强语气，表示「根本、丝毫」；提问时带上它，等于在逼对方承认自己什么都没做。
说 tie someone up，比如 They tied her up（他们把她绑了起来）。tie 是「系、捆」，up 强调绑结实，日常也能说 tie up the loose ends（收尾）。
punish 是「惩罚」，这里用 were punishing 表示当时正在进行，意思是「我们当时以为这只是在教训她」。用进行时把长期虐待说成一件正在做的事，听上去像在给自己开脱。
Not really 比直接说 No 委婉，意思是「算不上、不太算」。法庭上证人不想把话说死时常用它，既不承认，也不算撒谎。
意思是「一顿狠打」。awful 在这里不是「糟糕的」，而是加强语气，表示程度很重；whipping 指用鞭子或东西抽打，合起来就是被打得很惨。
