这场戏：出庭作证与当庭抵赖
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法庭上，检察官问妹妹为什么看见姐姐挨打却不报警，她回答 I'd get the same treatment（我就会受到同样的对待）——怕连自己也遭殃。接着 Gertrude was the last one to take the stand（格特鲁德最后一个出庭作证），面对伤痕一句句推说什么都没看见。想学法庭英语里出庭、作证、被质问的说法，这一场很集中。
「I'd get the same treatment」就是我会受到同样的对待
call the police 报警the same treatment 受到同样的对待up and down 满街上下、到处
「You're telling the jury」是难以置信的反问
stay up 勉强撑住不倒feel like 想、有心情做某事any knowledge 对某事知情making marks 在…上留下痕迹
法庭上，检察官一遍遍问珍妮：西尔维娅对巴尼谢夫斯基太太、宝拉、约翰尼做过什么吗？她答什么都没看见。问到为什么看着姐姐 be beaten, struck（被打、被揍）却不报警，她说格特鲁德威胁过她，说出去就会 I'd get the same treatment（落得跟西尔维娅一样的对待）。检察官反驳 You could have told anyone, up and down on the street（你本可以告诉街上任何一个人），她只说 I did what she told me to do（她让我做什么我就做什么）。后来轮到格特鲁德出庭，面对多日的虐待，她只说自己 pretty run down（累垮了）、连站都站不稳。想练听懂法庭问答、证词和推脱，这几段是现成范本。
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“You could have told anyone, up and down on the street.”
你本可以告诉街上任何一个人。
一句责备里藏着最锋利的追问：当时明明有那么多条路。
You could have done something.
事后指出对方本可以怎么做时用；对上级或长辈说会显得冒犯。
You could have said something. ／ You had every chance to speak up.
口语
could have 轻快带过，told anyone 连读，句尾放平。
You could have warned me before I signed it. 签字之前你本可以提醒我一下。
“I've seen her cry before.”
我以前见过她哭。
轻轻一句，就把「她没感情」的说法整个推翻。
I've seen someone do something before.
想用亲身经历反驳传言时用；正式作证也站得住。
I saw her cry more than once. ／ She has cried in front of me before.
中性
I've seen 连读成 I've-seen，her cry 之间稍停再收。
I've seen him apologize before, so I believe him. 我以前见过他道歉，所以我相信他。
“You're telling the Jury, you don't know who did it?”
你是在告诉陪审团，你不知道是谁干的？
把整场推脱堵在一个反问里，听的人无处可退。
You're telling me (that) ...?
对明显的说法表示难以置信时用；对平辈可以，对长辈略冲。
Are you telling the court you had no idea? ／ You expect us to believe you knew nothing?
正式
telling the Jury 连读，句尾上扬收在 did it 上。
You're telling me you never saw the email? 你是说你从没看见那封邮件？
“did what she told me to do. I wish, I hadn't.”
她让我做什么我就做什么。我真希望我没做过。
一句后悔把服从和罪责缝在一起，比辩解更让人心软也更刺人。
I wish, I hadn't.
表达后悔时能用；对受害者家属说这种话，别指望一句后悔就能被原谅。
I wish I hadn't done it. ／ If only I'd said no.
中性
did what 连读，wish 后停顿，hadn't 尾音收轻。
I wish I hadn't signed that contract. 我真希望我没签那份合同。
指走上证人席、出庭作证，是法庭剧里最常见的说法。台词里说 Gertrude was the last one to take the stand，就是她是最后一个出庭作证的。
the same treatment。台词里 I'd get the same treatment than Sylvia was getting，意思是我也会落得和西尔维娅一样的对待。
不是。knew better 指「心里清楚不是那样」。珍妮说大家都说她姐姐没感情，but I knew better，就是她清楚事实并非如此。
run down 指累垮、形容憔悴、没精打采。格特鲁德出庭说自己 pretty run down, physically，就是把身体虚弱当成了开脱的理由。
指吵吵闹闹、闹个不停。格特鲁德抱怨孩子们 arguing and carrying on，就是把家里的混乱说成自己情绪失控的原因。
