这场戏：被劝悔改却说不后悔
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刑期就在眼前，律师给李列条件：找份工作、做社区服务，还说 You have to show that you've turned over a new leaf（你得让人看到你改过自新了）。可轮到她自己开口，她却说 I can't specifically say that I regret any of my actions（我没法说自己后悔）。想学「改过自新」怎么说、想听懂法庭上的硬话，这两句就够。
You have to show that you've turned over a new leaf（你得让人看到你改过自新了）
Clean up your act 收敛行为、改过自新community service 社区服务、公益劳动turned over a new leaf 改过自新、重新做人
❝ 独白 · 4 句 莉的法庭自白
一句句往回收，最后翻出「最好的时光」，坦白得让人发冷。
上法庭前，李的律师给她列条件：找一份工作、去社区服务、参加匿名戒酒会，还用一句 You have to show that you've turned over a new leaf（你得让人看到你改过自新了）点明重点，并提醒她可能要 behind bars（坐牢）。到了法庭，法官问她还有什么要补充，李却说 I can't specifically say that I regret any of my actions（我没法说自己后悔），甚至说 this has been the best time of my life（这是我人生最好的一段时光）。想学「改过自新」「坐牢」怎么说，想听懂法庭上那些客套又严厉的话，这几个表达都用得上。
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。
“You have to show that you've turned over a new leaf.”
你得让人看到你改过自新了。
把装出来的悔改说成给法官看的表演，一句话点破整场戏。
show that you've turned over a new leaf
劝人真正改过、或点破对方作秀时用；自夸时别这么说。
You need to prove you've changed. ／ You have to look like you've reformed.
中性
turned over 连读，new leaf 稍重，句尾放平。
He wants to show his boss that he has turned over a new leaf. 他想让老板看到他改过自新了。
“But right now, that's the least of your worries.”
但现在，这是你最不用担心的事。
用一句轻描淡写把更大的麻烦盖过去，安慰里带着现实。
that's the least of your worries
对方揪着小问题发愁时用；真出了大事时别说，会显得轻慢。
That's the smallest of your problems. ／ You have bigger things to worry about.
口语
least 重读，worries 尾音收住。
Forget the bill; that's the least of your worries right now. 别管账单了，现在这是你最不用愁的事。
“I mean, in many ways, this has been the best time of my life.”
我是说，从很多方面讲，这是我人生中最好的一段时光。
在最该忏悔的时刻说出最不该说的话，反差让人脊背发凉。
in many ways, this has been ...
回顾一段复杂经历时用；在严肃场合说会显得不认错。
In some ways, these were my best years. ／ Strange as it sounds, I was happiest then.
口语
in many ways 轻带，best time 重读，of my life 放慢。
In many ways, that hard year was the best time of my life. 从很多方面讲，那段艰难的日子是我人生最好的时光。
“That said, these letters are pretty incredible.”
话虽如此，这些信确实相当了不起。
先承认罪证、再真心夸奖，律师的嘴也藏不住欣赏。
That said, + 主语 + be + 形容词
先让步再转折、评价作品时能用；正式文书里少用口语 that said。
That being said, the work is remarkable. ／ Still, you have to admit these are good.
中性
That said 停顿，pretty incredible 重读，语气带点无奈佩服。
That said, the design is genuinely clever. 话虽如此，这个设计确实巧妙。
“I can't specifically say that I regret any of my actions.”
我没法明确说，我对自己做过的任何事感到后悔。
在最该认错的场合拒绝认错，诚实得近乎挑衅。
I can't say that + 从句
拒绝假装后悔、坚持说真话时能用；庭上或正式场合要掂量后果。
I can't say I'm sorry for it. ／ I won't pretend to regret this.
中性
specifically 重读，regret 咬清，any of my actions 逐词放慢。
I can't say I regret speaking up. 我没法说后悔把话说了出来。
I can't specifically say that I regret any of my actions. Lee. I don't. I mean, in many ways, this has been the best time of my life.
我没法明确地说，我对自己做过的任何事感到后悔。 莉。 我不后悔。 我是说，从很多方面讲，这是我人生中最好的一段时光。
下一章 · 13too much of a coward太懦弱这场戏：法庭上认罪被判缓刑意思是改过自新、重新做人。台词里律师说 You have to show that you've turned over a new leaf，就是「你得让人看到你改过自新了」。
可以用 behind bars，比如 We're probably looking at some time behind bars，就是「我们恐怕得在牢里待上一阵」。bars 在这里指牢房的铁栏。
意思是「最不用操心的事」。有人愁一堆麻烦时，说 That's the least of your worries，就是「那根本不算什么，别的才要命」。
意思是宣布裁决、宣判，是法庭上的正式说法。法官说 Before I render my verdict，就是「在宣判之前」，后面通常接着宣判结果。
指社区服务、公益劳动。戏里说 already put in over 40 hours of community service at a cat shelter，就是已经在猫咪收容所做满四十多个小时的公益劳动，常用来替代部分刑罚。
