这场戏：借电话的访客被反锁
第 11 章 · 共 17 章 · 3'00"
深宅大门被敲响，一个自称车抛锚的访客上门借电话，屋里人答话却前后矛盾。有人一句 I have nothing to hide（我没什么好隐瞒的）想证明坦荡，访客却听出不对劲，用 There seems to be some kind of disagreement（看来有点分歧）轻轻点破。想问事又不想逼太紧，这两句日常都能用。
客人来访想说「以防万一」：just in case
anxious about 为某事焦虑help yourself to 自便取用just in case 以防万一
一位访客按响深宅门铃，说在大门附近发现一辆被遗弃的车，问司机有没有进来求助，屋里人却一会儿说没有、一会儿改口，还把他请进书房打电话。门内有人用 I have nothing to hide（我没什么好隐瞒的）表白坦荡，访客借 by any chance（碰巧）礼貌打听，又用 There seems to be some kind of disagreement（看来有点分歧）把矛盾说得很轻，最后竟被反锁在屋里，隔着门喊 false arrest（非法逮捕）抗议。想礼貌试探、想轻描淡写地说出分歧，或想让自己的话显得坦荡，这几句都能直接搬去用。
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“I have nothing to hide.”
我没什么好隐瞒的。
短短一句把底气亮出来，越坦荡越像在跟满屋子的心虚作对。
I have nothing to hide.
被怀疑、要求自查时用；真做了亏心事的人说这句会更可疑。
There is nothing I need to cover up. ／ I have nothing to be ashamed of.
中性
I have 轻读，nothing to 连读，hide 重读收尾。
Check my files, I have nothing to hide. 随便查我的文件，我没什么好隐瞒的。
“You all seem to be very anxious about something.”
你们好像都在为什么事焦虑。
访客不揭穿，只把观察摆出来，一句话就把满屋子的破绽点破。
You all seem to be very ... about something.
委婉点出别人神色不对时用；语气拿捏不好会显得在审问。
Something here seems to have everyone on edge. ／ You all look worried about something.
正式
seem to be 连读，anxious 重读，something 放轻收尾。
You all seem to be very quiet about the news. 你们对这消息好像都格外沉默。
“It's the chandelier, fell down and almost killed us.”
是那盏吊灯，掉下来差点砸死我们。
随口编的借口还带着画面，越具体越假，笑点就藏在理直气壮里。
It's the ..., it fell down and almost killed us.
替人圆场、临时编理由时用；被认真追责时别拿它搪塞。
It was the old wiring, it nearly burned the place down. ／ A shelf collapsed and almost hit us.
口语
chandelier 咬清，fell down 连读，almost killed us 加速带过。
It's the cat, it knocked the whole shelf over. 是那只猫，它把整个架子都撞翻了。
“I don't know. He's on everybody else's. Why shouldn't he be on mine?”
我不知道。别人电话上都有他。为什么我这儿就不能有？
用别人都这样当理由，答得荒唐又理直气壮，冷幽默十足。
He's on everybody else's. Why shouldn't he be on mine?
被人质问奇怪现象时能用；需要认真解释的场合这样答会显得敷衍。
Everyone else has one. Why not me? ／ They're on everybody else's list, so why not mine?
口语
everybody else's 连读，句尾 mine 上扬反问。
All the other flats have a cat. Why shouldn't we have one? 别人家都养猫。咱们家为什么就不能养？
下一章 · 12step by step一步一步这场戏：带众客人逐个房间复盘表示「碰巧、也许」，常放在疑问句末尾，让请求听起来更委婉、更不强求。想问对方某件事是不是刚好发生过，这样问最客气。
说 I have nothing to hide。别人怀疑你时，用这句表示自己坦荡、不怕查，语气比 I didn't do it 更主动。
可以用 There seems to be some kind of disagreement，把明显的矛盾说得很轻，适合不想撕破脸的场合。
它让话变模糊，暗示「大概是某种」，不把分歧说死，语气比直接说 disagreement 更圆滑、更留余地。
用 help yourself，比如 Please help yourself to a drink，就是请对方随意取用、别客气，客人上门招待时很常用。
