这场戏：隔浴室门盘问情史
第 11 章 · 共 30 章 · 2'33"
婚后清晨，夏洛特隔着浴室门不放人，一句 Sweetheart, I don't want any secrets between us（甜心，我不想我们之间有任何秘密），又说 It makes me feel insecure（这让我没安全感），翻来覆去问他过去有多少女人。亨伯特隔着门冷冷敷衍，最后一句 like a good little wife（做个听话的小妻子）把控制欲暴露无遗。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 a quiet affair（一场低调的婚礼）
a quiet affair 一场低调的婚礼secrets between us 我们之间有隐瞒feel insecure 没有安全感promotion from lodger to lover 从房客升格成情人
in point of fact（事实上、确切地说）
In point of fact 事实上、确切地说make out a complete list 开出一份完整清单to be jealous 吃醋、嫉妒morning cup of coffee 早上那杯咖啡
亨伯特的旁白说婚礼办得很低调，他从房客升格成情人。可婚后清晨并不甜：夏洛特隔着浴室门非要谈，说 Sweetheart, I don't want any secrets between us（甜心，我不想我们之间有任何秘密），又说 It makes me feel insecure（这让我没有安全感）。亨伯特让她等自己出去，还赌气说要列一份完整名单。夏洛特不接招，只说她觉得吃醋很健康，甚至说 it means that I love you（这说明我爱你）。亨伯特不接话，最后一句 Please do that, like a good little wife（做个听话的小妻子），把她支去煮咖啡。
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。
“Sweetheart, I don't want any secrets between us.”
亲爱的，我不希望我们之间有秘密。
把亲密定义成「没有秘密」，一句既像深情又像要求，温柔里带压力。
I don't want any secrets between us.
对伴侣或好友表明要彼此坦白时用，带着怀疑查问的场合别说。
I don't want us keeping secrets. ／ No secrets between us, okay?
中性
重音落在 secrets，between us 轻声收尾。
I don't want any secrets between us, so ask me anything. 我不希望我们之间有秘密，有话尽管问我。
“Can't this wait till I come out of here?”
这事就不能等我出去再说吗？
用否定疑问句把「现在不行」说得不撕破脸，既推后话题又留了台阶。
Can't this wait till I ...?
手头正忙、想晚点再谈时用，对上级或正式场合别用。
Can this wait till later? ／ Let's talk once I'm out.
口语
Can't this 连读，wait 重读，句尾升调。
Can't this wait till I finish the call? 这事不能等我打完电话再说吗？
“I think it's healthy for me to be jealous.”
我觉得自己吃醋是件健康的事。
把嫉妒说成健康，颠倒常理替自己开脱，语气越平静越显理亏。
I think it's healthy for me to ...
半开玩笑地给坏情绪找理由时用，认真反省的场合不要说。
I think a little jealousy is healthy. ／ Jealousy keeps things honest.
中性
healthy 重读，for me 弱读带过。
I think it's healthy for me to worry a little. 我觉得自己稍微担心一下是好事。
“Were there a lot of women in your life before me?”
在我之前，你生命里有过很多女人吗？
把查岗包进一句过去时的问句，表面好奇，底下全是占有欲和不安。
Were there a lot of ... before me?
想探问伴侣过去、又不想显得太计较时能用；已经因为嫉妒吵过架，就别再翻这句。
How many people were there before me? ／ Was there anyone serious before me?
中性
Were there a 连读，重音落在 lot 和 me，句尾轻轻上扬。
Were there a lot of jobs in your life before this one? 在现在这份工作之前，你换过很多份吗？
“You know how happy I can make you.”
你知道我能让你多快乐。
用「你知道」起句，把挽留说成既成事实，温柔里藏着一点要挟。
You know how ... I can ...
想挽留或安抚对方时能用；对方刚说完要走，这话会显得像在谈条件，慎用。
You know how good I can be for you. ／ You know what I can give you.
口语
You know 轻快带过，重音在 happy，make you 收轻。
You know how much smoother this can go if we work together. 你知道我们要是合作，这事能顺多少。
The wedding was a quiet affair... ...and when called upon to enjoy my promotion from lodger to lover... ...did I experience only bitterness and distaste? No. Mr. Humbert confesses to a certain titillation of his vanity... ...to some faint tenderness, even to a pattern of remorse... ...daintily running along the steel of his conspiratorial dagger.
婚礼办得很低调…… ……而当我该为从房客升格成情人而高兴时…… ……我体会到的只有苦涩和厌恶吗？ 不。亨伯特先生承认，他的虚荣心多少被撩拨了一下…… ……还泛起一丝淡淡的温情，甚至一种悔意…… ……轻巧地顺着他那把阴谋匕首的钢锋滑过。
下一章 · 12sacred and profane神圣与亵渎这场戏：床头拿出亡夫的手枪意思是「没有安全感、心里不踏实」。夏洛特说 It makes me feel insecure，就是在抱怨亨伯特有事瞒着她，让她心里发慌，为逼他交代找理由。
in point of fact，比 in fact 更正式、更较真的说法。亨伯特说 I haven't been here long. In point of fact, I only just came in，就是强调「事实上我这才刚进来」。
make out a complete list。make out 在这里是「开列、写出」，不是「辨认」。亨伯特赌气说要把认识过的每个女人都列出来，用的就是这个说法。
a quiet affair。affair 在这里指「活动、事情」，a quiet affair 就是办得不大、很安静的婚礼。旁白说 The wedding was a quiet affair，语气冷淡得反常。
like a good little wife。good 在这里是「听话、乖」，little 带着居高临下。亨伯特一句 Please do that, like a good little wife，既打发她去煮咖啡，也显出他对这段婚姻的轻视。
