这场戏：设局偷听劝她动心
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培尼狄克细品碧翠丝那句「我是被硬支使来叫你吃饭的」，越想越有味，一句 There's a double meaning in that（这话里有双关）替她补出爱意。希罗和厄休拉故意说给偷听的碧翠丝听：培尼狄克一心爱她，只是她太傲。碧翠丝坐不住，一句 What fire is in mine ears?（我耳朵里烧的是什么火）道尽动摇。
听出「双关」：There's a double meaning in that
double meaning 双关against my will 违背我的意愿took no more pains 没多费什么功夫have no stomach 没胃口、没兴致
眼里全是「轻蔑和讥诮」：disdain and scorn
so entirely 如此全心全意new-trothed 刚订婚的acquaint her of it 把这事告知她disdain and scorn 轻蔑和讥诮
❝ 独白 · 8 句 「我耳朵里烧的是什么火」：What fire is in mine ears
What fire is in mine ears 我耳朵里烧的是什么火condemned for 因某事被定罪maiden pride 少女的骄傲requite thee 回报你
两个「偷听局」正好对照。培尼狄克独自回味碧翠丝那句「我是被硬支使来叫你吃饭的」，越琢磨越像情话，一句 There's a double meaning in that（这话里有双关）把普通客套听成了示爱。接着轮到碧翠丝：希罗和厄休拉在园子里演戏，句句说给暗处的她听，说培尼狄克全心全意爱她，只是她太傲，谁也看不上。碧翠丝听得心火直冒，问 What fire is in mine ears?（我耳朵里烧的是什么火），当场卸下骄傲，决定回报这份爱。想学「双关」double meaning、形容「没胃口、没兴致」用 have no stomach for、说「回报」用 requite，这场戏都能对上。
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“There's a double meaning in that.”
这话里头有双关。
一句自我剧透，把听众也拉进他那点小心思里。
There's a double meaning in that.
听出别人话里有话、想点破时用；正式报告里别用。
She meant more than she said. ／ That line could be read two ways.
口语
double meaning 连读，in that 轻收，尾音略降。
There is a double meaning in that compliment. 那句夸赞里藏着两层意思。
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
丘比特有的用箭射，有的用陷阱。
把爱情说成狩猎，一句格言就点破这场骗局的本质。
Some ... with ..., some with ...
感慨爱情各有各的来路时用；当情话讲会太冷。
Love comes by arrow or by ambush. ／ Some are won openly, some are caught.
literary
Cupid 重读，arrows 与 traps 并列，中间稍顿。
Some find love with flowers, some with patience. 有人靠鲜花赢得爱情，有人靠的是耐心。
“What fire is in mine ears?”
我耳朵里烧的是什么火？
用一句近乎生理的比喻写出被人说中时的脸热心跳。
What fire is in ...?
被人当众说中、又羞又急时打趣用；严肃场合别用。
Why are my ears burning like this? ／ My ears are on fire from hearing that.
literary
What fire 连读，is in 弱读，mine ears 稍微拖长。
What fire is in my ears, hearing them talk about me? 听他们议论我，我耳朵都烧起来了。
“I will requite thee, taming my wild heart to thy loving hand.”
我要回报你，把我这颗野性难驯的心，交到你深情的手里驯服。
把心交给对方「驯服」，骄傲的人认输原来可以这样好听。
I will requite thee, ...
郑重回应别人的深情时用；日常闲谈里说会显得太戏剧。
I will answer your love and let you gentle me. ／ I will return your love and give you my heart to keep.
literary
requite thee 连读，taming my wild heart 一气呵成。
I will requite your patience with all the love I have. 你用耐心待我，我就把全部的爱还给你。
“Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes, misprising what they look on, and her wit values itself so highly, that to her, all matter else seems weak.”
轻蔑和讥诮在她眼里闪着光，看什么都瞧不上；她的才气自视极高，在她眼里别的都不值一提。
把骄傲写成会发光的东西，一句判词既刻薄又漂亮。
her wit values itself so highly that ...
形容某人眼高于顶、看谁都不顺眼时用；当面说人太伤人。
She looks at everyone as if they were beneath her. ／ Her cleverness thinks far too well of itself.
literary
Disdain and scorn 重读，sparkling 提气，all matter else 放慢。
His wit values itself so highly that no one else gets a word in. 他自恃聪明，别人一句话都插不上。
“I took no more pains for those thanks than you take pains to thank me.”
我受这点累，跟你道这声谢费的那点劲，差不了多少。
拿「费劲」这个词转着圈回敬，斗嘴的机锋全在这一句。
no more ... than you ...
被人假客气、你想回敬一句时用；对上司或长辈别用。
That thanks cost you as little as the errand cost me. ／ You are as generous with thanks as I was with effort.
中性
pains 两次出现要重读，than you 弱读，尾音上扬。
I took no more trouble for that nod than you took to give it. 你点这个头费的劲，跟我跑这一趟差不多。
What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true? Stand I condemned for pride and scorn so much? Contempt, farewell! And maiden pride, adieu! No glory lives behind the back of such. And, Benedick, love on! I will requite thee, taming my wild heart to thy loving hand. If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee to bind our loves up in a holy band. For others say thou dost deserve, and I believe it better than reportingly!
我耳朵里烧的是什么火？ 这会是真的吗？难道我竟因骄傲和轻蔑，被定了这么重的罪？ 轻蔑，别了！少女的骄傲，再见！ 这些东西的背后，没什么荣耀可言。 培尼狄克，你就爱下去吧！ 我要回报你，把我这颗野性难驯的心，交到你深情的手里驯服。 你若真心爱我，我这份情意定会催你我把两颗心用神圣的纽带系在一起。 因为别人都说你值得，而我信得比听来的还要真切！
下一章 · 14by virtue of one's office凭职务这场戏：巡夜队训话错漏百出就是「双关」，一句话表面一层意思、底下还藏着另一层。培尼狄克把碧翠丝一句普通客套，听出了示爱的第二层意思。
have no stomach for something。stomach 除了胃，也指「兴趣、兴致」，所以这句既能说吃不下，也能说对某件事提不起劲。
意思是「违背我的意愿、不情愿」，常用来强调自己是被逼的。碧翠丝说「我是被硬支使来叫你吃饭的」，用的就是这句。
对，原指鸟被涂了粘胶的树枝粘住，引申为「中了圈套、上了钩」。有人说 She's limed，就是「她上钩了」。
requite 是「回报、报答」，既可指回报爱意，也可指报复。台词里说 I will requite thee，就是「我会回报你的爱」。
