这场戏：对比照片发现花坛藏尸
杰弗里斯拿着两周前的照片，用取景器反复比对，发现索沃德花坛里两株黄百日菊变矮了。他一句 since when do flowers grow shorter in two weeks?（花什么时候会在两周里越长越矮？）点破玄机：There's something buried there（那儿埋着东西）。想学推理时怎么一步步追问，看这一分钟。
「从什么时候起」英语是 since when ...?，反问揪出埋尸线索
take a look 看一眼、瞧一瞧take it down 把某物取下、拿开important change 一处重要的变化grow shorter 变得（更矮）
❝ 独白 · 4 句 斯特拉的墓地课
用常识一层层拆掉浪漫推理，黑色幽默收得干脆。
故事发生在纽约杰弗里斯的公寓：他翻出两周前拍的街坊照片，透过取景器一张张对比，终于发现索沃德那片花坛里的两株黄百日菊变矮了——花不会越长越矮，说明土被人翻动过。他断言 There's something buried there（那儿埋着东西），还推测埋的是 knife and saw（那把刀和锯子）。斯特拉却泼冷水：Mr. Thorwald could scarcely put his wife's body in a plot of ground about one foot square（索沃德先生总不能把太太的尸体塞进一英尺见方的地里）。杰弗里斯决定天黑后 dig something up（去挖出来），但坚持在拿到尸体前不叫多伊尔。想学推理、反问和否定的表达，这些表达很典型。
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。
“Now, since when do flowers grow shorter in two weeks?”
你说，花什么时候会在两周里越长越矮？
一句反问把常理翻过来，比直接说「有古怪」有力得多。
Since when do ...?
用常识反问对方的说法站不住脚时用；对上级说会显得顶撞。
Since when does that happen? ／ When did flowers ever shrink?
口语
since when 连读，flowers 重读，尾音扬起。
Since when do prices fall overnight? 价格什么时候一夜之间会跌下来？
“There's something, and if I'm right, I think I've solved a murder.”
有点名堂，要是我没猜错，这桩杀人案我算是破了。
先压后扬，把「破案」两个字压在轻描淡写里，反而更吊人。
There's something, and if I'm right, ...
发现关键线索后铺垫结论时用；证据不足时这么说会显得轻率。
There is something here; I think I have it. ／ If I'm right, this solves everything.
中性
if I'm right 轻读，solved a murder 重读收尾。
There's something here, and if I'm right, we found the leak. 这里有情况，要是我没错，我们找到泄密点了。
“We're not gonna call Doyle until I can produce Mrs. Thorwald's body.”
在我能拿出索沃德太太的尸体之前，咱们都不叫多伊尔。
一句把杰弗瑞的执拗和冒险全亮出来：没铁证绝不回头。
not ... until ...
表明没达到某个条件就绝不行动时用；谈判里这么说等于下最后通牒。
We won't call him until we have proof. ／ I'll wait for the body before I call anyone.
中性
not gonna 连读，until 后稍停，body 重读。
We won't sign until the numbers are final. 数字没定下来，我们就不签。
“You haven't spent much time around cemeteries, have you?”
你没怎么在墓地待过吧，是不是？
用反意问句轻轻拆掉对方的天真，调侃里带着点瘆人。
You haven't ..., have you?
用反问点出对方想得太简单时用；带调侃意味，对不熟的人别用。
You don't get out to cemeteries much, do you? ／ Clearly you haven't spent time in graveyards.
口语
haven't 吞掉 t，around cemeteries 连读，have you 轻声上扬。
You haven't actually read the contract, have you? 你其实压根没读过合同，对吧？
You haven't spent much time around cemeteries, have you? Mr. Thorwald could scarcely put his wife's body in a plot of ground about one foot square. Unless, of course, he put her in standing on end, and then he wouldn't need a knife and saw. No, my idea is she's scattered all over town.
你没在墓地待过多少时间吧？ 索沃德先生总不能把太太的尸体塞进一块一英尺见方的地里。 当然，除非让她竖着埋下去，那样他就不需要刀和锯子了。 不，我的看法是她被撒得满城都是。
下一章 · 13louse up something搞砸这场戏：为婚戒报警又保人这是反问，字面「从什么时候起」，实际表示「什么时候变成这样了？根本不该这样」。台词用它吐槽花不可能两周里变矮。
dig something up。把东西埋进土里再用 dig up 挖出来，前后正好一对；挖出秘密、挖出旧事也用它。
本义是「到处闻」，比如狗在花坛边闻来闻去；引申为「四处打探、查探」。台词里指狗在刨土附近嗅来嗅去。
意思是「几乎不能、绝无可能」，比 hardly 更书面。台词说 Mr. Thorwald could scarcely put his wife's body...，就是「他绝不可能把尸体塞进去」。
get into something。想说「想办法进那套公寓」，就是 find a way to get into that apartment，find a way 加 get into 很常用。
