这场戏：海上失散与退还戒指
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西巴斯辛向救命的安东尼奥讲身世，说孪生妹妹在海上失散、已经溺亡，夸她 She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair（她的心性，连嫉妒的人也只能说好）。想学这种又克制又深情的英文表白，看这一分钟。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 「不由得、只能」英语是 could not but
left behind 身后留下（家人）born in an hour 同一时辰出生could not but 不由得、只能boldly publish her 大胆地称颂她
「但愿老天不许」用 Fortune forbid 止住坏念头
seem sport 像玩乐一样轻松saved me my pains 省了我白跑一趟worth stooping for 值得弯腰去捡Fortune forbid 但愿老天不许
故事发生在伊利里亚街头：西巴斯辛向救命恩人安东尼奥讲起身世，说父亲身后 left behind（留下）他和一个孪生妹妹，两人同一时辰出生，可妹妹已在海难中溺亡；他夸妹妹 She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair（她的心性，连嫉妒的人也只能说好）。安东尼奥却不肯离去，说 If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant（你若不肯因这份情义杀我，就让我做你的仆人），还誓言 come what may（不管发生什么）也要跟随。另一边，马伏里奥把奥丽维娅的戒指还给男装的薇奥拉，薇奥拉这才惊觉自己 Fortune forbid（但愿老天不许）——小姐爱上了她。想学深情的古文式英语，这些台词很典型。
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“She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.”
她有一颗连嫉妒也不得不说它美的心。
把赞美推到极致：连最挑剔的嫉妒都只能承认。
X that even envy could not but call Y
追忆或夸赞一个人时，用强对比抬高评价。
A spirit that even rivals had to admire. ／ A record that no critic could call weak.
literary
envy 稍停，could not but call fair 一气呵成。
She had a calm that even her critics could not but respect. 她有一种连批评她的人也不得不敬重的镇定。
“If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant.”
若你不因我的爱而杀我，就让我做你的仆人。
把生死与效忠压进一个条件句，热烈又不失分寸。
If you will not X for my love, let me Y
向人表态效忠时，用条件句把姿态放低。
If you will not blame me, let me stay near. ／ If you can forgive my zeal, let me help.
literary
my love 上扬，let me be your servant 稳稳落下。
If you will not laugh at my nerve, let me work for you. 你要是不笑我胆大，就让我为你做事吧。
“I do adore thee so that danger shall seem sport, and I will go.”
我如此仰慕你，连危险也像玩乐，我一定跟你去。
把赴险说成玩乐，恋人式的忠诚瞬间立住。
I do X so that Y shall seem Z
想表达为某人甘冒风险时套用这个递进。
I trust you so much that trouble feels like a game. ／ I love the work so that long hours feel short.
literary
do adore 重读，danger shall seem sport 轻快带过。
I believe in her so that setbacks feel like practice. 我太信她了，连挫折都像练习。
“I have many enemies in Orsino's court, else would I very shortly see thee there.”
我在奥西诺的宫里树敌不少，否则我早就去那儿见你了。
把不能同行的原因归给「仇敌」，既是解释也是体面，一句藏着身世与危险。
I have many enemies in ..., else would I ... there.
解释为何不能同行时用，带古典腔；正式说明理由要更直接，别绕。
I have enemies there, or I would follow you. ／ Were it not for foes, I would join you.
literary
I have many enemies 重读，in Orsino's court 平推，else would I see thee there 放慢收住。
I have many enemies in that office, else would I join you there. 我在那个部门树敌不少，否则就跟你一起去了。
“She is drowned already, sir, with salt water.”
先生，她已经淹死了，溺在海水中。
用「已经」和「海水」把悲伤说成既成事实，克制得让人不敢追问。
She is ... already, sir, with ...
平静地陈述亲人已逝时用，语气要稳；在轻松的场合提起会让人无措，别用。
She drowned in the sea. ／ The salt water took her.
中性
She is drowned 轻带，already, sir 稍顿，with salt water 放慢收住。
He is gone already, sir, with the winter. 先生，他已经随着冬天走了。
He left behind him myself and a sister. Both born in an hour. If the heavens had been pleased would we had so ended. But you, sir, altered that. For some hour before you took me from the breach of the sea, was my sister drowned.
他身后留下一对儿女，我和一个妹妹。 我俩是同一个时辰出生的。 若是上天愿意，我们本该也在同一刻一同了结。 可是先生，你改变了这一切。 因为就在你把我从海浪里救起来前一个时辰，我妹妹已经淹死了。
下一章 · 08make the welkin dance闹得震天响这场戏：夜里喝酒点歌唱轮唱意思是「不由得、只能」，表示实在没法不这么做。台词 envy could not but call fair 就是「连嫉妒的人也只能说好」。
come what may。它常放在句首或句末，表示无论出什么事都照做，语气很坚定，带点古典味。
不是「告状」，而是「出卖我」。台词说母亲的多情让他一有机会眼泪就会 tell tales of me，眼睛会把心事全泄露出去。
意思是「省了我白跑一趟」。马伏里奥还戒指时说，你本可以自己拿走，saved me my pains，省得我跑这一趟。
不是。它是夸张说法，指人惊讶或出神到说不出话。台词说她的眼睛仿佛 lost her tongue，就是看得连话都忘了说。
