这场戏：翻供后被冷风反咬
第 21 章 · 共 29 章 · 4'45"
玛丽当庭翻供，说自己以前只是以为看见了鬼魂，其实并没有。阿比盖尔立刻反手，喊 A wind, a cold wind, has come（一阵冷风，一阵冷风吹来了），装成被玛丽施了巫。普罗克特忍无可忍，当庭承认 I have known her（我跟她睡过）。想学翻供、反咬、豁出去的说法，这段最狠。
「我只是以为自己看见了」：I only thought I saw them
used to faint 过去常昏倒thought I saw 以为我看见了in the beginning 起初、一开始
❝ 独白 · 6 句 艾比盖尔的控诉
用流血和尽责把自己说成受害者，节奏越逼越紧。
❝ 独白 · 9 句 普罗克特当庭自曝
从名声的常理讲到自己的私情，一寸寸把自己交出去。
玛丽顶住压力翻供，说自己 I used to faint because I thought I saw spirits（我以前会晕过去，是因为以为看见了鬼魂），可 I only thought I saw them but I did not（我只是以为自己看见了，其实并没有）。阿比盖尔立刻反咬，喊 A wind, a cold wind, has come（一阵冷风，一阵冷风吹来了），玛丽当庭喊 They're pretending!（他们是装的！）。普罗克特忍无可忍，说出 I have known her, sir（我跟她睡过，先生），最后说 A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything, I know it now（人或许以为上帝睡着了，可上帝什么都看得见，我现在明白了）。想学翻供、反咬、豁出去认罪的英文，这段最狠。
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。
“I promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not.”
我向你保证，丹佛斯先生，我只当自己看见了他们，其实并没有。
把“看见”和“以为看见”分开，一句话戳破整场指控的根基。
I only thought I saw ... but I did not.
承认当初误会时用，可收回旧结论；正式道歉里也常用。
I only imagined it; I never really saw it. ／ I mistook what I saw for something else.
正式
only thought 重读，but I did not 放慢。
I only thought I saw a mistake, but I did not. 我只当自己看到了错误，其实并没有。
“A wind, a cold wind, has come.”
起风了，一阵冷风。
最短的一句却最吓人，用身体的感觉把指控转向别人。
A wind, a cold wind, has come.
用身体反应暗示危险来临时用，带戏剧感；日常说天气别这么演。
A chill has come over me. ／ Something cold just passed through.
literary
cold wind 重读，has come 放低收尾。
A wind, a cold wind, has come over this room. 这屋里起风了，一阵冷风。
“I have known her, sir.”
我认识过她，先生。
用 known 这一层委婉说法自曝私情，四个字毁掉全部体面。
I have known her.
被迫承认一段私情时用，含蓄却致命；日常别用这种委婉指代人。
I have been with her. ／ We were involved, and I will not deny it.
正式
known her 连读，sir 轻收。
I have known her, and I will not pretend otherwise. 我认识过她，我不会假装没这回事。
“A man will not cast away his good name.”
人不会把自己的好名声随手丢掉。
一句常理道破他接下来的代价，good name 的分量全在句里。
A person will not cast away his good name.
提醒别人名声一旦毁掉难挽回时用，郑重；熟人闲聊会显说教。
No one throws away a good name lightly. ／ A good name is not something you spend for nothing.
正式
cast away 连读，good name 重读。
A man will not cast away his good name for a small gain. 人不会为一点小利丢掉自己的好名声。
“A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything, I know it now.”
人或许以为上帝睡着了，可上帝什么都看得见，我现在才明白。
把隐瞒写成“以为神睡了”，再用 sees everything 一击，警句味十足。
A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything.
承认再也瞒不住时用，带忏悔感；正式或文学语境合适。
You may think no one is watching, but someone always is. ／ Nothing stays hidden forever.
literary
God sleeps 后稍停，sees everything 一字一顿。
I may think no one notices, but the record sees everything. 我或许以为没人注意，可记录什么都看得见。
I wish you had some evil in you that you might A man will not cast away his good name. You surely know that. In - in what time? In what place? In the proper place - where my beasts are bedded. On the last night of my joy, some eight months past. She used to serve me in my house, sir.
我真希望你身上有点邪念，好让你明白—— 一个人不会白白丢了自己的好名声。 你当然明白这一点。 在——在什么时候？在什么地方？ 在正该办那事的地方—— 就是我牲口睡觉的地方。 在我最后一段快活日子的那晚， 大约八个月前。 她以前在我家里帮佣，先生。
I have seen my blood running out! I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people - and this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied,
我亲眼看着自己的血流出来！ 因为我尽了本分，天天都差点被人害死， 把魔鬼的人一个个指出来—— 这就是我得到的回报？ 被人怀疑， 被人否认，
下一章 · 22given to understand据我们获悉这场戏：妻子为保夫名说谎「扪心自问」，指认真反省自己的内心。剧里 I bid you now search your heart 就是「我现在劝你扪心自问」，要对方说真话。
lecher。剧里问 you are a lecher?，就是「你是个淫棍？」，是法庭听到普罗克特承认通奸后的质问。
「抛弃、随手丢掉」。剧里 A man will not cast away his good name 就是「一个人不会白白丢了自己的好名声」，说人不会轻易毁掉名誉。
used to faint。used to 表示过去经常，剧里 I used to faint because I thought I saw spirits 就是「我以前会晕过去，是因为以为看见了鬼魂」。
a lump of vanity。lump 是「一团」，vanity 是「虚荣」，剧里形容那姑娘 a lump of vanity，就是「一肚子虚荣」。
