这场戏：狱中听妻子报死讯
第 28 章 · 共 29 章 · 4'10"
牢房里，伊丽莎白带来贾尔斯的死讯：他不肯认罪也不否认，被大石压身，只留下一句 More weight（再重些）。约翰动摇了，伊丽莎白没有责备，只回一句 I want you living（我要你活着）。想学死别、认罪、相守这类重场面的英文，这段最戳心。
❝ 独白 · 7 句 临死一句「再重些」：More weight
stand mute 拒不答辩、沉默到底aye or nay 是或否、认或不认More weight （临死）再加点重量
「我要你活着」：I want you living
as you will 随你的意思办want you living 要你活着
牢房里，伊丽莎白告诉约翰，两边都是死路：They come for my life now（他们现在是来要我命的）。她说丽贝卡 She is one foot in Heaven now（如今一只脚已经踏进天堂），再没什么能伤到她。贾尔斯的结局最硬：So he stand mute, and died Christian under the law（他一声不吭，按律法算，是以基督徒的身份死的）——Great stones they lay upon his chest（他们往他胸口上压大石），他只留下 More weight（再重些）两个字。It were a fearsome man（真是个硬骨头）。约翰动摇了，说 I would confess to them（我想跟他们认罪），伊丽莎白只回 I want you living（我要你活着）。想学牢中诀别、认罪、相守的英文，这段字字千钧。
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“There be a hundred or more, they say.”
据说有一百来个，甚至更多。
用『百来个或者更多』的模糊数字，把恐慌说成滚雪球。
There be ..., they say.
转述传闻、强调人数越来越多时用；正式写作里要用 There are，别说 There be。
There are a hundred or more, they say. ／ Reports say a hundred or more by now.
正式
There be 连读，a hundred or more 放慢。
There be a hundred or more on the list, they say. 据说名单上有一百多人，甚至更多。
“She is one foot in Heaven now;”
她现在一只脚已经踏进天堂了。
用一半的身子在天国来说人将死，悲伤里带着安慰。
someone is one foot in ...
婉转说人将死或已无救时用，口气要轻；对家属别太早说，太残忍。
She is already halfway to Heaven. ／ She has one foot out the door.
正式
one foot in 连读，Heaven 重读。
Grandma is one foot in Heaven now, so let her rest. 奶奶已经一只脚在天堂了，让她安歇吧。
“So he stand mute, and died Christian under the law.”
他就这样拒不开腔，按法律以基督徒的身份死了。
把沉默说成一种死法，一句里既佩服他的硬气也点出律法的狠。
he stand mute, and died ... under the law.
形容有人宁可不开口、不配合也不低头时用；日常场合少用，太重。
He kept silent and took the punishment. ／ He refused to plead and died for it.
正式
stand mute 重读，under the law 收低。
He stood mute, and died a free man under that rule. 他拒不开口，按那条规矩也算自由地走了。
“It were a fearsome man, Giles Corey.”
贾尔斯·科里，那可是个叫人害怕的人。
用一句旧式感叹给死者定性，敬佩全在 fearsome 里。
It were a ... man, ...
提起某个硬气、让人敬畏的人时用，带怀旧和敬重；玩笑里别用，会失礼。
He was a man to be feared. ／ That was a tough man, no doubt.
中性
fearsome 重读，Giles Corey 放慢。
It were a fearsome man, old Coach Reed. 老里德教练，那可是个让人怕的硬汉。
“I would confess to them, Elizabeth.”
伊丽莎白，我想要向他们认罪。
用 would 把认罪说成一个念头而不是决定，犹豫全在这一个词里。
I would ... , ...
说出还没定下的打算时用；对上级或正式场合要用 I am considering，别说 would。
I'm thinking of admitting it. ／ I might just tell them everything.
正式
would 轻读，confess to them 加重。
I would tell them the truth, but I need one night to think. 我想把真相告诉他们，但得先想一晚。
“I want you living, John. That's sure.”
我要你活着，约翰。这一点是肯定的。
先给最硬的愿望，再补一句 That's sure，把感情钉死。
I want you ..., ... That's sure.
对亲人说别无所求、只求你平安时用；对同事别这么说，显得越界。
I just want you alive, that's all. ／ All I want is you safe, and that's final.
中性
living 上扬，That's sure 重读。
I want you home, Mom. That's sure. 妈，我要你平安回家，这点没得商量。
He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment; for if he denied the charge they'd hang him surely, and auction out his property. So he stand mute, and died Christian under the law. And so his sons will have his farm. It is the law, for he could not be condemned a wizard without he answer the indictment, aye or nay.
对他的指控，他一不答是，二不答否； 因为他要是矢口否认，他们肯定照样绞死他， 再把他的家产拿去拍卖。 所以他一声不吭，按律法算，算是以基督徒的身份死的。 这样他的儿子们就能保住他的农场。 律法就是这么定的， 因为只要他对指控不答是也不答否，就不能判他是巫师。
下一章 · 29have no tongue for it开不了口这场戏：只认己罪不肯签名字面「一只脚在天堂里」，形容人将死、已接近死亡。剧里 She is one foot in Heaven now 就是说丽贝卡快不行了，再没什么能伤到她。
I would confess to them，confess to 就是「向某人坦白、认罪」。剧里约翰说 I would confess to them, Elizabeth，表示他动了认罪求生的念头。
法律用语，「拒不答辩、沉默到底」。剧里 So he stand mute, and died Christian under the law 就是贾尔斯一声不吭，按律法算以基督徒身份受死。
as you will，是较老式的说法。剧里 As you will, I would have it 就是「你愿意怎样，我就依你怎样」，把决定权交给对方。
字面「再加点重量」。贾尔斯受石头压刑，临死只说了 More weight，等于用最后一口气继续硬扛，宁死也不认罪。
