这场戏：劝丈夫去揭穿骗局
第 10 章 · 共 29 章 · 5'02"
伊丽莎白和约翰在农舍里说话，她一句 It's winter in here yet（屋里还跟冬天一样）。她说玛丽去了塞勒姆，镇上的审巫法庭已经开审，劝约翰去揭穿骗局。约翰却为难：She told it to me in a room alone（她是单独跟我说的），I have no proof for it（我拿不出证据）。想学夫妻间试探和劝说，看这段。
nightfall（黄昏；夜幕降临）
nightfall 黄昏；夜幕降临a load of 一大堆；好多in here 这里面
fraud（骗局；舞弊）
bewitching 施巫术迷人gone wild 疯了；失控fraud 骗局；舞弊
农舍里，伊丽莎白和约翰话里有话。她一句 It's winter in here yet（屋里还跟冬天一样）点出家里的冷清，又提起玛丽·沃伦去了塞勒姆。她说镇上已经设了审巫法庭，从波士顿派来四名法官，the Deputy Governor（副总督）还坐在上头，there be fourteen people in the jail now（牢里关了十四个人）。她劝约翰去 Salem，告诉他这是 fraud（骗局），God forbid you keep that from the court（千万别瞒着法庭）。可约翰为难：Abigail 的话是 She told it to me in a room alone（单独在一间屋里跟他说的），I have no proof for it（他拿不出证据）。两人越说越僵，最后只剩一句 Do as you wish（随你便）。想学夫妻间试探、劝说和拌嘴的英文，这段最典型。
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。
“This farm's a continent when you go foot by dropping seeds in it.”
这片农场大得像块大陆，你一路走一路撒种，能把人走垮。
把一块田夸张成大陆，既是农夫的抱怨也是骄傲，一句就把劳作写实。
X is a continent when you ...
夸张形容地方或事情大得吓人时用，熟人闲聊合适，正式报告别用。
This place is a continent to walk. ／ The job is a whole country of work.
口语
farm's a 连读，continent 重读拉长。
The laundry pile is a continent when you fold it all. 那一堆衣服叠起来，大得像块大陆。
“It's winter in here yet.”
这里面还是冬天。
说天气其实是说婚姻，一句冷话把没回暖的关系全交代了。
It's winter in here yet.
想说气氛冷淡、关系没缓和时用，暗指不点破；当面点人会很扎心。
It is still cold in this house. ／ The place never warmed up.
literary
winter 重读，yet 轻收，语调往下。
The kitchen is quiet; it is winter in here again. 厨房里一片安静，家里又入冬了。
“Lilac is the smell of nightfall, I think.”
我觉得，丁香就是黄昏的气味。
把嗅觉和时间接在一起，一句家常话突然有了诗的准确。
X is the smell of Y, I think.
描述某种气味勾起的时刻感时用，适合聊天或写作，报告里别用。
That scent always means evening to me. ／ Rain smells like the end of the day.
literary
nightfall 重读，I think 放轻带过。
Cut grass is the smell of Sunday, I think. 我觉得，青草味就是星期天的气味。
“She speak of Abigail, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her.”
她提起阿比盖尔，听她那么一说，我还以为那是个圣人。
方言 speak、were 配上一句反讽，把当时的信服和如今的醒悟一起说了。
I thought she were X, to hear her.
带点自嘲地说自己当年信错人时用，方言味重，别在正式场合模仿。
Listening to her, I thought she was a saint. ／ I actually believed the story back then.
口语
she were a saint 放慢，to hear her 收尾带讽。
To hear him, I thought he were the expert. 听他那么一说，我还以为他是行家。
“Oh, it is a black mischief.”
啊，这是一桩恶劣的祸事。
black 把祸事染上颜色，四个词就定了整场巫案的调子。
It is a black ...
形容一件恶劣又说不清的事时用，语气很重，轻松话题别套。
It is a nasty business. ／ This whole thing is rotten.
正式
black 重读，mischief 降调收尾。
It is a black business, and nobody will own it. 这是桩见不得光的烂事，谁都不肯认。
下一章 · 11hard as rock坚如磐石这场戏：女佣自称法庭官员「黄昏、夜幕降临」，指天色暗下来的那段时间。剧里说 Lilac is the smell of nightfall，就是「丁香是黄昏的味道」，很有画面。
fraud，指欺骗性的作假行为。剧里说 You must tell them it is a fraud，就是「你得去告诉他们，这是一场骗局」。
no proof。proof 是「证据」，no proof 就是「拿不出证据」。剧里说 I have no proof for it，就是「这件事我拿不出证据」。
the mistress here，mistress 指女主人、当家人。剧里说 you're the mistress here, not Mary Warren，就是「这儿的女主人是你，不是玛丽·沃伦」。
「施巫术迷人」，指用巫术迷惑、控制别人。剧里说 the person's clapped in the jail for bewitching，就是「那人被扣上施巫术的罪名关进牢里」。
a continent，字面是「一块大陆」。剧里说 This farm's a continent when you go foot by dropping seeds in it，就是形容一步步走、一粒粒播种时，农场大得像块大陆。
