这场戏：书记员求私下密谈
第 5 章 · 共 15 章 · 3'03"
妻子入狱后，罗伯特进城找律师乔伊斯，一坐下就坦言 I'm all in（我累垮了），连种植园都 go to blazes（见鬼去也无所谓）。他刚走，机要书记员翁志成请乔伊斯私下谈，说手上有一件非常敏感、跟克罗斯比案有关的事。想学怎么用英文说自己累垮、说「不在乎了」，这段很实用。
他坦白 I'm all in（累垮了、精疲力竭）
all in 累垮了、精疲力竭go to blazes 见鬼去、毁了也不在乎
❝ 独白 · 5 句 他说这事 delicate and confidential（敏感且机密）
trouble you for 劳烦某人、请某人给出delicate and confidential 敏感且机密has to do with 与……有关
莱斯利入狱后，罗伯特进城到乔伊斯的事务所，身心俱疲。他坦白 I don't mind confessing I'm all in（我不瞒你说，我累垮了），说种植园 The plantation can go to blazes（毁了我也不在乎），还夸妻子 Leslie hasn't turned a hair（莱斯利却面不改色）。乔伊斯安慰他，说审判免不了，还答应照应官司。罗伯特走后，机要书记员翁志成请乔伊斯私下谈，说这件 The matter is very delicate and confidential（非常敏感机密），It has to do with the case of the crown vs. Crosbie（跟王室诉克罗斯比这桩案子有关）。想学怎么用英文说自己累垮、不在乎，以及怎么郑重谈要事，这段最合适。
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“I don't mind confessing I'm all in.”
我不瞒你说，我累垮了。
I don't mind confessing 把难堪的实话包得体面，all in 又极口语，雅俗刚刚好。
I don't mind confessing (that) ...
向熟人承认自己的狼狈时用；对上级或客户这样说会显得不够可靠。
I'll admit I'm all in. ／ I don't mind saying I'm exhausted.
口语
don't mind 连读，confessing 稍重，all in 两词收束。
I don't mind confessing I'm out of ideas. 我不瞒你说，我是一点主意都没有了。
“I've tried to work. The plantation can go to blazes for all I care. I hate the house and every tree on the place.”
我试过干活。种植园嘛，我一点也不在乎，毁了就毁了。我恨那座房子，恨那儿的每一棵树。
go to blazes 一句赌气狠话，再加恨到每一棵树，把绝望说得又冲又具体。
X can go to blazes for all I care
赌气说某样东西毁了也不在乎时用；对需要你负责的场合这样说太冲动。
The plan can go to blazes for all I care. ／ I don't care if the whole thing burns.
口语
go to blazes 三词一顿，every tree 重读。
That old car can go to blazes for all I care. 那辆破车我一点也不在乎，废了就废了。
“It's monstrous they should have kept her in that filthy prison all this time.”
他们把她关在那肮脏的监狱里这么久，简直太过分了。
monstrous 一个词把愤怒和心疼并在一起，而 filthy prison 让不公有了气味。
It's monstrous (that) ...
为某人受到的不公抱不平时用；对当事人家长式地这样说会显得替人做主。
It's outrageous that they kept her there. ／ It is monstrous the way she has been treated.
正式
It's monstrous 重读，kept her 连读，时间短语放慢。
It's monstrous they made him wait two years. 他们让他等了两年，简直太过分了。
“She shot him as she would have shot a mad dog.”
她开枪打他，就像打死一条疯狗。
把杀人比作打疯狗，一句就替她定了性；比喻越随意，越露出偏袒。
X as one would have done Y
把某事说得理所当然、不值得追究时用；对持不同看法的人这样说会激化争论。
She put him down like a rabid dog. ／ He needed stopping, like a mad dog.
中性
shot him 连读，mad dog 两词重读对比。
She brushed it off as she would have brushed away a fly. 她随手就把它打发了，像赶走一只苍蝇。
“If you are not too busy, sir, might I trouble you for a few words in private conversation?”
先生，您要是不太忙，能否劳烦您私下跟我说几句话？
might I trouble you for 是旧式谦辞，一句就把下位者的分寸摆得妥妥帖帖。
might I trouble you for ...?
正式场合向地位高的人提出请求时用；熟人之间这样讲会显得生分。
Could I trouble you for a moment? ／ Might I have a word in private?
正式
might I 轻连，trouble you for 一串带过，private 稍重。
Might I trouble you for five minutes of your time? 能否劳烦您给我五分钟？
“The matter upon which I desire to speak to you, sir, is very delicate and confidential.”
先生，我想跟您谈的这件事，非常敏感，也很机密。
delicate and confidential 两个词既定了性质，也预告了危险，正式却不安。
the matter ... is delicate and confidential
预告一件不便张扬的事时用；对不该知情的人这样说反而会引来追问。
What I have to say is strictly confidential. ／ This is a sensitive matter.
正式
upon which 连读，delicate 轻，confidential 重读收尾。
The matter I must raise is delicate and confidential. 我要提的这件事很敏感，也很机密。
If you are not too busy, sir, might I trouble you for a few words in private conversation? No trouble at all, Ong. The matter upon which I desire to speak to you, sir, is very delicate and confidential. Well... what matter is it? It has to do with the case of the crown vs. Crosbie.
先生，您要是不太忙，能否劳烦您私下跟我说几句话？ 不麻烦，王。 先生，我想跟您谈的这件事，非常敏感，也很机密。 哦……是什么事？ 跟王室诉克罗斯比这桩案子有关。
下一章 · 06put a different complexion on让事情换个样子这场戏：律师收到告密信「累垮了、精疲力竭」。剧里 I don't mind confessing I'm all in 就是「我不瞒你说，我累垮了」，all in 形容力气用尽、彻底疲了。
turn a hair。剧里 Leslie hasn't turned a hair 就是「莱斯利却面不改色」，turn a hair 多用在否定句里，表示一点反应都没有。
go to blazes。剧里 The plantation can go to blazes for all I care 就是「种植园毁了我也不在乎」，是句老派的赌气话。
the ordeal of。剧里 go through the ordeal of a trial 就是「受审这场折磨」，ordeal 指漫长难熬的经历。
是极其郑重、压低声音的语气。翁志成说这事 very delicate and confidential，等于先声明「非常敏感机密」，让对方重视、别声张，再往下谈。
