这场戏：讲到夺枪开枪那刻
第 3 章 · 共 15 章 · 3'58"
莱斯利讲到哈蒙德不肯走、一把抱住她，她挣脱后抓起左轮开枪：It was all instinctive（全是本能反应），她说 I didn't even know I'd fired（我甚至没意识到自己开了枪）。那句「罗伯特不在」是 the last straw（最后一根稻草），让她彻底爆发。想学怎么讲清一场冲突、怎么用英语说自己「当时没反应过来」，这段最紧绷。
❝ 独白 · 33 句 那句话成了 the last straw（忍无可忍的最后一击）
the last straw 忍无可忍的最后一击tear myself away 挣脱、抽身instinctive 本能的、下意识的
愿拿一切 bring him back to life（让他活过来、救活他）
what he deserved 罪有应得、活该in your place 处在你的位置bring him back to life 让他活过来、救活他
莱斯利把那一晚讲完：哈蒙德不肯走，那句「罗伯特不在」是 the last straw（忍无可忍的最后一击）。他抱住她，两人一起摔倒，她挣脱后抓起罗伯特的左轮，I seized the gun as he came toward me（他朝我扑过来时，我一把抓起枪）。枪响之后她说 It was all instinctive（全是本能反应），甚至 I didn't even know I'd fired（没意识到自己开了枪）。讲完有人感叹 the man only got what he deserved（那人只是罪有应得），威瑟斯追问枪怎么会放在那儿，罗伯特说是他夜里留给莱斯利防身的，还安慰她说换了谁都会这么做。想讲清一次冲突、说「本能地做了某事」，这些说法都用得上。
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“Well, that was the last straw.”
这句话让我忍无可忍。
the last straw 把一路忍让到突然爆发的临界点说得精准又有画面。
be the last straw
说某件事成为压垮忍耐的最后一击时用；对小事夸张地这样说会显得矫情。
That was the final straw. ／ It was the straw that broke the camel's back.
中性
that was the 连读，last straw 两词重读。
His third excuse was the last straw. 他第三个借口成了压垮我的最后一根稻草。
“It was all instinctive. I didn't even know I'd fired.”
全是本能反应。我甚至没意识到自己开了枪。
两句一短一长，把失控写成没有意识的动作，比喊冤更有冲击。
It was all instinctive. I didn't even know ...
解释自己并非有意时用；对受害者家属这样说容易被当成推脱。
It was pure reflex; I never meant to fire. ／ I did not even realize I had pulled the trigger.
中性
instinctive 重读，didn't even know 连读带过。
It was all instinctive; I didn't even know I had hit send. 全是下意识，我甚至没意识到自己点了发送。
“It was only then I knew what I'd done.”
直到那时我才明白自己做了什么。
only then 把醒悟推到最后一刻，一句迟来的清醒比哭声更重。
It was only then I knew ...
讲自己事后才反应过来时用；对正在气头上的人这样说像在事后找补。
Only then did I realize what had happened. ／ It was only afterwards that it sank in.
literary
only then 重读，what I'd done 连读收尾。
It was only then I knew how badly I had misjudged him. 直到那时我才知道自己把他看错了多少。
“You did what every woman would have done in your place.”
换了任何女人处在你的位置，都会这么做。
用一句「谁都会」把责任从她身上卸下，是最温柔的辩护。
X would have done in your place
安慰做了艰难决定的人时用；对明知对方有错的人这样说近乎开脱。
Anyone in your position would have done the same. ／ You did what anyone would.
中性
every woman 连读，in your place 重读落定。
Any mother would have done the same in your place. 换作任何一位母亲处在你的位置，都会这么做。
“And yet I'd give almost anything in the world to bring him back to life.”
可我宁愿拿世上几乎一切，换他活过来。
give almost anything 把悔恨说到极点，越平静越让人心里发沉。
I'd give almost anything to ...
表达为某件事愿意付出极大代价时用；对刚失去亲人的人说会刺痛对方。
I would give anything to undo it. ／ I'd trade the world to have him back.
中性
I'd give 连读，almost anything 一串带过，life 收尾。
I would give almost anything to take that day back. 我宁愿付出几乎一切，让那天重来。
“I wish there were some way we could spare you, Mrs. Crosbie.”
克罗斯比太太，真希望有办法能让你免开尊口。
I wish there were 用虚拟语气把体谅说得克制而体面。
I wish there were some way ...
委婉表达遗憾、想帮忙却做不到时用；对熟人这样说会显得见外。
I wish there were some way around this. ／ If only we could spare you this.
正式
I wish there were 连读，some way 稍重，spare you 放柔。
I wish there were some way to spare you this meeting. 真希望有办法让你免了这场会。
I got up from that chair there... And I stood in front of the table here. He Rose and came around the table and stood in front of me. I held out my hand. "Good night," I said... But he didn't move. He just stood there looking at me, and his eyes were all funny. "I'm not going," he said. Then I began to lose my temper. "Poor fool, don't you know "I've never loved anyone but Robert? "And even if I didn't love him, you'd be the last man in the world I should care for." "Robert's away," he said. Well, that was the last straw. I wasn't in the least bit frightened, just angry. "If you don't leave immediately," I said, "I shall call the boys and have you thrown out." But I walked past him toward the veranda to call the boys, but he took hold of my arm and swung me back. Well, I tried to scream, but he flung his arms about me and began to kiss me. I struggled to tear myself away from him. He seemed like a madman. He kept talking and talking and saying he loved me and... it's horrible. I can't go on. I'm sorry, Leslie, but we have to know the rest. He lifted me in his arms and started carrying me. Somehow he stumbled on those steps. We fell, and I got away from him. Suddenly I remembered Robert's revolver in the drawer of that chest. He got up and ran after me, but I reached it before he could catch me. I seized the gun as he came toward me. I heard a report and saw him lurch toward the door. It was all instinctive. I didn't even know I'd fired. Then I followed him out to the veranda. He staggered across the porch, grabbed the railing, but it slipped through his hand, and he fell down the steps. I don't remember anything more, just the reports one after another till there was a funny little click, and the revolver was empty. It was only then I knew what I'd done.
我从那边那把椅子上站起来…… 站到了这张桌子前面。 他起身绕过桌子，站到我面前。 我伸出手。 我说：晚安……可他一动不动。 他就那么站在那儿看着我，眼神怪怪的。 他说：我不走。 我这才动了气。 可怜的傻瓜，难道你不知道，除了罗伯特，我从没爱过任何人？ 就算我不爱他，你也是这世上我最不可能看上的人。 他说：罗伯特不在家。 这句话让我忍无可忍。 我一点也不害怕，只是生气。 我说：你要是不马上走，我就叫仆人们把你扔出去。 我绕过他往游廊走去，想叫仆人，可他抓住我的胳膊，把我拽了回去。 我想喊，可他用双臂搂住我，开始亲我。 我拼命想从他怀里挣脱。 他像个疯子一样。 他不停地说啊说，说他爱我，还…… 太可怕了。我说不下去了。 抱歉，莱斯利，可剩下的我们必须知道。 他把我抱起来，开始往屋里走。 不知怎么的，他在台阶上绊了一下。 我们摔倒了，我趁机挣脱了他。 我突然想起罗伯特那把左轮手枪就在那个柜子的抽屉里。 他爬起来追我，可我赶在他抓住我之前拿到了枪。 他朝我扑过来时，我一把抓起枪。 我听见一声枪响，看见他踉跄着往门口倒去。 全是本能反应。我甚至没意识到自己开了枪。 然后我跟着他走到外面的游廊。 他摇摇晃晃穿过门廊，抓住栏杆，可手一滑，摔下了台阶。 后面的事我记不清了，只记得一声接一声的枪响，直到最后咔哒一下轻响，枪里空了。 直到那时我才明白自己做了什么。
下一章 · 04like grim death拼了命地这场戏：庭审前夜被问补枪「最后一根稻草、忍无可忍的最后一击」。剧里哈蒙德说「罗伯特不在」，莱斯利说 Well, that was the last straw，就是「这句话让我忍无可忍」，表示前面已经忍了很久。
lose my temper。剧里 Then I began to lose my temper 就是「我这才动了气」，lose one's temper 是「控制不住发火」。
what he deserved。剧里 the man only got what he deserved 就是「那人只是罪有应得」，deserve 指「活该、应得」。
「本能的、下意识的」，指没经过思考就做出的反应。剧里 It was all instinctive 就是「全是本能反应」，莱斯利用它解释自己为什么会开枪。
for your own good。剧里 it's for your own good that we know the facts 就是「我们弄清事实也是为了你好」，常用来劝人接受不情愿的事。
