这场戏：坦白爱过你的妻子
第 26 章 · 共 30 章 · 3'32"
老友上门叙旧，聊到当年在柏林，一句话把藏了几十年的秘密掀开：I was in love with her. Your wife（我爱过她——你的妻子）。他说当时以为心事 written all over my face（全写在脸上），对方却从没看出来；还笑姑妈 Women have a nose for these things（女人对这种事嗅觉灵）。想学英式克制下的深情，这段最动人。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 what is the home without women and children（没有女人和孩子还叫什么家）
used to say 过去常说、以前总是What's left 剩下来的就是…fighting beside 并肩作战without women and children 没有女人和孩子
That's just it. I never got over it（我一直没放下）
have a nose for these things 对这类事嗅觉很灵got over it 从那件事里走出来了I never got over it 我一直没放下damned silly 特别傻的
战时的伦敦，外侨有宵禁，特奥得在午夜前到家；坎迪却留他再坐会儿，说 The night's young yet（夜还早着呢）。两人聊起战争改变了一切：女人上了战场，剩下的只有家。接着特奥翻出妻子的照片，坦白了一段藏了几十年的旧事：I was in love with her. Your wife（我爱过她，你的妻子）；他说当年以为心事 written all over my face（全写在脸上），可对方从没看出来，还笑姑妈 Women have a nose for these things（女人对这种事嗅觉灵）。坎迪听完竟说，自己也 That's just it. I never got over it（我一直没放下）。written all over my face 是全写在脸上；have a nose for these things 是对这类事嗅觉很灵；got over it 是从那件事里走出来了。
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。
“That's just it. I never got over it.”
问题就在这儿——我一直没走出来。
先认下对方说中的那半句，再补上更重的实情，平静里全是几十年的不甘。
That's just it. I never ...
朋友以为你早翻篇时用，先认对方说得对，再说其实没放下；初次见面别把旧情说得这么重。
That's the thing — I never let it go. ／ Exactly. It never really ended for me.
中性
That's just it 连读，重音压在 never。
That's just it. I never sold the old house. 问题就在这儿——那栋老房子我一直没卖。
“I was in love with her. Your wife.”
我爱过她——你的妻子。
把最难启齿的事实拆成两句，先给情感再点身份，中间那个停顿就是杀伤力。
I was in love with someone. Your ...
向人坦白过去的感情时用，先说感受再点明对象；情况敏感时别拿它当玩笑说出口。
I had feelings for her. Your sister. ／ I fell for her back then — your wife.
中性
her 后稍停，Your wife 放低声音。
I was in love with her. Your roommate. 我爱过她——你的室友。
“All my life I've been looking for a woman like her.”
我这一辈子都在找一个像她那样的女人。
用一生做尺度，把一段没结果的爱说成终身的寻找，比直说爱更重。
All my life I've been looking for ...
讲多年执念或长期目标时用，带着感慨；轻松闲聊时别用这么重的句子。
I've spent my whole life looking for someone like her. ／ All these years I've been searching for the same thing.
literary
重音在 All，I've been 轻读，her 收住。
All my life I've been looking for a job I actually enjoy. 我这辈子一直在找一份真正喜欢的工作。
“But what is the home without women and children?”
可没了女人和孩子，家还叫什么家？
用一句反问把战争抽走的东西摊开：家不是房子，是人。
What is X without Y?
想说某样东西没了关键的人或条件就不成立时用；争论时别拿它去压人。
What's a team without its players? ／ What is a home without the people in it?
literary
重音在 home，without 前稍顿。
What is a band without the drummer who started it? 没有了当初组队的鼓手，这乐队还叫乐队吗？
Do you remember, Clive, we used to say, "Our armies are fighting for our women, our children and our homes"? Now the women are fighting beside the men. The children are being trained to shoot. What's left is the home. But what is the home without women and children?
克莱夫，你还记得吗？我们过去常说：「我们的军队在为我们的女人、孩子和家园而战。」 如今女人和男人并肩作战了。 孩子们在接受射击训练。剩下的就只有家了。 可没有女人和孩子，还叫什么家？
下一章 · 27a bit of an outsider格格不入这场戏：夜路上跟司机闲聊字面是「写满整张脸」，指心情、心事藏不住，一眼就能看出来。原句 it was written all over my face，就是「我脸上全写着呢」。
说 have a nose for these things，nose 在这里指敏锐的直觉。原句 Women have a nose for these things，就是「这种事女人鼻子灵」。
指从失恋、打击或痛苦里走出来、放下了。原句 I never got over it，就是「我一直没放下」，否定式往往更常见、更深情。
意思是「聚过来一起帮忙、搭把手」。原句 Murdoch, rally round，就是「默多克，过来搭把手」，招呼人一起上时用。
多半不是真骂，而是加强语气的「该死的、十足的」。原句 a damned silly thing，就是「特别傻的一件事」，英式口语里很常见。
