这场戏：俱乐部里对质抬尸人
第 10 章 · 共 17 章 · 3'52"
俱乐部里，马丁斯当面问波佩斯库：第三个人是谁？对方一口咬定只有他和男爵抬尸，还说这整件事有点蹊跷。他顺手递烟、请酒，面上客气，话里却带着提醒：Everybody ought to go careful（谁都该小心点），尤其那姑娘。马丁斯则咬住门房的说法不放。想学客气里夹刀子的说法，这段值得看。
little secret 是「小秘密」
little secret 小秘密、不足为外人道的事How goes 某事进展如何must live 人总得活下去（替自己开脱）
❝ 独白 · 8 句 波佩斯库的意外叙述
自责、细节、叹息层层铺开，越像一个目击者，越像在排练。
get involved 是「卷进去」
get involved 卷进去、参与其中good citizens 做个守本分的好公民carrying the body 抬着尸体
在卡萨诺瓦俱乐部，马丁斯终于见到那个帮着抬尸的罗马尼亚人波佩斯库。对方先递烟敬酒，一派客气，再讲起那晚的经历，说自己 can't help（忍不住）责怪自己。可一谈到抬尸的人数，他立刻改口，咬定只有他和男爵两个；马丁斯提起门房的说法——那人不想 get involved（卷进去），却看见三个人抬尸。波佩斯库嘴上说哈里 a sense of duty（责任感）很强，话锋一转又提醒安娜在维也纳要 go careful（小心点）。想学酒桌上客气里带分寸、软中带硬的说法，这顿酒很典型。
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。
“A man must live.”
人总得活下去。
四个单词就把昧着良心做事说成了天经地义，辩解里带着自嘲。
A man must live.
替自己的灰色营生开脱时用；正经道歉的场合说会显得油滑。
A person has to make a living. ／ You do what you must to get by.
literary
A man 连读，must live 重读，句尾稳稳落下。
I took the extra shift; a man must live. 我接下那个加班活，人总得活下去。
“Not the sort of thing I should confess to a stranger, but you have to break the rules sometimes.”
这种事本不该跟陌生人承认，可有时候总得破破规矩。
先自认失礼，再把破规矩说成必要，坦白和狡辩混成一句。
You have to break the rules sometimes.
承认做了不合规矩的事、又想让人理解时用；对执法者说是自投罗网。
Sometimes you have to bend the rules. ／ Rules are made to be broken, aren't they?
口语
confess to a 连读，break the rules 三词清晰顿开。
You have to break the rules sometimes to get things done. 有时候为了办成事，总得破破规矩。
“It was so terribly stupid for a man like Harry to be killed in an ordinary street accident.”
像哈里这样的人，竟然死于一场普通的交通事故，实在太荒唐了。
用一句评价把哈里的死定性成「不该这么普通」，怀疑全藏在这句感慨里。
It was so stupid for a man like X to be ...
觉得某人的遭遇和身份不相称时用；对逝者家属说要注意分寸。
It was far too ordinary an end for a man like him. ／ Someone like Harry should not have died that way.
中性
terribly 重读，for a man like 连读，句尾放低。
It was stupid for a man like him to go out in that storm. 像他这样的人，冒着那种暴风雨出门，太不明智了。
“You'll never teach these Austrians to be good citizens.”
你永远教不会这些奥地利人做个好公民。
一句带刺的地域偏见，把怕事的门房说成民族性，冷得让人记得住。
You'll never teach someone to do something.
抱怨一类人改不了旧习时用；拿地域或国籍说事容易冒犯人，慎用。
You can't teach these people anything. ／ Some habits you simply cannot teach away.
口语
never 重读，Austrians 上扬，good citizens 收得干脆。
You'll never teach him to check his facts first. 你永远教不会他先把事实核实清楚。
“That's a nice girl, that, but she ought to go careful in Vienna.”
那姑娘不错，不过她在维也纳得小心点。
前半句夸人，后半句用 ought to 悄悄递上警告，客气里全是凉意。
She ought to go careful.
提醒人注意安全、又不想把话说重时用；go careful 是英式口语说法。
She should be careful around here. ／ She ought to watch her step in this city.
口语
nice girl 重读，that 轻点两下，go careful 连读。
He's new here, so he ought to go careful for a while. 他刚来这儿，头一阵子该小心点。
“I can't help blaming myself and wishing things had been different.”
我忍不住怪自己，总盼着事情能是另一个样子。
把自己说成最自责的人，越动情越可疑，表演和真情混在一起。
I can't help doing something.
说自己控制不住某种情绪时用；对不熟的人说太动情会显得刻意。
I can't help feeling responsible. ／ I keep wishing it had gone differently.
中性
can't help 连读成 can-help，blaming myself 重音在前。
I can't help worrying when she drives at night. 她夜里开车，我总是忍不住担心。
It was a terrible thing. I was just crossing the road to go to Harry. He and the Baron were on the sidewalk. Maybe if I hadn't started to cross the road, it wouldn't have happened. I can't help blaming myself and wishing things had been different. Anyway, he saw me and stepped off the sidewalk to meet me. And the truck... It was terrible, Mr Martins. Terrible. I've never seen a man killed before.
那事实在太惨了。 我当时正要过马路去找哈里。 他和男爵在人行道上。 也许我当时要是没开始过马路，这事就不会发生。 我忍不住怪自己，总盼着事情能是另一个样子。 总之，他看见了我，就走下人行道来迎我。 接着那辆卡车…… 太惨了，马丁斯先生。太惨了。我从前从没见过有人被撞死。
下一章 · 11look in顺路来坐坐这场戏：劝她再爱却遭回绝是英式的口语说法，意思是「小心点、多留神」，比 be careful 更随便。原句 Everybody ought to go careful，就是「谁都该小心点」。
说 break the rules，字面是打破规矩，常指不得已时通融一次。原句 you have to break the rules sometimes，就是「有时候总得破破规矩」。
指卷进、参与进某件事，多指麻烦事。原句 He didn't want to get involved，就是「他不想卷进去」，道出很多人沉默的原因。
说 a sense of duty，指为人做事的责任心。原句 He had a great sense of duty，就是「他非常有责任感」，是替哈里辩解时说的。
不是球拍，而是「非法营生、见不得光的勾当」。原句里警察说哈里 mixed up in 某种勾当，用的就是这个词。
指忍不住、控制不住做某事，后面接动名词。原句 I can't help blaming myself，就是「我忍不住怪自己」。
