这场戏：女佣撞见门前的鬼影
第 14 章 · 共 28 章 · 2'36"
女佣莉齐在画室门口撞见一团会爬的雾，吓得跑来找里克，说自己 with me own two eyes（亲眼）看见了；里克却说她只是 dream up（凭空想出）了个鬼。莉齐发誓再也不在这宅子过夜，一句 I'd sooner die（我宁可死）。想学怎么讲鬼故事、怎么不相信对方、怎么赌气发誓，都能直接用。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 一句「a crawling mist」（一团会爬的雾）
with me own two eyes 亲眼a crawling mist 一团会爬的雾looking down at me 低头看着我dreamed up 凭空想出
半夜，女佣莉齐上楼 turn down（铺床），却在画室门口看见一团会爬的雾，还觉得那是个女人低头看着她。她跑来告诉里克，说自己 with me own two eyes（亲眼）看见，里克却说她 heard the house was haunted（听说这宅子闹鬼）才自己吓自己，认定这鬼是莉齐自己 dream up（凭空想出）的。莉齐坚决不肯再住，说 I'd sooner die（我宁可死），被劝去杰瑟普家的农场。随后众人发现斯特拉不见了，最后找到她时，她已经 in a dead faint（昏死过去），房间冷得 like an icebox（像冰窖），只好连夜去请医生。想学讲灵异遭遇、否认对方、发誓拒绝，这些说法很实用。
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“It was like a mist... a crawling mist.”
像一团雾……一团会爬的雾。
把看不见的恐惧落成一团会爬的雾，画面感极强。
It was like a ..., a ... one.
向人描述说不清的可怕东西时用；对小孩或紧张的人别说太瘆人。
It was like a shadow, a moving shadow. ／ It looked like smoke, a living smoke.
literary
mist 后长停，a crawling mist 压低放慢。
It was like a whisper, a crawling whisper. 像一阵低语……一阵会爬的低语。
“There it stood by the studio door, looking down at me.”
它就站在画室门口，低头看着我。
一个 stood 和一个 looking down 就把居高临下的压迫感写满。
There it stood ..., looking down at me.
讲自己撞见什么吓人的场面时用；书面叙述里也常见，但别夸张。
There it was, watching me from the doorway. ／ It just stood there, staring down at me.
中性
There it 连读，stood 重读，looking down at me 渐弱。
There it stood at the gate, looking down at me. 它就立在大门口，低头看着我。
“I'll not sleep in this house another night, Mr. Roderick.”
我绝不在这个宅子里再睡一晚，罗德里克先生。
用 I'll not 这种方言否定把话说死，倔强和恐惧都有了。
I'll not ... another night.
斩钉截铁地表示绝不再做某事时用；对雇主说会显得冲撞。
I won't spend another night under this roof. ／ Not another night in this house for me.
口语
I'll not 连读，another night 略顿，name 收得干脆。
I'll not stay in that hotel another night. 我绝不在那家旅馆再住一晚。
“There was! I saw it with me own two eyes!”
真有！我这两只眼睛亲眼看见的！
一句急切的辩解，用最土的说法把恐惧和倔强一起顶出来。
I saw it with me own two eyes!
被人说看错了、急着赌咒时用；正式场合说会显得粗。
I saw it with my own two eyes. ／ It was there, I saw it myself.
口语
I saw it 连读，own two eyes 重读收尾。
I saw him with me own two eyes! 我是两只眼睛亲眼看见他的！
I'd just come upstairs to turn down the beds. There it stood by the studio door, looking down at me. - A woman, it was. - Four steps back, it was just a mist. 'Twas a woman. I swear it.
我不过是上楼来铺铺床。 它就站在画室门口，低头看着我。 ——是个女人。——往回退四步看，就只是一团雾。 就是个女人。我发誓。
下一章 · 15hide your head in the sand逃避现实这场戏：翻出旧丑闻与坠崖疑案意思是凭空想出、编造，通常指想出不真实的东西。台词里说 Lizzie's dreamed up a ghost for herself，就是「莉齐自己凭空想出了个鬼」。
in a dead faint。台词里说 She's in a dead faint，就是「她昏死过去了」。dead 在这里强调昏得彻底，不是「死」。
意思是「我宁可、我宁愿」，后接动词原形。台词里莉齐说 I'd sooner die，就是「我宁愿死」，用来表达极端的拒绝。
有。turn down the beds 是「铺床、掀开被角」，准备让人睡觉。台词里莉齐说自己上楼就是来铺床的。它还可以表示「拒绝（提议或人）」。
with me own two eyes 是方言说法，标准写法是 with my own two eyes。台词里莉齐坚称 I saw it with me own two eyes，就是「我亲眼看见的」。
结尾里克问她是不是 out of sheer cussedness（纯粹犯倔）才晕倒的，cussedness 就是犟脾气、别扭劲，带点调侃，暗示她可能是自己吓自己还要嘴硬。
