这场戏：承认杀人与追查旧档案
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伊芙当面问 V 是不是他杀了普罗瑟罗，V 只回一句 Would you prefer a lie or the truth（你想听谎话还是实话），随后干脆认了：Yes, I killed him（是我杀了他）。他还说 There's no court in this country for men like Prothero（这国家没有能审普罗瑟罗这种人的法庭）。想学怎么坦白重话、又怎么给暴力找理由，这几句够直接。
V 反问 Would you prefer a lie or the truth（想听谎话还是实话）
a lie or the truth 谎话还是实话have anything to do with 与……有关系、参与其中might have killed 可能是（我）干的no court in this country 这国家没有能审这种人的法庭
❝ 独白 · 5 句 少校的推脱独白
五句话句句在挡，却越挡越露馅，是体制话术的范本。
伊芙当面质问 V，普罗瑟罗的死是不是他干的。V 先反问 Would you prefer a lie or the truth（你想听谎话还是实话），接着直接认下 Yes, I killed him（是我杀了他），还说那些袭击过伊芙的打手 Fingermen（秘密警察、黑衣打手）可能也是他杀的，理由是 Violence can be used for good（暴力也可以用来做善事）。伊芙追问这是正义吗，他回答 There's no court in this country for men like Prothero（这个国家没有能审判普罗瑟罗这种人的法庭）。另一边，芬奇翻出普罗瑟罗的 military record（服役档案），发现他被派去管拉基山的一处 detention facility（拘留所），却查不到更多记录，叹一句 no good deed goes unpunished（好心没好报）。想学重话说出口、质问和查案对白，都用得上。
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“Would you prefer a lie or the truth?”
你是想听谎话，还是实话？
不辩解不铺垫，把选择先推给对方，问题本身就是态度。
Would you prefer A or B?
对方逼问、你得先摊牌时用；日常小事这么问会显得太严肃。
Do you want the truth or a comfortable answer? ／ Which would you rather have, a lie or the truth?
中性
prefer 重读，a lie or the truth 三项平均放慢。
Would you prefer a summary or the whole story? 你是想听个大概，还是听全过程？
“I might have killed the Fingermen that attacked you. I heard no objection.”
袭击你的那几个打手，可能也是我杀的。我没听到你反对。
轻描淡写地认下一桩命案，还反将一句没反对，冷幽默里全是掌控。
I might have done X. I heard no objection.
用既成事实堵对方嘴时用；跟亲近的人这么讲会显得无赖。
I may have handled it. You didn't complain. ／ I did what was needed, and no one objected.
口语
might have 缩成一词，no objection 放轻收平。
I might have thrown out the old boxes. I heard no objection. 那些旧箱子可能被我扔了。可我没听到你反对。
“There's no court in this country for men like Prothero.”
这个国家没有能审判普罗瑟罗这种人的法庭。
一句话就给私刑找好理由：不是不想审，是根本没得审。
There's no X for people like Y.
想说明制度失效时用；为私刑开脱时这句话最容易被滥用。
The law has no answer for men like him. ／ No court here would ever touch him.
中性
no court 连读，for men like Prothero 放慢落下。
There's no court in this town for people like that landlord. 这镇上没有哪个法庭治得了那种房东。
“Your records are either deleted, omitted or missing.”
你们的档案要么被删了，要么被略过，要么干脆没了。
三个词把敷衍的路全堵死，句式平到近乎冷淡，质问却最狠。
X is either A, B or C.
指出对方说辞有漏洞时用；对上级连说三个否定要拿捏分寸。
The files were lost, hidden or simply never kept. ／ Every version of the story fails the same way.
中性
either 后稍停，三个选项降调排开。
The receipts are either misfiled, lost or never written. 这些收据要么归错档，要么丢了，要么根本没开过。
“We all did what we had to do.”
我们都做了当时不得不做的事。
一句人人都有的挡箭牌，说出口就把责任稀释进集体里。
We all did what we had to do.
为不得已的选择辩解时用；用来推卸责任时最招人反感。
Everyone did what they had to. ／ We did what the times demanded.
中性
all 轻读，what we had to do 连成一气收尾。
It was brutal, but we all did what we had to do. 这很残酷，但我们都做了当时不得不做的事。
“That's all I have to say about that.”
这件事我就说这么多。
用最平常的收场句终止追问，越想结束越显得心里有鬼。
That's all I have to say about that.
不想再谈某个话题时用；对上级说会显得顶撞。
I've said everything I intend to say. ／ That is my final word on the matter.
口语
all I have to say 连读，最后 about that 降调收。
We are not discussing my school years again. That's all I have to say about that. 别再提我上学那会儿了，这事我就说这么多。
Before you go further, let me remind you things were very chaotic back then. Now we don't have the problems we had back then. We all did what we had to do. And in those circumstances, we did the best we could. That's all I have to say about that.
在你继续往下说之前，我提醒你，那时候局势非常混乱。 现在我们已经没有当年那些问题了。 我们都做了当时不得不做的事。 在那种情况下，我们尽力了。 这件事我就说这么多。
下一章 · 11a man after my own heart跟我一路人这场戏：讲述家史并主动请缨字面是「好事不会不受惩罚」，实际就是「好心没好报」。芬奇看着普罗瑟罗的档案感慨一句，意思是干了该干的事反而落得麻烦。
have to do with。原句 Did you have anything to do with that? 就是「那件事跟你有关吗？」，问某人是否参与某事时很常用。
a matter of urgency，也可以说 a matter of some urgency 强调「相当紧急」。原句 This is a matter of some urgency, major 就是用来催对方赶紧配合。
多接抽象名词，表示「关乎……的事」，比如 a matter of urgency（紧急的事）、a matter of time（时间问题）、a matter of opinion（见仁见智）。
指「拘留所、关押设施」，比 prison 更中性、更像官方说法。原文说他被派去管拉基山的一处 detention facility，这家设施正是全片的关键秘密。
