唐顿庄园第一季第四集_8

 　　唐顿庄园第一季第四集_8

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, GROUNDS - DAY]

　　[Mary and Robert walk with the dog.]

　　LADY MARY

　　The only one who never sticks up for me in all this is you. Why is that?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　You are my darling daughter, and I love you, hard as it is for an Englishman to say the words.

　　LADY MARY

　　Well, then.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　If I had made my own fortune and bought Downton for myself, it should be yours without question. But I did not. My fortune is the work of others who laboured to build a great dynasty. Do I have the right to destroy their work or impoverish¹ that dynasty? I am a custodian², my dear, not an owner. I must strive to be worthy³ of the task I've been set. If I could take Mama's out of the estate, Downton would have to be sold to pay for it. Is that what you want? To see Matthew a landless peer with a title but no means to pay for it?

　　LADY MARY

　　So I'm just to find a husband and get out of the way?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　You could stay here if you married Matthew.

　　LADY MARY

　　You know my character, Father. I'd never marry any man that I was told to. I'm stubborn. I wish I wasn't, but I am.

　　[EXT. MOTOR CAR - DAY]

　　BRANSON

　　Will you have your own way, do you think? With the frock? Only, I couldn?t help overhearing yesterday, and from what Her Ladyship said, it sounded as if you support women's rights.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　I suppose I do.

　　BRANSON

　　Because I'm quite political. In fact, I brought some pamphlets that I thought might interest you about the vote.

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Thank you. But please don't mention this to my father, or my grandmother. One whiff of reform and she hears the rattle⁴ of the guillotine. It seems rather unlikely, a revolutionary chauffeur⁵.

　　BRANSON

　　Maybe. But I'm a socialist⁶, not a revolutionary. And I won't always be a chauffeur.

　　[INT. DOWNTON COTTAGE HOSPITAL - DAY]

　　DR CLARKSON

　　Mrs Crawley, how nice.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　If you're busy, we can come back later.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Molesley? What are you doing here? Are y—are you ill?

　　DR CLARKSON

　　Poor Mr Molesley. Er, how's it going?

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　The solution doesn't seem to make it any better.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　My imagination's running riot.

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　I've got erysipelas, Your Ladyship.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh. Oh, I am sorry.

　　DR CLARKSON

　　Mrs Crawley tells me she's recommended nitrate of silver and tincture of steel.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Why? Is she making a suit of armour⁷?

　　DR CLARKSON

　　But, er, I take it there's been no improvement.

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　Not really.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　And you're sure it's erysipelas?

　　DR CLARKSON

　　That is...Mrs Crawley's diagnosis⁸.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　What it is to have medical knowledge.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　It has its uses.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Mm. I see your father has been making changes at home.

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　He has, milady. He's got no use for the herb garden now me mother's gone, so he's turned it to grass.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　And you've been helping⁹ him?

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　I have.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM (chuckles¹⁰)

　　Grubbing out the old rue¹¹ hedge.

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　How did you know that?

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Because this is not erysipelas. This is a rue allergy¹². If Molesley wears gardening gloves, it'll be gone in a week. Please, don't think we're ungrateful for your enthusiasm, Mrs Crawley, but there comes a time when things are best left to the professionals.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　But I—

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　And now I really—I really must go. Good day.

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　Thank you, Your Ladyship.

　　[Violet chuckles as she exits.]

　　[EXT. VILLAGE COTTAGES - DAY]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I hope Cousin Violet has recovered from last night.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Whatever she says, my mother is as strong as an ox, and it's high time she let go of her scheme for upsetting everything. Time we all did.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I can't deny I'm pleased to hear it.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Are you beginning to see a future here, then?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　In a way, this latest business has forced me to recognise that I do want Downton to be my future.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I'm glad.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　You must have thought me an awful prig when I first arrived.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Not a prig, just a man thrust into something he never wanted or envisaged¹³.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I can only see the absurdity¹⁴ of the whole thing. I'm sorry.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Well, there are absurdities¹⁵ involved as I know well enough.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Possibilities, too, and I was blind to them. I was determined¹⁶ not to let it change me. It was absurd. If you don't change, you die.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Do you think so? I'm not sure. Sometimes I think I hate change.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Well, at least we can comfort ourselves that this'll still be here...because we saved it.

　　[INT. KITCHENS - DAY]

　　DAISY

　　Thomas is lovely in every way. He's funny and handsome, and he's got such lovely teeth.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　He's not for you, Daisy.

　　DAISY

　　'Course not. He's too good for me, I know that.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　No. He's not too good.

　　DAISY

　　What then?

　　MRS PATMORE

　　He's not the boy for you, and you're not the girl for him.

　　DAISY

　　I'in't that what I just said? And why would he be when he's seen and done so much and I've been nowhere and done nothing?

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Perhaps Thomas has seen and done more than is good for him. He's not a lady's man.

　　DAISY

　　But i'in't it a blessed relief?

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Daisy, Thomas is a troubled soul.

　　DAISY

　　I don't know what you mean, Mrs Patmore.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Oh, nothing. I don't mean anything. Except, if I don't get the ice cream started, they'll be dining at midnight.

1 impoverish   

vt.使穷困，使贫困

参考例句：

• We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.我们需要减轻导致经济困顿的税收负荷。
• America still has enough credibility to a more profitable path that would impoverish its creditors slowly.美国尚有足够的信用来让其得以选择一条更加有利可图的路径使它的债权人们渐渐贫困枯竭。

2 custodian   

n.保管人，监护人；公共建筑看守

参考例句：

• Benitez believes his custodian is among the top five in world football.贝尼特斯坚信他的门将是当今足坛最出色的五人之一。
• When his father died his uncle became his legal custodian.他父亲死后，他叔叔成了他的法定监护人。

3 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

4 rattle   

v.飞奔，碰响；激怒；n.碰撞声；拨浪鼓

参考例句：

• The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
• She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。

5 chauffeur   

n.(受雇于私人或公司的)司机；v.为…开车

参考例句：

• The chauffeur handed the old lady from the car.这个司机搀扶这个老太太下汽车。
• She went out herself and spoke to the chauffeur.她亲自走出去跟汽车司机说话。

6 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

7 armour   

（=armor）n.盔甲；装甲部队

参考例句：

• His body was encased in shining armour.他全身披着明晃晃的甲胄。
• Bulletproof cars sheathed in armour.防弹车护有装甲。

8 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 chuckles   

轻声地笑( chuckle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Father always chuckles when he reads the funny papers. 父亲在读幽默报纸时总是低声发笑。
• [Chuckles] You thought he was being poisoned by hemlock? 你觉得他中的会是芹叶钩吻毒吗？

11 rue   

n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔

参考例句：

• You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
• You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。

12 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。

13 envisaged   

想像，设想( envisage的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty. 他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年。
• Henry Ford envisaged an important future for the motor car. 亨利·福特为汽车设想了一个远大前程。

14 absurdity   

n.荒谬，愚蠢；谬论

参考例句：

• The proposal borders upon the absurdity.这提议近乎荒谬。
• The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh.情况的荒谬可笑使每个人都笑了。

15 absurdities   

n.极端无理性( absurdity的名词复数 )；荒谬；谬论；荒谬的行为

参考例句：

• She has a sharp eye for social absurdities, and compassion for the victims of social change. 她独具慧眼，能够看到社会上荒唐的事情，对于社会变革的受害者寄以同情。 来自辞典例句
• The absurdities he uttered at the dinner party landed his wife in an awkward situation. 他在宴会上讲的荒唐话使他太太陷入窘境。 来自辞典例句

16 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。