唐顿庄园第二季第一集_6

 　　唐顿庄园第二季第一集_6

　　[INT. DOWNTON, THE CONCERT - EVENING]

　　[Isobel, Matthew, and Lavinia arrive.]

　　LAVINIA

　　It's awfully¹ grand.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　You'd better get used to it. It will be your home one day.

　　LAVINIA

　　I'm not sure "home" would ever be quite the word to describe it.

　　[Robert approaches and shakes hands with Matthew.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　My dear fellow, welcome back. It's so very good to see you.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　May I present Miss Lavinia Swire.

　　LAVINIA

　　How do you do, Lord Grantham.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　How do you do, Miss Swire.

　　[Sybil and Edith check out the fiancé and exchange a look.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　So, that's Mary's replacement². Well, I suppose looks aren't everything.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I think she seems rather sweet. I'm afraid meeting us all together must be very intimidating³.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I do hope so.

　　[Mary and Matthew catch each other's eye. Mary smiles awkwardly. Matthew looks away like he didn't see her. Mary's smile fades until she sees Isobel and they greet each other.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Now, please come this way.

　　LAVINIA

　　Thank you.

　　[Mary and Isobel shake hands.]

　　LADY MARY

　　It's good to see you. Hello, Miss Swire. I'm Mary Crawley.

　　[They shake hands.]

　　LAVINIA

　　Of course you are. I mean, I've been longing⁴ to meet you, because I've heard so much about you from Matthew. Er, that is--

　　LADY MARY

　　Nice things, I hope.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　What else would she hear from me?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Please.

　　[Robert shows Lavinia to her seat.]

　　LADY MARY

　　I can't say. It's been such a long time. Who knows what you think of me now.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I think...I'm very glad to see you looking so well.

　　LADY MARY

　　All right, you win. We are at peace again.

　　[She squeezes his arm. The band starts. Sitting down, Lavinia and Mary regard each other.]

　　[INT. MR CARSON'S OFFICE - EVENING]

　　[Mr Carson is filtering wine as Mrs Hughes walks in.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Have you found something nice?

　　MR CARSON

　　Why in particular?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　As a welcome home for Mr Matthew.

　　MR CARSON

　　Hmph.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Oh, what's the matter? I thought you'd come 'round to him.

　　MR CARSON

　　Last time he was here, he hadn't broken Lady Mary's heart.

　　[Mrs Hughes gives him a look.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Lady Mary broke her own heart. Hmph. That's if she has a heart to break.

　　MR CARSON

　　I don't think we're ever going to see eye to eye on this, Mrs Hughes.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　She refused him when she thought he'd have nothing, and when he was heir again, she wanted him back.

　　MR CARSON

　　I thought caution was a virtue⁵.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Caution, maybe, self-interest is not. Perhaps Miss Swire is a gentler person.

　　MR CARSON

　　If you ask me, this Miss Swire who, it may interest you to know, is not to be found in Burke's Peerage or Burke's Landed Gentry⁶ has an eye to the main chance.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　That's not snobbish⁷, I suppose.

　　MR CARSON

　　I like to see things done properly, Mrs Hughes, and I won't apologise for that. Now, if you'll excuse me.

　　[Mr Carson walks out with the wine.]

　　[CONCERT HALL - EVENING]

　　[Two women stand up on and start handing out white feathers. One hands a feather to William.]

　　WILLIAM

　　What is it?

　　WHITE FEATHER GIRL 1

　　A white feather, of course, Coward.

　　[Robert turns around and stands up.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Stop this at once!

　　[William stands.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　This is neither the time nor the place!

　　WHITE FEATHER GIRL 2

　　These people should be aware that there are cowards among them.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Will you please leave? You are the cowards here, not they!

　　[Mr Bates stands, also angry, and the women leave. Robert nods to William. William nods back and sits down.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Leader, will you continue?

　　[William fingers the white feather the woman gave him. The exiting women hand Branson a feather on their way out. He smiles and takes it.]

　　BRANSON

　　I'm in a uniform.

　　WHITE FEATHER GIRL 1

　　Wrong kind.

　　[INT. DINING ROOM - EVENING]

　　[William serves Cora at dinner.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　That was horrid⁸, William. I hope you won't let it upset you.

　　WILLIAM

　　No, Your Ladyship.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Why are these women so unkind?

　　LADY EDITH

　　Of course it is horrid, but when heroes are giving their lives every day, it's hard to watch healthy young men do nothing.

　　[Robert looks quickly at William, who looks down uncomfortably. Isobel talks down the table to Sybil.]

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　By the way, Sybil, very good news. They do have a vacancy⁹. It's very short notice, because someone dropped out.

　　[Sybil smiles.]

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　You'd have to be ready to start on Friday.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　May I ask what this is about?

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Cousin Isobel has got me a place on a nursing course in York.

　　[The table stares at her.]

　　LADY SYBIL

　　I want to work at the hospital.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　We don't have to talk about it now.

　　[Cora glares at Isobel, who smiles awkwardly.]

　　[EXT. COURTYARD - EVENING]

　　MR BATES

　　She just turned up at my mother's house not long before she died.

　　ANNA

　　So...what does it mean?

　　MR BATES

　　I think it means, at long last, I'm able to get a divorce.

　　ANNA

　　Mr Bates, is this a proposal?

　　MR BATES

　　If that's what you want to call it. And you might start calling me John.

　　ANNA

　　Why are you sure she'll do it now when she's refused for so long?

　　MR BATES

　　Mother left me some money. Much more than I thought. Vera's a greedy woman, she won't refuse what I can offer her.

　　ANNA

　　Will we have to leave Downton?

　　MR BATES

　　Not until we want to. I've spoken to His Lordship and he will find a cottage for us near the house.

　　ANNA

　　You told him you want to marry me?

　　MR BATES

　　I did.

　　ANNA

　　Before you spoke¹⁰ to me?

　　MR BATES

　　You don't mind, do you?

　　ANNA

　　Of course I mind. In fact, I'd give you a smack¹¹ if I didn't want to kiss you so much I could burst.

　　[Bates cups Anna's face with his hand and they kiss. She stands on her tip-toes as they hold each other.]

1 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

2 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

3 intimidating   

vt.恐吓，威胁( intimidate的现在分词)

参考例句：

• They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
• This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。

4 longing   

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
• His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。

5 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

6 gentry   

n.绅士阶级，上层阶级

参考例句：

• Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
• Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首，不居贵族之末。

7 snobbish   

adj.势利的，谄上欺下的

参考例句：

• She's much too snobbish to stay at that plain hotel.她很势利，不愿住在那个普通旅馆。
• I'd expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly.我原以为她会非常势利，但她却非常热情和友好。

8 horrid   

adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的

参考例句：

• I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
• The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。

9 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

10 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

11 smack   

vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍

参考例句：

• She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
• I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。