《唐顿庄园》精讲01 忙碌的庄园清晨

[A hand taps out Morse code¹. A train whistle blows. Mr Bates sits in one of the cars. A woman takes down the telegram message.]

Woman: Oh, my God!

我的天！

Man: That's impossible. I'll take it up there now.

怎么可能。我这就送去。

Woman: Don't be stupid. None of them will be up for hours.

别急，他们还未起床。

What difference will it make? Jimmy will do it when he comes in.

早晚看到都一样，等Jimmy来了让他去。

[April 1912 Six o'clock! Daisy knocks on the housemaids' bedroom door.]

[Gwen sits up in bed.]

Gwen: Thank you, Daisy... Anna?

Daisy, 谢谢！Anna 起床了。

[Anna stirs² in her bed.]

Anna: Huh... Just for once in my life, I'd like to sleep until I woke up natural.

哪怕此生仅一次，让我睡到自然醒就好。

[Kitchens - Morning]

Patmore：Is your fire still in?

炉火生了吗？

Daisy: Yes, Mrs Patmore.

生了， Patmore夫人。

Patmore：Ooh, my, will wonders never cease³?

真是没想到，今天开窍了？

Have you laid the servants' hall breakfast?

仆人们的早餐准备好了吗？

Daisy: Yes, Mrs Patmore.

准备好了，Patmore夫人。

Patmore：And finished blacking that stove?

炉里添上煤了吗？

Daisy: Yes, Mrs Patmore.

添上了 Patmore夫人。

Patmore：What about the bedroom fires?

卧室的壁炉呢？

Daisy: All lit, Mrs Patmore.

都点上了， Patmore夫人。

Patmore：Right, well, take the things and get started on the fires on the ground floor!

那就好，赶紧拿上东西去把楼下的炉子也点上。

[Daisy carries a bucket of firewood through the servants' hall and up through the main rooms into the library.]

Housemaid 1: Now hurry up.

赶紧来生火。

[Daisy hurries through the library. A footman, Thomas, enters with a silver tray⁴ with two drinks. He collects two more in another room.]

Thomas: Any sign of William?

看见William了吗？

Housemaid 2: No.

没有。

Thomas: Where have you been?

你上哪去了？

William: I'm not late, am I?

我没迟到吧？

Thomas: You're late when I say you're late.

这得我说了算。

[Anna and Gwen open the windows and fluff the pillows.]

Anna: Daisy? Whatever are you doing there, crouching⁵ in the dark?

Daisy？你窝在那黑乎乎的地方做什么？

Daisy: I didn't like to touch the curtains with my dirty hands.

我怕自己这手弄脏窗帘。

Daisy: Quite right too.

也是。

Gwen: Why didn't you put the lights on?

怎么不开灯？

Daisy: I dare not.

我不敢。

Gwen: Well it's electricity, not the devil's handiwork.

那是电，又不是鬼。

Anna:You'll have to get used to it sooner or later.

早晚都得习惯。

Gwen: At Skelton Park, they've even got it in the kitchens.

凯尔顿庄园的厨房都通电了。

Daisy: What for?

厨房要电做什么用？

1 code   

n.代码，代号，密码；法典，法规，规划

参考例句：

• What's the code for Tianjin?天津的代号是多少？
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

2 stirs   

v.（使）移动( stir的第三人称单数 )；搅拌；（使）行动；（使）微动

参考例句：

• This paste stirs easily. 这种糨糊易于搅拌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This guy often stirs up troubles. 这家伙就爱干煽风点火的勾当。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 cease   

n.停止，终止；v.停止

参考例句：

• The two parties made a bargain to cease fire.双方达成了停火协议。
• You will never cease to learn as long as you live.活到老，学到老。

4 tray   

n.盘，托盘，碟

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• A waitress came in,carrying tea on a tray.一名女侍者走进来，手端放着茶的托盘。

5 crouching   

v.屈膝，蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
• A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译