《唐顿庄园》精讲76 收回辞职

I..take it my resignation has not been accepted.

看来 您是不接受我的辞职了

My dear fellow, we all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.

我相信每个人都有这样或那样不想公诸于世的作为

To be honest, Carson...'m rather impressed.

说真的 我还挺惊讶

Did you really sing and dance in front of an audience?

你真的曾当着观众的面 又唱又跳吗

I did.

是的

And do you ever miss it?

不怀念那时候吗

Not in the least, my lord.

毫不 老爷

短语学习

in front of：当......的面

【典型范例1】She bawled¹ at him in front of everyone.

她当着大家的面冲他大喊大叫。

【典型范例2】I didn't want to humiliate² her in front of her colleagues.

我不想当着她同事们的面令她难堪。

in the least：丝毫

【典型范例1】Her sudden appearance did not seem to perturb³ him in the least.

她的突然出现似乎一点也没有令他不安。

【典型范例2】He didn't seem to mind public opinion in the least.

他对公众舆论似乎一点都不在乎。

【典型范例3】I don't think you need to worry in the least.

我看你一点也不用着急。

to be honest：老实地说，说真的

【典型范例1】To be honest, she was more of a hindrance⁴ than a help.

说实在的，她没帮上忙，反而成了累赘。

【典型范例2】To be honest, I just don't want to go.

说心里话，我真不想去。

口语学习

【语意表述】某人不想将某事公诸于众。

【句型模板】Somebody keep something unpublished.

【指点迷津】unpublished的意思是“未出版的”，这里比喻为“让人都知道的”，keep是使役动词，意思是“使.......”。Keep something unpublished的意思就是“把某事让人知道”。

【句型操练】Marry kept her unlucky marriage unpublished.

玛丽不想将她不幸的婚姻让别人知道。

1 bawled   

v.大叫，大喊( bawl的过去式和过去分词 )；放声大哭；大声叫出；叫卖（货物）

参考例句：

• She bawled at him in front of everyone. 她当着大家的面冲他大喊大叫。
• My boss bawled me out for being late. 我迟到，给老板训斥了一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 humiliate   

v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace

参考例句：

• What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
• They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。

3 perturb   

v.使不安，烦扰，扰乱，使紊乱

参考例句：

• Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets.行星的运行会使彗星的轨道发生扰动。
• They perturb good social order with their lie and propaganda.他们以谎言和宣传扰乱良好的社会秩序。

4 hindrance   

n.妨碍，障碍

参考例句：

• Now they can construct tunnel systems without hindrance.现在他们可以顺利地建造隧道系统了。
• The heavy baggage was a great hindrance to me.那件行李成了我的大累赘。