《唐顿庄园》精讲77 贝茨的前史会让人改变看法吗?

Poor Mr Carson.

可怜的Carson先生

We'll have to treat him like a god for a month to calm his nerves¹.

至少得供着他一个月 才能安抚其情绪

He'll be afraid this will change the way we think of him.

他害怕 这会改变我们对他的看法

Then we mustn't let it.

他想错了

Oh, but it will.

他没想错

The Cheerful Charlies?

开心双卡啊

For all his talk of dignity, we know his story now.

他总说要庄重 自己却有这样的一段历史

And admire him more because of it. Maybe.

我们应该因此更尊敬他 也许

But it will change the way we think of him. It always does.

但对他的看法仍是变了

I don't see why.

为什么

I shouldn't care what I found out about you, whatever it was.

不论你有任何过去 我都不在意

It wouldn't alter² my opinion one bit.

丝毫不会影响我的想法

But it would. It certainly would.

会的 肯定会

1 nerves   

n.神经紧张 vt.鼓起勇气

参考例句：

• What he said at the meeting strung her nerves up. 他在会议上的发言使她的神经很紧张。
• At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered. 教了一天课，她精疲力竭。

2 alter   

vt.改变，变更；vi.改变，变样

参考例句：

• We have to alter the house into a barn.我们不得不把房子改建成谷仓。
• She is trying to alter the coat.她正设法改那件衣服。