【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E01 - 16

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S- Sylvia Satterthwaite

M- Sylvia's mother

 

S: Think of all the ruin that child has meant for me. And Christopher's perfectly¹ soppy about it.

M: You don't deserve your husband, anyway. I can't imagine why he sent that telegram. Resume yoke², indeed!

S: He sent it out of lordly, dull, full-dress consideration that drives me distracted. He couldn't write me a letter, because he'd have to put "Dear Sylvia" - and I'm not. He's that precise sort of imbecile. I'll settle down by his side and I'll be chaste³. I've made up my mind to it. I'll be bored stiff for the rest of my life, except for one thing - I can torment⁴ that man and I'll do it, for all the times he's tormented⁵ me.

S: I've come from Normandy without sleep, you see. Oh! I'll tell them downstairs to simply telegraph Christopher, "Righto".

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 yoke   

n.轭；支配；v.给...上轭，连接，使成配偶

参考例句：

• An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
• The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。

3 chaste   

adj.贞洁的；有道德的；善良的；简朴的

参考例句：

• Comparatively speaking,I like chaste poetry better.相比较而言，我更喜欢朴实无华的诗。
• Tess was a chaste young girl.苔丝是一个善良的少女。

4 torment   

n.折磨；令人痛苦的东西(人)；vt.折磨；纠缠

参考例句：

• He has never suffered the torment of rejection.他从未经受过遭人拒绝的痛苦。
• Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each other.没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。

5 tormented   

饱受折磨的

参考例句：

• The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
• He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。