【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E01 - 17

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C- Christopher Tietjens

 

Mac- MacMaster

H- Horsley

 

Mac: I'll send the Reverend Duchemin a signed copy of my book. His word still carries weight.

C: Well, sucking up to Duchemin was always the price for kedgeree and poached eggs!

(BELL TINKLES)

H: Welcome! Welcome! I'm the curate here! Thank you, thank you! Ups-a-daisy. My name's Horsley.

Mac: MacMaster.

C: Where did you get this job lot?  Gosh, don't you know you've got a 13 hands pony¹ harness² on a 16 and a half hands horse? Let the bit out three holes. It's tearing the animal's tongue in half.

1 pony   

adj.小型的；n.小马

参考例句：

• His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
• They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。

2 harness   

n.马具；类似马具的装备；vt.给上马具

参考例句：

• He paid ten dollars for the new harness.他花十美元买了这件马具。
• I harness the horse to the cart. 我把马套在车上。