【跟着英剧练发音】Downton Abby S01E03

 文本：

er.aspx?hjptype=song&player=5&file=-How does it work?

-It's easy.

-You just press the letters and they printon the paper

-Get back, please.

-They were trying to hide it, so I knew itwas wrong.

-Where's Gwen now?

-Doing the dining room with Anna.They'll befinished soon.

-Then I'll wait.

-With all due respect, Mr Carson, Gwen is undermy jurisdiction¹.

-Indeed she is, Mrs Hughes, and I have nointention of usurping² your authority.I merely want to get to the bottom of it.

-Why shouldn't Gwen have a typewriter if shewants one?

-Mind your own business.

1 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

2 usurping   

篡夺，霸占( usurp的现在分词 )； 盗用； 篡夺，篡权

参考例句：

• Earlier the Ukrainian President dissolved Parliament because it claimed it was usurping power. 之前乌克兰总统解散国会因为国会声称要夺权。