【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 4

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C- Christopher Tietjens

S- Sylvia Satterthwaite

M- Sylvia's mother

F- Father Consett

 

M: The whole world would understand exactly what we have managed to keep from it.

C: You would not be the first landowner to give up a house in town in protest¹ against the new tax. The Duke² would applaud³ you. I shouldn't wonder if he lends you the Westershire box at the opera.

S: I never heard such bosh! I will be in my room praying for death, or at least packing for it. Would you send me your maid⁴?

M: I'd better go myself. Sylvia hit my maid with her hairbrush and I only borrowed her, I don't want to return her damaged.

F: Now then, Christopher. Your son is Roman Catholic⁵ born, and that's the fact of the matter.

C: But Michael will grow up with my sister's children in an Anglican parsonage, and the facts must jostle as they may. Slainte. By the way, father, your Republican⁶ friends should know that Germany is looking for a European war and will find a reason for one, probably in the next two years. So don't fill your dance card in Berlin.

1 protest   

v.反对，抗议；宣称；n.抗议；宣称

参考例句：

• I can't pass the matter by without a protest.我不能对此事视而不见，我要提出抗议。
• We translated his silence as a protest.我们把他的沉默解释为抗议。

2 duke   

n.公爵

参考例句：

• His grandfather was a royal duke.他的祖父是王室公爵。
• The duke was the king's most trusted adviser.公爵是国王最信赖的顾问。

3 applaud   

vt.鼓掌欢迎，赞同；vi.鼓掌欢迎，欢呼

参考例句：

• The pupils that had been watching started to applaud.一直在一旁观看的小学生们开始鼓起掌来。
• Please don't applaud until everyone has performed.请在每个人表演完毕后再鼓掌。

4 maid   

n.少女，未婚女子，女仆

参考例句：

• I have sent my maid away.我已把我的女仆解雇了。
• A maid in white is walking along the boardwalk.一位白衣少女漫步于海边的木板路上。

5 catholic   

adj.天主教的；n.天主教徒

参考例句：

• The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。
• She was a devoutly Catholic.她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。

6 republican   

n.拥护共和政体的人； adj.共和政体的，（Republican）共和党人，（Republican）共和党的

参考例句：

• Some families have been republican for generations.有些家庭世代都支持共和党。
• A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination.第三个候选人已经加入角逐共和党提名的行列。