【跟着英剧练发音】Downton Abbey S03E03

 文本：

-She wants to keep it private, not secret. There's a difference.

-I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I've bought a typewriter and I've taken a postal¹ course in shorthand². I'm not aware that either of these actions is illegal.

-Will you tell us why, preferably without any more cheek?

-Because I want to leave service. I want to be a secretary.

-You want to leave service? What's wrong with being in service?

-Nothing's wrong with it, and there's nothing wrong with mending roads neither, but it's not what I want to do. 

1 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

2 shorthand   

n.速记，速记法

参考例句：

• The reporters took down the speech in shorthand.记者们迅速记下讲话的内容。
• Instead of writing her shorthand by hand,she could use a machine.她可以不用手，而使用一种带键盘的机器进行速记。