【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 10

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S - Mrs Satterthwaite

V - Valentine Wannop

W - Mr. Waterhouse

 

W: Oh, Miss Wannop! Do you know Mrs Satterthwaite?

V: How do you do?

W: She is our friend Tietjens's mother-in-law.

S: Oh, is that my fame? You know Christopher?

V: Hardly, but I did meet Mr Tietjens last year in Rye. I haven't seen him since. Actually, this tea is for my mother, and I mustn't inflict¹ myself on Mr Waterhouse with my inferior mind and my general incapacity for anything much except motherhood. So, if you'll excuse me.

W: That's not at all what I...

S: Oh, that's my first suffragette!

--: Got it! You're Tietjens's feminist²! If you're thinking of starting something... I've a good mind to smack³ your bare bottom!

V: I'm sure you think of little else.

--: You have a nerve showing your face here. I know you're Tietjens's whore. You're all gasping⁴ for it, you militant⁵ bitches!

V: How dare you say something about a man you're not fit to serve as a boot-boy?

--: About him? Good God, the girl's in love!

1 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。

2 feminist   

adj.主张男女平等的，女权主义的

参考例句：

• She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
• From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起，男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。

3 smack   

vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍

参考例句：

• She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
• I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。

4 gasping   

adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词

参考例句：

• He was gasping for breath. 他在喘气。
• "Did you need a drink?""Yes, I'm gasping!” “你要喝点什么吗？”“我巴不得能喝点！”

5 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。