【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 11

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V – Valentine Wannop

W – Mrs. Wannop

 

W: I wanted to write about the Women's Bill, but the editor said, "Oh dear Mrs Wannop, our readers already know that the Lords¹ are going to chuck it back. What they have no grasp of is the Balkan crisis²."

V: Where did you get all this from?

W: Christopher Tietjens.

V: Oh, you spoke³ to Mr Tietjens? Is he an expert on the Balkan situation? I suppose he is.

W: Because his father boodled me into this job in the first place having shares in the paper, it would reflect very badly on him if I were to make a bish of this article. Not to mention losing five guineas a week. Oh, bother it! I meant to say that Serbia has no more right to demand access to the sea than Berkshire. Christopher, of course.

V: Well, it's men waving their spears⁴. As if war were only about maps. Now, time's up. I'm expected with Mrs Duchemin. So it's in the box!

1 lords   

n.主( lord的名词复数 )；领主；上帝；（英国用以称呼法官、主教或某些男性贵族成员，表示尊敬）大人

参考例句：

• The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels. 那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The President elevated him to the House of Lords. 总统提拔他为上院议员。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 spears   

矛( spear的名词复数 )； 枪； （某些植物的）嫩枝； 幼芽

参考例句：

• Spears hurtled against shields. 矛猛击在盾上。
• With a flourish of their spears, the two men started sparring with each other. 两人拿长枪一比试，便打了起来。