【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 18

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C – Christopher Tietjens

S – Sylvia Tietjens

 

S: Why are they all in...? What's frightening them? They're all in a... panic.

C: Up there, look. It's a fish eagle. Not even on duty. Listen, Sylvia, they're all living in cloud-cuckoo-land. I want to see Michael before we find ourselves on a train south.

S: A fish eagle... What?

C: The Germans are itching¹ to get at the Russians. France will declare war on Germany, that's what the French-Russian Pact² is for. Then it's us. Germany will invade through Belgium...

S: If you don't stop, I'm going to jump.

C: Britain is committed to defend Belgian neutrality.

S: That's what I'd like to come back as. The fish eagle.

1 itching   

adj.贪得的，痒的，渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The itching was almost more than he could stand. 他痒得几乎忍不住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My nose is itching. 我的鼻子发痒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。