【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 13

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E: What is it, dear?

D: Sulphur! Can't you smell it? Brimstone. I smelled him out the minute he came in.

E: Who, dear?

D: Beelzebub! He thought I was taken in.

E: You remember Miss Wannop?

D: He takes a pleasing shape.

E: I have just been telling Miss Wannop about Mr Macmaster's circle of beautiful intellects, all devoted¹ to the higher things...

D: But I was ready for him!

E: Beauty, truth, the shepherd's pipe, the gem-like flame, the wine-dark sea...

D: Lord, your servant slept when your handmaiden was taken into bondage² with a corset, but he wakes now!

E: The beautiful soul, souls, in harmony with our little gathering³ of the finer minds, quite the finest really, the very best young writers, artists...

D: And cast out the Devil's new contraption, the brassiere! And all the swaddling and strapping⁴ that constricts⁵ the freely-flowing and God-glorifying bounty⁶ of belly⁷ and breast! Of airy buttock...

V: Why, Mr Duchemin, you are one of us! All we new women are united against the corset, it is the very devil! You must write an article for our paper. How splendid.

1 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

2 bondage   

n.奴役，束缚

参考例句：

• Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way out of bondage.奴隶主们有时允许奴隶为自己赎身。
• They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 strapping   

adj. 魁伟的, 身材高大健壮的 n. 皮绳或皮带的材料, 裹伤胶带, 皮鞭 动词strap的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• He's a strapping lad—already bigger than his father. 他是一个魁梧的小伙子——已经比他父亲高了。
• He was a tall strapping boy. 他是一个高大健壮的小伙子。

5 constricts   

压缩，压紧，使收缩( constrict的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tumour constricts the nerves. 肿瘤压迫神经。
• Fat constricts the blood vessels, making your circulation bad. 脂肪压缩血管，造成你的血液循环不畅。

6 bounty   

n.慷慨的赠予物，奖金；慷慨，大方；施与

参考例句：

• He is famous for his bounty to the poor.他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。
• We received a bounty from the government.我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。

7 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。