纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 74机械的思维与被束缚的命运

Louis' mental state was hardly improved

当有人偷偷溜进他的寝宫

when somebody sneaked¹ into his private chamber²

留给他一件令人讨厌的礼物时

and left him an unwelcomed gift.

他的精神状况基本没有好转

A portrait of the execution of England's king Charles I.

那是幅处决英格兰国王查理一世的油画

Louis XVI was dominated by the life of Charles I,

路易十六被查理一世的命运深深影响了

who was his direct ancestor.

那是他的直系祖先

He knew, bit by bit, line by line, what happened to Charles.

他对查理一世的遭遇了解得很透彻

And so, people were able to scare him

因此 人们可以通过将这位国王的油画

by moving a portrait of the king into his private apartments.

搬到他的寝宫这种方式恐吓他

But Louis, who had a very sort of mechanical kind of mind, he said,

但路易思维很机械 他说:如果能避免

If I avoid the mistakes that Charles made, I won't be executed.

跟查理一样的错 我就不会被处决

He said, "Charles was executed"

他说 查理之所以被处决

Because he levied³ war on his own subjects.

因为他向他的臣民宣战

I'm not going to do that.

我不会这样做的

Louis recovered his composure and tried one last time

路易恢复了镇定 最后一次

to change the way his kingdom was taxed and governed.

尝试改变他的王国收税和统治的方式

He called an unprecedented⁴ meeting of all three estates

他召开了前所未有的三个阶级的共同会议

the nobility, the clergy⁵ and the Third Estate,

贵族 神职人员和

who represented the mass of the common people.

代表广大人民群众的第三阶级

1 sneaked   

v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 )；偷偷溜走；（儿童向成人）打小报告；告状

参考例句：

• I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
• She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。

2 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

3 levied   

征（兵）( levy的过去式和过去分词 )； 索取； 发动（战争）； 征税

参考例句：

• Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor. 向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多。
• Heavy fines were levied on motoring offenders. 违规驾车者会遭到重罚。

4 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

5 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。