唐顿庄园第一季第二集_6

 　　唐顿庄园第一季第二集_6

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, FRONT WALK - NIGHT]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I'm sorry Mary was rather sharp this evening.

　　[Matthew chuckles².]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I doubt Cousin Mary and I are destined³ to be close friends.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Mmph.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I don't blame her. Her father's home and her fortune are to be passed to me. It's very harsh.

　　[A thought strikes Violet.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　What would you say if the entail⁴ was set aside in Mary's favour?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　I should try to accept it with as good a grace as I could muster⁵.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Would you?

　　[Violet steps towards the motorcar.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh. Well, good evening Taylor.

　　TAYLOR

　　Good evening, milady.

　　[Taylor holds the door open for Violet.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Thank you.

　　[INT. SILVER ROOM - NIGHT]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　I'll say goodnight, Mr Carson.

　　[Carson holds a candelabra.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Look at that scratch. We'll have to get that sorted out when they're up in London.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　You can hardly see it.

　　MR CARSON

　　Well, I'll know it's there.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Are you all right now? Only, you seemed a little upset earlier.

　　MR CARSON

　　Y-- er, I'm sorry about that. I'm just, erm...a bit tired.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　And no wonder. Did the dinner go well?

　　MR CARSON

　　Er, well enough. But they won't make a match between them, if that's what they're thinking.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Lady Mary doesn't like him?

　　MR CARSON

　　And why should she like the man she's been passed over for? And why has she been? That's what I'd like to

　　know.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　It's the law.

　　MR CARSON

　　Well, it's a wicked law.

　　[Carson closes the silver cabinet.]

　　[EXT. COURTYARD - DAY]

　　[Thomas is fixing a clock.]

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Why does Mr Carson let you do that?

　　THOMAS

　　Because my dad was a clockmaker.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Did you really ask him for the job with the Crawleys?

　　THOMAS

　　I'm sick of being a footman.

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　I'd rather be a footman than wait on someone who ought to be a footman himself.

　　THOMAS

　　Well, Mr Carson shouldn't have told Bates. How are things with Lady G?

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　Same as usual.

　　THOMAS

　　\"Yes, milady. No, milady. Three bags full\"?

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　I'd like to give her three bags full. Preferably on a dark night.

　　THOMAS

　　Will you hand in your notice?

　　MISS O'BRIEN

　　And let her ruin me with a nasty reference? Oh, I think not.

　　[INT. THE DOWER HOUSE - DAY]

　　DR CLARKSON

　　I don't want to exaggerate. She's been...very generous in many ways.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Generous? To instruct you in your own practice?

　　DR CLARKSON

　　Well, she may even have a point. But i--it does not seem to me realistic.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Well, nor is it. Put an end to her meddling⁶. I am your president and I say, \"Get rid of her.\"

　　DR CLARKSON

　　Will that not be awkward? I gather she's planning to stay in the village for the foreseeable

　　future.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　No one can foresee the future, Doctor. Not you, not I, and certainly not Mrs Crawley.

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, GROUNDS - DAY]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　You do not love the place yet.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Well, obviously it's--

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　No, you don't love it. You see a million bricks that may crumble⁷, a thousand gutters⁸ and pipes that may

　　block and leak, and stone that will crack in the frost.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　But you don't?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I see my life's work.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Was it ever in danger?

　　[Robert chuckles.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Many times. It's my dear papa who thought the balloon would go up in the 1880s

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　What saved it?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Cora.

　　[INT. SERVANTS' HALL - DAY]

　　[Bates enters to find Anna sitting alone.]

　　MR BATES

　　Where is everyone?

　　ANNA

　　They've gone down to the village. Some travelling salesman set up at the pub for the afternoon.

　　MR BATES

　　Alone at last. We shouldn't be without both footmen. Does Mr Carson know?

　　ANNA

　　Mrs Hughes does. She's gone with them. They won't be long.

　　MR BATES

　　So, you see to the girls and you're supposed to be head housemaid. You should put in for a raise.

　　ANNA

　　What do you mean, \"supposed to be\"?

　　[The smile and chuckle¹. The front door bell rings.]

　　MR BATES

　　I said they shouldn't have let both footmen go.

　　ANNA

　　Well, you'll have to answer it. Mr Carson wouldn't like a maid answering the front door.

1 chuckle   

vi.／n.轻声笑，咯咯笑

参考例句：

• He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
• I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个，我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。

2 chuckles   

轻声地笑( chuckle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Father always chuckles when he reads the funny papers. 父亲在读幽默报纸时总是低声发笑。
• [Chuckles] You thought he was being poisoned by hemlock? 你觉得他中的会是芹叶钩吻毒吗？

3 destined   

adj.命中注定的；(for)以…为目的地的

参考例句：

• It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
• The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。

4 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。

5 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

6 meddling   

v.干涉，干预（他人事务）( meddle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He denounced all "meddling" attempts to promote a negotiation. 他斥责了一切“干预”促成谈判的企图。 来自辞典例句
• They liked this field because it was never visited by meddling strangers. 她们喜欢这块田野，因为好事的陌生人从来不到那里去。 来自辞典例句

7 crumble   

vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁

参考例句：

• Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

8 gutters   

（路边）排水沟( gutter的名词复数 )； 阴沟； （屋顶的）天沟； 贫贱的境地

参考例句：

• Gutters lead the water into the ditch. 排水沟把水排到这条水沟里。
• They were born, they grew up in the gutters. 他们生了下来，以后就在街头长大。