唐顿庄园第一季第四集_10

 　　唐顿庄园第一季第四集_10

　　[INT. MRS HUGHES'S SITTING ROOM - EVENING]

　　MR CARSON

　　I've put out the Rundell candlesticks for dinner tonight.

　　[Mrs Hughes nods absentmindedly, concentrating on her thoughts.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Ah. I'm sorry, I'll come back later.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　No, stay, please. I've got something I'd like to talk to you about, if you've a minute.

　　[Mr Carson enters and closes the door and they sit opposite each other.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Before I first came here as head housemaid, I was walking out with a farmer. When I told him I'd taken a job at Downton, he asked me to marry him. I was a farmer's daughter from Argyle, so I knew the life. He was very nice. But then I came here and I—I did well, and I...I didn't want to give it up. So, I told him no, and he married someone else. She died three years ago, and last  month,  he  wrote  asking  to  see  me  again,  and  I  agreed,  because  all  this  time,  I've wondered.

　　MR CARSON

　　Go on.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　I met him the other night. We had dinner at the Grantham Arms and after, he took me to the fair.

　　MR CARSON

　　And he was horrible and fat and red-faced and you couldn't think what you ever saw in him?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　He was still a nice man. He is still a nice man. Well, he was a bit red-faced, and his suit was a little tight, but none of that matters. In the real ways, he hadn't changed.

　　MR CARSON

　　And he proposed again...and you accepted?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　In many ways, I wanted to accept. But I'm not that farm girl anymore. I was flattered¹, of course, but... I've changed, Mr Carson.

　　MR CARSON

　　Life's altered you, as it's altered me. And what would be the point of living if we didn't let life change us? You won't be leaving, then?

　　[Anna knocks and enters.]

　　ANNA

　　You better come. Mrs Patmore's on the rampage. She wants the key to the store cupboard, and you know how angry she gets she hasn't got one of her own.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Nor will she have. Not while I'm housekeeper² here. Leaving' When would I ever find the time.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　...I had to go cap in hand to Mary. It never stops!

　　[INT. DRAWING ROOM - EVENING]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Whatever is holding Sybil up?

　　LADY MARY

　　She was going on about her new frock.

　　[INT. LADY SYBIL'S BEDROOM - EVENING]

　　[Anna helps Sybil dress.]

　　[INT. DRAWING ROOM - EVENING]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　We'd better go in without her, or it's not fair on Mrs Patmore.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh, is her cooking so precisely³ timed? You couldn't tell.

　　[INT. LADY SYBIL'S BEDROOM - EVENING]

　　[Anna fetches Sybil's shoes.]

　　[INT. DRAWING ROOM - EVENING]

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　I think her food is delicious.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Naturally.

　　[INT. LADY SYBIL'S BEDROOM - EVENING]

　　[Sybil giggles⁴ and Anna fixes a cloth in her hair. Sybil shows off the complete look to Anna and Anna giggles.]

　　[INT. DRAWING ROOM - EVENING]

　　[Sybil rushes down the stairs and enters.]

　　LADY SYBIL

　　Good evening, everyone.

　　[Sybil shows off her new trouser frock. Everyone's jaws⁵ drop. Matthew grins⁶. Branson peeks⁷ in through the window and smiles.]

1 flattered   

过份夸奖的； 高兴的，感到荣幸的

参考例句：

• At the testimonial dinner everyone flattered him shamelessly. 在纪念筵席上大家都厚颜无耻地奉承他。
• They flattered themselves that they would win. 他们自信一定会赢。

2 housekeeper   

n.管理家务的主妇，女管家

参考例句：

• A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
• She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家，一家人吃得很省。

3 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

4 giggles   

n.咯咯的笑( giggle的名词复数 )；傻笑；玩笑；the giggles 止不住的格格笑v.咯咯地笑( giggle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Her nervous giggles annoyed me. 她神经质的傻笑把我惹火了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I had to rush to the loo to avoid an attack of hysterical giggles. 我不得不冲向卫生间，以免遭到别人的疯狂嘲笑。 来自辞典例句

5 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

6 grins   

v.露齿而笑( grin的第三人称单数 )；露齿笑着表示

参考例句：

• How can you teach a child who just grins stupidly at you all day? 如果一个孩子整天都冲着你傻笑，你怎么能教他呢？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The grins of his friends discomposed Jack when he tried to make his speech. 杰克想要进行演讲时，他的朋友们咧着嘴笑，这使得他心里很慌乱。 来自《用法词典》

7 peeks   

n.偷看，窥视( peek的名词复数 )v.很快地看( peek的第三人称单数 )；偷看；窥视；微露出

参考例句：

• A freckle-face blenny peeks from its reef burrow in the Solomon Islands. 奇特的海生物图片画廊。一只斑点面容粘鱼窥视从它的暗礁穴在所罗门群岛。 来自互联网
• She peeks at her neighbor from the curtain. 她从窗帘后面窥视她的邻居。 来自互联网