《唐顿庄园》精讲63 不开心的晚餐

I'm changing round the dessert services.

甜点的餐具要换

We're missing a sugar sifter¹. I know I put three out.

少了一个糖罐 我记得拿了三个出来

I was talking to Anna earlier.

我刚才跟Anna谈话来着

Why? What's she been saying?

怎么 她说了什么

Whatever's the matter?

你这么紧张干什么

What did Anna say?

Anna到底说了什么

Only that she thinks Thomas is bullying² William.

她说Thomas在欺负William 无其他

Ah. Yes, she may have a point.

这样啊 她可能是对的

I'll keep an eye out.

我会注意的

Here it is.

找到了

I've been studying the story of Andromeda. Do you know it?

我最近在看<安德洛墨达> 你读过吗

<安德洛墨达><安德洛墨达><安德洛墨达><安德洛墨达><安德洛墨达><安德洛墨达><安德洛墨达>

Why?

怎么说

Her father was King Cepheus,

她的父亲是克普斯国王

whose country was being ravaged³ by storms.

他的国家一直遭受风暴肆虐

And in the end, he decided⁴ the only way to appease⁵ the gods

最后 他只好将长女奉献给丑陋的海怪

was to sacrifice his eldest⁶ daughter to a hideous⁷ sea monster.

以此来祈求神的眷顾 平息风暴

So they chained her naked to a rock.

公主全裸着被拴在岩石上

Really, Mary!We'll all need our smelling salts in a minute.

Mary 再说下去 我们就要全晕过去了

But the sea monster didn't get her, did he? No.

但海怪没有得到她 是吗 对

Just when it seemed he was the only solution to her father's problems,

就在她父亲认为这是唯一的选择时

she was rescued.

她被救了

By Perseus.

珀尔修斯救了她

That's right.

没错

Perseus. Son of a god.Rather more fitting, wouldn't you say?

珀尔修斯 宙斯之子 更加相配 你说呢

That depends. I'd have to know more about the princess and the sea monster in question.

难说 要看是否相配 还要多了解下那位公主以及海怪

1 sifter   

n.（用于筛撒粉状食物的）筛具，撒粉器；滤器；罗圈；罗

参考例句：

• She sifted thistles through her thistle-sifter. 她用蓟筛筛蓟。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This paper deals with a nitempering process of sifter mesh. 研究了一种筛片的软氮化工艺。 来自互联网

2 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ravaged   

毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫

参考例句：

• a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
• The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 appease   

v.安抚，缓和，平息，满足

参考例句：

• He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
• The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。

6 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。

7 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。