《唐顿庄园》精讲130 聚焦玛丽小姐（在线收听）

How about some house parties?

庄园里办些聚会如何

She's been asked to one next month by Lady Anne Mcnair.

Anne Mcnair小姐已请她去参加下月的一个聚会

That's a terrible idea.

真是个馊主意

She doesn't know anyone under 100.

她认识的人都是些老古董

I might send her to visit my aunt.

我有意让她去看望我的姨妈

She could get to know New York.

顺便去纽约散散心

Oh, I don't think things are quite that desperate.

事情还未到这一步

Poor Mary. She's been terribly down in the mouth lately.

可怜的Mary 最近老是愁眉苦脸的

She was very upset by the death of poor Mr Pamuk.

Pamuk先生的死让她非常难过

Why? She didn't know him.

为什么 她又不认识他

One can't go to pieces at the death of every foreigner.

为了个外国人的暴毙便憔悴成那样

We'd all be in a state of collapse whenever we opened a newspaper.

那岂不是每天打开报纸都要崩溃

Oh, no. Of course, Mary's main difficulty is that her situation is unresolved.

当然了 Mary主要心烦的是她的问题还未解决

I mean, is she an heiress or isn't she?

那便是她到底能否继承家业

The entail's unbreakable. Mary cannot inherit.

限定继承牢不可破 Mary继承不了

No, what we need is a lawyer who's decent and honour-bound to look into it.

不 需要寻个正派名声好的律师仔细琢磨一下

I... I think...perhaps, I know just the man.

我想我刚好认识这样一个人