《唐顿庄园》精讲26 热闹的午餐时分

Dinner is served, my Lady.

晚餐好了 夫人

Does anyone else keep dreaming about the Titanic¹? I can't get it out of my mind.

还有人一直梦到泰坦尼克吗 我脑子里全是它

Not again. Give it a rest. Daisy, it's time to let it go.

又来了 消停会吧 Daisy 别再想了

But all the people, freezing to death in the midnight, icy water.

但那么多人大半夜被冻死在冰冷的水里

Oh, you sound like a penny dreadful².

这话听起来阴森森的

I expect you saw worse things in South Africa, eh, Mr Bates?

你在南非应该见过更惨的事吧 Bates先生

Not worse, but...pretty bad.

说不上更惨 但也很糟糕

Did you enjoy the war?

你喜欢战争吗

I don't think anyone enjoys war, but there are some good memories too.

我想没人喜欢战争 但也有些美好的记忆

I'm sure there are.

我想也是

Mr Bates, could you hand me that tray³?

Bates先生 能把托盘递给我吗

Blast⁴!

真要命

I'll do it.

我来吧

The ladies are out.

女士们都用好餐了

We've given them coffee and his Lordship's taken his port to the library.

咖啡上过了 老爷去藏书室了

Anna, Gwen, go up and help clear away.

Anna Gwen 上去帮忙清理餐具

Daisy, tell Mrs Patmore we'll eat in 15 minutes.

Daisy 去告诉Patmore夫人我们十五分钟后开饭

I keep forgetting. This goes next door or back to the kitchen?

我总忘 这是放隔壁 还是拿回厨房

Those go back, but the dessert service and all the glasses stay in the upstairs pantry.

厨房 甜点盘还有玻璃杯放楼上的餐具室

Put it on here.

放下吧

What is it?

怎么样

Her Ladyship's told him she thinks Mr Bates ought to go.

夫人让他辞了Bates先生

She said to me, if only his Lordship had been content with Thomas.

她跟我说Thomas不是干得挺好的

Did she really? What are you doing up here?

她真这么说 你上来干什么

It's a free country. Well, I'm going for my dinner. You two can stay here...plotting.

你没权利管我 我去吃晚餐了 你们继续打小算盘吧

1 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

2 dreadful   

adj.糟透了的，极端的，可怕的，令人畏惧的

参考例句：

• I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
• I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。

3 tray   

n.盘，托盘，碟

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• A waitress came in,carrying tea on a tray.一名女侍者走进来，手端放着茶的托盘。

4 blast   

v.炸毁，摧毁；n.爆炸，爆破，一阵，汽笛声

参考例句：

• A huge bomb blast rocked central London last night.昨晚一次剧烈的炸弹爆炸震动了伦敦市中心。
• Not until last week was the project in full blast.工程直到上星期才全部开工。