《唐顿庄园》精讲31 贝茨没有大煞风景

Mary's settling him in.

Mary正安顿他呢

Cora, don't let Mary make a fool of herself.

Cora 别让Mary太过刻意

By the way, I'll be going up to London next week.

顺便说下 我下周要去伦敦

Do you want to open the house?

要把房间打点下吗

No, I'll just take Bates and stay at the club.

不用 我带Bates住俱乐部

I won't be more than a day or two.

最多一两天

I see.

好

Are things progressing?

事情有进展了

What things?

什么事情

It's just a regimental dinner.

我只是去参加部队的晚宴

It was a pity Bates spoiled the arrival this afternoon.

Bates毁了今天下午的接迎

He didn't spoil¹ anything. He fell over.

别这么说 他只是摔了一跤

It was so undignified. Carson hates that kind of thing.

有失体面 Carson最讨厌这个了

I don't care what Carson thinks.

我不在乎Carson怎么想

A message from the Dowager Countess, my Lady.

老夫人传话 夫人

She says she won't come to tea, but she'll join you for dinner.

她不来用茶了 但晚宴会到场

Look, Carson, I hope you weren't embarrassed this afternoon.

Carson 希望你别为下午的事忧心

I can assure² you the Duke very much appreciated his welcome.

公爵非常满意我们的接迎

I'm glad.

我的荣幸

Is Bates all right?

Bates没事吧

I think so, my Lord³.

没事 老爷

It must be so difficult for you, all the same.

也真是难为你了

1 spoil   

n.战利品，赃物，奖品，掠夺，次品；vt.损坏，破坏，溺爱；vi.腐坏，掠夺

参考例句：

• Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly,you'll spoil them.别把花束得这么紧，会弄坏的。
• Overacting will only spoil the effect.表演过火，效果反而不好。

2 assure   

vt.使确信；向…保证，使有保证

参考例句：

• The only ladder to assure success is to work hard.确保成功的惟一途径是刻苦努力。
• I assure you that she can be trusted to do the job.我担保她能做好这项工作。

3 lord   

n.上帝，主；主人，长官；君主，贵族

参考例句：

• I know the Lord will look after him.我知道上帝会眷顾他的。
• How good of the Lord not to level it beyond repair!上帝多么仁慈啊，竟没有让这所房子损毁得不可收拾！