《唐顿庄园》精讲50 一切都是玩笑

Lady Mary Crawley.

Mary Crawley小姐到访

I do hope I'm not interrupting¹.

抱歉打断了你们的谈话

Lady Mary.

Mary小姐

Cousin Mary, please.

就叫Mary堂亲好了

Mama has sent me down to welcome you

妈妈遣我到此以表欢迎

and to ask you dine² with us tonight.

并邀请你们今晚到府上一同用餐

Unless you're too tired.

若二位不嫌旅途劳顿的话

We would be delighted.

荣幸前往

Good. Come at eight.

好极了 请八点准时到

Won't you stay and have some tea?

请八点准时到

Oh, no. You're far too busy. And I wouldn't want to push in.

不了 你们还有很多事要忙 我也不想强人所难

Lynch, I think we'll go back by the South Lodge³.

Lynch 沿南边的农舍返回

Very good, my lady.

好的 小姐

Lady Mary, I hope u didn't misunderstand me. I was only joking.

Mary小姐 恐怕这是个误会 我只是开玩笑

Of course. And I agree.

是啊 我也这么想

The whole thing is a complete joke.

这整件事就是个笑话

1 interrupting   

v.打断( interrupt的现在分词 )；暂停；中断；阻断

参考例句：

• You must break your bad habit of interrupting a speaker. 你必须改掉打断别人讲话的坏习惯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pardon me for interrupting. 对不起打断一下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dine   

vi.吃饭，进餐；vt.宴请

参考例句：

• I wish I could afford to dine off fresh meat every day.我要是能天天吃到新鲜的肉就好了。
• Let's dine out tonight，I'm too tired to cook.我太累了，不想做饭，今晚咱们到外面吃吧。

3 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。