【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语745期

 Miss G: Now, a story about Africa, I think. The last remains¹ of First Mate. Mr Riley I believe his name was. He died in a mandrake swamp on the way to the Congo French. 

Rosie: Poor Mr Riley.

Miss G: We were touring in a steamer, but he wanted to take a canoe and explore deeper into the lagoon². A fascinating persuit, but a pleasure to be indulged with caution, for you are certain to come across crocodiles. Taken, he was, right out of canoe. It was a case of "here one minute, gone the next". Foolish man. Probably spent his last months wondering why, having reached the point of folly³..

Fiamma: he need have gilded⁴ the lily by fooling around in mangrove⁵ swamps.

Miss G: Yuo must have heard tell this one before.

Fiamma: I believe I must.

Miss G: Nevertheless, we..we pushed on towards the Ogowe River, plagued by mandrake flies. The stench of the swamp..

Fiamma: Fairy tales, like all her stories.

Di: Miss G has risked it all. She's fearless and true and example to everyone of us.

Fiamma: I think you'll find Mary Kingsley risked it all in 1897. A bestseller, I think.

It was certain translated into Spanish.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 lagoon   

n.泻湖，咸水湖

参考例句：

• The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。
• This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。

3 folly   

n.愚笨，愚蠢，蠢事，蠢行，傻话

参考例句：

• Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
• Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。

4 gilded   

a.镀金的，富有的

参考例句：

• The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
• "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们，这只不过是些镀金的铅饼！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

5 mangrove   

n.(植物)红树，红树林

参考例句：

• It is the world's largest tidal mangrove forest.它是世界上最大的红树林沼泽地。
• Many consider this the most beautiful mangrove forest in all Thailand.许多人认为这里是全泰国最美丽的红树林了。