【跟着英剧练发音】Downton abby S01

 -When you made your offer, I thought you might be a great lady nurse and faint at the sight of blood, but I see you're made of sterner stuff. 

-It's definitely the heart. It's almost too quiet to hear at all. 

-I'm afraid so. 

-I've been thinking about the treatments that are available. Considerable success has been achieved over the last few years by draining the pericardial sac of  the excess fluid and administering adrenaline. 

-Mrs. Crawley, I appreciate your thoroughness. 

-But you're unwilling¹ to try it? 

-Injection of adrenaline is a comparatively new procedure. 

-It's a while ago now, but I saw my husband do it. I know how.

模仿片段：

-Please, Mrs Crawley, don't-- don't force me to be uncivil. We would be setting an impossible precedent² when every villager could--could demand the latest fad³ in treatment for each new cut and graze. 

-I would remind you that we're not talking of a cut or a graze, but the loss of a man's life and the ruin of his family. 

-Of course, but I beg you to see that it is not reasonable.

1 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

2 precedent   

n.先例，前例；惯例；adj.在前的，在先的

参考例句：

• Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?你要我做的事有前例可援吗？
• This is a wonderful achievement without precedent in Chinese history.这是中国历史上亘古未有的奇绩。

3 fad   

n.时尚；一时流行的狂热；一时的爱好

参考例句：

• His interest in photography is only a passing fad.他对摄影的兴趣只是一时的爱好罢了。
• A hot business opportunity is based on a long-term trend not a short-lived fad.一个热门的商机指的是长期的趋势而非一时的流行。