【跟着英剧练发音】The Paradise S01E03-C

 文本：

Moray: Allow me to introduce Mr Peter Adler. Peter, Miss Katherine Glendenning. I see you have already met my other guest.

Katherine: Oh, he is quite the most beautiful thing.

Peter: A heart breaker, in the lair¹ of shameless opportunist.

Moray: Oh, come on, Adler! This is an opportunity that may serve us both.

Peter: Poor Miss Glendenning must be wondering what devilish pact² we have in hand. I am the patron of a Foundling Home, Miss Glendenning. Moray is hoping we will be able to find room for his unexpected guest.

Moray: Though not quite yet. I want him in my store a day or two longer.

Katherine: A baby? Here? Moray, what can you be thinking of?

Moray: The publicity³.

1 lair   

n.野兽的巢穴；躲藏处

参考例句：

• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• I retired to my lair,and wrote some letters.我回到自己的躲藏处，写了几封信。

2 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

3 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。