【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 6

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C- Christopher Tietjens

S- Sylvia Satterthwaite

--: By God, she looks like a...

--: Yes, sir.

--: It doesn't do, stealing the show from her mother-in-law!

S: The cedar¹ will have to come down before it knocks over the house.

C: Father would sooner take down the house. Young men and maidens² have made their marriage vows³ under the Groby Tree for longer than memory.

S: If Mark won't do it, it'll have to wait for Michael, then.

C: Michael, I want you to meet a new friend. Clio. Don't be frightened. Come and say hello. There, you see? He won't bite.

1 cedar   

n.雪松，香柏(木)

参考例句：

• The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
• She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。

2 maidens   

处女( maiden的名词复数 )； 少女； 未婚女子； （板球运动）未得分的一轮投球

参考例句：

• stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
• Transplantation is not always successful in the matter of flowers or maidens. 花儿移栽往往并不成功，少女们换了环境也是如此。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。