【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 8

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E - Edward Wannop

P - Bobbie Pelham

S - Sylvia Satterthwaite

V - Valentine Wannop

W - Mrs. Wannop

 

S: Of course, he wants to make me suffer. What man wouldn't? I will make him realise his failure by living with him in perfect good humour. And then one day, after a whisky or two... He must want to, sometimes.

P: Why, you're soppy about him! 

E: Can somebody tell me why I'm here, watching the ruling class in its death throes?

W: Where else would you be?

E: I would be at a lecture on "Imperialism¹: the Last Stage of Capitalism²" at the Working Men's College in Camberwell.

W: Well, since you're here, why don't you introduce us to your friends?

E: Because both my friends are at the lecture.

V: Perhaps you should go up to the Working Men's College in Camberwell in September instead of Oxford³.

E: Some of us are working to destroy the citadels⁴ of privilege from within.

W: Well, that's lucky for some of us.

1 imperialism   

n.帝国主义，帝国主义政策

参考例句：

• They held the imperialism in contempt.他们鄙视帝国主义。
• Imperialism has not been able to subjugate China.帝国主义不能征服中国。

2 capitalism   

n.资本主义

参考例句：

• The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
• Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。

3 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

4 citadels   

n.城堡，堡垒( citadel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• citadels of private economic power 私人经济力量的堡垒
• They once were icons of integrity, citadels of civilization, bastions of benevolence. 大学曾经是正直的象征，文明的堡垒，仁爱的捍卫者阵地。 来自互联网