【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E02 - 22

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V – Valentine Wannop

E – Edith Duchemin

C – Christopher Tietjens

G – General Campion

S – Sylvia Tietjens

 

V: I'm sorry. Oh... I'm so pointless. Everything's... Everything is so horrible. Beastliness everywhere and I live like an ant, but I thought at least there was you, living for love. Someone rising clear above the muck for me, reaching for beautiful things, loving and... being loved. And now there's no-one left... and nothing.

C: Christopher Tietjens to see General Campion.

G:After which, the adjutant will stand the battalion¹ at ease and the band will play Land of Hope and Glory. Sit down, Chrissie, you damned fool. Then the adjutant will call out... "There will be no more parades" and "Fall out" and so on. Try that on them.

G: I'm supposed to invent a ceremonial for disbanding the Kitchener battalions².

C: Disbanding?

G: Don't want them clogging³ up the army when the war is over. So don't hitch⁴ your wagon⁵ to me if you want to see some fighting, you can see where my opinions have got me.

C: The single command business? That's what did for me at the office.

G: But what the hell has it got to do with you? And now you think you'll be some use as a soldier! Have you told Sylvia?

C: Not yet. She'll say the same thing as you, I suppose.

S: Well, I think you're a fool!

1 battalion   

n.营；部队；大队(的人)

参考例句：

• The town was garrisoned by a battalion.该镇由一营士兵驻守。
• At the end of the drill parade,the battalion fell out.操练之后，队伍解散了。

2 battalions   

n.（陆军的）一营（大约有一千兵士）( battalion的名词复数 )；协同作战的部队；军队；（组织在一起工作的）队伍

参考例句：

• God is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 上帝总是帮助强者。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Two battalions were disposed for an attack on the air base. 配置两个营的兵力进攻空军基地。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 clogging   

堵塞，闭合

参考例句：

• This process suffers mainly from clogging the membrane. 这种过程的主要问题是滤膜的堵塞。
• And you know that eyewitness that's been clogging up the airwaves? 你知道那个充斥着电视广播的目击证人？

4 hitch   

v.免费搭(车旅行)；系住；急提；n.故障；急拉

参考例句：

• They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程，最后决定搭便车。
• All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。

5 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。