纪录片《凡尔赛宫》 44书中自有颜如玉和黄金屋

Louis may have lost a war,

路易虽然吃了败仗

but he was still the absolute ruler of France.

但仍旧是法国至高无上的统治者

And when the criticism of him became too much to bear,

当对他的批判变得无法忍受时

he came up with a suitably absolutist response.

他开始了必要的专制对策

Even the first Encyclopaedia¹ in the French language,

即使是法语的第一百科全书

one of the great intellectual achievements of the age,

那个时代最伟大的智力成就

went on to the bonfire.

也被一把火烧成灰烬

Unfortunately, Louis XV was, by nature,

很不幸 路易十五本性多疑

suspicious of anything he saw as unorthodox,

眼里揉不下任何沙子

and as a consequence,

结果就是

he just didn't associate himself

他与法国洋溢着的

with this great outpouring of French culture and knowledge.

文化和知识氛围格格不入

Louis was still close to Madame Pompadour,

路易仍然与蓬帕杜夫人很亲密

who tried to change his mind.

而她也试图让他改变心意

At a dinner party one evening in Versailles,

一晚在凡尔赛共进晚宴的时候

a Duke said, "What is gunpowder² made of?"

有个公爵说 "火药是怎么造成的"

And Madame de Pompadour seized the moment, and said,

蓬帕杜夫人抓住机会说道

It's true, we don't know what gunpowder is.

真的 我们还不知道火药怎么做的呢

What a pity it is that your Majesty³, in his wisdom,

陛下 百科全书充满着智慧

You've banned the encyclopaedia,

而您禁止了它 多遗憾啊

Otherwise we could have looked in the encyclopaedia

否则我们还可以从书中找出

And found out what gunpowder is constituted from.

火药的成分

So, they sent for a copy of the banned encyclopaedia,

因此他们把被禁的百科全书送了过来

which, of course, the King had in his private library,

当然了 国王的私人图书管还有库藏

and they spent the rest of the evening reading articles

晚宴过后整晚他们都在看百科全书中的

from the encyclopaedia,

相关文章

and of course, he was intrigued⁴ by this,

毫无疑问 他被迷住了

and this was supposed to be

这也是此书重新

one of the reasons why he had it reinstated.

开始流通的原因之一

1 encyclopaedia   

n.百科全书

参考例句：

• An encyclopaedia contains a lot of knowledge.百科全书包含很多知识。
• This is an encyclopaedia of philosophy.这是本哲学百科全书。

2 gunpowder   

n.火药

参考例句：

• Gunpowder was introduced into Europe during the first half of the 14th century.在14世纪上半叶，火药传入欧洲。
• This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.这是一篇充满火药味的声明。

3 majesty   

n.雄伟，壮丽，庄严，威严；最高权威，王权

参考例句：

• The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
• Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下，您必须赶快做出决定！

4 intrigued   

adj.好奇的，被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式)；激起…的兴趣或好奇心；“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
• He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。