唐顿庄园第一季第七集_4

 　　唐顿庄园第一季第七集_4

　　[EXT. DOWNTON ABBEY, GROUNDS - DAY]

　　[Robert and Matthew walk together.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I want to say I'll make provision for you if it's a boy and you get pushed out.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Don't worry. I know you can't. If any man living understands the strength of the entail¹, it's me.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　I can give you Crawley House for life, if it's a help.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Have you heard from Mary?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　No. Have you?

　　[Matthew shakes his head.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　By the way, I want to ask a favour. What's the name of your cook? The one you brought with you from Manchester?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Mrs Bird?

　　[INT. KITCHENS - DAY]

　　DAISY

　　I'll get it, Mrs Patmore!

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Oh, don't fuss me!

　　WILLIAM

　　Is that everything.

　　DAISY

　　Yeah. How are you feeling?

　　WILLIAM

　　Well, most people's parents die before them, and so...

　　THOMAS

　　Oh, give it a rest. Your mother knew how to drag it out, I'll say that for her.

　　WILLIAM

　　What?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Thomas! Get up to the servery.

　　[Mrs Patmore drops a pot and shrieks², holding her hand in pain.]

　　MRS PATMORE

　　You gave me the wrong cloth!

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Sit down, Mrs Patmore.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　I can't sit down, I've got the luncheon³ to finish!

　　MRS HUGHES

　　It was not a suggestion. Sit!

　　[Mrs Patmore sits, nursing her hand.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Daisy and I will finish the luncheon.

　　[INT. CRAWLEY HOUSE - DAY]

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　So he'll give us this house for life, will he? How generous.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　It is generous. He doesn't have to. But it's made me think. You must stay here if you want, but I wonder if it mightn't be better all round if I went back to Manchester.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　It may not be a boy.

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Really, mother. You never approved of it all in the first place. If it is a boy, you should see it as a release, not a disappointment.

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　What does Mary say?

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Nothing yet.

　　[Molesley enters.]

　　MR MOLESLEY

　　You wanted to see Mrs Bird, sir.

　　[Mrs Bird enters.]

　　MATTHEW CRAWLEY

　　Yes, Mrs Bird, Lord Grantham has rather a favour to ask of you.

　　MRS BIRD

　　I'm surprised Lord Grantham knows that I exist, sir.

　　[Isobel laughs.]

　　[INT. LORD GRANTHAM'S DRESSING⁴ ROOM - DAY]

　　[Mr Carson knocks and enters with a letter while Bates is tending to Roberts wardrobe.]

　　MR CARSON

　　I'm sorry to disturb you.

　　MR BATES

　　Quite all right.

　　MR CARSON

　　Mr Bates, it's about your somewhat startling confession⁵. As you'll have surmised⁶, His Lordship has yet to come to a decision.

　　MR BATES

　　His delay is generous.

　　MR CARSON

　　However, it will be no surprise to you that Miss O'Brien has been unwilling⁷ to let things drop. It seems that, when we were in London, she made a new friend. A lady's maid in the house of a colonel in your former regiment⁸.

　　[Carson hands Bates the letter and Bates reads it.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Please tell me that this account is false, at least in part.

　　MR BATES

　　I wish I could.

　　MR CARSON

　　I'll have to show this to His Lordship.

　　MR BATES

　　Of course you will.

　　MR CARSON

　　I do not like to play the part of Pontius Pilate, but I'm afraid I must. Lord Grantham will decide what's to be done.

　　[Carson walks to the door.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Mr Bates... I hope you do not feel that I have treated you unjustly.

　　MR BATES

　　On the contrary, Mr Carson. I am astonished at your kindness.

　　[Carson exits.]

1 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。

2 shrieks   

n.尖叫声( shriek的名词复数 )v.尖叫( shriek的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• shrieks of fiendish laughter 恶魔般的尖笑声
• For years, from newspapers, broadcasts, the stages and at meetings, we had heard nothing but grandiloquent rhetoric delivered with shouts and shrieks that deafened the ears. 多少年来， 报纸上， 广播里， 舞台上， 会场上的声嘶力竭，装腔做态的高调搞得我们震耳欲聋。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 luncheon   

n.午宴，午餐，便宴

参考例句：

• We have luncheon at twelve o'clock.我们十二点钟用午餐。
• I have a luncheon engagement.我午饭有约。

4 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

5 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

6 surmised   

v.臆测，推断( surmise的过去式和过去分词 )；揣测；猜想

参考例句：

• From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument. 看他们的脸色，我猜想他们之间发生了争执。
• From his letter I surmised that he was unhappy. 我从他的信中推测他并不快乐。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

8 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。