唐顿庄园第二季第一集_2

 　　唐顿庄园第二季第一集_2

　　[EXT. STREET - MORNING]

　　[Branson is teaching Lady Edith how to drive.]

　　LADY EDITH

　　I do think I'm getting better, don't you?

　　BRANSON

　　Up to a point, my lady. If you could just get the clutch right down to the floor.

　　LADY EDITH

　　But I am.

　　BRANSON

　　Not quite, my lady.

　　LADY EDITH

　　It doesn't seem to want to go.

　　BRANSON

　　I think it wants to if you ask it properly. That's better. You'll be putting me out of a job.

　　LADY EDITH

　　Won't the call up put you all out of your jobs?

　　BRANSON

　　I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

　　[INT. KITCHENS - MORNING]

　　WILLIAM

　　What are you giving them to eat?

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Not much. They know the money's for the hospital, so they can't expect Belshazzar's feast.

　　DAISY

　　I'll make some cheese straws. What's the matter with you?

　　WILLIAM

　　Nothing much. My dad still won't let me enlist¹.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Your father has no one but you, of course he doesn't want you to enlist. Who can argue with him?

　　WILLIAM

　　So I stand by while the lads on the farms and in the gardens go to war? Even Thomas is on the front in the medical corps².

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Ha! That'll come as a nasty shock.

　　WILLIAM

　　Oh, you can make fun of him, Mrs Patmore, but he's fighting for his king and country and I'm not.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Well, I daresay you won't have long to wait.

　　WILLIAM

　　Well, I hope you're right.

　　MRS PATMORE

　　Do you? Because I don't. I hope very much that I am wrong. --

　　[INT. LARGE PARLOUR - MORNING]

　　ISOBEL CRAWLEY

　　It's kind of you to let us have it here. They'll enjoy it so much more.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　And you can charge so much more for the tickets.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Good morning, Mama. This is very early for you to be up and about.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　War makes early risers of us all. I thought I would help with the flowers.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Basset has plenty, but...thank you.

　　[Cora exits.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　You don't mind my taking over the flowers, do you? Cora's flower always look more suite³ first communion in southern Italy. Well, what else have you planned for tonight's raffles⁴?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Anything we can think of that will raise money.

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Hot buttered toast with a countess, a tuppence a slice?

　　[INT. LIBRARY - MORNING]

　　[Ethel fluffs a pillow by tossing it in the air.]

　　ANNA

　　You drop the cushions on the floor to plump them up.

　　ETHEL

　　I know.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Ethel, are you settling in?

　　[Ethel drops a pillow on the floor.]

　　ETHEL

　　I would be if Anna would stop teaching me how to suck eggs. I was Head Housemaid in my last position.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　You were Senior Housemaid out of two in a much smaller house.

　　ANNA

　　Are they to be coming here tonight?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Only at the interval⁵, and keep them out of the drawing room. I thought Mr Bates would've been back by now, or he could've stood guard.

　　[Mrs Hughes and Anna smile.]

　　ETHEL

　　Who is this Mr Bates?

　　ANNA

　　He's Lordship's Valet. He's been in London because his mother died.

　　ETHEL

　　Well, everyone talks about him as if he were king.

　　ANNA

　　Do they? That's nice to hear.

　　[Violet enters.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Anna.

　　[Anna curtsies.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Help me do battle with this...monstrosity.

　　[Violet stares at the hideous⁶ flower arrangement on the table.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Looks like a creature from the Lost World.

　　[Violet starts pulling out flowers.]

　　[INT. MR CARSON'S OFFICE - MORNING]

　　[Mr Carson is polishing the silver set.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　You should let William do that.

　　MR CARSON

　　He's got enough on his hands getting the uniforms out of mothballs. Agh, I must remember to put Anna on alert for dinner tonight.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　You have to ease up a bit or you'll give yourself a heart attack. There's a war on. Things cannot be the same when there's a war on.

　　MR CARSON

　　I do not agree. Keeping up standards is the only way to show the Germans that they will not beat us in the end.

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Well, give me some warning the next time we're expecting Germans at Downton, I'll see what I can do.

1 enlist   

vt.谋取(支持等)，赢得；征募；vi.入伍

参考例句：

• They come here to enlist men for the army.他们来这儿是为了召兵。
• The conference will make further efforts to enlist the support of the international community for their just struggle. 会议必将进一步动员国际社会，支持他们的正义斗争。

2 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

3 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

4 raffles   

n.抽彩售物( raffle的名词复数 )v.以抽彩方式售（物）( raffle的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Elsa and I will buzz on to the Raffles bar. 埃尔莎和我继续往前去，到拉福尔旅馆的酒巴。 来自辞典例句
• Tudsbury rushed to the Raffles and dictated this hot story to Pamela. 塔茨伯利冲到拉福尔旅馆，对帕米拉口述了这个最新消息。 来自辞典例句

5 interval   

n.间隔，间距；幕间休息，中场休息

参考例句：

• The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
• There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone.隔了好久他才回了电话。

6 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。