唐顿庄园第二季第一集_14

　　唐顿庄园第二季第一集_14

　　[INT. LADY GRANTHAM'S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　[O'Brien prepares Cora's hair for bed.]

　　O'BRIEN

　　So, Lady Sybil got off all right in the end. I'm afraid we have toadmit, she knows what she wants.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Yes. She certainly does.

　　O'BRIEN

　　I don't suppose the war will leave any of us alone by the time it's done. I had a letter from Thomasthe other day. He writes that, when he thinks about how things used to be, it seems like a dream.Not much more than two years ago, but he says he might as well be a century.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　So you hear from Thomas? Is he well? Please give him my regards.

　　O'BRIEN

　　He's well enough, my lady. I don't think he'd mind coming home.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Oh, I wish he could, O'Brien.

　　[INT. LORD GRANTHAM'S DRESSING¹ ROOM - NIGHT] ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Of course, if Bates hadn't been so bloody² selfish, he would've let us plan for his departure properly.

　　MR CARSON

　　Your Lordship, I have information that I have no proper claim to.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Well, what is it?

　　MR CARSON

　　Well, if Your Lordship can assure me that you'll keep it to yourself.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM (sigh)

　　I promise, Carson. You can drop the last veil.

　　MR CARSON

　　Well, I feel it is only right to tell you that Mr Bates's leaving was not selfish. Quite the reverse.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Felt selfish to me. As for the wretched Anna, [?] with dishonest promises.

　　MR CARSON (clears throat)

　　Mr Bates left because, had he not done so, his wife was planning to engulf³ this house in scandal.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM (chuckles)

　　In scandal?

　　[Robert sees Carson's serious expression.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　What scandal?

　　MR CARSON

　　The point is, my lord, Mrs Bates would've made Downton notorious. The price of her silence washer husband's return.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　But I must know what story she was planning to tell.

　　MR CARSON

　　I'm sorry, my lord. I could not speak of it without injuring you and betraying myself. ROBERT,EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　But you are saying that Bates fell on his sword to protect the reputation of my family.

　　[Mr Carson nods.]

　　[INT. DRAWING ROOM - NIGHT]

　　[Ethel is dusting an electric plug by in the near dark. Carson is about to close the doors when hehears the rustling⁴ of her duster. He enters and checks on her.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Ethel, what are you doing?

　　ETHEL

　　Seeing to the plugs for the night.

　　MR CARSON

　　What?

　　ETHEL

　　Polishing the electric plugs and checking them for vapours.

　　MR CARSON

　　And why are you doing this?

　　ETHEL

　　Because you were too busy. She said you usually did it, but could I manage it tonight.

　　MR CARSON

　　And "she", I take it, would be Miss O'Brien.

　　[Mr Carson gives Ethel a look, revealing her naivety⁵.]

　　MR CARSON

　　Go to bed, Ethel. And next time she gives you an order, ask me first.

　　[INT. LADY GRANTHAM'S BEDROOM - NIGHT]

　　[Robert absentmindedly removes his robe, lost in thought.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Is anything the matter?

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Nothing. Except that today has shown me I am not only a worthless man, but also a bad

　　tempered and ungrateful one.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Well, we all know that.

　　[Robert lets out a puff⁶ of amusement.]

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　Can I help? I wonder how Sybil's feeling.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　The war's reaching its long fingers into Downton and scattering⁷ out chicks. But I'm glad we madepeace with Matthew.

　　CORA, COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I agree. Let us thank Sir Richard Carlisle for distracting Mary at just the right moment. By the way,she wants him to come and stay so we can all meet him.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　She wants us to invite a hawker of newspaper scandal to stay as a guest in this house? It's lucky Ihave a sense of irony⁸.

1 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。

2 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

3 engulf   

vt.吞没，吞食

参考例句：

• Floodwaters engulf a housing project in the Bajo Yuna community in central Dominican Republic.洪水吞没了多米尼加中部巴杰优那社区的一处在建的住房工程项目。
• If we are not strong enough to cover all the minds up,then they will engulf us,and we are in danger.如果我们不够坚强来抵挡大众的意念，就会有被他们吞没的危险。

4 rustling   

n. 瑟瑟声，沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的

参考例句：

• the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
• the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声

5 naivety   

n.天真，纯朴，幼稚

参考例句：

• Mozart's music is characterized by its naivety and clarity.莫扎特的音乐特色是纯朴兴清澈。
• She has lost none of her naivety.她丝毫没有失去那份天真烂漫。

6 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

7 scattering   

n.[物]散射；散乱，分散；在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的；分散在不同范围的；广泛扩散的；（选票）数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式)；散布；驱散

参考例句：

• The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。