唐顿庄园第二季第七集_10

 　　唐顿庄园第二季第七集_10

　　[INT. DRAWING ROOM - EVENING]

　　LADY EDITH

　　Will it be April or May?

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　I should steer¹ clear of May. Marry in May, rue² the day.

　　LAVINIA

　　I think it‘s April. Matthew should be walking normally by then.

　　LADY EDITH

　　Spring weddings are the prettiest of all.

　　[Across the room.]

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　All this talk of weddings is making me impatient.

　　LADY MARY

　　I don‘t think we can go into competition with Matthew and Lavinia, do you?

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　After them, in the summer, let‘s settle it before I return to London. You must be looking forward to travelling again. I know I am.

　　LADY MARY

　　Very well, the end of July. Then we can be out of England for August.

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　You don‘t sound very excited.

　　LADY MARY

　　To quote you, ―That‘s not who we are.‖ And there‘s something I‘ve been meaning to ask you.

　　[Matthew wheels himself into the room.]

　　LADY EDITH

　　Hail to the hero.

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Ah, here we are.

　　LADY MARY

　　Why did you try to bribe³ Anna?

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　She told you, did she?

　　LADY MARY

　　She didn‘t. Not me. But why did you do it?

　　[Matthew stops by the fireplace and Lavinia asks him if he wants help getting up with a look. Matthew holds out a hand. He‘ll do it himself.]

　　LADY MARY

　　Next time if you want to know anything, just ask me.

　　[Matthew stands up.]

　　ROBERT, EARL OF GRANTHAM

　　Well done.

　　[They applaud.]

　　SIR RICHARD CARLISLE

　　All right, then. I will. Once and for all, are you still in love with Matthew Crawley?

　　LADY MARY

　　Of course not. Would I ever admit to loving a man who preferred someone else over me?

　　[Mary walks away and sits down next to Violet.]

　　VIOLET, DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM

　　...find it rather a chore these days.

　　LADY MARY

　　Where‘s Sybil?

　　LADY EDITH

　　She‘s not feeling well. She told Anna she wouldn‘t be down for dinner.

　　[INT. SERVANTS' HALL - EVENING]

　　ANNA

　　What is it?

　　MR BATES

　　I heard from my lawyer today. Apparently⁴ Vera wrote to a friend just before my last visit.

　　ANNA

　　Why are they telling you now?

　　MR BATES

　　It was only delivered a few days ago.

　　ANNA

　　Do you know what the letter says?

　　MR BATES

　　They send me a copy.

　　[Bates pulls it out of his jacket pocket and hands it to Anna. She opens it.]

　　ANNA

　　"John has written he's coming here tonight. His words sound as angry as I've ever heard him, and you know how angry that is. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm afraid for my life." But what did you write to her?

　　[Bates waits for a servant to pass by.]

　　MR BATES

　　I said I was coming that evening, that I meant to have it out with her. Now, I may have said she

　　was being unreasonable⁵, but so she was.

　　ANNA

　　Will it change anything?

　　MR BATES

　　Well, think about it. Before Vera's death, she had taken all my money and she had wrecked⁶ the divorce. Now as her widower⁷, I inherit everything and we can marry whenever we like.

　　[Mrs Hughes descends⁸ the stairs.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Anna, they're going in.

　　[Anna gives Bates the letter and heads upstairs.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　You look as if you got the cares of the world on your shoulders.

　　MR BATES

　　Not the whole world, Mrs Hughes, but quite enough of it.

　　[INT. LADY SYBIL'S BEDROOM CORRIDOR, NIGHT]

　　[Mary knocks on Sybil's door.]

　　LADY MARY

　　Sybil?

　　[Mary tries the door knob, but it's locked.]

　　LADY MARY

　　Sybil, I just want to say goodnight.

　　[Mary knocks again with no response, then hurries off with a furrowed⁹ brow.]

　　[INT. MRS HUGHES'S SITTING ROOM - NIGHT]

　　ANNA

　　Mrs Hughes, can I borrow the duplicate keys for upstairs?

　　MRS HUGHES

　　Why?

　　ANNA

　　Lady Mary says one of the bathroom keys isn't working. She thinks it must've got swapped¹⁰.

　　[Mrs Hughes shakes her head with a sigh.]

　　MRS HUGHES

　　I'll come.

　　ANNA

　　Oh, no, there's no need. I'll bring it back in a jiffy. You've done enough for one day.

1 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。

2 rue   

n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔

参考例句：

• You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
• You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。

3 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 unreasonable   

adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的

参考例句：

• I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
• They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。

6 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

7 widower   

n.鳏夫

参考例句：

• George was a widower with six young children.乔治是个带著六个小孩子的鳏夫。
• Having been a widower for many years,he finally decided to marry again.丧偶多年后，他终于决定二婚了。

8 descends   

v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜

参考例句：

• This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 furrowed   

v.犁田，开沟( furrow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Overhead hung a summer sky furrowed with the rash of rockets. 头顶上的夏日夜空纵横着急疾而过的焰火。 来自辞典例句
• The car furrowed the loose sand as it crossed the desert. 车子横过沙漠，在松软的沙土上犁出了一道车辙。 来自辞典例句

10 swapped   

交换（工作）( swap的过去式和过去分词 )； 用…替换，把…换成，掉换（过来）

参考例句：

• I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swapped. 我喜欢她的外套，她喜欢我的外套，于是我们就交换了。
• At half-time the manager swapped some of the players around. 经理在半场时把几名队员换下了场。