《唐顿庄园》精讲04 太可怕的事情了

[Scene: Thomas hands Lady Sybil a tray with the post and she takes the letter before she enters.]

Sybil: Good morning, Papa.

早安，爸爸 。

Robert: Morning. What's that?

早安，这是什么？

Sybil: Just arrived. Telegram.

刚到的电报。

[Scene: Robert opens it while he continues to read the paper. Then he is stunned¹ by the telegram's contents. His daughters stare at him, waiting. He gets up from the table without a word.]

[Scene: Robert passes Miss O'Brien as he walks down the hall.]

Robert: Is her Ladyship awake?

夫人起来了吗？

O'Brien: Yes, my Lord. I'm just taking in her breakfast.

起来了，老爷，我正要服侍夫人用餐。

Robert: Thank you.

谢谢！

[Scene: Robert knocks on a door. There's a muffled² reply behind the door.]

Cora: Hello?

是谁？

Robert: May I come in?

可以进来吗?

[Scene: Robert enters. Cora is reading the Daily Sketch³.]

Cora: Isn't this terrible? When you think how excited Lucy Rothes was at the prospect⁴.

太可怕了！想想当时Lucy Rothes兴奋的样子。

It's too awful for any words. Did JJ Astor get off?

这可怕得简直无法形容！JJ Astor获救了吗？

Of course, his new wife is bound to have been rescued.

他的新婚妻子肯定得救了。

Robert: I've had a telegram from George Murray. One of his partners is in New York.

我已经收到George Murray寄来的电报，他的一个合伙人在纽约。

Cara: Yes?

怎样？

Robert: It seems James and Patrick were on board.

好像James和Patrick都在船上。

Cora: What? They can't have been, they weren't going over till May.

什么？他们不可能的！他们打算五月才动身。

Robert: Then they changed their plans. They're on the passenger list.

那么，他们是是改变主意了吧，但是乘客名单上有他们的名字。

[Scene: O'Brien brings the breakfast tray to Cora in bed.]

Cora: Thank you, O'Brien. That will be all for the moment.

谢谢，O'Brien，你先下去吧。

But...surely they were picked up?

他们肯定获救了吧？

Robert: Doesn't look like it.

看起来没有。

Cora: What?

什么？

[Scene: Cora puts her breakfast tray aside.]

Neither of them? You must tell Mary. She can't hear about it from anyone else.

一个都没有吗？你必须告诉Mary，这事只能由你来说。

[Scene: Robert nods.]

1 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

2 muffled   

adj.（声音）被隔的；听不太清的；（衣服）裹严的；蒙住的v.压抑，捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 )；用厚厚的衣帽包着（自己）

参考例句：

• muffled voices from the next room 从隔壁房间里传来的沉闷声音
• There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right. 在他们的右面什么地方有一声沉闷的爆炸声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sketch   

n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述

参考例句：

• My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
• I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。

4 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。