《唐顿庄园》精讲116 妥善安抚

Did Mr Napier get off all right?

奈皮尔先生动身时一切妥当吗

He did, My Lord.

是的 老爷

And poor Mr Pamuk has been taken care of?

不幸的帕努克先生的遗体也妥善处理了吗

We got Grassbys, from Thirsk, in the end.

最后找到了瑟斯克的格拉斯比殡仪馆

They're very good and they didn't mind coming out on a Sunday.

他们很不错 星期天还跑过来

Is everyone all right downstairs?

楼下的各位情绪如何

Well, you know.

您知道的

He was a handsome stranger from foreign parts one minute and the next, he was as dead as a doornail.

一位异域的英俊陌生人转眼间便客死他乡

It's bound to be a shock.

大家必定很震惊

Of course, upstairs or down. It's been horrid¹ for the ladies,

是啊 大家都吓坏了 小姐们也是

and for the female staff, I expect?

女佣们也是如此吧

It's particularly hard on the younger maids.

特别是年纪小的女仆

Indeed.Don't let the footman be too coarse in front of them.

的确 别让男仆们在她们面前乱说

Thomas likes to show off.

托马斯爱显摆

We must have a care for feminine sensibilities.

我们得考虑女士们的感受

They are finer and more fragile than our own.

她们比我们柔弱的多

1 horrid   

adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的

参考例句：

• I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
• The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。