《唐頓莊園》05 新男仆的到來

[A man walks with a cane and a travel bag.]

[O'Brien holds a white cloth as she talks to Anna and Gwen as the house maids make the bed.]

O'Brien: Neither were picked up. That's what he said.

他們都沒獲救 老爺是這么說的

Anna: Mr Crawley and Mr Patrick?

Crawley先生和Patrick先生嗎

O'Brien: That's what he said.

他是這樣說的

Her Ladyship was the color of this cloth.

夫人的臉色比這布還白

Gwen: Well, it's a terrible shame if it's true.

要是真的就太糟糕了

O'Brien: It's worse than a shame. It's a complication.

何止糟糕 簡(jiǎn)直亂套了

[O'Brien leaves. Gwen and Anna follow O'Brien down the servants' staircase.]

Gwen: What do you mean?

什么意思

O'Brien: What do you think?

你說呢

Mr Crawley was his Lordship's cousin and heir to the title.

Crawley先生是老爺?shù)奶眯?爵位的繼承人

Gwen: I thought Lady Mary was the heir.

繼承人不是Mary小姐嗎

She's a girl, stupid. Girls can't inherit.

她是個(gè)姑娘 傻丫頭 女兒家沒有繼承權(quán)

But now Mr Crawley's dead, and Mr Patrick was his only son.

現(xiàn)在Crawley先生死了 Patrick先生又是他的獨(dú)子

So what happens next?

接下來怎么辦

Anna: It's a dreadful thing.

真是個(gè)麻煩事

[The maids find Mr Bates standing in the servants' corridor with his cane and travel bag.]

Bates: Hello? I've been waiting at the back door... I knocked, but no-one came.

你們好 我一直在后門等 敲了門卻沒人應(yīng)

O'Brien: So you pushed in?

所以 你就闖進(jìn)來了

Bates: I'm John Bates, the new valet.

我是John Bates 新來的貼身男仆

O'Brien: The new valet?

是嗎

Bates: That's right.

正是

[O'Brien looks down at Bates's cane.]

O'Brien: You're early. Came on the milk train.

來得真早 搭頭班車來的

Bates: Thought I'd get to know the place, start tonight.

先熟悉下環(huán)境 今晚便可開工

Anna: I'm Anna, the head housemaid.

我是Anna 女仆領(lǐng)班

Bates: How do you do?

你好

O'Brien And I'm Miss O'Brien, her Ladyship's maid.

我是O'Brien 夫人的女仆

You'd better come along with us.

跟我們來吧

情景模式：

1. 情景：你的同學(xué)上著體育課，突然倒在地上，臉色蒼白，這時(shí)候，你可以用下面這句話來描述：

Sb. is the color of a white cloth.

源于臺(tái)詞：Her Ladyship was the color of this cloth.

2. 情景：你的同學(xué)偷了其他同學(xué)的單車，老師知道后老師在班上批評(píng)了他，這樣你的同學(xué)已經(jīng)恥辱了，但是他拒不承認(rèn)的態(tài)度使得老師非常氣憤，決定向政教處匯報(bào)將在晨會(huì)上在全校點(diǎn)名批評(píng)，這時(shí)候，你可以用這句話形容你的同學(xué)的情況：

It is worse than...(表示后面發(fā)生的事情比前面發(fā)生的事情更嚴(yán)重)

源于臺(tái)詞：It's worse than a shame.

3. 情景：表示一個(gè)人來得很早，就這么簡(jiǎn)單地說：

You're early.