Chapter 12 of 18 · 2'18"
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当明星哭你该怎么劝
Downton Abbey: A New Era · 2022
CEFR B2IELTS 6.0BedroomCourage雅思
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingMyrna has locked herself upstairs. Barber cannot finish the picture without her, but she will not come down. Lady Mary sends the maids in. Behind the door, Myrna names the real fear: talkies. Since The Jazz Singer, a sword has hung over her career. Daisy refuses the glamour act and tells her to dust herself off; Anna remembers a sister lost to the Spanish flu in 1919. The scene turns a star's panic into a servants' pep talk.
默
Myrna Dalgleishsilent-film star
黛
Daisykitchen maid
安
Annalady's maid
巴
Mr. Barberfilm director
玛
Lady Marylady of Downton
Chapters
18 parts · AI-cut01The Inherited French Villa意外遗产怎么跟家人说C13'45"02A Film at Downton要不要把家借给剧组C11'50"03Hollywood Stars Arrive明星上门该怎么介绍B21'40"04Dinner with Film Stars客人太直白你会怎么圆B21'46"05Awkward Villa Dinner来抢别人的别墅C11'44"06Fortune on the Terrace好运来了却藏着心事C11'56"07The Talkie Accent Crisis无声片突然要开口说话B23'15"08Molesley Writes the Ending把烂结局改成真爱B22'03"09Marriage Is a Novel被问婚姻出没出问题B21'38"10Cora Reveals Her Illness病要瞒到旅行结束吗B21'35"11Myrna Walks Off Set被换声你会不会当场摔门B22'23"12Maids Talk Her Down当明星哭你该怎么劝B22'18"13Violet and Tom Part过了意外才叫过日子B21'59"14A Hollywood Job Offer邀请人一起远走B22'13"15May I Kiss You想要不等于就能要B21'35"16Violet Tells the Truth把藏了六十年的爱说清C14'07"17Molesley Finally Proposes有钱了才敢开口求婚吗B21'46"18Violet's Last Goodbyes临走前把该说的说完C11'45"
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00:02
Myrna, darling, please come down.
默娜，亲爱的，求你下来吧。
00:04
We can't do anything without you.
没有你我们什么也拍不成。
00:06
You can talk without me!
说话又不用我在场！
00:08
Just go away!
走开！
00:12
Milady.
小姐。
00:15
I think it would be a good idea to let the maids see if they can make her comfortable , Mr. Barber.
巴伯先生，我觉得让女仆们进去看看能不能安抚她，会比较好。
00:19
All right. If you think so, yeah.
行。你觉得行就行。
00:21
Stand back, everybody.
大家都让开。
00:25
Please let us in , Miss Dalgleish.
请让我们进去，达尔格利什小姐。
00:27
We understand what you're going through .
我们懂你现在的滋味。
00:29
That's true, and you know it.
这话不假，你自己也清楚。
00:37
I'm not going down just so they can humiliate me and laugh at me.
我才不下去给他们羞辱、当笑话看。
00:40
They won't do that. Oh?
他们不会那样的。是吗？
00:41
You should've heard them at every premiere.
你该听听他们每次首映怎么说。
00:43
'Don't speak. Don't open your mouth.' They despise me.
「别说话。别张嘴。」他们瞧不起我。
00:46
Why didn't you take elocution lessons ? Lots of people do.
你怎么不去上语音课？好多人都上的。
00:48
I tried. I couldn't get it.
我试过。学不会。
00:50
Couldn't get the knack .
就是找不到窍门。
00:52
Something's upset you since the day you got here.
你打来这儿那天起就心神不宁。
00:54
What is it? It's this.
到底怎么了？就是这个。
00:56
I knew I was finished the moment I saw The Jazz Singer .
我一看《爵士歌手》就知道自己完了。
00:59
It's been like a sword hanging over me .
那感觉就像一把剑一直悬在我头顶。
01:01
I thought maybe I had a few more films ahead of me, but this one will be me last .
我本以为还能再拍几部，可这部会是我最后一部。
01:04
You don't know that. You look good in the bits I've seen.
那可不一定。我看过的那些镜头里，你样子很好。
01:07
And how do I sound, eh?
可我听起来怎么样，嗯？
01:08
But the fact is I'm washed up , as the Yanks say.
可事实是，用美国人的话说，我完犊子了。
01:10
I'm yesterday's news .
我是过气新闻了。
01:14
Come on, lady.
得了吧，大小姐。
01:16
You're not talking to your fan club now.
你现在可不是在跟粉丝会说话。
01:18
What?
什么？
01:19
You're famous, beautiful and rich.
你有名、漂亮，又有钱。
01:22
So what if your film career is over?
电影生涯结束了又怎样？
01:24
There's any number of things you can do.
你能做的事多了去了。
01:27
Now, dust yourself off .
好了，拍拍土站起来。
01:29
And while you're at it , try being polite to the people who serve you .
顺便也试着对伺候你的人礼貌点。
01:31
Come on, Daisy.
得了，黛西。
01:33
You're one of us , not one of them.
你是我们这边的，不是他们那边的。
01:36
Just remember it.
给我记住这点。
01:38
Now, chop-chop .
好了，动作快点。
01:40
Straighten your hair, and let's get going .
把头发理一理，咱们走吧。
01:44
How you doing in there? She's almost ready, Mr. Barber.
里面怎么样了？她快好了，巴伯先生。
01:47
You are, aren't you, Miss Dalgleish?
是吧，达尔格利什小姐？
01:55
I had a sister just like you once.
我曾经有个妹妹，跟你很像。
01:58
I miss her. Every day.
我想她。每天都想。
02:00
You remind me of her.
你让我想起她。
02:04
She died of the Spanish flu in 1919.
她1919年死于西班牙流感。
02:07
Didn't think it would touch our family, but you never know, do you?
本以为流感碰不到我们家，可谁说得准呢，对吧？
02:13
Shall we go?
我们走吧？
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:15
make someone comfortable
make someone comfortable
让人安顿下来、舒服一点
I think it would be a good idea to let the maids see if they can make her comfortable , Mr. Barber.
巴伯先生，我觉得让女仆们进去看看能不能安抚她，会比较好。
CollocationA2↩ 00:15
a good idea
a good idea
好主意
I think it would be a good idea to let the maids see if they can make her comfortable , Mr. Barber.
巴伯先生，我觉得让女仆们进去看看能不能安抚她，会比较好。
CollocationA2↩ 00:25
let someone in
let someone in
让人进来
Please let us in , Miss Dalgleish.
请让我们进去，达尔格利什小姐。
Pronunciation↩ 00:25
let us in
let us 连成 le-tus，t 连到 us
Please let us in , Miss Dalgleish.
请让我们进去，达尔格利什小姐。
CollocationB1↩ 00:27
go through something
go through something
正在经历的苦
We understand what you're going through .
我们懂你现在的滋味。
GrammarB1↩ 00:27
what you're going through
宾语从句：what 从句作 understand 的宾语，指你正在受的那份罪。
We understand what you're going through .
我们懂你现在的滋味。
Pronunciation↩ 00:27
what you're going
you're 弱读成 /jə/，重音在 going
We understand what you're going through .
我们懂你现在的滋味。
CollocationA2↩ 00:37
laugh at someone
laugh at someone
嘲笑某人
I'm not going down just so they can humiliate me and laugh at me.
我才不下去给他们羞辱、当笑话看。
GrammarB1↩ 00:37
just so they can humiliate me
目的从句：just so 引出目的：下去就为了让他们羞辱她，所以她不去。
I'm not going down just so they can humiliate me and laugh at me.
我才不下去给他们羞辱、当笑话看。
Pronunciation↩ 00:41
should've heard them
should've 里 have 缩成 /əv/，d 常被吞
You should've heard them at every premiere.
你该听听他们每次首映怎么说。
CollocationB2↩ 00:46
elocution lessons
elocution lessons
语音课、正音课
Why didn't you take elocution lessons ? Lots of people do.
你怎么不去上语音课？好多人都上的。
CollocationB1↩ 00:50
get the knack
get the knack
掌握窍门、找到手感
Couldn't get the knack .
就是找不到窍门。
Pronunciation↩ 00:50
get the knack
get the 的 t 常被吞，knack 的 k 要送气
Couldn't get the knack .
就是找不到窍门。
GrammarB1↩ 00:56
the moment I saw The Jazz Singer
时间从句：the moment 等于 as soon as：一看那部有声片，她就知道完了。
I knew I was finished the moment I saw The Jazz Singer .
我一看《爵士歌手》就知道自己完了。
CollocationB2↩ 00:59
a sword hanging over someone
a sword hanging over someone
威胁一直悬在头上
这里指有声片随时毁掉她的事业
It's been like a sword hanging over me .
那感觉就像一把剑一直悬在我头顶。
SlangB2↩ 01:01
me last
我的最后一部——口音把 my 说成 me，正式别写
I thought maybe I had a few more films ahead of me, but this one will be me last .
我本以为还能再拍几部，可这部会是我最后一部。
CollocationB2↩ 01:08
be washed up
be washed up
事业完了、过气
字面像被冲上岸，这里指默片女星没戏了
But the fact is I'm washed up , as the Yanks say.
可事实是，用美国人的话说，我完犊子了。
Pronunciation↩ 01:08
I'm washed up
washed up 连成 wash-tup，t 连到 up
But the fact is I'm washed up , as the Yanks say.
可事实是，用美国人的话说，我完犊子了。
SlangB2↩ 01:08
washed up
事业完了、过气——口语认栽，正式写作少用
But the fact is I'm washed up , as the Yanks say.
可事实是，用美国人的话说，我完犊子了。
SlangB1↩ 01:08
Yanks
美国人（口称呼）——英式口头叫法，正式场合用 Americans
But the fact is I'm washed up , as the Yanks say.
可事实是，用美国人的话说，我完犊子了。
CollocationB2↩ 01:10
yesterday's news
yesterday's news
过气人物、没人关心的旧闻
I'm yesterday's news .
我是过气新闻了。
CollocationA2↩ 01:16
fan club
fan club
粉丝会、后援会
You're not talking to your fan club now.
你现在可不是在跟粉丝会说话。
CollocationB1↩ 01:22
so what if
so what if
就算…又怎样
So what if your film career is over?
电影生涯结束了又怎样？
GrammarB1↩ 01:22
So what if your film career is over
让步问句：So what if 先承认最坏情况，再问那又怎样，用来拆自怜。
So what if your film career is over?
电影生涯结束了又怎样？
CollocationB1↩ 01:24
any number of things
any number of things
要多少有多少、多的是
There's any number of things you can do.
你能做的事多了去了。
CollocationB1↩ 01:27
dust yourself off
dust yourself off
拍拍土，重新站起来
Now, dust yourself off .
好了，拍拍土站起来。
Pronunciation↩ 01:27
dust yourself off
dust 和 off 两端加重，yourself 轻轻带过
Now, dust yourself off .
好了，拍拍土站起来。
CollocationB1↩ 01:29
while you're at it
while you're at it
顺便再做一件事
And while you're at it , try being polite to the people who serve you .
顺便也试着对伺候你的人礼貌点。
GrammarA2↩ 01:29
who serve you
定语从句：who 修饰 people：伺候你的那些人，不是泛指所有人。
And while you're at it , try being polite to the people who serve you .
顺便也试着对伺候你的人礼貌点。
Pronunciation↩ 01:29
while you're at
you're 弱读，at 也轻，重音在 while
And while you're at it , try being polite to the people who serve you .
顺便也试着对伺候你的人礼貌点。
CollocationA2↩ 01:33
one of us
one of us
自己人
这里指用人这边，不是楼上主家
You're one of us , not one of them.
你是我们这边的，不是他们那边的。
CollocationB1↩ 01:38
chop-chop
chop-chop
赶快、动作快点
Now, chop-chop .
好了，动作快点。
Pronunciation↩ 01:38
Now, chop-chop
两个 chop 都砸下去，催促要短促
Now, chop-chop .
好了，动作快点。
SlangB1↩ 01:38
chop-chop
赶快、动作快点——催熟人，对客人和上司别用
Now, chop-chop .
好了，动作快点。
CollocationA2↩ 01:40
get going
get going
动身、出发
Straighten your hair, and let's get going .
把头发理一理，咱们走吧。
CollocationA2↩ 02:00
remind someone of someone
remind someone of someone
让人想起某人或某事
You remind me of her.
你让我想起她。
CollocationA2↩ 02:04
die of something
die of something
死于某种病
She died of the Spanish flu in 1919.
她1919年死于西班牙流感。
GrammarB1↩ 02:07
do you?
反意疑问：前半否定意味，尾巴 do you 把无常说成共情，不是真在提问。
Didn't think it would touch our family, but you never know, do you?
本以为流感碰不到我们家，可谁说得准呢，对吧？
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
SlangB2↩ 01:08
washed up
事业完了、过气
In the scene默娜用美国人的说法，承认自己作为女星已经没戏。
After the scandal, the presenter looked completely washed up.丑闻过后，那位主持人看着彻底完了。
In daily life
同事认栽He keeps saying he is washed up after one bad quarter.一个季度砸了，他就老说自己完了。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:10
yesterday's news
过气、没人关心
In the scene默娜把自己比成过期新闻，觉得有声片一来她就没人看。
Last year's champion is yesterday's news in this league.在这个联赛里，去年的冠军已是过气新闻。
In daily life
刷热搜That rumor was yesterday's news by lunchtime.那条谣言到午饭就已经没人提了。
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IdiomB1↩ 00:50
get the knack
掌握窍门
In the scene默娜上过语音课，却始终找不到说上流口音的手感。
I could not get the knack of the new coffee machine.那台新咖啡机的窍门我始终没掌握。
In daily life
学开车She finally got the knack of parallel parking.她终于掌握了侧方停车的窍门。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 01:27
dust yourself off
拍拍土再站起
In the scene黛西不哄默娜，用这句把她从自怜里拽出来。
Dust yourself off and send the report before Friday.拍拍土，周五前把报告发出去。
In daily life
比赛输了Dust yourself off. The next match is on Sunday.拍拍土。下场比赛周日就来。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:59
a sword hanging over
威胁一直悬着
In the scene默娜说自打看过有声片，这把剑就一直悬在事业上头。
The unpaid tax bill has been a sword hanging over him all year.那张欠税单整年都像一把剑悬在他头上。
In daily life
等成绩The resit has been a sword hanging over her since May.补考从五月起就像一把剑悬在她头上。
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SlangB1↩ 01:38
chop-chop
赶快、动作快点
In the scene黛西劝完，催默娜理头发下楼，口气像使唤自己人。
Chop-chop, the taxi is already downstairs.快点，出租车已经在楼下了。
In daily life
出门赶车Chop-chop or we will miss the last bus.快点，不然要赶不上末班车。
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DiscourseB1↩ 01:29
while you're at it
顺便再做一件
In the scene黛西让默娜站起来，顺便对用人礼貌点，话里带刺。
Print the tickets, and while you're at it, check the hotel address.把票打出来，顺便核对一下酒店地址。
In daily life
拜托同事Reply to the client, and while you're at it, attach the invoice.回客户，顺便把发票附上。
above my level
IronyB2↩ 00:06
talk without me
没我也能谈
In the scene导演说没她拍不成，她反呛没她也能谈；有声正是她的死穴。
You can decide the seating without me if I am stuck in traffic.要是我堵在路上，座位你们自己定就行。
In daily life
推掉会议You can finish the agenda without me this morning.今天上午的议程你们可以自己收。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I'm yesterday's news.”
我是过气新闻了。
Why it's great
四个词把人比成过期头条，认栽干净，适合当金句。
Pattern
be yesterday's news
When to use
说某人、某产品已经没人关心时用。
Similar
I'm finished. ／ I'm a has-been.
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informal
Shadowing tip
yesterday's 稍顿，news 落重音。
Use it yourself
产品过气That old phone model is yesterday's news.那款旧手机已经是过气新闻了。
“Now, dust yourself off.”
好了，拍拍土站起来。
Why it's great
打气不哄人，三个词把自怜拧成行动。
Pattern
dust yourself off
When to use
受挫后让自己或别人重新站起来时用。
Similar
Pick yourself up. ／ Get back on your feet.
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informal
Shadowing tip
Now 顿住，dust 和 off 两端加重。
Use it yourself
面试失败Dust yourself off and book the next interview.拍拍土，去约下一场面试。
“It's been like a sword hanging over me.”
那感觉就像一把剑一直悬在我头顶。
Why it's great
把长期恐惧说成悬剑，画面比 I'm scared 硬。
Pattern
a sword hanging over someone
When to use
威胁、坏消息一直悬着、随时会落时用。
Similar
It's been hanging over my head. ／ The threat won't go away.
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literary
Shadowing tip
sword 拉长，hanging over me 往下收。
Use it yourself
等裁员The merger has been a sword hanging over the whole office.合并一直像一把剑悬在全办公室头上。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 黛西骂醒女星
You're famous, beautiful and rich. So what if your film career is over? There's any number of things you can do. Now, dust yourself off. And while you're at it, try being polite to the people who serve you.
你有名、漂亮，又有钱。 电影生涯结束了又怎样？ 你能做的事多了去了。 好了，拍拍土站起来。 顺便也试着对伺候你的人礼貌点。
阶层硬话一层层加码，打气不哄，最后刺到用人。
❝ 安娜提起亡妹
I had a sister just like you once. I miss her. Every day. You remind me of her. She died of the Spanish flu in 1919. Didn't think it would touch our family, but you never know, do you?
我曾经有个妹妹，跟你很像。 我想她。每天都想。 你让我想起她。 她1919年死于西班牙流感。 本以为流感碰不到我们家，可谁说得准呢，对吧？
劝完突然收成私密回忆，把明星恐慌接到普通人的无常。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use washed up when a career is over
- Dust yourself off means get back up
- Yesterday's news means you are finished
- Chop-chop is a sharp hurry-up
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Questions, then the linesWhat does washed up mean in this Downton line?
American slang for finished. Myrna admits her silent-film career is over.
Does dust yourself off just mean brush off dirt?
No. It means get back up after a setback. Daisy uses it as a pep talk.
Why is yesterday's news a good line here?
It compares a person to old headlines: once hot, now ignored.
What does get the knack mean?
Find the trick or feel for a skill. Myrna never mastered posh speech.
Why does Daisy say you're one of us?
She reminds Anna they are servants, not the family upstairs.