Chapter 16 of 18 · 4'07"
Violet Tells the Truth 祖母坦白IMDb ↗
把藏了六十年的爱说清
Downton Abbey: A New Era · 2022
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5BedroomSecrets雅思
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingIsobel sits with dying Violet and names the family's fear: they found Montmirail's letters, yet Robert still lacks the answer he needs. Violet will not pretend. An old miniature hides a letter begging her to change her mind. She says nothing happened, then tells the harder truth: if she had been tested again, she would have failed. She trusts Isobel not to let a scarlet-woman story be her epitaph. Robert cannot wait at the door.
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VioletDowager Countess
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Isobelfamily confidante
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RobertEarl of Grantham
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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00:00
It makes a glacier look impatient.
这慢得能让冰川都显得不耐烦。
00:02
I suppose Robert's in hell .
我想罗伯特这会儿正受着罪。
00:04
He was longing for it all to be over by the time they got back.
他巴不得他们回来之前，这事就能了结。
00:07
You could ease his pain if you wish.
你要是愿意，就能解他的苦。
00:11
We found the letters of Monsieur de Montmirail.
我们找到了蒙米拉伊先生的那些信。
00:14
But Robert still doesn't have the answer he needs.
可罗伯特还是没有他要的那个答案。
00:19
I won't pretend not to understand you.
我不会假装听不懂你的意思。
00:21
Did they tell you about the miniature?
他们跟你说那幅小像了吗？
00:23
What's its significance?
它有什么讲究？
00:25
Well, could you fetch it?
那，你能把它取来吗？
00:26
It's in the bottom right-hand drawer.
在右下角那个抽屉里。
00:29
If you open it at the back, you'll find the letter he sent with it.
打开后面，就能找到他随小像寄来的那封信。
00:33
It's still there after all this time .
过了这么多年，它居然还在。
00:38
Could you read it?
你能读一读吗？
00:46
'Chère Violette, we have missed the chance ' to know perfect love.
「亲爱的维奥莱特，我们错过了」去体会完美爱情的机会。
00:52
'But we still can if you would only change your mind .'
「可只要你回心转意，我们仍来得及。」
00:58
Why didn't you just tell us?
你为什么不直接告诉我们？
01:02
There was nothing to tell.
没什么好说的。
01:05
Nothing happened.
什么也没发生。
01:06
Apart from years of being pestered.
除了被纠缠了好多年。
01:09
Well, no.
嗯，不对。
01:10
That's not quite right .
也不完全是那么回事。
01:12
Then what is?
那到底是怎么回事？
01:14
I never saw him after that.
那之后我就再没见过他。
01:16
I knew I'd have given in .
我知道自己会撑不住。
01:18
If I'd been tested again, I would have failed .
要是再被试一次，我就会失守。
01:24
Oh.
哦。
01:26
I was a fool for love in those days.
那年月，我是个为爱冲昏头的傻瓜。
01:29
A few years later, we went to Russia, and I got into terrible trouble .
几年后我们去了俄国，我惹上了大麻烦。
01:34
Well, I nearly did.
嗯，差点就惹上了。
01:36
With Prince Kuragin. Yes, I know.
跟库拉金亲王。是的，我知道。
01:39
How did you avoid it with the marquis?
那跟侯爵你又是怎么避开的？
01:41
I can't think.
我想不起来。
01:43
He was the most attractive man I'd ever met in my life.
他是我这辈子见过最迷人的男人。
01:48
But I hadn't long been married, and it must have seemed a shame, you know, to spoil that.
可我那时刚结婚不久，要糟蹋那段婚姻，总觉得说不过去。
01:55
I wish you'd said all this.
真希望你早点把这些说出来。
01:57
I didn't want you to think my life had been a fraud, when it hasn't.
我不想让你觉得我这一生都是场骗局，可它并不是。
02:00
I was happy with Robert's father.
跟罗伯特的父亲在一起，我是快乐的。
02:03
Well... ...happy enough in that English way , when you never talk about anything, but you trust each other .
嗯……那种英国式的够幸福：什么都不谈，可彼此信任。
02:13
If they'd put Kuragin and Montmirail together, I would have come out as some sort of scarlet woman .
要是把库拉金和蒙米拉伊搁一块儿说，我就会被写成某种荡妇。
02:22
You don't seem very scarlet to me.
在我看来，你可不太像个荡妇。
02:25
Well, I'm trusting you to make sure that's not how I'm remembered.
那我就指望你，别让后人这么记我。
02:32
Well, the next earl will be Matthew's son, my grandson, your great-grandson.
下一任伯爵会是马修的儿子，我的孙子，你的曾孙。
02:39
I'll do my best to see he values you.
我会尽力让他懂得珍惜你。
02:42
I know you will.
我知道你会的。
02:44
I know I can trust you to do the right thing .
我知道，做该做的事，我可以信你。
02:48
That's very generous of you.
你这样说，真宽厚。
02:50
Well, because we've had our tussles , you and I.
毕竟你我之间，也拌过不少嘴。
02:53
Well, it's true, but I'm glad you came to Downton.
这话不假，可我还是高兴你来了唐顿。
02:57
I'd never known anyone whose opinion I could trust , you know, to be morally right, not for years.
好多年里，我从没遇到过一个，我信她在道德上总是对的人。
03:04
Well, not since my mother died.
嗯，自从我母亲去世以后就没有了。
03:07
You must have wondered why I asked you to go through my papers .
你一定纳闷，我为什么让你去翻我的文件。
03:11
I did rather.
还真有点儿。
03:12
When I think about that world of long ago, when I... I was a girl in my first crinoline...
每当我想起那个很久以前的世界，那时我……还是个刚穿上第一件裙撑的姑娘……
03:24
in those moments, I feel as if I've been transported to a different planet.
那些瞬间，我感觉自己像被送到了另一个星球。
03:32
And so you have been.
你确实如此。
03:35
Like every human being who lives long enough.
每个活得够久的人，都是这样。
03:38
And I have. Lived long enough.
而我确实。活得够久了。
03:40
Oh, I didn't mean it like that.
哦，我不是那个意思。
03:57
I'm sorry, but I just couldn't wait .
抱歉，我实在等不及了。
03:59
It's all right. Nothing happened.
没事。什么也没发生。
04:02
You're your father's son.
你是你父亲的儿子。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoSlangB1↩ 00:02
in hell
难受得要命——口语夸张煎熬，正式少用
I suppose Robert's in hell .
我想罗伯特这会儿正受着罪。
CollocationB1↩ 00:04
long for something
long for something
盼着某事赶紧到来或结束
He was longing for it all to be over by the time they got back.
他巴不得他们回来之前，这事就能了结。
CollocationB1↩ 00:04
by the time something happens
by the time something happens
等到某事发生时
He was longing for it all to be over by the time they got back.
他巴不得他们回来之前，这事就能了结。
CollocationB1↩ 00:07
ease someone's pain
ease someone's pain
减轻某人的痛苦
You could ease his pain if you wish.
你要是愿意，就能解他的苦。
CollocationB1↩ 00:19
pretend not to understand someone
pretend not to understand someone
假装听不懂
I won't pretend not to understand you.
我不会假装听不懂你的意思。
Pronunciation↩ 00:19
won't pretend not
won't 的 t 常被吞，pretend 起声
I won't pretend not to understand you.
我不会假装听不懂你的意思。
Pronunciation↩ 00:25
could you fetch
could 弱读 /kəd/，重音在 fetch
Well, could you fetch it?
那，你能把它取来吗？
CollocationA2↩ 00:33
after all this time
after all this time
过了这么久还……
It's still there after all this time .
过了这么多年，它居然还在。
Pronunciation↩ 00:33
after all this
after all 连读，this 轻贴
It's still there after all this time .
过了这么多年，它居然还在。
CollocationA2↩ 00:46
miss the chance to do something
miss the chance to do something
错过做某事的机会
'Chère Violette, we have missed the chance ' to know perfect love.
「亲爱的维奥莱特，我们错过了」去体会完美爱情的机会。
CollocationA2↩ 00:52
change one's mind
change one's mind
改变主意、回心转意
'But we still can if you would only change your mind .'
「可只要你回心转意，我们仍来得及。」
CollocationA2↩ 01:10
not quite right
not quite right
不完全对、不太准确
That's not quite right .
也不完全是那么回事。
CollocationB1↩ 01:16
give in
give in
屈服、撑不住
I knew I'd have given in .
我知道自己会撑不住。
GrammarB2↩ 01:16
I'd have given in
过去虚拟：I'd have=I would have，表示当时若遇诱惑就会让步。
I knew I'd have given in .
我知道自己会撑不住。
Pronunciation↩ 01:16
I'd have given
I'd have 连成 /dəv/
I knew I'd have given in .
我知道自己会撑不住。
GrammarB2↩ 01:18
If I'd been tested again, I would have failed
第三条件句：If I'd been 是过去完成，主句虚拟结果。
If I'd been tested again, I would have failed .
要是再被试一次，我就会失守。
CollocationB2↩ 01:26
a fool for love
a fool for love
为爱冲昏头的人
I was a fool for love in those days.
那年月，我是个为爱冲昏头的傻瓜。
CollocationB1↩ 01:29
get into trouble
get into trouble
惹上大麻烦
A few years later, we went to Russia, and I got into terrible trouble .
几年后我们去了俄国，我惹上了大麻烦。
Pronunciation↩ 01:57
want you to
want you 的 t+y 连成 /tʃu/
I didn't want you to think my life had been a fraud, when it hasn't.
我不想让你觉得我这一生都是场骗局，可它并不是。
CollocationB2↩ 02:03
in that English way
in that English way
那种英国式的（含蓄）
这里指不谈感情、只靠信任的婚姻
Well... ...happy enough in that English way , when you never talk about anything, but you trust each other .
嗯……那种英国式的够幸福：什么都不谈，可彼此信任。
GrammarB2↩ 02:03
when you never talk about anything, but you trust each other
when解释语：when 不是时间点，而是给 English way 下定义：不谈却互信。
Well... ...happy enough in that English way , when you never talk about anything, but you trust each other .
嗯……那种英国式的够幸福：什么都不谈，可彼此信任。
CollocationB2↩ 02:13
come out as something
come out as something
被说成某种人
这里 come out as=被后人写成、落成某种名声
If they'd put Kuragin and Montmirail together, I would have come out as some sort of scarlet woman .
要是把库拉金和蒙米拉伊搁一块儿说，我就会被写成某种荡妇。
CollocationC1↩ 02:13
a scarlet woman
a scarlet woman
荡妇、不贞的女人
这里 scarlet woman=荡妇骂名，不是穿红衣的女人
If they'd put Kuragin and Montmirail together, I would have come out as some sort of scarlet woman .
要是把库拉金和蒙米拉伊搁一块儿说，我就会被写成某种荡妇。
CollocationA2↩ 02:25
make sure that
make sure that
确保某事如此
Well, I'm trusting you to make sure that's not how I'm remembered.
那我就指望你，别让后人这么记我。
Pronunciation↩ 02:25
make sure that's
sure that's 连读，that's 弱收
Well, I'm trusting you to make sure that's not how I'm remembered.
那我就指望你，别让后人这么记我。
CollocationB1↩ 02:44
do the right thing
do the right thing
做正确的、该做的事
I know I can trust you to do the right thing .
我知道，做该做的事，我可以信你。
Pronunciation↩ 02:44
do the right
right 重读，the 弱成 /ðə/
I know I can trust you to do the right thing .
我知道，做该做的事，我可以信你。
SlangB2↩ 02:50
tussles
争执、拌嘴——轻描冲突，比 fight 软
Well, because we've had our tussles , you and I.
毕竟你我之间，也拌过不少嘴。
GrammarB2↩ 02:57
whose opinion I could trust
定语从句：whose 修饰 anyone，补出“其判断我能信”的人。
I'd never known anyone whose opinion I could trust , you know, to be morally right, not for years.
好多年里，我从没遇到过一个，我信她在道德上总是对的人。
CollocationB1↩ 03:07
go through someone's papers
go through someone's papers
翻查、整理某人的文件
这里 papers=私人文件/遗物，不是试卷
You must have wondered why I asked you to go through my papers .
你一定纳闷，我为什么让你去翻我的文件。
GrammarB1↩ 03:07
why I asked you to go through my papers
宾语从句：wondered 后接 why 从句，作宾语：你一定纳闷我为何让你翻文件。
You must have wondered why I asked you to go through my papers .
你一定纳闷，我为什么让你去翻我的文件。
GrammarB2↩ 03:24
as if I've been transported
as if从句：as if 加现在完成，把回忆说成已被送到另一颗星球。
in those moments, I feel as if I've been transported to a different planet.
那些瞬间，我感觉自己像被送到了另一个星球。
CollocationA2↩ 03:57
cannot wait
cannot wait
等不及了
I'm sorry, but I just couldn't wait .
抱歉，我实在等不及了。
Pronunciation↩ 03:57
just couldn't wait
couldn't 轻快，wait 加重收住
I'm sorry, but I just couldn't wait .
抱歉，我实在等不及了。
Teaching points
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 01:16
give in
屈服、撑不住
In the scene维奥莱特承认，若再见蒙米拉伊，她会让步失守。
I nearly gave in and ordered dessert after the long meeting.开完长会，我差点撑不住点了甜点。
In daily life
戒糖失败I gave in and bought the chocolate.我没扛住，还是买了巧克力。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:26
a fool for love
为爱冲昏头
In the scene她自嘲年轻时为爱情几乎惹上大麻烦。
He was a fool for love and booked a dawn flight just to see her.他为爱冲昏头，订了凌晨航班就为见她一面。
In daily life
朋友劝架Don't be a fool for love and skip the interview.别为爱冲昏头，把面试也推掉。
above my level
IdiomC1↩ 02:13
scarlet woman
荡妇、不贞骂名
In the scene她怕库拉金和蒙米拉伊被放一起讲，自己会被写成荡妇。
The tabloids tried to paint her as a scarlet woman after one photograph.一张照片之后，小报就把她写成荡妇。
In daily life
读旧小说In that novel the widow is branded a scarlet woman.那本小说里，寡妇被扣上荡妇的骂名。
above my level
IronyB2↩ 02:22
not very scarlet
轻描淡写地否定
In the scene伊索贝尔用轻描淡写，拆掉祖母对自己荡妇名声的恐惧。
You don't seem very monstrous to me after one late email.就因为一封晚发的邮件，在我看来你可不太像魔鬼。
In daily life
同事自责You don't seem very hopeless to me; you just need a night's sleep.在我看来你可不太完了，你只是缺觉。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 03:07
go through
翻查文件
In the scene维奥莱特解释为何让伊索贝尔整理自己的私人文件。
Please go through these invoices before Friday.周五前请把这些发票过一遍。
In daily life
整理遗物We need to go through grandma's letters this weekend.这周末得把奶奶的信翻一遍。
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CollocationA2↩ 00:52
change your mind
改变主意
In the scene旧信求维奥莱特回心转意，好去体会完美爱情。
If you change your mind about the shift, text me tonight.要是你对这班改主意了，今晚给我发短信。
In daily life
改订餐厅Call them if you change your mind about the table.要是座位改主意了，给他们打个电话。
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IdiomB1↩ 02:44
do the right thing
做正确的事
In the scene祖母把身后名声托付给伊索贝尔，信她会做该做的事。
I trust the chair to do the right thing about the complaint.我相信主席会就这起投诉做该做的事。
In daily life
托付同事I know you will do the right thing with the leftover funds.我知道余款你会做该做的处理。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“If I'd been tested again, I would have failed.”
要是再被试一次，我就会失守。
Why it's great
用虚拟把爱过和守住叠在一句里，坦白却不煽情。
Pattern
If I'd been..., I'd have...
When to use
承认当时若再遇诱惑就会撑不住时用。
Similar
If it had happened again, I would have cracked. ／ I would not have held out a second time.
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Shadowing tip
tested 稍顿，failed 落下，别赶。
Use it yourself
抵挡诱惑If I had been offered that bonus again, I would have taken it.要是那笔奖金再来一次，我就会收下。
“Well... ...happy enough in that English way, when you never talk about anything, but you trust each other.”
嗯……那种英国式的够幸福：什么都不谈，可彼此信任。
Why it's great
happy enough 把满足说薄，English way 点破含蓄婚姻。
Pattern
happy enough in that ... way
When to use
形容一段不热烈、却靠信任撑住的关系时用。
Similar
Content enough, in that quiet way. ／ Not passionate, but we trusted each other.
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literary
Shadowing tip
enough 轻收，trust each other 加重。
Use it yourself
评价婚姻They were happy enough in that quiet way, never gushing, always loyal.他们是那种安静的够幸福：从不肉麻，却一直忠心。
“You don't seem very scarlet to me.”
在我看来，你可不太像个荡妇。
Why it's great
用 not very 把骂名轻轻拆掉，英式反讽最见功力。
Pattern
don't seem very + adj + to me
When to use
对方把自己说得很糟，你用轻描淡写给台阶时用。
Similar
You hardly seem the villain here. ／ That doesn't sound very wicked to me.
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informal
Shadowing tip
don't seem 连读，scarlet 轻轻点一下。
Use it yourself
安慰长辈You don't seem very ruthless to me, whatever the office gossip says.不管办公室怎么传，在我看来你可不太狠。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 祖母剖白婚姻
I didn't want you to think my life had been a fraud, when it hasn't. I was happy with Robert's father. Well... ...happy enough in that English way, when you never talk about anything, but you trust each other. If they'd put Kuragin and Montmirail together, I would have come out as some sort of scarlet woman.
我不想让你觉得我这一生都是场骗局，可它并不是。 跟罗伯特的父亲在一起，我是快乐的。 嗯……那种英国式的够幸福：什么都不谈，可彼此信任。 要是把库拉金和蒙米拉伊搁一块儿说，我就会被写成某种荡妇。
从不是骗局说到英国式够幸福，再落到荡妇骂名。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use give in for yielding to temptation
- Hear scarlet woman as a period insult
- Catch If I'd been tested as regret
- Use change your mind to ask a reversal
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Questions, then the linesWhat does If I'd been tested again mean?
A conditional: if temptation had returned, she would have yielded. Nothing happened.
What is a scarlet woman in this scene?
A period insult for an unchaste woman. Violet fears that name if both men are named.
What does change your mind ask for here?
Montmirail begs her to reverse her refusal so they might still know perfect love.
Why does You're your father's son comfort Robert?
Isobel tells him nothing happened; he is genuinely his father's son.
How do you use a fool for love?
It means being reckless for love. Violet nearly came to grief with Prince Kuragin.