這場戲：僕人替王室上菜
第 15 章 · 共 22 章 · 2'15"
王室的晚宴上，國王誇菜做得好，還以為是庫爾貝做的；這時有人一句 In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening（今晚為您上菜的正是唐頓莊園的僕人），把唐頓上下偷偷頂班的事挑明。席間還聊到奶奶要給莫德表親 a grilling（狠狠盤問一頓）。想學怎麼「亮出真相」又不失體面，這幾句夠用。
長輩要 give Cousin Maud a grilling（把莫德表親狠狠盤問一頓）
every bit as 完全一樣地a grilling 狠狠盤問一頓more than just 不只是
王室晚宴進行到一半，國王和賓客都誇這道菜出色，以為還是庫爾貝的手藝；這時有人開口：This wasn't Monsieur Courbet（這可不是庫爾貝先生做的），Mrs. Patmore cooked it（是帕特莫爾太太做的），最後一句點題——In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening（今晚為您上菜的正是唐頓莊園的僕人）。席間的閒談同樣好學：長輩正準備給莫德表親 a grilling（狠狠盤問一頓）；有人提到，巴格肖夫人 sees her as more than just her maid（把她看得不只是個女僕）；年輕人則承認，和對方相識純屬 by chance（偶然），並非刻意結交。想學怎樣體面地「揭底」，以及飯桌上聊長輩八卦的語氣，這一夜都能練。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“I must go where my king needs me.”
國王需要我在哪兒，我就得去哪兒。
一句樸素的職責宣言，把僕人對王權的忠誠說得毫不做作。
I must go where ... needs me.
表達職責優先時用；對家人說會顯得不近人情。
I go where I am needed. ／ Duty calls me wherever I am wanted.
正式
must 重讀，where 後稍頓，needs me 收住。
I must go where the team needs me. 團隊需要我去哪兒，我就去哪兒。
“There's a first time for everything.”
凡事都有第一回。
短句帶點幽默，把大驚小怪輕輕化解，又給了新人臺階。
There's a first time for everything.
別人第一次出糗時用；嚴肅事故上別拿它打岔。
Everyone has to start somewhere. ／ It had to happen once.
口語
There's a 連讀，first time 重讀，句尾放平。
Don't worry, there's a first time for everything. 別擔心，凡事都有第一回。
“You were every bit as brave as I was.”
你和我一樣勇敢。
把對方放到與自己平齊的位置，是一份極有分量的肯定。
be every bit as ... as ...
真心肯定別人不比自己差時用；客套誇獎別用這麼重的詞。
You were just as brave as I was. ／ You showed no less courage than I did.
中性
every bit 重讀，as brave as 連讀，I was 收住。
You are every bit as capable as she is. 你的能力絲毫不比她差。
“In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening.”
事實上，今晚為您上菜的，正是唐頓莊園自己的僕人。
收尾一句把功勞全數歸還下人，平淡陳述卻最有分量。
it is ... who are serving you
要把功勞或責任歸到某個人身上時用；正式陳述很合適。
It was our own staff who served you. ／ The people serving you are ours.
正式
it is 輕讀，Downton Abbey 重讀，who are serving 連讀。
It is the interns who are running this event. 操辦這場活動的正是實習生們。
下一章 · 16wound around her little finger哄得言聽計從這場戲：宣佈女僕當繼承人意思是把某人狠狠盤問一頓，一連串追問不放。戲裡奶奶準備給莫德表親來一場 grilling，想弄清她女僕的底細。
可以說 There's a first time for everything。第一次遇到新鮮事、想表達「別大驚小怪」時都能用，戲裡這句話正用來化解驚訝。
意思是結識某人，是比 meet 更正式、更客氣的說法，常見於初次見面或介紹場合。戲裡長輩就追問他們是怎麼結識的。
字面是「新鮮血液」，實際指新加入的人、新面孔，常帶「該換換新人」的意味。戲裡有人看到陌生面孔，就用 new blood 打趣。
它表示「完全一樣地、絲毫不差」，常和 as ... as 連用：You were every bit as brave as I was，意思是你和我一樣勇敢，用來強調兩人旗鼓相當。
