这场戏：为迎王室又争遗产
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国王王后要来唐顿住一晚，消息一出，楼上楼下全忙起来：有人怕把失和的亲戚 put on the spot（让某人下不来台），厨房里为菜单和婚礼吵个不停，还有人撂下 We'll get wed when we're good and ready（真正准备好了再结婚）。英剧里那种含蓄又带刺的家常话，这段最集中。
被催婚的反击：good and ready（真正准备好了）
run for parliament 竞选议员bound to 必然会、准会for a start 首先、头一条good and ready 真正准备好了
奶奶下令别让她 put on the spot（让某人下不来台）
cut herself off 与家人断绝来往cheat your father of 把某人的东西骗走put on the spot 让某人下不来台up to 在搞什么名堂
国王王后要来唐顿庄园住一晚，消息传开，楼上楼下都忙成一团。王室这边，巴格肖想直接去哈伍德，因为两家早就 fallen out（闹翻、失和），她怕自己一露面又起争执。唐顿这边，家里人一边猜这位早年 cut herself off（与家人断绝来往）的远亲是不是回来争遗产，一边又叮嘱别把她 put on the spot（让某人下不来台）；厨房里，黛西被催着少讲道理多出力，还怼回婚礼的事——We'll get wed when we're good and ready（真正准备好了再结婚）。想学英剧里含蓄、带刺又不失体面的口语，从这段入手。
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“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.”
讽刺是最低级的机智。
一句格言把挖苦按到最低处，反手又用在了说这句的人身上。
X is the lowest form of Y.
有人挖苦你时可以半开玩笑地回敬；正式报告里别用。
Sarcasm is the cheapest kind of humour. ／ That is the lowest form of praise.
literary
重音落在 lowest，wit 短促收住，别拖音。
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, and you have plenty of it. 讽刺是最低级的机智，而你正好不缺。
“I won't have her put on the spot.”
我不许你们让她难堪。
短短一句既是护人也是立规矩，把当家人的分量摆得清清楚楚。
I won't have someone do something.
替人挡驾、不许别人难堪时用；对上司这样说会显得越权。
I won't let them embarrass her. ／ I am not having him treated that way.
中性
won't have 连读，her put 之间略顿，句尾下沉。
I won't have them put you on the spot in the meeting. 我不许他们在会上让你下不来台。
“We'll get wed when we're good and ready and not before.”
等我们真准备好了再结婚，早不了。
把终身大事说成一句带点倔的家常话，分寸和真心都在里头。
when we're good and ready
朋友催婚时半推半就地回应；对长辈这样讲会显失礼。
We'll do it when we're good and ready. ／ Not until we're good and ready.
口语
good and ready 三个词连读快说，not before 重读收尾。
We'll move when we're good and ready, not before. 等我们真准备好了再搬，早不了。
“There's only one of them in the world.”
这样的国王，全世界就这么一个。
用独一无二的分量压回对方的轻慢，简短却有力。
There's only one of ... in the world.
要强调某人或某物独一无二时用；对平辈开玩笑别说得太郑重。
There's only one like him anywhere. ／ He's one of a kind.
中性
重读 one，in the world 轻收，语气笃定。
There's only one of these bakeries in the whole city. 这样的面包店全城就这一家。
下一章 · 03put on a show撑起场面这场戏：王室管家接管庄园就是「让某人下不来台、当众为难人」。剧里有人叮嘱 I won't have her put on the spot，意思是「我不许你们让她难堪」，长辈护着亲戚时常用。
fall out，过去式是 fallen out。剧里说 the two families have fallen out，就是两家闹翻了，朋友、亲戚之间都常用，比 argue 更强调翻脸断交。
不是。good and ready 是固定说法，强调「真真正正准备好了」。剧里 We'll get wed when we're good and ready 就是「等我们真准备好了再结婚」，带点不耐烦。
in person 是「亲自、本人到场」。剧里她担心一旦 in person 露面就会闹翻，指的不是派人代表，而是本人亲到现场，开会、拜访都能用。
就是「竞选议员」，run for 加职位是常见搭配，比如 run for president。厨房里拿它打趣，说谁都能去参选，连阿斯特夫人都做到了。
