这场戏：仆人替王室上菜
第 15 章 · 共 22 章 · 2'15"
王室的晚宴上，国王夸菜做得好，还以为是库尔贝做的；这时有人一句 In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening（今晚为您上菜的正是唐顿庄园的仆人），把唐顿上下偷偷顶班的事挑明。席间还聊到奶奶要给莫德表亲 a grilling（狠狠盘问一顿）。想学怎么「亮出真相」又不失体面，这几句够用。
长辈要 give Cousin Maud a grilling（把莫德表亲狠狠盘问一顿）
every bit as 完全一样地a grilling 狠狠盘问一顿more than just 不只是
王室晚宴进行到一半，国王和宾客都夸这道菜出色，以为还是库尔贝的手艺；这时有人开口：This wasn't Monsieur Courbet（这可不是库尔贝先生做的），Mrs. Patmore cooked it（是帕特莫尔太太做的），最后一句点题——In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening（今晚为您上菜的正是唐顿庄园的仆人）。席间的闲谈同样好学：长辈正准备给莫德表亲 a grilling（狠狠盘问一顿）；有人提到，巴格肖夫人 sees her as more than just her maid（把她看得不只是个女仆）；年轻人则承认，和对方相识纯属 by chance（偶然），并非刻意结交。想学怎样体面地「揭底」，以及饭桌上聊长辈八卦的语气，这一夜都能练。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“I must go where my king needs me.”
国王需要我在哪儿，我就得去哪儿。
一句朴素的职责宣言，把仆人对王权的忠诚说得毫不做作。
I must go where ... needs me.
表达职责优先时用；对家人说会显得不近人情。
I go where I am needed. ／ Duty calls me wherever I am wanted.
正式
must 重读，where 后稍顿，needs me 收住。
I must go where the team needs me. 团队需要我去哪儿，我就去哪儿。
“There's a first time for everything.”
凡事都有第一回。
短句带点幽默，把大惊小怪轻轻化解，又给了新人台阶。
There's a first time for everything.
别人第一次出糗时用；严肃事故上别拿它打岔。
Everyone has to start somewhere. ／ It had to happen once.
口语
There's a 连读，first time 重读，句尾放平。
Don't worry, there's a first time for everything. 别担心，凡事都有第一回。
“You were every bit as brave as I was.”
你和我一样勇敢。
把对方放到与自己平齐的位置，是一份极有分量的肯定。
be every bit as ... as ...
真心肯定别人不比自己差时用；客套夸奖别用这么重的词。
You were just as brave as I was. ／ You showed no less courage than I did.
中性
every bit 重读，as brave as 连读，I was 收住。
You are every bit as capable as she is. 你的能力丝毫不比她差。
“In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening.”
事实上，今晚为您上菜的，正是唐顿庄园自己的仆人。
收尾一句把功劳全数归还下人，平淡陈述却最有分量。
it is ... who are serving you
要把功劳或责任归到某个人身上时用；正式陈述很合适。
It was our own staff who served you. ／ The people serving you are ours.
正式
it is 轻读，Downton Abbey 重读，who are serving 连读。
It is the interns who are running this event. 操办这场活动的正是实习生们。
下一章 · 16wound around her little finger哄得言听计从这场戏：宣布女仆当继承人意思是把某人狠狠盘问一顿，一连串追问不放。戏里奶奶准备给莫德表亲来一场 grilling，想弄清她女仆的底细。
可以说 There's a first time for everything。第一次遇到新鲜事、想表达「别大惊小怪」时都能用，戏里这句话正用来化解惊讶。
意思是结识某人，是比 meet 更正式、更客气的说法，常见于初次见面或介绍场合。戏里长辈就追问他们是怎么结识的。
字面是「新鲜血液」，实际指新加入的人、新面孔，常带「该换换新人」的意味。戏里有人看到陌生面孔，就用 new blood 打趣。
它表示「完全一样地、丝毫不差」，常和 as ... as 连用：You were every bit as brave as I was，意思是你和我一样勇敢，用来强调两人旗鼓相当。
