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Downton Abbey: A New Era · 2022 — 第 5 / 18 章 · 1'44" · C1

别墅晚宴话中带刺：eye someone up

法国南部别墅的饭桌上，新主旧主同席，一句 So you're only taking back what is yours by right?（你们只是拿回本该属于你们的东西？）暗指对方来抢家产。对方接着吐槽 But here you are, eyeing up the furniture, measuring the curtains.（人来了就打量家具、量窗帘）。想学怎么说话带刺、又不撕破脸，这几句很典型。

发生了什么

法国南部的鸽子别墅里，克劳利一家和旧主家的法国遗属坐在同一张餐桌旁。女方话里带刺：先问 So you're only taking back what is yours by right?（你们只是在拿回本该属于你们的东西？），又点破 But here you are, eyeing up the furniture, measuring the curtains.（人一来就打量家具、量窗帘），连一句 Or rather, we did, before you entered our lives.（以前常来，直到你们闯进我们的生活）都带着怨气。克劳利这边倒客气，说已请律师过几天来，还夸管家让宴会显得气派。想练怎么应对阴阳怪气、怎么礼貌回击，这里的表达很值得学。

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留意这几个短语

yours by rightcatching onfor as long as I can remembereye someone up

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本章短语

eye someone up

打量；觊觎（带着心思地看）

别墅晚餐上，法国遗孀一方语带讽刺，说格兰瑟姆一家嘴上做客，实际在打量家具、测量窗帘。

He spent the whole party eyeing up the host's vintage car.整场聚会他都在打量主人那辆老爷车。

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  • yours by right

    理当归你所有

  • catching on

    开始流行；被人接受

  • for as long as I can remember

    从记事起一直

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短语 · B1be familiar with something

熟悉；了解

Are you familiar with the South of France?
发音familiar with

familiar 收尾的 r 卷起来接上 with，常连成 familia-rwith，with 的 th 轻咬舌尖即可。

Are you familiar with the South of France?
短语 · B2make something fashionable

让它变成时尚

I know Lord Brougham first made it fashionable in the 1830s when he was chancellor.
短语 · B2something is yours by right

理当归你所有

餐桌上有人质疑别墅的归属，主人一方反问是否不过是取回理应属于自己的东西。

So you're only taking back what is yours by right?
语法 · B2what is yours by right

what 引导的名词性从句：what 引导的从句在这里相当于一个名词，作后面动词的宾语。它把本该属于你的那份东西整体打包，用反问的语气要求对方承认归属，比直说那处房产更有道德分量。

So you're only taking back what is yours by right?
发音yours by right

yours 的 z 音滑进 by，by 尾再咬上 right 的 r，一口气 your-zby-right。

So you're only taking back what is yours by right?
语法 · B2I do see why

do 表强调：一般现在时里加 do 可以加强语气，把肯定说得更重。这里说话人先否认自己会那么讲，再用 do see 强调自己确实理解对方的难受，退让之中保留了诚意。

I wouldn't say that, but I do see why you find it upsetting.
短语 · B2eye up someone/something

打量；觊觎

But here you are, eyeing up the furniture, measuring the curtains.
发音eyeing up the

eyeing 与 up 之间不留缝，p 被 the 吞住几乎不送气，串成 eye-ing-up-the。

But here you are, eyeing up the furniture, measuring the curtains.
短语 · A2would like to know

很想了解

But I suppose I would like to know why your husband did what he did.
短语 · A2enjoy your stay

祝你住得愉快

Until then, I hope you'll enjoy your stay.
短语 · B2stand down

退下；撤销戒备

But he can stand down if you prefer.
短语 · A2belong to someone

属于某人

Why, when the villa already belongs to your granddaughter?
短语 · B1that was it

就这样；就这么完了

I laid down for five minutes, shut my eyes, and that was it.
短语 · A2come here a lot

常来这儿

- You must come here a lot. - We do.
短语 · B1or rather

更准确地说

Or rather, we did, before you entered our lives.
短语 · B2for as long as someone can remember

从记事起一直

客人问起别墅的居住习惯，主人说从记事起每年冬天都会来。

Always in the winter for as long as I can remember.
短语 · B2catch on

开始流行；被人接受

谈到天气暖和的月份来别墅的人越来越多，有人用这个词形容新风气。

But now coming in the warmer months is catching on.
短语 · B1more of a something

更像是；算不上

More of a journalist, I'm afraid.
短语 · B2take back control of something

收回对某事的掌控

I have a magazine, and I'm taking back control of it.
语法 · B2got the hotels to stay open

get 加宾语加不定式的使役结构：got 后面接宾语再跟带 to 的不定式，表示促使某人或某物做某事。这里说的是让酒店在七月也继续营业，宾语是酒店，动作是被促使的结果，结构把推动力交代得很清楚。

All the people that got the hotels to stay open in July.
短语 · B2Might that be possible?

这可以吗（客气探询）

Might that be possible?
语法 · B1before you use them

before 引导时间状语从句：before 引出先后的时间关系，从句用一般现在时表示将来的动作。这里把先看照片设为同意刊发的前提，先后顺序正是条件所在。

If we can see the images before you use them.
短语 · A2not the first someone

不是第一个

Ah, you're obviously not the first journalist he's met.

看懂「别墅晚宴话中带刺」

这一章能学到

  • 理解“eyeing up the furniture”在本场的具
  • 分清“eye up”的字面和实际作用
  • 听出说话者如何推进这次对话

发音重点

  • familiar with — familiar 收尾的 r 卷起来接上 with，常连成 familia-rwith，with 的 th 轻咬舌尖即可。
  • yours by right — yours 的 z 音滑进 by，by 尾再咬上 right 的 r，一口气 your-zby-right。
  • eyeing up the — eyeing 与 up 之间不留缝，p 被 the 吞住几乎不送气，串成 eye-ing-up-the。
So you're only taking back what is yours by right?

所以你们只是在收回按理本该属于你们的东西？ 把一场财产争夺说成物归原主，用反问把道德压力抛回给对方，yours by right 四个词既是主张也是挑衅，客气的句法里藏着不退让。

Always in the winter for as long as I can remember.

打我记事起，总是冬天来。 一句省略主语和动词的回答，只留时间状语，for as long as I can remember 把一生的记忆压进一个短语，平静里带着岁月的重量。

I laid down for five minutes, shut my eyes, and that was it.

我躺了五分钟，一闭眼，就完了。 三个短句串成一个动作链，节奏越来越快，最后用 that was it 收尾，把睡着这件事说得轻巧又好笑，写出老年人的疲惫与可爱。

Ah, you're obviously not the first journalist he's met.

啊，显然您不是他见过的第一个记者。 用 not the first 轻巧地点出对方的职业习惯，夸里带刺，不直接评价人，而是把评判推给被谈论的丈夫，既抬了对方也化解了尴尬。

关于这一章的问题

eye someone up 是什么意思？

「打量、觊觎」，指带着心思地看。台词里讽刺对方 But here you are, eyeing up the furniture, measuring the curtains.，就是「你们人一到就开始打量家具、量窗帘」，暗示在盘算家产。

「理当归你所有」英语怎么说？

yours by right。by right 表示「按道理、按权利」。有人质问 So you're only taking back what is yours by right?，就是「你们只是在拿回按理本就属于你们的东西？」

catching on 是什么用法？

「开始流行、被人接受」。有人说现在夏天来南法避暑 is catching on，就是「渐渐流行起来」，比 popular 更强调正在被人接受的过程。

for as long as I can remember 怎么理解？

「从记事起一直」。有人说 Always in the winter for as long as I can remember.，就是「打我记事起，他们总是冬天来」，用来说明一个长期不变的习惯。

「这可以吗」怎么客气地问？

Might that be possible?。用 might 语气很委婉，比 Can I? 更客气。有人想发表别墅照片，先问 Might that be possible?，就是「不知道这样行不行？」

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