发音↩ 00:02
sit down
sit 的 t 连到 down
语法C1↩ 00:04
chained to a rock with you lot hovering over me
伴随结构:过去分词加 with 复合结构,画出被围住的画面。
I feel like Andromeda chained to a rock with you lot hovering over me.
我觉得自己像被锁在礁石上的安德洛墨达,你们这帮人全围着我转。
俚语B1↩ 00:04
you lot
你们这帮人——英式口语,略冲,正式场合别用
I feel like Andromeda chained to a rock with you lot hovering over me.
我觉得自己像被锁在礁石上的安德洛墨达,你们这帮人全围着我转。
固定搭配B1↩ 00:09
without doing something first
without doing something first
事先没问就做了
I don't know why Murray told you to be here without asking me first .
我不明白默里怎么没先问我就把你们叫来了。
语法B1↩ 00:09
without asking me first
介词动名词:without 后接 doing,表示没先做某事就做了另一件事。
I don't know why Murray told you to be here without asking me first .
我不明白默里怎么没先问我就把你们叫来了。
俚语B1↩ 00:18
milady
夫人(对贵族)——仆人对女主人的尊称,现代少用
H-He's here now, milady .
他……他已经到了,夫人。
固定搭配C1↩ 00:38
come into possession of something
come into possession of something
得到某物的所有权
I've come into possession of a villa in the South of France .
我得到了法国南部的一座别墅。
固定搭配A2↩ 00:38
in the south of somewhere
in the south of somewhere
在某地的南部
I've come into possession of a villa in the South of France .
我得到了法国南部的一座别墅。
发音↩ 00:38
come into
come into 连读,into 弱读
I've come into possession of a villa in the South of France .
我得到了法国南部的一座别墅。
发音↩ 00:38
South of France
of 弱读成 /əv/,别听成重读 of
I've come into possession of a villa in the South of France .
我得到了法国南部的一座别墅。
发音↩ 00:47
didn't you
t 常被省掉,听成 didn-you
What bit didn't you understand?
哪一句没听懂?
发音↩ 01:15
invited me to
to 弱成 /tə/,重音落在 invited
And he invited me to spend some time at a villa he'd just bought.
他邀请我去他刚买下的别墅住一阵。
固定搭配B2↩ 01:20
transfer something into someone's name
transfer something into someone's name
过户到某人名下
A year or so later, he wrote to me and said he'd transferred the villa into my name .
大约一年后,他写信说已经把别墅过户到我名下。
固定搭配A2↩ 01:27
pay attention to something
pay attention to something
理会、放在心上
I never thought he was serious, so I didn't pay any attention .
我从没当真,所以压根没当回事。
发音↩ 01:27
pay any attention
重读 pay 与 attention
I never thought he was serious, so I didn't pay any attention .
我从没当真,所以压根没当回事。
语法B2↩ 01:33
the villa they've been using every winter for years
定语从句:省略关系词,they've been using 修饰别墅。
He died recently, and to his widow's alarm, the villa they've been using every winter for years was registered to Lady Grantham.
他最近去世了,让遗孀惊慌的是,他们每年冬天都在住的那座别墅,登记在格兰瑟姆夫人名下。
固定搭配B2↩ 01:48
be well set up
be well set up
经济上已经安排妥当
这里不是把家具摆好,而是孩子们的生活已有着落
Your children are well set up here, and Edith's are more than taken care of , but Brompton will go to a child of Tom and Lucy's.
你们的孩子在这儿已经安排妥当,伊迪丝的孩子更是不缺什么,可布朗普顿会留给汤姆和露西的孩子。
固定搭配B1↩ 01:48
take care of someone
take care of someone
被照顾得很周到
这里指孩子们物质上不用愁
Your children are well set up here, and Edith's are more than taken care of , but Brompton will go to a child of Tom and Lucy's.
你们的孩子在这儿已经安排妥当,伊迪丝的孩子更是不缺什么,可布朗普顿会留给汤姆和露西的孩子。
俚语B1↩ 02:02
chap
那个人、老兄——英式对男人的随口称呼,偏老派
What family did he have, uh, this M-Montmirail chap ?
他家里还有什么人,呃,这位蒙……蒙米拉伊先生?
固定搭配B2↩ 02:09
take something to court
take something to court
把事情告上法庭
The mother is keen they should take the matter to court .
那位母亲很想把这件事告上法庭。
固定搭配B2↩ 02:14
who are we to do something
who are we to do something
我们有什么资格反对
If her husband wanted me to have the place, who are we to argue ?
如果她丈夫想把那地方给我,我们有什么资格争?
语法B2↩ 02:14
who are we to argue
修辞反问:who are we to do 不是真提问,而是说没资格反对。
If her husband wanted me to have the place, who are we to argue ?
如果她丈夫想把那地方给我,我们有什么资格争?
固定搭配B1↩ 02:18
turn something down
turn something down
拒绝这个提议
You never thought to turn it down ?
你就没想过拒绝?
语法B2↩ 02:19
as if I'd turn down a villa in the South of France
虚拟比较从句:as if 加 would,用虚拟口吻把拒绝说成不可思议。
Do I look as if I'd turn down a villa in the South of France ?
我看起来像会拒绝法国南部一座别墅的人吗?
发音↩ 02:19
as if I'd
I'd 几乎被吞,连成一串
Do I look as if I'd turn down a villa in the South of France ?
我看起来像会拒绝法国南部一座别墅的人吗?
固定搭配B1↩ 02:36
in case there is/are something
in case there is/are something
以防还有问题要问
I'll telephone in a few days in case there are questions . Of course, Lady Grantham.
过几天我会打电话,以防有问题。当然,格兰瑟姆夫人。
固定搭配B1↩ 02:56
leave someone to do something
leave someone to do something
把某事留给别人去做
And with that, I will say good night and leave you to discuss my mysterious past.
说到这儿,我就道晚安,把我的神秘往事留给你们去议论。
俚语B2↩ 03:22
lunatic
疯子——刺耳旧词,现在多用更中性的说法
I suppose he wasn't just a lunatic .
我想他不至于只是个疯子吧。
固定搭配B2↩ 03:33
as far as someone is concerned
as far as someone is concerned
就她而言 / 在她看来
As far as she's concerned , she received a very eccentric letter more than half a century ago.
在她看来,那不过是半个多世纪前收到的一封很古怪的信。
语法B2↩ 03:33
As far as she's concerned
评注状语:放在句首限定视角:下面的话是她眼里的事实。
As far as she's concerned , she received a very eccentric letter more than half a century ago.
在她看来,那不过是半个多世纪前收到的一封很古怪的信。
发音↩ 03:33
As far as
far 保留重音,两个 as 都要弱读
As far as she's concerned , she received a very eccentric letter more than half a century ago.
在她看来,那不过是半个多世纪前收到的一封很古怪的信。
固定搭配B2↩ 03:38
not give something another thought
not give something another thought
再也没往心里去
She considered it potty at the time and never gave it another thought .
她当时觉得那是瞎扯,后来再也没往心里去。
俚语B2↩ 03:38
potty
荒唐、疯癫——英式口语,笑人发傻,公文里不用
She considered it potty at the time and never gave it another thought .
她当时觉得那是瞎扯,后来再也没往心里去。