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So this is where you laid your plans.Enola Holmes · 2020 — 第 7 / 12 章 · 3'47" · B1
伊诺拉假扮女仆混进庄园,一眼被太夫人看穿。太夫人不恼,一边 let someone go(让某人走人、辞退),一边讲世袭土地者对英格兰的责任。临了她还托伊诺拉带话,说 I care about him a great deal(非常在乎他)。想学不动声色、又软又狠的说话方式,这几句值得背。
伊诺拉假扮女仆混进巴西尔韦瑟庄园,被太夫人一眼看穿。太夫人不但没赶她走,反而一边 let someone go(让某人走人、辞退),一边讲起世袭土地者对英格兰的责任。有人被点破一路把人引入歧途,用 lead someone astray(把某人引入歧途)说这场迷阵;也有人承认对方比自己以为的更聪明,用 gave someone credit for(认可、高看某人)来抬高他;临别时太夫人还托她带话,说 I care about him a great deal(非常在乎他)。想学上流社交里不动声色地试探、敲打和示好,这段对话里的表达都很实用。
这场戏看什么
留意这几个短语
lead someone astraylet someone gooff you gobreadcrumb trail
本章短语
把某人引入歧途to guide someone away from the right path
伊诺拉沿途留的线索其实是故意放的,为的是把追踪她的人引向错误方向。
Bad advice can lead a young investor astray.糟糕的建议会把年轻投资者带入歧途。
让某人走人、辞退
去吧、你可以走了
一路相连的线索、面包屑线索
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So this is where you laid your plans.把某人引入歧途
伊诺拉沿途留的线索其实是故意放的,为的是把追踪她的人引向错误方向。
You were leading them astray.一路相连的线索、面包屑线索
伊诺拉故意沿途留下痕迹,追踪她的人顺着这条 breadcrumb trail 一路找了过来。
逗得我发笑
Oh, you tickle me, Viscount Tewkesbury.天杀的、该死的(英式温和加强词)——blooming 是英国口语里替代 bloody 的委婉加强词,能修饰名词或形容词,表达恼火或戏谑。老派英剧里常见,现代日常用得少;对长辈或正式场合不合适,用错会显得装腔。
You magnificent Marquess of blooming Basilwether.认可某人的某一点
And you're a cleverer boy than I perhaps gave you credit for.比较级加 than:a cleverer boy than I perhaps gave you credit for 用比较级 cleverer 加 than 引出比较对象。句末的 credit for 是介词结尾,for 的宾语就是前面的比较点。整句是说:你比我想象的更机灵。than 后面用主格在正式说法里更讲究。
And you're a cleverer boy than I perhaps gave you credit for.同级比较 as ... as:It s not as stable as you think 用第一个 as 加形容词加第二个 as 构成同级比较,前面加 not 表示「没有你以为的那么……」。第一个 as 后面接形容词 stable,第二个 as 后面接比较对象 you think。整句是子爵劝伊诺拉别把家谱看得太稳。
WOMAN: It's not as stable as you think. [gasps]愿意、想不想
Would you care to come down?过来一趟、顺便来访
He'll probably want to come by.Twenty two 里 twenty 的两个 t 在快速口语里弹成轻轻的 d,听起来像 twen-dy-two,数字报得又顺又含糊。
Twenty two.让某人走人、辞退
子爵发现园丁把制服借给伊诺拉,说必须让园丁走人。
I'll have to let the gardener go for lending you his uniform.把某人绑起来
Tied him up.该怎么称呼、或者说
Or should I say missus?请节哀
My condolences, by the way.被动语态:these ideas of England are preserved 是被动语态,主语 these ideas 是接受动作的一方,preserved 是过去分词。整句用 it feels important that 引出感受,再说这些关于英格兰的理念需要被保存。被动在这里让重点落在理念上,而不是谁去保存。
It feels important that these ideas of England are preserved.专注于某事
Never could focus on what was.非常、很多
Will you tell him that I care about him a great deal?about 末尾 t 与 him 的 h 相撞,h 常被略去,连成 /əˈbaʊdɪm/,两个词缩成一块。
Will you tell him that I care about him a great deal?去吧、你可以走了
老夫人问完关于孙子的近况,便用一句话打发伊诺拉离开房间。
Off you go.off 末尾 v 直接搭上 you,常连成 /ˌɒfjuˈɡoʊ/,go 收在尾上,三个词一口气滑出。
Off you go.And you re a cleverer boy than I perhaps gave you credit for而且你比我原先以为的要聪明。 一句夸奖里藏着让步:承认自己低估了对方。它把「你比我想的强」说得体面,又悄悄把先前的不屑认了下来,是棋逢对手的起手式。
will you tell him that I care about him a great deal你能告诉他,我非常在乎他吗? 把一位老地主强硬外表下最软的一句托付交出去:不求回报,只求转达在乎。它让前面的权谋和家世都退到背景,只剩一句人话。
That is what it is to be an ancestral landowner做一名世袭地主,意义就在这里。 把身份定义成一种责任,而不是特权,一句话立住了旧英国的自负。
I suspect my grandson is the same我猜我的孙子也是一样的。 用一句轻描淡写的推测把两代人接上:嘴上说的是「猜」,心里其实早已认出同类。短句完整,带一点祖母式的心照不宣。
意思是「把某人引入歧途」,指故意带偏别人、让对方走错路。剧里说有人 leading them astray,就是设局把人带偏。用在劝人别被带坏、或指责别人乱指路时都合适。
let someone go,字面是「让某人走」,实际是委婉的辞退说法。剧里太夫人说 I'll have to let the gardener go,就是「我得让园丁走人」,听上去客气,其实已经决定开除他。
字面是「面包屑小路」,来自童话里沿路撒面包屑认路,引申为一路相连的线索。剧里说 following your breadcrumb trail,就是顺着对方留下的线索一路追踪。
是的,a great deal 表示「非常、很多」,常和 care、like 这类词连用。剧里 I care about him a great deal 就是「我非常在乎他」,比 very much 更文气一点。
「去吧、你可以走了」,是长辈或主人打发人时说的轻松说法,带点亲昵也带点居高临下。剧里太夫人谈完话一句 Off you go,就是让对方离开。
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第 1 章one's own company当面顶撞两个哥哥
第 2 章unpick母亲失踪留下暗号
第 3 章leave someone stranded火车上躲追兵
第 4 章the game is afoot为妹妹顶撞哥哥
第 5 章prepare the ground冒充助手登门揽案
第 6 章for better or worse茶馆里谈改革与权力
正在看 · 第 7 章lead someone astray混进庄园被太夫人看穿
第 8 章do funny things to someone小屋里重逢又拌嘴
第 9 章fend for oneself淑女学校听训话
第 10 章pick my brains兄长登门造访
第 11 章see right through someone假扮门房混进女校
第 12 章right a wrong车里定下破案计划