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The world's most magnificent palace
举世最为恢弘的宫殿
is about to become its most notorious.
即将名声渐毁
Home to decadence on a truly royal scale.
它是皇室颓废生活的温床
Prostitution and gluttony.
充斥着荒淫与饕餮
Gambling and torture.
赌博与酷刑
And enough sex to scandalised even the French.
其间的恣情纵欲甚至让法国人不齿
This is the story of a king who took Versailles,
本片讲述了一位国王如何将凡尔赛
turned it into his palace of pleasure,
变为自己享乐的天堂
and brought the monarchy to the brink of collapse.
由此将君主制推向瓦解的边缘
The waking ceremony of the Duke of Anjou, by grace of God,
画面中这是天佑的安茹公爵
King Louis XV, Monarch of France and Navarre,
路易十五 法国与纳瓦拉的君主
and just an 11-year-old boy.
这年仅11岁男孩的起床仪式
Louis will reign for 58 years,
路易将执政58年
but his whole life will be
但他的一生都将被
lived in the shadow of another man's glory,
另一个男人荣耀的阴影笼罩
his predecessor, Louis XIV.
那就是他的前任 路易十四
Louis XIV was an incredibly tough act to follow.
路易十四的功绩难以复制
He is seen as The Great.
人们视他为大帝
He is the Conqueror of Europe.
他是欧洲的征服者
He adds to France.
他让法国空前强大
He is the greatest monarch of the 17th century.
是17世纪最伟大的君主
He was the first act on the stage of Versailles.
他是凡尔赛宫的第一位主人
He was the Sun,
他是太阳王
he was Apollo, the Sun God.
是太阳神阿波罗的化身
Everything orbited around him.
他是一切的中心
The etiquette of the court, the day of the court,
宫廷的礼仪 日常事宜
the extraordinary life lived entirely in the public gaze.
万众瞩目下的非凡生活
In his patronage of the arts, in his building projects,
他对艺术的赞助 他的建筑工程
in his personal conduct, in the way he dressed,
他的言行举止 着装风格
the way he ate, the way he looked,
用餐方式 外貌姿态
the way he walked.
甚至走路仪态
From the fountains in his gardens to the silver by his bed,
大到花园中的喷泉 小到床边的银器
he had established a form of etiquette
他建立了一套礼仪规则
with the sole view of making the whole country of France
仅仅为让整个法国的目光
entirely focused upon his person and his power.
都聚焦在他个人与他的权力之上
重点讲解
一.become：v. 变成，成为，变得，适合（某人），使（人）显得漂亮
【词义辨析】
become, get, grow, turn, go, come,
become: 最普通用词，作为连系动词，指从一个状态向另一个状态的变化。
get: 常指某人或某物有意无意地获得引起变化的因素，结果使变成另一状态。
grow: 常指逐渐地变成新状态，强调渐变的过程。
turn: 侧重指变得与原来截然不同，有时含贬义。
go: 作为连系动词，通常与形容词连用，指进入某种状态，从而发生变化，多指不好的状态。
come: 侧重变化的经过或过程，多用于不良情况。
【例句用法】
1.The meeting began to become clamorous.
会议开始变得喧哗了。
2.I was pleased to see how peaceable the horse had become.
我很高兴地看到这匹马变得这么温顺。
3.Vast areas of land have become desert.
广大的地区均已变成沙漠。
4.She has become an awful bore since she got married to him.
她自从和他结婚后，就变得令人厌烦透了。
5.You may also find that reading has become more fun than work!
你或许也会发现阅读已经变成是有趣的事，而不是工作。
6.Class distinctions have become less important during the last 50 years.
在过去五十年间，社会等级差别已经变得不那么重要了。
7.The weather became warmer.
天气变暖和了。
8.This new dress becomes you.
这件新衣服很合你身。
二.add：v. 加，增加，补充
【词义辨析】
add, add to, add...to, add up to,
add: 作“加，增加”解时，既可作及物动词，又可用作不及物动词；作“又说，补充说”解时，与直接或间接引语连用。
If the tea is too strong, add some more hot water.
如果茶太浓了，再加点开水。
After a short while, he added that he would try his best.
过了一会儿，他又接着说他会尽力。
add to: 意为“增添，增加，增进”。
The bad weather added to our difficulties．
恶劣的天气增加了我们的困难。
add...to意为“把......加到......”，是把前一项加到后一项之后或之中。
Add two to seven, and you will get nine.
七加二等于九。
add up to: 意为“加起来总共是／累计得”，该短语不用于被动语态。
All his school education added up to no more than one year.
他的学校教育加起来不过一年。
【词语用法】
add意为“把…加上去”，不表达为“增加”，而increase或raise表达为“增加”。
They have decided to add ￥20 to his wages.
They have decided to increase his wages to ￥ 100 a month.
add to有"增加"的意思，
That will add to my pleasure.
那样会增加我的乐趣。
add(s) up to有“总合起来成为”或“意味着”的意思，偶尔可省掉up。
Everything you say adds up to justice.
你所说的一切，总合起来就是正义。
【例句用法】
1.Add up all the money I owe you.
把我应付你的钱都加在一起。
2.If you add 4 to 5, you get 9.
四加五等于九。
3.He added some wood to increase the fire.
他加了一些木柴，使火旺些。