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出自与BBC纪录片《英国史》之《女王的诞生》（第7集）。

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精彩解说：

Lord Henry Darnley,

亨利·达恩利

the handsome poster boy of Scottish nobility,

是英俊的苏格兰贵族代表人物

seemed a much better prospect.

看来像是更好的选择

One look at Darnley's shapely calves

一看到达恩利那好看的小腿

and Mary decided she must have him.

玛丽就下决心一定要得到他

It helped that he too had Tudor blood flowing through his veins.

他的身体里同样流淌着都铎王室的血液也是原因之一

Unfortunately, a lot of whiskey ran through them too.

不幸的是 同样流淌在他身体里还有太多威士忌

Too late, Mary discovered she had married a lazy,
dissolute drunk,

玛丽发现自己嫁了一个懒惰的酒鬼时 为时已晚

incapable of doing even the minimal things required of a co-sovereign.

他根本没有能力与玛丽联合执政

词汇精讲

第一、名词精讲

1. nobility

双语释义：people of noble birth or rank

[U.N.] 贵族

语法用法：这个词一定要和定冠词the连用才表示出“贵族”的意思，即：the nobility。

典型例句：John is a member of the British nobility and he has been living a happy life.

约翰是 英国贵族的一员，他一直过着很幸福的生活。

Mary is lucky that she has married into the nobility.

玛丽很幸运与贵族成员联姻了。

The nobility usually resist social changes.

贵族通常反对社会变革。

2. drunk

双语释义：a person who is drunk or who often gets drunk

[C.N.] 醉酒者；醉鬼

第二、形容词精讲

1. dissolute

双语释义：enjoying immoral activities and not caring about behaving in a morally acceptable way

[adj.] 放荡的,放纵的,肆意挥霍的 道德沦丧的

典型例句：Mary has been leading a dissolute life so no man wants to marry her.

玛丽一直过着过放荡的生活，所以直到现在没有男人愿意娶她为妻。

John is if a dissolute and worthless character.

约翰是行为放荡，一无是处的人。

2. shapely

双语释义：(especially of a woman's body) having an attractive curved shape

[adj]（尤指女子的身材）漂亮的, 匀称的

相关短语：a shapely bosom（线条优美的胸部） shapely legs （匀称的腿）

第三、其它词汇

1. Scottishadj.苏格兰的

2. poster n. 海报，广告

3. vein n.静脉

4. calf（pl. calves）小腿

5. sovereign n. 最高统治者

短语精讲

第一、重点短语精讲

1. be incapable of：无能力的，不能胜任的

讲解：其反义词是be capable of。这2个短语介词of后面接名词或动名词或宾语从句等。

例句：That child seems incapable of keeping out of mischief.

那个孩子不调皮捣蛋简直就受不了。

My feelings at the moment are incapable of being expressed.

我此时的心情难以言表（难以描述）。

2. poster boy：代表人物，典型人物

例句：It is China that is the poster - boy for state capitalism.

要说到国家资本主义的代言人，还得属中国。

3. require something of sb.：命令（或指示）某人做某事

讲解：这个短语通常用于被动语态。

例句：I have done all that is required by law.

我已按照法律规定把一切做好。

It is required of me that I give evidence.

要求我提供证据。

4. flow through：流经，流过

例句：They flow through some gardens and into the sea.

流经一些花园和克赖斯特彻奇，汇入大海。

5. run through：贯穿，流经

例句：The Appalachians run through thirteen states.

阿巴拉契亚山脉穿经十三个州。

Let the rainwater run through this pipe.

让雨水从这个管道中流过去。

第二、重点短语回顾

look at：看待，考虑，看

第三、其它短语

1. do the minimal things：做微薄的事情

2. Scottish nobility：苏格兰的贵族

3. have Tudor blood：拥有都德血统

4. Lord Henry Darnley：Henry Darnley大人

长句分析

1. Lord Henry Darnley, the handsome poster boy of Scottish nobility, seemed a much better prospect.

结构剖析：这个是一个简单句。主语是：Lord Henry Darnley，谓语是seemed，表语是：a much better prospect。

在表语中much是副词，修饰形容词比较级better。句中的the handsome poster boy of Scottish nobility是做主语Lord Henry Darnley的同位语，说明其长相和身份。

2. It helped that he too had Tudor blood flowing through his veins.

结构剖析：这个句子中的 flowing through his veins是现在分词短语做后置定语。

3. Too late, Mary discovered she had married a lazy, dissolute drunk, incapable of doing even the minimal things required of a co-sovereign.

结构剖析：这是一个简单句。主语是：Mary，谓语是discover，he had married a lazy, dissolute drunk, incapable of doing even the minimal things required of a co-sovereign是宾语从句。Too late是状语，表示时间。

在宾语从句中含有一个形容词短语incapable of doing even the minimal things required of a co-sovereign后置定语，修饰名词drunk。此外，还有一个过去分词短语required of a co-sovereign做后置定语，修饰名词things。