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视频出处：

出自于BBC纪录片《英国史》中的第七集《女王的一生》。

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On the evening of March 9th, 1567,

在1567年3月9日

while Mary was attending a must ball,

玛丽去参加舞会了

Bothwell supervised the lighting of a fuse

波斯维尔负责指挥着在凌晨两点时分点燃一根导火线

that at two o'clock in the morning would detonate an immense quantity of gunpowder

这导火线将引发一场巨量火药的爆炸

beneath the house where Darnley was asleep.

爆炸就发生在达恩利入睡的房子下面

The house was blown sky high.

房子将被炸翻到天上

Darnley was dead, but not bumped off according to plan

达恩利死了 但不是被炸死的

Minutes before the explosion,

就在爆炸前几分钟

he'd heard suspicious noises,

他听到了可疑的噪音

and had himself lowered out of his bedroom window on a chair.

然后用一把椅子从卧室窗户里翻了出来

Running through the garden in his night-shirt,

达恩利穿着睡衣跑过了花园

Darnley ran straight into the plotters

直接冲到了密谋者当中

who promptly throttled him to death.

他们立即把他掐死了

词汇精讲

第一、精讲词汇

1. supervise

双语释义：watch or otherwise keep a check on (sb doing sth or sth being done) to make sure it is done properly

[Tr.] 监督（某人做某事）；察看并指导（工作）

典型例句：The chief clerk supervises the work of the department.

文书组长负责监督该部门的工作。

I supervised the workers loading the lorry.

我监督工人把货物装上卡车。

2. detonate

双语释义：cause sth to) explode; (be) set off

[Tr.]（使某物）爆炸; 引爆; 起爆

典型例句：The bomb failed to detonate.

炸弹没爆炸。

It is an explosive charge detonated by remote control.

这是遥控起爆的炸药。

3. bump

俚语用法：bump sb off

双语释义：kill or murder sb

[Tr.] 杀死某人；谋杀某人

典型例句：They will probably bump you off anyway!

不管怎样他们很可能会干掉你！

The hit man he's hired to bump off his wife.

他雇来杀害妻子的职业杀手。

4. throttle

双语释义：seize (sb) by the throat and stop him breathing; choke; strangle

[Tr.] 扼（某人）的颈部; 使窒息; 勒死

典型例句：He throttled the guard before robbing the safe.

他勒死警卫然后抢保险箱。

5. sky-high

双语释义：very high; too high

[adv.] 很高地

典型例句：After the election, prices went sky-high.

选举完后，物价飞涨。

第二、泛讲词汇

1. promptly adv. 迅速地，立即地

2. lighting n. 点亮，点着

3. fuse n.导火索

4. explosion n. 爆炸

5. immense adj. 巨大的

6. gunpowder n. 火药

短语精讲

1. on the evening of：在......日的晚上

讲解：这个短语的介词of后面接月份，日期，再接年份，表示“在某年某月某日的一个晚上”。

例句：On the evening of October 1, every street was a blaze of light.

十月一日的晚上，条条大街上灯火辉煌。

On the evening of Dec. 31, we usually celebrate the New Year's coming.

通常，我们在12月31号的晚上庆祝新年的到来。

2. attend a must ball：出席必须参加的舞会

讲解：must在这里做名词用，意思是“必须做的事情”，修饰ball。Attend是“出席，参加”的意思。

3. according to

释义1：根据，按照

例句：According to the act of grace, many prisoners are set free.

按照大赦令，很多囚犯获得释放。

According to my watch it is already 12 o' clock.

根据我的表,现在已经是十二点了。

释义2：按......记载，据......所说

例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon.

据她说，祖父在中午打来电话。

According to the Bible, Adam was the first man.

据《圣经》记载,亚当是人类始祖。

5. on a chair：用一把椅子

6. in his night-shirt：穿着睡衣

讲解：in在这里是介词，意思是“穿着”。再如：

例句：It is my brother who is in blue.

穿着蓝色衣服的就是我的哥哥。

联想记忆：dressed in rags（穿着褴褛） clothed in rags（衣着褴褛）

the man in the hat（戴着帽子的男子） in high-heeled shoes（穿着高跟鞋）

7. run into

释义1：跑进

例句：We saw them run into a cinema.

我们看见他们跑进一家电影院。

All rivers run into sea.

海纳百川。

释义2：偶然碰到，意外遇到（人，天气，事情等）

例句：He was delighted beyond measure to run into an old friend.

他意外地遇见一位老友，感到无比高兴。

On the way they had run into a high wind.

在路上，他们碰上了大风。

We'll run into that time and again.

这个问题我们还会时不时地碰到。

In some problems we might run into trouble if we do not take greater care.

在某些问题中如果我们不留心的话，可能会陷入麻烦之中。

长句分析

1. On the evening of March 9th, 1567, while Mary was attending a must ball, Bothwell supervised the lighting of a fuse that at two o'clock in the morning would detonate an immense quantity of gunpowder beneath the house where Darnley was asleep.

结构剖析：这是含有时间状语从句的复合句。

主句是：On the evening of March 9th, 1567, Bothwell supervised the lighting of a fuse that at two o'clock in the morning would detonate an immense quantity of gunpowder beneath the house where Darnley was asleep。时间状语从句是：while Mary was attending a must ball。

在主句中，On the evening of March 9th, 156是介词短语作时间状语。

在这个主句中含有一个定语从句：that at two o'clock in the morning would detonate an immense quantity of gunpowder beneath the house where Darnley was asleep。它修饰先行词fuse。Fuse在定语从句中做主语，指代物，那么that和which都可以使用。因为是做主语，所以关系代词这里没有省略。

在上面的定语从句中的beneath the house beneath the house where Darnley was asleep是介词短语作定语修饰gun powder。在这个介词短语中含有一个定语从句：where Darnley was asleep。它修饰先行词house。House是指代地点，在定语从句中做地点状语，因此用where这个关系副词来引导。

2. Running through the garden in his night-shirt, Darnley ran straight into the plotters who promptly throttled him to death.

结构剖析：这是一个含有现在分词短语的复合句。

主句是Darnley ran straight into the plotters who promptly throttled him to death，现在分词短语是Running through the garden in his night-shirt。

现在分词短语在这里做时间状语，我们可以将之改为时间状语从句：after he run through the garden in his night-shirt。现在分词中的in his night-shirt是介词短语作伴随状况状语。

在主句中含有一个定语从句：who promptly throttled him。它修饰先行词plotters。先行词在定语从句中做主语，指代人，我们可以用that或者who，文中用的是who。由于是做主语，关系代词不能省略。