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以下视频片段选自《唐顿庄园》第一季第二集。

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中英对白

It's kind of you to take an interest.

很高兴您有兴趣

I'm afraid it's a case of the warhorse and the drum. You know my late husband was a doctor.

这已经是一种本能了 我丈夫就曾是一名医生

I do. I'm familiar with Dr Crawley's work on the symptoms of infection in children.

我知道我对Crawley医生颇为熟悉 尤其是他对儿童感染病症状的诊断

Even I studied nursing during the South African war.

在南非战争其间 我都要学护理知识

Really?

是吗

Very distressing.Young farmer. John Drake.

真让人痛心 John Drake 一个年轻农夫

Tenant of Lord Grantham's. He came in today.

伯爵家的佃农 今天住进来的

It's dropsy, I'm afraid.

怕是得了水肿

May I see him?
可以让我看看吗

Yes, by all means.

当然 您请

Is the dropsy of the liver or the heart?

肝脏水肿还是心脏水肿

Everything points to the heart.

所有症状都表明是心脏

Alright, Mr Drake. You're in safe hands now.

Drake先生 我们会尽力治好你的

What will happen to his wife?

他妻子怎么办

She may try to keep the farm on.

她会想办法耕作田地

Grantham is not a harsh landlord, but...her children are young.

伯爵很近人情 但她的孩子们都很小

What can I do to help? If I'm to live in this village, I must have an occupation.

我能帮得上忙吗 我若住下 必须做点事

Please. Let me be useful.

请让我尽点绵薄之力

词汇窜烧

warhorse：军马，战马

drum：鼓声

symptom：症状

infection：传染

nursing：护理

distressing：令人痛苦的

dropsy：水肿

liver：肝

妙语连珠

第一、短语精讲

by all means

【释义1】当然可以

【范例】——Shall I ask him to come in?——By all means.

—— 我请他进来好吗? —— 当然可以。

——Cam I do him a favor? —— By all means. Do anything that will help him.

—— 我可以帮助他吗？——完全可以。对他有帮助的事就请做吧。

【释义2】一定，务必

【范例1】Do it, by all means, but strictly on the quiet.

这件事一定要干，不过要严守秘密。

【范例2】Try by all means to save the dying.

一定要尽力抢救那个垂危的病人。

in safe hands

【双语释义】 managed or cared for with great attention

得到很好的照顾，在可靠的人手里

【同义短语】in good hands

【典型范例1】The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately.

写信人说拉斯特斯安然无恙并且将立即归来。

【典型范例2】The dentist's confident manner assured me that I was in safe hands.

牙医自信的态度使我确信我正由高手诊治。

work on

【释义1】从事于…；致力于......

【范例】I've been in China to work on the new project.

我一直在中国搞一个新项目。

【释义2】努力影响（说服）

【范例】She' ll work on him to make him change his mind.

她将努力说服他改变主意。

【释义3】继续工作

【范例】They'll work on till sunset.

他们将继续工作, 直到日落。

第二、短语重温

take an interest：感兴趣，关注

【典型范例1】Farmers always take an interest in the weather.

农民对天气总是很关心。

【典型范例2】I didn't go in for poetry seriously , but now I'm beginning to take an interest in it.

我平昔对诗歌很少研究，现在开始感到一点兴趣了。

be familiar with：对......熟悉

【典型范例1】Don't be too familiar with him; he's a dishonest man.

别与他交往过密，他这人不诚实。

【典型范例2】I've only just come here. I'm still not familiar with the work.

我就是刚刚到这里的，所以还不熟悉工作。

第三、短语积累

late husband：已故的丈夫

he dropsy of the liver：肝水肿

脱口而出

1. 语意表述：某种情况显示出......

套用句型：Something points to something.

指点迷津：此处用到point to这个短语，它的基本意思是“指向”，引申为“意味着......”。例如：

Critics point to the continuing instability of the company. 评论家们强调公司的形势继续不稳。

句型操练：Her remarks points to her hard study.

她考试的成就显示出她是刻苦读书的。

句型出处：Everything points to the heart.

2. 语意表述：询问发生在某人身上的情况将是怎样的。

套用句型：What will happen to somebody?

句型操练：He cannot still stand on his own feet. What will happen to him if his parents pass away.

他现在还不能独立起来。如果他的父母去世了，他怎么办呀？

句型出处：What will happen to his wife?

3. 语意表述：某人需要做事。

套用句型：Somebody needs to have an occupation.

指点迷津：此处是用have an occupation来表示“做事，有工作”的意思。

套用句型：You must have an occupation or else you might feel boring.

你必须找份工作，否则你会觉得无聊的。

句型出处：If I'm to live in this village, I must have an occupation.

4. 语意表述：某人是有价值存在的，是有用的，能帮得上忙的。

套用句型：Somebody is helpful.

句型操练：You may turn on your parents and they would be helpful to you.

你或许求助于你的父母，他们会对你有帮助的。

句型出处：Please. Let me be useful.

5. 语意表述：某件事情让人非常激动，兴奋。

套用句型：It is a case of warship and drum.

指点迷津：战场上马听到鼓声会跑得非常快，在这里比喻为“兴奋激动”的意思。

句型出处：I'm afraid it's a case of the warhorse and the drum.