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Now Mary could have no

此时此刻 玛丽的一切幻想都破灭了

illusions that she was anything except a prisoner.

只能老老实实的做一名囚犯

She was shuttled from house to house

在什鲁斯伯里伯爵的监视下

under the watchful eye of the Earl of Shrewsbury,

她被不停的转换牢房

who got the unenviable job of being her jailer.

作为她的看守 吃力而不讨好

Some of the houses were not much more than a damp ruin,

有些牢房就像潮湿的废墟

others, like Wingfield here, were more tolerable places.

而另一些 如温菲尔德 还勉强可以忍受

Now Wingfield is in Derbyshire, and that tells you something

温菲尔德在德比郡

about the nervousness of her captors.

这也说明了关押她的人有多么紧张

Mary Stuart had to be kept a long way away from any possibility of rescue,

为了防止玛丽东山再起

far away from Scotland, far away from London,

她被关押在远离苏格兰 远离伦敦

far away from the coast.

远离沿海的地方

In fact, in the Midlands.

实际上 她被关押在英格兰中部

But wherever she was, Mary Stuart

但是无论她身在何处

become maximum security problem number one,

玛丽·斯图亚特的安全都是重中之重

not just a headache but a magnet for conspiracy.

不止令人头痛万分 还会诱发无数阴谋

词汇讲解

illusion：错误的观念;错误的感觉

e.g. I have no illusions about my ability.

我对自己的能力如何颇有自知之明。

shuttle：(使)频繁往来于(两地之间)

e.g. He and colleagues have shuttled back and forth between the three capitals.

他和同事们在这3个首都之间往来穿梭。

watchful：警觉的;警惕的

e.g. He looked tall and powerful and, with his dark, watchful face, a little threatening.

他看上去又高又壮，面色黝黑，满脸警觉，真叫人有点害怕。

unenviable:不值得羡慕的；令人不快的；尴尬的

e.g. She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls.

她接受了这个令人为难的差事，负责打头几个电话。

e.g. It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.

这令我陷入了不得不说谎的尴尬境地。

tolerable:可忍受的;可容忍的

e.g. The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual.

对疼痛的耐受程度因人而异，差别很大。

e.g. He described their living conditions as tolerable.

他把他们的生活条件描述为“尚可忍受”。

magnet :有吸引力的事物或人物

e.g. This disco is a magnet for young people.

这家迪斯科舞厅经常吸引大批年轻的顾客。

conspiracy：密谋;阴谋

e.g. Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted conspiracy to commit arson.

7个人都来自布里斯托尔，他们承认了合谋纵火。

e.g. He believes there probably was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963.

他认为1963年肯尼迪总统遇刺身亡可能是一个阴谋。

内容透析

1. Now Mary could have no illusions that she was anything except a prisoner.

That在这里是连词，连接结果状语从句，意思是“以至于......”。

e.g. Double over the map that we can read it more easily.

把地图对折起来，这样看起来更容易。

e.g. I will give you all the facts that you can judge for yourself.

我会给你所有的事实以便你可以自己判断。

2. She was shuttled from house to house under the watchful eye of the Earl of Shrewsbury, who got the unenviable job of being her jailer.

from house to house：从一个屋子到另一个屋子，挨家挨户

e.g. They went from house to house, begging the people for bread.

他们挨家挨户地向人们乞食。

e.g. The police at once began a search from house to house for a criminal.

警方立刻开始按家搜索罪犯。

under the watchful eye of：在(某人)的警觉目光下；在…的监视下

e.g. There were demonstrations in the streets today, under the watchful eye of police.

今天，在警方的监视下大街上进行了游行。

e.g. Children swim at the pool, under the watchful eye of lifeguards.

孩子们在救生员的监护下在水池里游泳。

3. Mary Stuart had to be kept a long way away from any possibility of rescue, far away from Scotland, far away from London, far away from the coast.

kept sb a long way away from something：使某人距离......很远

e.g. John is kept a long way away from drug.

约翰被支开得很远，让他远离毒品。

far away from somewhere：距离某地很远

e.g. Far away from home, the overseas student dream of returning to his own fireside.

这位远离家乡的海外学生渴望着回家。

e.g. And he spent his senility on an archipelago, far away from here.

当他年老的时候他住在了一个群岛上, 远离这里。

5. But wherever she was, Mary Stuart become maximum security problem number one, not just a headache but a magnet for conspiracy.

not... but..: 不是......而是......

e.g. What I want is not money but love.

我所需要的不是钱而是爱情。

number one：最好，自身利益

e.g. I can certainly assure you I'm looking after number one all right.

我可以肯定地向你保证,我会照顾好自己的。

e.g. George is number one around here and I am his number two.

乔治是这里的头号人物，而我是他的副手。

e.g. Air and water pollution are our Number One priorities.

空气和水污染是我们关注的首要问题。