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影视片花：

台词欣赏：

Servant : Come on and help me with this sheet.

过来帮我掀起桌布一下。

Servant : Oh , come along, James.

来这边James。

Fairfax : Please do hurry and take them to the dining room.

赶紧把它拿到餐厅去。

James : Yes, maam.

好的，夫人。

Servant : Now, fold my corner to your corner.

好了，两边对叠。

Adele : Mrs. Fairfax, I just want to see if we can keep a frog.

Fairfax太太，我们可以养青蛙吗？

Fairfax : What? A frog? My dear, not now , I have no time for frogs.

什么？青蛙？亲爱的，我们现在没时间谈青蛙的事。

Mr. Rochester may be here at any minute.

Rochester先生随时都会驾到，

And all of Lord Ingram's fine friends with him.

他会带着Ingram殿下的亲朋好友一道同来。

He has never done this to me before.

我从来都未曾碰上这么大麻烦。

All the ladies will bring their maids.And all the gentlemen their valets.

先生小姐们都带齐了他们自己的佣人。

In the past, he couldn't wait to leave Thornfield.

过去他在Thornfield闲不下脚。

Now he seems determined to fill the house with guests.

这次他好像决定了把整个庄园填满宾客。

重点讲解

单词：

maam n. 女士(口头有礼貌称呼）

fold v.折叠，交叠

frog n.蛙

valet n. 男仆

短语：

at any minute：随时随地；任何时刻

have no time for：没有时间做......

couldn't wait to：迫不及待

come along：过来

dining room：餐厅

keep a frog：养青蛙

take ... to：把.......拿到

in the past：在过去

fill... with：用......填满......

重点短语：

couldn't wait to

The lost actor couldn't wait to identify himself with the troupe. 这个失群的演员迫不及待地要去和那些演员认同。

In those days, I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning.
那时候，早上我急不可待地赶去上班。

have no time for

The busy bee have no time for sorrow. 事情繁忙，无假忧伤。

I have no time for novels. 我没有闲暇读小说。

Elizabeth have no time for small chat with other dame.伊莉莎白没有时间与别的少女们闲聊。

fill... with

The hall soon filled with people. 大厅里不久就坐满了人。

Please fill the cup with water. 请把这个杯子装满水。

语法透视：

Please do hurry and take them to the dining room.

解析：句中的do是助动词，位于实意动词前，它起到加强语气的作用。