Downton Abbey《唐頓莊園》精講四悶悶不樂的Mary

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本片段劇情：老伯爵遺孀找到Matthew希望他能幫忙解除限定繼承，Matthew努力了，但是未能解決。Matthew在伯爵的帶領下開始積極參與管理領地內(nèi)的事物。樓下傭人們的感情糾葛在這一集逐漸顯現(xiàn)。一年一度的游園會開幕，William邀請Daisy一起去，不料Daisy拒絕了他，和Thomas一同去了。Hughes太太的老相好向她求婚，Huges太太經(jīng)過一番思想斗爭后拒絕。Anna生病了，Bates非常關心她并給她送飯。在Lady Sybil的幫助下Gwen第一次參加了面試，卻失敗了。 ……

Branson: Is that all, My Lord?

Robert: It is. Off you go and good luck.

Robert: He seems a bright spark after poor old Taylor. And to think Taylor's gone off to run a tea shop. I cannot feel it will make for a very restful retirement, can you?

Carson: I would rather be put to death, My Lord.

Robert: Quite so. Thank you, Carson.

Dowager Countess: How about some house parties?

Cora: She's been asked to one next month by Lady Anne McNair.

Dowager Countess: A most terrible idea. She doesn't know anyone under 100.

Cora: I might send her over to visit my aunt. She could get to know New York.

Dowager Countess: Oh, I don't think things are quite that desperate. Poor Mary, she's been terribly down in the mouth lately.

Cora: She was very upset by the death of poor Mr Pamuk.

Dowager Countess: Why? She didn't know him. One can't go to pieces at the death of every foreigner. We'd all be in a state of collapse whenever we opened a newspaper. Oh, no. Of course, Mary's main difficulty is that her situation is unresolved. I mean, is she an heiress or isn't she?

Cora: The entail's unbreakable. Mary cannot inherit.

Dowager Countess: No, what we need is a lawyer who's decent and honour bound to look into it. I... I think perhaps I know just the man.

bright spark: 精明的人，生氣勃勃的人

put to death: 處死，殺死。Carson這里的意思是：我寧愿一死了之/一了百了。

house party: 在鄉(xiāng)間別墅舉行的連續(xù)數(shù)日的宴會

這里老伯爵夫人是在諷刺說，她認識的男人都太老。

I don't think things are quite that desperate: 我覺得還沒有淪落到那種境地。

down in the mouth: 垂頭喪氣，悶悶不樂

go to pieces: 身體[精神]垮下來；瓦解，崩潰

entail：限定繼承，是舊時英國土地保有和繼承的一種形式。