《唐顿庄园》第三季第二集剧透：美国外婆的英国Party

2013-01-23 00:00:00来源：沪江英语网

　　The episode starts off with Matthew and Mary’s return from their honeymoon to a house fraughtwith uncertainty. In the after dinner chat one subject prevails: how to save Downton. The men are divided from the ladies and the men’s chat sees Lord Grantham discuss finances with Matthew. However the most progressive plan is hatchedby the Dowager Countess and Mary. Their plan involves impressing Martha with all the splendourof Downton so that she can’t possibly see it sold to another family. Girl power indeed.

　　第三季第二集开篇为马修和玛丽两人在蜜月之后返回了飘摇不定的唐顿庄园。在晚饭过后，“如何拯救唐顿庄园”的问题被提上议事日程。家族的男丁们聚到一起，看格林瑟姆勋爵与马修共同为家族的财产危机出谋划策。然后最具可行性的计划来自夫人和大小姐玛丽，她们的计划包括在玛莎老妇人面前展示唐顿庄园显赫地位，让她不忍心看着庄园转头出让给别人。女人的力量真的很强大！

　　Tension below stairs aboundsas Thomas schemes to ruin the new footman’s training, by giving him the wrong chemicals to clean Matthew’s shirt. However the plan backfiresas he receives a taste of his own medicine courtesyof the friendly American maid, who takes quite a shine to the fledglingfootman, culminatingin a kiss by the moonlight.

　　就在唐顿的主人们为庄园前途担忧时，庄园的后院也不安生。Thomas为了毁掉新男仆的训练期，给了他错误的洗涤剂来清洗马修的衬衫。在好心的美国女仆帮助下，Thomas最终自食恶果，而菜鸟男仆与好心的女仆也在月夜下倾情一吻。

　　However a romance upstairs is cut short as Lord Grantham warns Sir Anthony off Edith citing the age gap as an irreconcilableproblem. After receiving a letter from Sir Anthony at the breakfast table the next morning Edith runs out of the room in tears. “Age is just a number!” you could almost hear Downton fans screaming at the TV!

　　楼上，格兰瑟姆勋爵警告安东尼：他与伊迪丝的年龄差距是不可调和的问题。早饭后伊迪丝在餐桌上收到了安东尼的信，看完之后伊迪丝含泪跑出去说：“年龄只是一个数字而已！”

　　But let’s not forget poor old Master Bates in prison. Anna has managed to get in contact with friend of Vera’s and plans to visit her to continue her private investigations into Vera’s suspected suicide. The case very much remains inconclusive.

　　还有监狱中的贝茨先生。安娜想办法联系到了Vera的朋友，并打算继续她对于Vera自杀的秘密调查。这个案件很可能最终没有结果。

　　Back at Downton, on the night of the ‘charm Martha by any means possible’ plan, sheerpanic runs throughout the house as nothing has gone right: most alarmingly the ovenhas broken down. In fact it ends up being Martha herself that saves the day by suggesting an indoor picnic. Cuesinging and the unificationof Anthony and Edith. Hurrah!

　　回到唐顿庄园，在想法设法魅惑玛莎老妇人的计划中，庄园内部却是一片手忙脚乱，最致命的是锅炉坏了。最后玛莎建议野餐还是转到室内，令人雀跃的是，安东尼和伊迪丝又好了。

　　The end of the picnic culminates in Martha saying a big fat NO to saving Downton, protesting that she cannot understand why they want to keep it. Her inspiring speech highlights her ethos: "The way to deal with the world today is not to ignore it." Adaptation is key, Martha lectures.

　　在野餐行将结束时，玛莎夫人对于拯救唐顿的计划坚决反对，她不懂为什么这些人想方设法地想要保护庄园。她激情澎湃的演说突出了她的信条：“对付现在这个世界的办法，不是对它置之不理！”

　　Mrs Hughes"s cancer scare sets look to be a continuing theme in the next couple of weeks as she is told that the results of her test are inconclusive.

　　对于休斯夫人来说，癌症在接下来几周都是不变的主题，因为她的诊断结果已经确定无疑。

　　So at the end of the second episode the future of Downton still looks uncertain. Mrs Hughes’s cancer scare is set to develop and she really rather depressingly concludes that everyone at Downton will eventually die. Oh dear, that's not the spirit Mrs Hughes!

　　所以到第二集为止，唐顿庄园的未来依旧没个着落。休斯夫人的癌症继续恶化，她甚至绝望地认为唐顿的所有人最终都会死。亲爱的，这可不是休斯夫人的精神啊！

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