时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:跟着英剧练发音


英语课

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C- Christopher Tietjens


S- Sylvia Satterthwaite


--: By God, she looks like a...


--: Yes, sir.


--: It doesn't do, stealing the show from her mother-in-law!


S: The cedar 1 will have to come down before it knocks over the house.


C: Father would sooner take down the house. Young men and maidens 2 have made their marriage vows 3 under the Groby Tree for longer than memory.


S: If Mark won't do it, it'll have to wait for Michael, then.


C: Michael, I want you to meet a new friend. Clio. Don't be frightened. Come and say hello. There, you see? He won't bite.



1 cedar
n.雪松,香柏(木)
  • The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
  • She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。
2 maidens
处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球
  • stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
  • Transplantation is not always successful in the matter of flowers or maidens. 花儿移栽往往并不成功,少女们换了环境也是如此。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
3 vows
誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿
  • Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
  • The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。