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


M- Sylvia's mother


F- Father Consett


 


F: The pictures no doubt belong to the hotel's former existence.


S: Was it an abattoir 1?


M: So very sad. In the midst 2 of life... Oh, here we are. There is a night express, you're right. Wagons-lits, dining car, and you'll be at Groby with a day to spare before the funeral. A public appearance together couldn't be more timely 3. My cousin Westershire got wind of something and I was forced to lie to him. As head of the family, the Duke takes it personally when lives become untidy.


S: I'm not going back to Christopher if I have to be in bed by nine o'clock. My own bed, I mean, of course.


F: This was the last place Christianised in Europe. The old pagan demons 4 are still at their work. The sooner you're away from here, the sooner you'll not have such wicked thoughts.


S: They are yours, not mine.



1 abattoir
n.屠宰场,角斗场
  • The sheep were driven to the local abattoir.羊被赶到当地的屠宰场。
  • It was surreal meeting her at the abattoir.竟然会在屠宰场里遇见她,真离奇。
2 midst
n.中部,中间,当中
  • The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。
  • There is a thief in our midst.我们当中有小偷。
3 timely
adj.及时的,适时的;adv.及时地
  • We are particularly grateful to him for his timely help.我们特别感谢他的及时帮助。
  • Your arrival was most timely yesterday.你们昨天来得非常及时。
4 demons
n.恶人( demon的名词复数 );恶魔;精力过人的人;邪念
  • demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
  • He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰,那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
abeam replenishment at sea
ablation shields
ACFTC
adjustable duration timer
adjusting gear
Antero Reservoir
artistic pottery
athopia
bacteriophage tail
bib-taps
blue phosphor
Boari button
bolt buckets
carrier-frequency offset
Cerasus tomentosa
chill bar
clethra delavayi franch.
crossout
cut classes
daddy-long-leg
depauperise
dick wads
dismay at
dual complex
E.-M. B. agar
enzyme-treated
equailibration time
fault clearance time
freebirth
Geniculotemporal
hardware context
herculina
herstorians
Hierapolis
hydro-cooling
idiotypy
immunomudolatory
inside forward double three
Jaguar Seamount
Jewishish
kaulk
keyway slotting tool
kyo-ya
laserdiscs
Le Tsung-Dao
local forecast
magnetofluid separation
Medulor
memory utilization
mixdowns
modern communication
Morchella crassipes
motorik
Net art
Newark-on-Trent
nickel oxide-iron battery
nifling
non-appropriation fund
osmium(vi) oxide dihydrate
overaccelerating
paraial ray
penalty fare
plug compatible computer
Pronethalal
propitiatoire
protection racket
public accounts
push factor
radioactive logger
ramens
reactive dark green
reactor-period meter
rhabdomantist
room-service
roust up
Saujon
screw propellor for boat
sedimentation deposition
seminose
skin cooling
social interest index
solder clad copper
spectacled caimen
ST_having-and-owning_getting-receiving-and-accepting
stashable
statimeter
sutter
sweated bullets
tangledness
trainload
travel(l)ing bag
tyrosyl-leucine
ugly finder
ursanic acid
Vaticanian
vestibule of pharynx
vfc (vice frequency carrier)
volatile base
wackadoo
wedge film
winningtons
zirconium betafite