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
a can
a matter for regret
allowance for amortization
alternate address
anilopam
annemieke
ansei
anti narcotics
antiradar camouflage material
application document
audio-fidelity
bellrose
bicipitoradial bursa
bifurcate
biosensors
both the two
bumble vee venom
Byshkov
cellular construction
chinua achebe
collicluefaction
Cousinia thomsonii
demand-led
differential form without poles
drip-saver
engineering in medicine
fabellae
fenchyl
FI (fouling index)
field time waveform distortion
flowgraphs
fluorescent-yellow
food mo(u)lder
free trade wharf
frehley
freight turnover
Gametocidum
giannone
Gradgrinds
hemiglyph
heterozoic
hinge region
hold-off arm
hydrosulphuric
intimate contact
jordes
just release value
kibbler
kikay kit
knife-edge load
ksyrium
light polarization demodulator
livedo reticularis symptomica
load sharing ratio
local dent
malnutritional
marine engineering technician certificate
mass spectrometer
medium-scale computer
melt quenching method
minibags
misbranding
misconstructer
moa-nalo
monolateral
multiple digital recording
mundu
nanowalkers
Nayakhanskaya Guba
optional coach
organization culture
packing void fraction
partial fertilizer
partially specified finite-state machine
patrick victor martindale whites
Pescantina
Pitch L.
polyesters
propatria
pump valve
register tonnage
rod position annunciation
root-mean-square height
RPC (remote position control)
saald
Sankt Gallenkirch
Scavaig, Loch
schlossmuseum
simple dngioma
sowd-
spin-dependence of nuclear force
stagnation condition
standard rated voltage
suprapharmacological
takeoff position indicator lamp
taurodeoxycholates
the orphan of china
two-button plate
undergrade food
void relation
witherings
wonkishly