S2-8 38:26-38:40

It’s not in me to be queen of the county.

/ɪts nɒt ɪn mi tə bi kwi:n əv ðə ˈkaʊnti/

queen

n.女王

She is the queen of news.

她是新闻女王。

queen/kwi:n/  

n.女王

-That’s it. Say “queen“!

–Queen.

come down with something

BrE /kʌm daʊn wɪð ˈsʌmθɪŋ/  

NAmE /kʌm daʊn wɪð ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

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queen /kwi:n/

not~in me /nɒt ɪn mi/

to be queen~of the county 

/tə bi: kwi:n əv ðə ˈkaʊnti/

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Lavinia: It’s not in me to be ① of the ②.

我根本没有驾驭这里的能力。

I’m a little ③, an ordinary person and when I ④ you and Mary together, I thought, how ⑤, how ⑥ you looked together.

我是个小人物，一个普通的人。看到你和玛丽在一起的时候，我心里想他们多美好，多相配啊！

翻译

1.The Queen is meeting the prime minister today.

2.I am coming down with something.

Robert: I thought Molesley had joined the Temperance League.

莫斯利怎么了？我以为他戒酒了呢。

Anna: I’m afraid he’s been taken ill, My Lord.

恐怕他这是病了，老爷。

I am sorry.

抱歉。

Robert: Molesley, too? Good heavens.

莫斯利也病了？老天。

Everyone’s falling like ninepins.

怎么接二连三的病倒啊。

1.Trees were going down like ninepins in the strong wind.

参考答案：树木在狂风中横七竖八倒了一地。

2.The man once was a live wire, but now he is listless because he is so busy with litigation.

参考答案：这人之前挺活跃的，但是现在无精打采，是因为他在忙着打官司。