影片簡(jiǎn)介：1997年，黛安娜王妃在巴黎因?yàn)檐?chē)禍意外身故的消息傳出后，舉世震驚，英國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)更是哀聲一片。悲痛欲絕的民眾對(duì)以伊麗莎白女王為首的英國(guó)王室表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的冷漠和回避態(tài)度十分不滿，一時(shí)間群情激憤......

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Maid: Shall I draw the curtains？

Queen: Yes please. So, did you stay up all night?

Maid: Yes, Ma'am.

Queen: And was it as expected?

Maid: Yes, Ma'am. Mr. Blair. By a landslide.

Queen: Oh, I see.

Voiceover: They've stopped the traffic completely for Tony Blair's first day of power in London.

You got the ceremonial with tourists, the officials, and you got a lovely summer's day.

Tony Blair waving to the crowds, people waving to them there...I guess most of them do know it's the Prime Minister waiting lining in the streets there.

Robin: The Prime Minister is on his way, Ma'am.

Queen: To-be, Robin. The Prime-Minister-to-be. I haven't asked him yet. He's a hard one to read, isn't he?

Robin: Yes... On the one hand his background is quite establishment-- father a conservative, educated at Fettis, where he was tutored by the same man as the Prince of Wales.

Queen: Well, we'll try not to hold that against him.

Robin: On the other, his manifesto promises the most radical modernization and shake up of the constitution in 300 years.

Queen: Oh, is he gonna try to modernise us?

Robin: I wouldn't let it past him. He's married to a woman with known anti-monarchist sympathies. You may remember her curtsy the first time you met. It could best be described as…shallow.

Queen: I don't measure the depth of a curtsy, Robin. I leave that to my sister.

Robin: The atmosphere at Downing Street is expected to very informal. Everyone on first name terms at the Prime Minister's insistence.

Queen: What, as if "Call me Tony?"

Robin: Yes, Ma'am.

Queen: Oh, I don't like that. Could we send him a protocol sheet?

Tony Blair: Funny, I'm actually rather nervous.

Ms Blair: Why? You've met her often enough before.

Tony Blair: I know, but…never one to one...and never as Prime Minister.

Ms Blair: Well, just remember, you're a man that's just been elected by the whole nation.

Tony Blair: But she's still, you know, the Queen.

 

妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用

1.stay up: 臺(tái)詞中是“醒著”的意思。stay up all night（通宵未睡）

來(lái)看例句：

I let my child stay up late. 我讓我的孩子很晚才睡。

Some people stay up entertaining. 一些人熬夜娛樂(lè)。

They have to stay up late cramming. 他們得熬夜臨時(shí)抱佛腳。

這個(gè)短語(yǔ)還有“停著、不掉下”的意思，例如：

It will stay up even if its motors stop. 即使關(guān)閉發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，飛艇也仍然能夠在空中停留。

My trousers only stay up if I wear a belt. 我這條褲子要是不系皮帶就往下掉。

2.landslide：本意是“山崩”，常用來(lái)形容“壓倒性勝利”(overwhelming victory)。臺(tái)詞中說(shuō)“Tony Blair以絕對(duì)優(yōu)勢(shì)贏得首相職位。”

來(lái)看例子：landslide victory 大獲全勝

Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide. 羅斯福以壓倒性勝利贏了胡佛。

The Conservatives gained a landslide victory and were returned for a second term of government. 保守黨以壓倒之勢(shì)贏得了勝利，繼續(xù)執(zhí)政。

3.to-be: 未來(lái)的, 即將的。女王強(qiáng)調(diào)Tony Blair在得到她認(rèn)命之前，只是“未來(lái)的首相”，而不是首相。

類似用法有：

his father-in-law to-be 他的未來(lái)岳父

bride-to-be 準(zhǔn)新娘

My sister-in-law is your to-be wife's best friend. 我的嫂嫂是你的未婚妻子最好的朋友。

4.hold against：有偏見(jiàn)、指責(zé)、針對(duì)、抵制

看具體用法：

These earth dykes cannot hold against floods. 這些土筑堤埝根本起不到防洪作用。

We mustn't hold against him that he has been in prison. 我們不要因?yàn)樗^(guò)去坐過(guò)牢而對(duì)他有偏見(jiàn)。

I won't hold it against you. 我不會(huì)記仇的.

Don't think that I hold that against you. 別以為這是說(shuō)你壞話。

How long can we hold out against these attacks? 我們對(duì)這些進(jìn)攻的抵抗能維持多久？

5.at someone's insistence: 在某人的堅(jiān)持下。臺(tái)詞中說(shuō)：“由于首相的堅(jiān)持，唐寧街的每個(gè)人都互相直呼名字。”

來(lái)看例句：

He took a week's holiday at my insistence. 在我的堅(jiān)持下，他度了一個(gè)星期的假。

At the director's insistence the new product was kept secret. 在董事的堅(jiān)持下，這個(gè)新產(chǎn)品是被保密的。

影片簡(jiǎn)介：1997年，黛安娜王妃在巴黎因?yàn)檐?chē)禍意外身故的消息傳出后，舉世震驚，英國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)更是哀聲一片。悲痛欲絕的民眾對(duì)以伊麗莎白女王為首的英國(guó)王室表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的冷漠和回避態(tài)度十分不滿，一時(shí)間群情激憤......

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