LESSON 01 I BELONG TO GLASGOW
The penny dropped.(终于听明白了,恍然大悟。)
ten to one(十有八九)
chauffeur(富人或要人的汽车司机)
Q:What is the correct address for member of parliament (MP)?(议会成员的正确称呼是什么?)
A:Right Honourable. (←来自弹幕的答案,未核实)
LESSON 02 WHO LOVES YA BABY?
horse和hoarse同音
mare和mayor同音
relegate(使降级)
pram(婴儿车)
【拼写规则】[偷偷吐个槽:我当年学英语时要是老师讲了这些该多好]
1. I before E except after C. (补充:油炸叔主持的Qi s08e14提到了这个规则,实际上有大量单词[923个]并不遵守这个规则,如species字母C后面是ie而非ei,而being, weird, caffeine等单词,e在i之前,但前面并不是字母c。据油炸叔说,现在学校里已经不再教这一条规则。)
2. Q is always followed by U.
【Q&A】
Q: Give a single noun to replace the following phrases: a person who has reached the age of one hundred.
A: Centenarian.
Q: The feminine of horse.
A: Mare.
【Mr. Brown哄小Baby时唱的歌】
“Rock A Bye Baby”,好像是首经典的摇篮曲,暂未查到作者和年代。歌曲链接:http://music.163.com/#/song?id=5179977。男声版:http://music.163.com/#/song?id=4023477
LESSON 03 NO FLOWERS BY REQUEST
be not oneself(身体不舒服)
Hobson's choice(Meaning: No real choice at all - the only options being to either accept or refuse the offer that is given to you.)
a dog in the manger(占着茅坑不拉屎的人)
berth(卧铺)
sleeping car(卧铺车厢)
philistine(市侩,庸人)
【rhyming slang】
brown bread = dead
【Q&A关于英国历史文化】
Q: Who is known as the father of television?
A: Logie Baird.
Q: Who is the prince of Wales?
A: Prince Charles. [将近40年过去了,答案还没变]
Q: Which recent king of England was never crowned?
A: Edward, Duke of Windsor.
Q: Where is the term ‘Gladstone bag’ come from?
A: Gladstone bag is the name given to a bag made popular by one of our prime ministers, William Ewart Gladstone.
Q: What function does the mais have in the house of commons?
A: (夏末秋字幕组给的翻译是“市政会计和信息系统”,但是死活查不到啊。一方面不知道是不是MAIS这四个字母,另一方面不知道这是什么的缩写。Management Accounting Information System?)
Q: Who is Shakespeare’s wife?
A: Anne Hathaway.[竟然和某演员重名了]
Q: Who wrote ‘Upon Westminister Bridge’? [按,原题目似应为‘Composed Upon Westminister Bridge’]
A: Wordsworth.
Q: Who wrote ‘To A Field Mouse’? [按,题目好像应该是‘To A Mouse’]
A: Robert Burns.
Q: ‘The Pirates of Penzance’.
A: One of the Savoy operas by Gilbert and Sullivan.(注:Savoy operas是19世纪末源自伦敦萨伏伊剧院的喜歌剧,Gilbert and Sullivan是其代表。)[为自己的无知哭泣,完全没听说过啊QAQ]
Q: Handel’s ‘Largo’.
A: (出自歌剧Xerxes。←答案来自弹幕)
Q: Who is known as the Black Prince?
A: Edward, the son of Edward the third.
Q: Who invented the cotton spinning machine?
A: Richard Arkwright.
【这一集还有好多点,字幕组理解错了,弹幕里有纠正,不一一整理了。】
LESSON 04 JUST THE JOB
commendable(值得表扬的,值得称赞的)
scintillating([谈话、表演]生动活泼、妙趣横生的)
geezer(古怪的人,老头)
bury the hatchet(和解,停战)
circular letter(邀请函)
“People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”(责人先责己,勿揭人短)
【rhyming slang】
rabbit and cork = talk
【名词的阴阳性】
drake~duck
LESSON 05 GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY
magistrate(地方法官,治安官)
on the bench(任法官)
JP(Justice of the Peace,太平绅士,治安法官。由政府委任民间人士担任维持社区安宁、防止非法刑罚及处理一些较简单的法律程序的职衔。)
hooligan(小流氓,无赖)
presiding(主持会议的,指挥的)
fray(打斗,争吵)
mouthpiece(喉舌,代言人)
mitigate([使]缓和、减轻)
lenient(宽容的、仁慈的)
take the stand(出庭作证,上证人席)
rest one's case(陈述完毕)
comply(遵从,依从)
stand down(退下,下台)
clemency(宽容,仁慈)
【片中出现的两首歌】
1. Ranjeet和Jamila划船的背景歌曲是苏格兰民谣歌手Josh MacRae的’ messing about on the river’。歌曲链接:https://y.qq.com/portal/song/002fHxuE4HpzIe.html?ADTAG=baiduald&play=1
2. Anna和Ali在动物园的背景歌曲是儿歌”Going to The Zoo”。歌曲链接:http://music.163.com/#/song?id=18304981
LESSON 06 REPENT AT LEISURE
in lieu of(代替)
twit(笨蛋)
pull my leg(开玩笑)
let one’s hair down(轻松、自然;把心里话说出来)
in the same boat(处境相同)
predicament(困境,窘况)
concoct(捏造,策划)
LESSON 07 THE SCHOOL FETE
jumble(待义卖的杂旧物)
bathroom scale(体重秤)
up the creek (without a paddle)(一筹莫展,陷入僵局,进退两难)
impersonate(模仿,假扮)
boutique(精品店,女士时装店)
kinky(变态的,古怪的)
LESSON 08 WHAT A TANGLED WEB
to see a man about a dog/horse(usually used as a way to say one needs to apologize for one's imminent departure or absence—generally to euphemistically conceal one's true purpose, such as going to use the toilet or going to buy a drink.)
sail through(顺利通过)
sorcerer(= wizard)
frivolous(轻浮的,草率的;无聊的,无用的)
a horse of a different color(完全是另一回事)
old girl(If you refer to an old or middle-aged woman as an old girl, you are referring to her in a disrespectful way.)
take the plunge(冒险尝试)
infatuation(着迷,迷恋)
rise above(克服,摆脱,不受……影响)
OHMS: On Her Majesty Service
GC: George Cross(乔治十字勋章)
as wise as Solomon/ an owl
‘To err is human, to forgive divine.’—— Alexander Pope, ‘An Essay on Criticism’