[A hand taps out Morse code.
A train whistle blows.
Mr Bates sits in one of the cars.
A woman takes down the telegram message.
Woman: Oh, my God!
我的天！
Man: That’s impossible. I’ll take it up there now.
怎么可能。我这就送去。
Woman: Don’t be stupid. None of them will be up for hours.
别急，他们还未起床。
What difference will it make? Jimmy will do it when he comes in.
早晚看到都一样，等Jimmy来了让他去。
[April 1912 Six o’clock! Daisy knocks on the housemaids’ bedroom door.]
[Gwen sits up in bed.]
Gwen: Thank you, Daisy… Anna?
Daisy, 谢谢！Anna 起床了。
[Anna stirs in her bed.]
Anna: Huh… Just for once in my life, I’d like to sleep until I woke up natural.
哪怕此生仅一次，让我睡到自然醒就好。
[Kitchens – Morning]
Patmore：Is your fire still in?
炉火生了吗？
Daisy: Yes, Mrs Patmore.
生了， Patmore夫人。
Patmore：Ooh, my, will wonders never cease?
真是没想到，今天开窍了？
Have you laid the servants’ hall breakfast?
仆人们的早餐准备好了吗？
Daisy: Yes, Mrs Patmore.
准备好了，Patmore夫人。
Patmore：And finished blacking that stove?
炉里添上煤了吗？
Daisy: Yes, Mrs Patmore.
添上了 Patmore夫人。
Patmore：What about the bedroom fires?
卧室的壁炉呢？
Daisy: All lit, Mrs Patmore.
都点上了， Patmore夫人。
Patmore：Right, well, take the things and get started on the fires on the ground floor!
那就好，赶紧拿上东西去把楼下的炉子也点上。
[Daisy carries a bucket of firewood through the servants’ hall and up through the main rooms into the library.]
Housemaid 1: Now hurry up.
赶紧来生火。
[Daisy hurries through the library. A footman, Thomas, enters with a silver tray with two drinks. He collects two more in another room.]
Thomas: Any sign of William?
看见William了吗？
Housemaid 2: No.
没有。
Thomas: Where have you been?
你上哪去了？
William: I’m not late, am I?
我没迟到吧？
Thomas: You’re late when I say you’re late.
这得我说了算。
[Anna and Gwen open the windows and fluff the pillows.]
Anna: Daisy? Whatever are you doing there, crouching in the dark?
Daisy？你窝在那黑乎乎的地方做什么？
Daisy: I didn’t like to touch the curtains with my dirty hands.
我怕自己这手弄脏窗帘。
Daisy: Quite right too.
也是。
Gwen: Why didn’t you put the lights on?
怎么不开灯？
Daisy: I dare not.
我不敢。
Gwen: Well it’s electricity, not the devil’s handiwork.
那是电，又不是鬼。
Anna:You’ll have to get used to it sooner or later.
早晚都得习惯。
Gwen: At Skelton Park, they’ve even got it in the kitchens.
凯尔顿庄园的厨房都通电了。
Daisy: What for?
厨房要电做什么用？
重点词汇
1. tap
双语释义： knock gently on sb/sth 轻拍某人; 轻敲某物
词性：及物动词
过去分词和过去式：~ped ~ped
语法用法： ~ sb/sth (with sth)
典型例句：My mother tabbed me on the shoulder.
妈妈轻拍我的肩膀。
He tapped the box with a stick.
他用小棒敲打盒子。
2. whistle
双语释义：make the sound of a whistle 发出哨子或汽笛等的声音
词性：不及物动词
典型例句：The boy was whistling away cheerfully.
那个男孩愉快地一直吹着口哨。
A train whistled in the distance.
一列火车在远处鸣响了汽笛。
3. stir
双语释义：move slightly 微动
词性：不及物动词
Not a leaf was stirring.
树叶一动都不动。
Nobody was stirring in the house.
屋里没有动静。
She hasn’t stirred yet.
她还没起床。
Stir yourself!
活动起来，找点事干！
4. cease
双语释义：come or bring (sth) to an end; stop
停止；中止
语法用法：cease doing something
典型例句：The officer ordered his men to cease fire.
长官命令士兵停火停止射击。
The factory has ceased making bicycles.
那工厂已停止生产自行车了。
5. lay
双语释义：put (sth) in the correct position for a particular purpose
（为某目的）将（某物）摆放於适当位置
相关短语：lay a carpet（铺地毯）lay a cable（架电缆）
lay the foundations of a house（给房子打地基） lay the table（摆设餐具准备吃饭）
第二、重点短语
1. take down：拆下，拆开，拆掉
例句：He take down the minute in shorthand.
他将会议记录速记下来。
Let me get a pencil and take down the information.
让我拿支铅笔，把有关情况记下来。
2.make difference：有影响，有区别
例句：The rain didn’t make much difference to the game.
这场雨对比赛没多大影响。
It won’ t make much difference whether you go today or tomorrow.
你今天去也好, 明天去也好, 关系不大。
3. get started：开始
例句：If you’re free next Monday we can get started.
如果下星期一你没事，我们就可以开始了。
Once I get started, I’ll work night and day.
只要开了头，我就可以没日没夜地干。
4. hurry up：匆忙
例句：Hurry up, or we’ll be too late to get anything to eat.
快走吧, 再晚了就吃不上饭了。
Hurry up or we will miss the train.
快点儿，不然我们就赶不上火车了。
5. put on：点亮，开（灯）
例句：When you put the light on in the bathroom, the fan switches on automatically .
当你打开浴室灯时，排风扇会自动开启。
It’s awfully dark in here—— put the light on.
这里太黑了，开灯吧。
6. sooner or later：迟早
例句：He will sooner or later be rewarded for his wicked conduct.
他的恶行迟早会受到报应。
Sure enough, she’ll let you down sooner or later.
无疑，她早早晚晚会抛弃你的。
其它短语：
1. Morse code：莫尔斯点吗
2. telegram message：电报消息，电报信息
3. knock on the door：敲门
4. for hours：好几个钟头，好几个小时
5. black that stove：给炉子添煤
6. on the ground floor：在第一层楼上
7. fluff the pillows：抖松枕头
8. a bucket of ：一桶……
9.sit up in bed：从床上坐起来
10. in the dark：在黑暗中
