【BBC纪录片】凡尔赛宫 第33期：有才华的女人永远不会过时
他在凡尔赛宫外的林中打猎时
and he comes across, in her carriage, this very beautiful,
遇上了她的马车
very striking young woman.
她是个非常美丽 引人注目的女子
Everyone knows he's taken by her.
所有人都知道他迷上了她
People referred to her as Louis XV's latest piece of game.
人们称她为路易十五的最新宠玩
She was called Jeanne Antoinette Poisson,
她叫珍妮·安托瓦内特·泊松
the future Marquise de Pompadour,
后来的蓬帕杜侯爵夫人
and she was much more than a piece of game.
而她对路易来说 也不仅仅是个宠玩
In fact, Madame de Pompadour is a rather well-connected woman,
事实上 蓬帕杜与权力中心的
with one of the key factions at the heart of power,
某一派系关系非常亲密
who formed part of a big financial clique.
这一派系是某大财团的一部分
What everyone says, she's strikingly beautiful.
人们都说 她美貌绝伦
And her beauty is really the key to her initial success.
她的美貌也为她的成功奠定了重要基础
She uses her beauty.
她利用自己的美貌
She uses her very considerable political acumen
和非常敏锐的社交才能
to establish herself at the heart of the King's power.
在国王的权力中心建立了自己的地位
She was nicknamed Reinette, the little queen, as a child,
她儿时外号叫希内特 意为小王后
because when she was eight she had gone to see a fortune teller,
因为她8岁时见过一个算命人
who had told her that the King of France
那人对她说
would fall in love with her.
法国国王将会爱上她
So, she and her family were absolutely convinced
因此 她和她的家人
that this was her destiny.
都认为这是她的宿命
she sang, she danced, she had a beautiful voice,
她唱歌 跳舞 有优美的声线
she was very well read, marvellous conversationist,
读过很多书 口才极好
extremely charming woman.
非常有魅力
一.across：adv. 横过，穿过，朝向特定的方向，在对面，横写地 prep. 横过，穿过，在对面，在(身体某部位)上，在…各处
【词语用法】
across后常加from，
He lives across (the street) from my house.
他住在我的房子的对面。
与across不同，through是指在三维空间里移动。
We walked across the ice.
I walked through the wood.
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句：When the green light is on, you're allowed to across the road.
纠正：When the green light is on, you're allowed to cross the road.
翻译：当灯变绿的时候，你被允许过马路。
分析：across属于副词和介词，不可作为动词去表示穿过的意思。
【例句用法】
1.The drunk man staggered across the room.
那个醉汉摇摇晃晃地穿过房间。
2.Can you swim across the river?
你能游到河的对岸吗?
3.The two lines cut across each other.
两条线相交。
【词义辨析】
1.across，along，over，through
across: 指“从……的一边到另一边”，强调横过，多与动态动词连用。
along: 指沿着一条直线在水平方向上运动。一般表动态，有时也与静态动词连用。
over: 常和动态动词连用，指“从……上面越过”或“横越”;表静态时，指“在彼处”。
through: 侧重从一端穿到另一端。
2.across，through，cross
across: 主要表示从某物的表面“横过”，涉及“面”的概念。
My house is across the harbour，in the vicinity of the Kowloon Park.
我的家在海港的对岸，九龙公园附近。
They live across the Central Plaza.
他们住在中央广场的对面。
Everyone shouts "kill it" when a rat is seen to run across the street.
老鼠过街，人人喊打。
through: 则表示从某个空间“穿过”，涉及“体”的概念。
cross: across和cross在拼写上仅差一字之微，故很易混淆。它们的区别在于词性和使用场合有所不同。across是介词;cross是动词。
He has crossed the border into another territory.
他已越过边界进入别国的领土。
Many steel arch bridges cross the Mississippi in its lower reaches.
在密西西比河的下游许多拱形铁桥横跨河面。
They have crossed over to Japan.
他们已东渡去日本了。
二.convince：vt. 使确信，使信服，说服
【词义辨析】
induce，persuade，urge，convince，counsel，coax
induce: 指用讲道理来使某人做某事。
persuade: 普通用词，指通过劝说、感情交流等而使对方做劝说者所希望的事。
urge: 语气强，指不断地、热情地规劝诱导。
convince: 指凭行动、事实或言语使他人从思想感情上信服。
counsel: 较正式用词，指对一些较重大事情所提出的劝告。有时也用于非正式场合，但仍强调严肃的一面。
coax: 指用好话善意或耐心劝诱、哄骗某人做某事。
【词语用法】
convince后面可以直接接人，如果表达“说服某人某事”可用“convince…of…”或“convince…that…”的结构。
We hope to convince him of our sincerity.
We hope to convince him that we are sincere.
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句：Nobody can convince Jane to change her mind.
纠正：Nobody can persuade Jane to change her mind.
翻译：没有人能劝间改变主意。
分析：convince表示“使某人确信，信服”，而persuade则表示“说服某人”。
【例句用法】
1.We utterly failed to convince them.
我们根本说服不了他们。
2.I try to convince him of the reality of the danger.
我试图使他相信危险的确存在。
3.Your argument is too weak to convince me.
你的论点太薄弱了，说服不了我。
4.He convinced me of his sincerity.
他使我确信他的真诚。
