【BBC纪录片】凡尔赛宫 第40期：走出阴霾才能重新振作
路易始终难以走出
amateurishattempton his life very badly.
这场非职业刺杀给他带来的的阴影
Although his doctors promised a full recovery,
尽管御医保证他能痊愈
he was convinced that this was the end of him.
他却坚信自己命数将尽
It's a flesh wound, the mildest of cuts, effectively,
他只是受了点皮肉之伤 而且伤口很浅
but it has a disproportionate effect on Louis XV.
但这轻伤却带给了路易十五沉重的打击
He goes into a very deep depression after this,
从这以后 他变得终日郁郁寡欢
because he feels that,
因为他感觉到
you know, he has become, instead of the Well-Beloved,
他从一个万民爱戴的君王
he's become the Well-Hated.
沦落成了一个人人憎恶的昏君
Rather amusingly,an old marshal comes along更令人好笑的是 一位老军官过来
and asks him to cough, spit, and piss,
让他咳嗽 吐唾沫和尿尿
and he says, "Well, you're OK, my lad.
然后他说 你没事的伙计
There's nothing important been touched.
一点也不严重
But that's not, of course, the way Louis XV sees it.
但这可不是路易十五的看法The psychological shock of one of his own subjects attacking him.
对臣民袭击他一事的精神冲击
This situation is the culmination
他认为这是臣民对他
of his lack of virtue,
缺乏德行这一积怨的爆发
so he'sboundto feel that it's his own fault,
所以他认为这都是他的错
he's bound to feel guilty,
他也必然会有负罪感
and it's bound to give rise to a great deal of self-questioning.
这事也必然让他拷问自己
一.attempt:v. 企图，尝试 n. 企图，试图
【词义辨析】
attempt，try，endeavour，strive
attempt: 较正式用词，侧重已经开始，且希望完成，但常隐含着不一定有预期的结果。
try: 普通用词，可与attempt换用，但强调努力或尝试，后跟不定式表示努力或争取;后跟动名词表示尝试。
endeavour: 正式用词，指尽最大努力、认真地克服困难去做某事。
strive: 和endeavour一样，表示付出巨大努力，但strive侧重劳累与紧张，而不强调努力的结果。
【词语用法】
1.attempt后可加不定式，如attempt to do，也可加介词和动名词勾结，如attempt at doing，不过习惯上，不定式的用法更为普遍;
2.作为名词时，attempt是指可数的尝试，要注意不能随便省略掉冠词an，如make an attempt。也可以说an attempt to do it和an attempt at doing it，或者是不用冠词，如make little attempt，withoutattempt;
3.使用attempt时，要注意双重否定的错误。
The work was attempted to be done quickly.
An attempt was made to do the work quickly.
第一句的说法是错误的，第二句才是正确的，指“尝试将工作做得更快”。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句：The main mortgage rate is up only a quarter per cent in an attempt to limit the pain.
纠正：The rise in the main mortgage rate has been restricted to a quarter per cent in anattempt to limit the pain.
翻译：企图通过将总抵押率的上升限制在0.25%去减少痛苦。
分析：句中需要有一个动词去作为in an attempt to的依托，故加rise。
【例句用法】
1.My first attempt at a chocolate cake tasted horrible.
我首次试做的巧克力蛋糕难吃极了。
2.Before they fled the country, the enemy vainly attempted to destroy all the factories.
敌人在逃往国外前，妄图把所有工厂都毁掉。
3.He didn't pass the exam, but it was a good attempt.
他虽然没有通过考试，但他做了很大的努力。
二.bound：动词bind的过去式和过去分词形式 adj. 必定的，有义务的，受约束的，装订的 vi. 跳，跳跃前进，猛涨 n. 跳跃，范围，界限
【词语用法】
1.bound后可接不定式，原在英国表示“将不得不……”，在美国表示“决意……”解。如今，两国人都将其解释为“一定将……”。
It is bound to rain.
一定将会下雨。
2.表示开往某地，仅有目的地时，用be bound for,后接目的地。
表示从某地开往某地，出发地和目的地都有时，用be bound from...to...。
The ship is bound from Qingdao to Shanghai.
这艘船是从青岛开往上海。
3.在表示“范围”，作名词时，bound要用其复数形式bounds。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句：The ship is bound to Zhejiang.
纠正：The ship is bound for Zhejiang.
翻译：这艘船时开往浙江的。
分析：开往某地，单有目的地时，用be bound for。
【例句用法】
1.I don't like being desk-bound (eg in an office) all day.
我不喜欢整天拴在办公桌旁(如在办公室里).2.
With one bound, he was over the wall.
他纵身一跃就跳过了墙。
3.The dog bounded down the hill.
狗跳跃着朝山下跑去。
4.You are not legally bound to answer these questions.
在法律上，你没有义务非回答这些问题不可。
5.It's bound to rain soon.
过一会儿肯定会下雨。
