【BBC纪录片】凡尔赛宫 第43期：勇敢的度过人生的低谷
对法国来说是场灾难
it was a disaster for the French monarchy.
对这位法国君王来说是场灾难
For a king whose greatest hope
对于一位最大愿望是保存
was to live up to the glory of his predecessor,
祖先荣耀的君王来说
this was almost too much to bear.
这已无法忍受
The main thing that a King of France was supposed to do,
法国国王要做的最主要事情
which is sometimes forgotten, Le metier du roi,
有时候可能被遗忘 那就是"王者之道"
was the conduct of foreign policy.
是外交政策的指导
Now, he wasn't really supposed to mess around
他本不应该去干涉
with things like the Parlement, internal politics.
最高法院和内政
That wasn't his job. It was foreign policy.
那不是他的职责 他的职责是外交政策
And, if you can't even get that right,
但如果你连本职都搞不好
you're going to be hated.
恨你是理所当然的
Badly shaken by the assassination attempt,
为这次的刺杀行动而大为震动
and widely blamed for a each fresh military disaster,
为每次的军事惨败而广受责难
Louis hid himself away at Versailles.
路易在凡尔赛宫深居简出
The Seven Years War was, undoubtedly, the nadir for Louis XV.
七年战争无疑是路易十五人生的最低谷
He withdrew into himself,
他开始离群索居
and instead of doing what he had done during the Austrian War,
没有像他在奥地利战争中所做的
of getting to the front and leading his troops,
去前线指挥军队
instead he spent his time hunting, and if he wasn't hunting,
而是一直在打猎 如果不在打猎
he was with the girls in the Deer Park.
就在鹿宛与女人们嬉戏
一.disaster：n.灾难
【词义辨析】
disaster, calamity, catastrophe, misfortune
这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。
disaster普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
calamity多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
catastrophe语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
misfortune多指较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
【例句用法】
After the disaster there were many who wanted food and shelter.
这场灾难过後，许多人既没有食物又没有住处。
The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.
这件灾难使他对信仰发生了动摇。
They had led the country into economic disaster.
他们把国家带入了经济灾难中。
二.instead：adv.代替, 反而
【语法用法】
instead一般与of连用作为介词词组，后面可接名词和代词意外的词，如形容词，副词，动词和介词。
Things are now better instead of worse.
He walks slowly instead of quickly.
That increased instead of decreased our anxiety.
He laughed with instead of at us.
注意instead of和without的区别，两者不要混用。一般情况下，用人，事，行为去代替另外的人，事，或行为时，用instead of。
I'll have tea instead of coffee, please.
我要喝茶而不是咖啡，谢谢。
表示人，事，行为不和其他的一起时，用without。
She often goes swimming without telling her mother.
她经常没有告诉于她妈妈就去游泳了。
instead 可以是形容词，一般放于句首或句尾。
Don't marry Mary. Marry me instead.
不要和玛丽结婚，和我结婚吧。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: I stayed in bed all day instead to go to work.
订正: I stayed in bed all day instead of going to work.
翻译: 我在床上躺了一整天，没有去上班。
分析: instead不单独作介词，常以instead of形式出现，后加动名词。
【例句用法】
If you can't sign your name, make a cross instead.
你如果不会签名，画一个十字也可以。
The shopkeeper gave us short weight: we got 7.5 kilos instead of 10 kilos.
店主给我们的分量不足: 应该10公斤我们只得到7.5公斤。
In other words, you'll come instead. Right?
换句话说，你将代替他来，对吗?
