第一季 02国王大道 The Kings Road
上期回顾: [Winterhell]：
Tyrion与Cersei和Jaime以及孩子们一起吃早餐，期间谈及关于Bran的情况，Tyrion说应该会好起来的，Cersei说那样太残忍了，其实她表达的是最好不要醒过来，而Tyrion却说他很想听听Bran醒来怎么说，Jaime的表达更直接，干脆说怀疑Tyrion的立场，但不管怎么样，他还是不希望Tyrion去当北境长城。
Tyrion: Bread. And two of those little fish. And a mug of dark beer to wash it down. And bacon, burned black.
Jaime ： Little brother.
Tyrion: Beloved siblings.
Myrcella： Is Bran going to die?
Tyrion: Apparently not.
Cersei：What do you mean?
Tyrion: The Maester says the boy may live.
Cersei： It's no mercy, letting a child linger in such pain.
Tyrion: Only the gods know for certain. All the rest of us can do is pray. The charms of the north seem entirely lost on you.
Cersei： I still can't believe you're going. It's ridiculous even for you.
Tyrion: Where's your sense of wonder? The greatest structure ever built, the intrepid men of The Night's Watch, the wintry abode of the White Walkers.
Jaime ： Tell me you're not thinking of taking the black.
Tyrion: And go celibate? No, the whores would go begging from Dorne to Casterly Rock. No, I just want to stand on top of the wall and piss off the edge of the world.
Cersei： The children don't need to hear your filth. Come.
Jaime ： Even if the boy lives, he'll be a cripple, a grotesque. Give me a good clean death any day.
Tyrion: Speaking for the grotesques, I'd have to disagree. Dead is so final, whereas life...Ah, life is full of possibilities. I hope the boy does wake. I'd be very interested to hear what he has to say.
Jaime ： My dear brother, there are times you make me wonder whose side you're on.
Tyrion: My dear brother, you wound me. You know how much I love my family.
本期：
Cersei一个人过来看望Bran，Cat有些受宠若惊，她根本不知道Cersei这个女人的真正用心。（细思极恐，如果Cat刚巧不在房间里呢？Cersei是不是就自己动手解决了Bran？）而Cersei一番感同身受的表达，不过做秀而已，最后一句才是重点： Perhaps this time she'll listen.
Cersei: Please.
Cat: Oh, I would have dressed, your Grace.
Cersei: This is your home. I'm your guest.Handsome one, isn't he? I lost my first boy, a little black-haired beauty. He was a fighter too...tried to beat the fever that took him. Forgive me. It's the last thing you need to hear right now.
Cat: I never knew.
Cersei: It was years ago. Robert was crazed, beat his hands bloody on the wall, all the things men do to show you how much they care. The boy looked just like him. Such a little thing...A bird without feathers. They came to take his body away and Robert held me. I screamed and I battled, but he held me. That little bundle. They took him away and I never saw him again. Never have visited the crypt, never. I pray to the mother every morning and night that she return your child to you.
Cat: I am grateful.
Cersei: Perhaps this time she'll listen.
battle (I screamed and I battled, but he held me.)
名词
1、战斗、战役（a fight between opposing armies, groups of ships etc, especially one that is part of a larger war）
例句：the Battle of Trafalgar
特拉法尔加战役
2、较量、竞争、争夺（a situation in which opposing groups or people compete or argue with each other when trying to achieve success or control）
battle for
例句：The president`s advisors were engaged in a battle for power.
总统的顾问们进行着一场权力之争。
battle between
例句：a fierce ratings battle between rival TV stations
相互竞争的电视台之间一场激烈的收视率之争
battle with
例句：an ongoing battle with my mother about eating properly
正在和我母亲进行的关于均衡饮食之争
3、battle against奋斗、抗争（an attempt to solve a difficult problem or change an umpleasant situation）
例句：The battle against AIDS will continue for years to come.
和艾滋病的斗争还要持续很多年。
4、be half the battle成功了一半，胜利大有希望（to the most difficult or important part of what ou hve to do）
例句：If you can get an interview, that`s half the battle.
如果你能得到面试的机会，成功就大有希望了。
5、a battle of wits智慧的较量（a disagreement that opposing sides try to win by using their intelligence）
例句：It became a battle of wits between student and teacher.
那成了师生间智慧的较量。
6、do battle(with)（与……）争论（to argue with someone or fight against someone）
例句：We had to do battle with the authorities over planning permission for the house.
关于批准建屋计划的事，我们必须和当局据理力争。
7、the battle of the sexes男女之间权力的竞争（the ralationship between men and women when it is considered as a fight for power）
动词
1、（与……）斗争（与……）搏斗（to be involved in a struggle or argument when you are trying to achieve something difficult or to deal with something unpleasant or dangerous）
battle against /with
例句：She had battled bravely against cancer for many years.
她勇敢地与癌症抗争了许多年。
battle for
例句：a pressure group battling for better schools
为改善学校条件而斗争的压力团体
battle to do sth
例句：Doctors battled to save his life.
医生们奋力挽救他的生命。
2、battle it out 决出胜负（to keep fighting or opposing each other until one person or team wins）
例句： I left Adrian and Jo battling it out for the troply.
我让阿德里安和乔为奖杯一决高低。
3、参战（an attempt to solve a difficult problem or change an umpleasant situation）
另：
battleaxe 悍妇，战斧
battle cruiser 战列巡洋舰
battle cry 口号，呐喊
battle fatigue 战争疲劳症
battlefield 战场，斗争的主题
battlements 有枪眼的防御墙
battleship 主力舰
下期预告:
Jaime ：A sword for the wall?
Snow：I already have one.
Jaime ：Good man. Have you swung it yet?
Snow：Of course I have.
Jaime ：At someone, I mean. It`s a strange thing, the first time you cut a man. You realize we`'re nothing but sacks of meat and blood and some bone to keep it all standing. Let me thank you ahead of time for guarding us all from the peirls beyond the wall, Wildings and White Walkers and whatnot. We`re grateful to have good, strong men like you protecting us.
Snow：We`re guarded the kingdoms for 8,000 years.
Jaime ：Is it "we" already? Have you taken your vows then?
Snow：Soon enough.
Jaime ：Give me regards to The Night`s Watch. I`m sure it will be thrilling to serve in such an elite force. And if not? It`s only for life.
[To be continued]
