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Lionel: I can't believe I'm walking on Chaucer and Handel and Dickens. Everything alright? Let's get cracking.

Bertie: I'm not here to rehearse, "Doctor" Logue.

Lionel: Call me Lionel

Bertie: True, you never…

Lionel: called yourself 'Doctor'.I did that for you.

Bertie: No training, no diploma, no.. qualifications. Just a great deal of nerve.

Lionel: The star chamber¹ inquisition, is it?

Bertie: You asked for trust and.. total equality.

Lionel: Bertie, I heard you at Wembley, I was there. My son Laurie said “Do you think you could help that poor man?”

Bertie: What, as a failed actor!?

Lionel: It's true, I'm not a doctor, and yes I acted a bit, I recited in pubs and taught elocution in schools. When the Great War came, our soldiers were pouring back from the front, shell-shocked and unable to speak and somebody said,"Lionel, you're very good at all this speech stuff. Do you think you could possibly help these poor buggers”. I did muscle therapy, exercise, relaxation², but I knew I had to go deeper. Those poor young blokes had cried out in fear, and no-one was listening to them. My job was to give them faith in their voice and let them know that a friend was listening. That must ring a few bells with you, Bertie.

Bertie: You give a very noble account of yourself.

Lionel: Make inquiries³. It's all true.

Bertie: Inquiries have been made! You have no idea who I have breathing down my neck. I vouched⁴ for you and you have no…credentials.

Lionel: But lots of success! I can't show you a certificate there was no training then. All I know I know by experience, and that war was some experience. May plaque⁵ says, ‘L.Logue, Speech Defects'. No Dr., no letters after my name. Lock me in the Tower.

Bertie: I would if I could!

Lionel: On what charge?

Bertie: Fraud! With war looming⁶, you've saddle this nation with a voiceless King. You destroyed the happiness of my family... all for the sake of ensnaring a star patient  you couldn't possibly hope to assist! It'll be like mad …King George the Third, there'll be…Mad King George the Stammerer⁷, who let his people down so badly in their hour of need! What're you doing? Get up! You can't sit there! Get up!

Lionel: Why not? It's a chair.

Bertie: No, it's not, that is… Saint Edward's Chair-

Lionel: People have carved their name into it!

Bertie: That chair is the seat on which every King and Queen.

Lionel: It's held in place by a large rock!

Bertie: That is the Stone of Scone⁸, you are trivialising everything.

Lionel: I don't care. I don't care how many Royal arses have sat in this chair-

Bertie: Listen to me... ! Listen to me... ! Listen to me... !

Lionel: Listen to you?! By what right?

Bertie: My divine right, if you must! I'm your King!!!

Lionel: Noooo you're not! Told me so yourself. Said you didn't want it. Why should I waste my time listening to you?

Bertie: Because I have a right to be heard! I HAVE A VOICE!!!

Lionel: Yes you do. You have such perseverance⁹, Bertie, you're the bravest man I know. You'll make a bloody¹⁰ good king.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. get cracking: 立即大干起来

例如：If we get cracking we'll finish mowing¹¹ the lawn by the time the pub opens.（我们如果迅速开始的话，就能在酒店开门前刈完草坪。）

2. star chamber: 英国历史上的星法院，也用来指专断暴虐的法庭或组织

3. shell-shocked: （因困境而）吓昏了头的，糊涂得不知所措的，焦虑得无法应对的，或者指患战斗疲劳症的。

4. ring a few bells with you: 这句的意思是：这不是和你的治疗很像吗？

5. breath down my neck: 紧随，紧跟。这里是说：你是不知道有多少人巴不得帮我打听清楚。

6. ensnare: 诱捕。诱入陷阱, 使进入罗网。

例如：A man like Barbicane would not dodge¹² his enemy, or ensnare him, would not even maneuver¹³!（巴比康这种人即使对他的敌人也不会耍花招，设圈套，用心计的。）

7. in their hour of need: 在关键时刻

8. Stone of Scone: 苏格兰皇室加冕的地方，一块有长久历史并被称为司康之石 (Stone of Scone) 或命运之石 (Stone of Destiny)的石头，也称为苏格兰石。

9. divine right: 神授的权力，王权神授。