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The lives of the people in downton abbey are a glory of ritual and grandeur. A ballet of strange manners and stiff formality. The aristocrats of edwardian England and their servants lived by a very odd set of rules,a world away from the way we behave today. But to them , these manners were the way they lived their life. Manners came into everything ,how you dressed,how you ate ,how you stood , how you spoke,every detail mattered . It said who you were and where you belonged . Where you from above stairs or below ? These were the rules for life at the time of Downton Abbey. They were a secret code that tells us everything about Edwardian Britain . The manners of Downton Abbey are not just about how to address a duchess or which knife and fork to pick up. The body language was very restrained. For example,Its not polite to sort of slouch or put your hands all over. There was also a hierarchy downstairs. It was a very dog-eat-dog world amongst the staff. Theyre much more important than that. Its key to how these people lived and exactly what they believed in . Edwardian England was a time of great change. Both the industrial revolution and the great war had aitered everything. It seemed that centuries of tradition were all passing away. And for the aristocracy, they felt that they would lose all of it. Whether it was who to marry , how to eat or what to wear , their manners held the old order in place when everything else seemed to be falling apart. restrain vt. 抑制，控制；约束；制止 hierarchy n. 层级；等级制度 dog-eat-dog world 竞争残酷的世界 be falling apart 分崩离析 The Edwardians liked to eat sumptuously. Showing off was a part of it . But it was not all about the glorious food. The ritual of the dining room was at the center of their lives. The immaculate presentation was a statement of moral correctness to all. immaculate adj. 完美的；洁净的；无瑕疵的 aristocracy 贵族；贵族统治；上层社会；贵族政治 dowager 老夫人 your grace 夫人 my lord 老爷 duchess 公爵夫人 duke 公爵 countess 伯爵夫人 earl 伯爵 butler 管家 servant 仆人 footman 男仆 ma