《查莉成长日记》精讲 183

You can't call me by my human name. I'm Slegowart. - I'm sorry, slegowart.

你不能用我的人类名字叫我。我是斯莱格沃特。-抱歉，斯莱格沃特。

No, now I'm evan. Okay, guys, we've been in reality for too long. Game on!

又错了，我现在是埃文。好了，伙计们，我们已经在现实中太久了。游戏开始！

Ooh! I am wounded. Chicapu, you're a worthy¹ adversary² indeed.

哦！我受伤了。切卡普，你真的是个不错的对手。

Quick, Wardart, throw your fireball. No, not at me. No, not--

快点儿，把你的火球扔出去。不，别对着我扔。别......

Ha ha, dead! You are dead.

哈哈，死了！你死了。

What is wrong with you?

你到底怎么搞的？

Well, you told me to throw it.

是你告诉我扔的。

Not at me. I'm out of the game now.

别朝我扔啊。我已经在游戏中被你打死了。

Well, can't you just call backsies or something?

难道不能重玩什么的吗？

Backsies? What are you, five?

重玩？你多大了，五岁吗？

Oh, I'm five? You're the one running around the park dressed like a giant frog.

噢。我五岁？你才是那个围着公园跑穿得像个大青蛙的人。

I am a magic toad³.

我是一只魔法蟾蜍。

Yes yes, you are, which means I must now leave the mythical⁴ land of nerdingham.

是是，你是，也就是说我必须现在离开这片诺丁汉姆的神话大陆了

For I have lost interest. No matter how good thou looketh in a swimsuit. Chicapu, away! Come here, you. Okay.

因为我已经失去兴趣了。不论你穿着泳衣有多好看。切卡普，咱们走。过来。好的。

So you brought that girl here on a date? -Yeah.

这么说来你把那个女孩带这来约会的？-是的。

So it's almost as if I were on a date.

这几乎就像是我在约会。

1 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

2 adversary   

adj.敌手，对手

参考例句：

• He saw her as his main adversary within the company.他将她视为公司中主要的对手。
• They will do anything to undermine their adversary's reputation.他们会不择手段地去损害对手的名誉。

3 toad   

n.蟾蜍，癞蛤蟆

参考例句：

• Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
• Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。

4 mythical   

adj.神话的；虚构的；想像的

参考例句：

• Undeniably,he is a man of mythical status.不可否认，他是一个神话般的人物。
• Their wealth is merely mythical.他们的财富完全是虚构的。