【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语167期

【原文】ELENA: I would write... "Dear diary, today I convinced¹ myself it was OK to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the status quo. No drama, now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth is that..." I'm scared, Stefan. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment that... the world's just going to come crashing down, and I... I don't know if I can survive that. 

【STEFAN: Do you want to know what I would write? "I met a girl. We talked. It was epic². But then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality.Right here."】

【翻译】我会写：亲爱的日记，今天我告诉自己可以去放弃，不要冒险，维持现状，不要太戏剧性，现在还不是时候。但是这些都不是理由，只是借口，我只是在逃避事实，而事实是······我害怕了，斯特凡。我害怕，要是我允许自己高兴一分钟，整个世界都会崩溃。我不知道自己能否撑过去。

1 convinced   

adj.确信的；深信的；有坚定信仰的v.使确信(convince的过去分词)；说服

参考例句：

• I am convinced of her innocence. 我坚信她是清白无辜的。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看这辆汽车是灾星。

2 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。