《大学之旅》精讲02

　　I'm James Porter, Police Chief,

　　我是James Porter 警察局长

　　husband, dad, and the best part of my plan?

　　一位丈夫 父亲 我计划中最好的部分是什么?

　　When Melanie finished high school, she'd be going to Northwestern.

　　就是Melanie高中毕业后 她去西北大学

　　You're in! You in!

　　你被录取了 你被录取了

　　Counsel for the defense¹ will now make her closing statement.

　　被告辩护律师做最后陈述

　　Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client, Mr. Wolf,

　　陪审团的女士和先生们 我的当事人 Wolf先生

　　has been accused of horrible crimes.

　　被控告犯了可怕的罪

　　- Destruction of property... - That's my baby.

　　- 破坏公物... - 那是我的孩子

　　- But he is innocent of both. - Objection! Speculative².

　　- 对于两项控罪 他是清白的 - 反对! 这是辩方律师的猜测

　　I know that's right.

　　我知道

　　I'll allow it. Proceed.

　　反对有效 继续

　　The State has not presented a single shred³ of conclusive⁴ evidence.

　　现场并没有足够的证据

　　Yes, there is a house made of sticks, and one of straw,

　　是的 一间房子用木头做的 另一间用稻草做的

　　but they were both built to code.

　　但都是按着房子的结构做的

　　That being said,

　　一句老话

　　a huff and a puff⁵ is not enough!

　　光吹两口气是弄不垮的!（源自三只小猪的故事）

　　Let me hear you say it.

　　让我听到你们说

　　A huff and a puff is not enough!

　　光吹两口气是弄不垮的!

　　- Objection! - To what?

　　- 反对! - 反对什么

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 speculative   

adj.思索性的，暝想性的，推理的

参考例句：

• Much of our information is speculative.我们的许多信息是带推测性的。
• The report is highly speculative and should be ignored.那个报道推测的成分很大，不应理会。

3 shred   

v.撕成碎片，变成碎片；n.碎布条，细片，些少

参考例句：

• There is not a shred of truth in what he says.他说的全是骗人的鬼话。
• The food processor can shred all kinds of vegetables.这架食品加工机可将各种蔬菜切丝切条。

4 conclusive   

adj.最后的，结论的；确凿的，消除怀疑的

参考例句：

• They produced some fairly conclusive evidence.他们提供了一些相当确凿的证据。
• Franklin did not believe that the French tests were conclusive.富兰克林不相信这个法国人的实验是结论性的。

5 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。