《大学之旅》精讲13

　　Why is he doing this to me?

　　他干吗对我做这些?

　　Because he loves you and he wants to spend time with you.

　　因为他爱你 他想和你分享每一刻

　　- This is cruelty¹. - What would make it less painful?

　　- 这是虐待 - 那什么能让你好受点?

　　You said she could stay at the sorority house?

　　是你允许她去女生联谊会的?

　　Her friends are gonna be with Katie's sister at Pitt.

　　她们会待在匹兹堡大学 Katie的姐姐那

　　Baby, that's right near your mama's house,

　　宝贝 那离你妈妈家很近

　　where you're planning on staying tomorrow, anyway.

　　反正你们明晚准备待你妈家

　　Look, this is daddy-daughter time, Michelle.

　　这是爸爸和女儿的时间 Michelle

　　I got a lot planned for us. I shouldn't have to share.

　　我做了很多计划 我不要别人来分享

　　Why are you taking this trip anyway, James?

　　你为什么进行这次旅行 James?

　　- I told you. To support Melanie. - Well, good.

　　- 我告诉过你的 去支持Melanie - 好吧

　　Because if this is one of your crazy schemes² to keep her at home,

　　如果这是把她留在家里的疯狂计划之一

　　that would be real bad, James.

　　那就太糟了 James

　　I got it all under control.

　　我掌控一切了

　　- Are you going to DC? - Yeah.

　　- 你要去华盛顿吗? - 是的

　　I need you to take a message to the Secretary of Defense³. It reads,

　　我要你把这个讯息带给国防部长

　　"Dear Sir, I've created a species⁴ of superpigs

　　"敬爱的部长 我创造了一种超能猪

　　to defend the country from our enemies.

　　" 它能保卫我们的国家"

　　You're gonna have to get that to him yourself,

　　你必须亲自交给他

　　and you may want to housebreak your pig first.

　　并且你得先让你的猪 养成良好的卫生习惯

　　Already done.

　　已经养成了

　　Welcome to Animal Kingdom.

　　欢迎来到动物王国

　　Gazelles are among nature's most social and emotional⁵ creatures.

　　瞪羚是自然界中最具社会和情感的动物

　　They look after each other for any signs of danger.

　　他们为彼此放哨

　　The gazelle family stays together for as long as they live.

　　瞪羚家族会聚在一起生活

1 cruelty   

n.残忍；残酷

参考例句：

• He was treated with great cruelty.他受到残酷虐待。
• Mercy to the enemies means cruelty to the people.对敌人的仁慈就意味着对人民的残忍。

2 schemes   

计划( scheme的名词复数 )； 体系； 阴谋

参考例句：

• Her schemes backfired on herself,and she lost her boyfriend forever. 她的计划害了她自己，从此永远失去了她的男友。
• All his little schemes for making money seem to come to grief. 他为赚钱而耍的花招看来都会失败。

3 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。

4 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。

5 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。