《大学之旅》精讲41

　　Free to go. Someone sprung you.

　　可以走了 有人保释你

　　James.

　　James

　　Mama, what's going on? And where's Melanie and Trey?

　　妈妈 怎么了? Melanie和Trey在哪?

　　Trey's taking Albert for a walk, and Melanie's trying to catch her plane.

　　Trey带Albert去散步了 Melanie去赶飞机了

　　And you let her go without me?

　　你就让她自己一个人走了?

　　Sit down, James.

　　坐吧 James

　　Melanie told me what happened at Northwestern.

　　Melanie告诉我那边发生了什么

　　I can explain that.

　　我可以解释的

　　You didn't want her to go to Georgetown,

　　你不想让她去Georgetown

　　so you concocted¹ some ridiculous plan.

　　所以你设计了很多荒谬的计划

　　I'm just trying to keep everybody safe.

　　我只是想让每个人都平平安安的

　　James.

　　James

　　You took my home and you turned it into a high-security prison.

　　你来我家 然后把它变成高密度的监狱

　　You can't even let her spend the night with some friends

　　你不让她跟她朋友玩一晚上

　　without creeping around like a cat burglar².

　　也不用不着去当飞贼吧

　　What do you expect me to do?

　　你想让我怎么做?

　　How am I supposed to know she's safe if she goes all the way to Washington?

　　如果由她自己去华盛顿我怎么知道她是否安全呢?

1 concocted   

v.将（尤指通常不相配合的）成分混合成某物( concoct的过去式和过去分词 )；调制；编造；捏造

参考例句：

• The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish. 这种汤是用多达十几种不同的鱼熬制而成的。
• Between them they concocted a letter. 他们共同策划写了一封信。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 burglar   

n.窃贼，破门盗窃者

参考例句：

• The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.当夜盗开窗时，警察冷不防地捉住了他。
• The man glanced the burglar climbing out of the window.那人瞥见小偷从窗户爬出来。