【跟着英剧练发音】Merlin S01E01-5

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MERLIN: Where are you?

[The Great Dragon flies to land in front of Merlin.]

KILGHARRAH: I'm here. How small you are for such a great destiny¹.

MERLIN:  Why? What do you mean? What destiny?

KILGHARRAH:  Your gift, Merlin, was given to you for a reason.

MERLIN:  So there is a reason.

KILGHARRAH:  Arthur is the Once and Future King who will unite the land of Albion.

MERLIN:  Right.

KILGHARRAH:  But he faces many threats from friend and foe² alike.

MERLIN:  I don't see what this has to do with me.

KILGHARRAH:  Everything. Without you, Arthur will never succeed. Without you, there will be no Albion.

MERLIN:  No. No, you've got this wrong.

KILGHARRAH:  There is no right or wrong, only what is and what isn't.

MERLIN:  But I'm serious! If anyone wants to go and kill him, they can go ahead. In fact, I'll give them a hand.

KILGHARRAH (laughs):  None of us can choose our destiny, Merlin, and none of us can escape it.

MERLIN:  No. No way. No. No. There must be another Arthur because this one's an idiot³.

KILGHARRAH:  Perhaps it's your destiny to change that.

[The dragon flies off.]

1 destiny   

n.命运，定数，天命

参考例句：

• Nobody knows his own destiny.没有人知道自己的命运。
• It was her destiny to become famous.她命里注定出名。

2 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

3 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。