《复仇》 第126期:阿曼达会留下来

 How's the wonder dog? 超能狗狗过得还好吗

Starting to lose it a little, I'm afraid. 我看它记忆衰退了

How so? 怎么会呢

I don't know if I told you, 我不知道有没有告诉过你

Amanda was his first owner. 阿曼达是它第一个主人

But every time he sees her, he goes crazy, 但它现在每次见到她都会狂吠

and not in a good way. 而且很不友善

Well, that's uncomfortable. 那还真是郁闷

Yeah, well, to be fair, 不过  公平点说

I don't think she remembers much about him either. 我觉得她对狗也没什么印象了

She's blocked out most of her childhood. 她将童年的大部分记忆都封存起来

And she really hates talking about it. 也讨厌谈起那时的事

Hmm. Is she around? 她在吗

Clothes shopping. 去买衣服了

She decided¹ to stick around and face her demons². 她决定留下  面对她的心魔

Yeah, she seems to have a lot of those. 她看起来是有很多心事

Jack³, it might not be any of my business, but... 杰克  这也许不关我的事  但...

What happened to her when she lived in my house? 当年她住在这里时  究竟发生了什么

I remember when I was, uh... 我记得当我...

when I was a kid, 当我还是个孩子的时候

my old man tried to explain to me that, uh, 我爸曾经跟我说过

that her dad had been arrested. 她爸爸被逮捕了

And I didn't get it, 那时候我不明白

cause Mr. Clarke was always such a nice guy. 因为克拉克先生一直是个好人

But then when I was old enough, 但长大后

I started reading everything about it, 我看了有关当时的资料

about how he was responsible⁴ for bringing down a whole plane full of people. 才了解他对那次机毁人亡的空难负有责任

And as for Amanda... 至于阿曼达

it's like she just vanished⁵. 她就像消失了一样

I think my childhood pretty much... 我想我的童年大概

ended at the same time. 也就在那时结束的

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 demons   

n.恶人( demon的名词复数 )；恶魔；精力过人的人；邪念

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

4 responsible   

adj.有责任的，应负责的；可靠的，可信赖的；责任重大的；vi.休息，睡；静止，停止

参考例句：

• He must be responsible to me for this matter.这件事他必须对我负责。
• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。

5 vanished   

adj.消失了的v.消失( vanish的过去式和过去分词 )；突然不见；不复存在；绝迹

参考例句：

• He walked through—and vanished. Poof! Like that. 他走了过去，然后就嗖的一下子不见了。
• The magician vanished in a puff of smoke. 魔术师在一股烟雾中突然不见了。