《复仇》第5集第22期:局外人

 You're in good company. 找了个好伴嘛

Da Vinci was obsessed¹ with water, too. 达芬奇也对水着迷

He called it "The driving force of all nature." 他称水为"万物之源"

He also said it was full of paradox², 他还说其中充满悖论

that it could be anything-- 水可以随意变化

Strong, sweet... 强大  温柔

deadly... 致命

Kind of like people. 有点像人

Although he forgot about deceitful. 虽然他把欺骗忘了

Yeah. 没错

About that... 关于这个...

Patrick, I've always been wired a little differently. 帕特里克  我最近感觉有点奇怪

You know, which is great when it comes 当谈到发明装置时

to inventing gadgets³ and... 感觉还不错

Not so great when it comes to dealing⁴ with people. 但与人相处的时候不太好

No, I get that. 是的  我懂

I've been here for six months. I still feel like an outsider. 我在这待了半年了  还是像个局外人

What I don't get is why you did what you did. 我不懂的是  你为什么要这么做

It's a defense⁵. 自我保护

People have been... mean, 人们总是...  刻薄

dishonest... making it hard for me to trust them. 虚伪  我没法相信他们

So what, you just thought you'd stay ahead of the curve? 你觉得这样就能置身事外吗

No. 不

 

1 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

2 paradox   

n.似乎矛盾却正确的说法；自相矛盾的人(物)

参考例句：

• The story contains many levels of paradox.这个故事存在多重悖论。
• The paradox is that Japan does need serious education reform.矛盾的地方是日本确实需要教育改革。

3 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

4 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

5 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。