纪录片《中国春节》 第19期 回乡（19）

I am a monkey, so this is my year.

我属猴，今年是我的本命年

I'm guessing I'm going to have a pretty lucky year this year.

我猜今年我肯定运气会不错

Not so quick, Humble¹.

别高兴得太早

Actually when it's your year it is believed you are going to get more bad luck.

其实到了本命年，人们认为会更容易倒霉

Really? Yeah.

真的? 对

The Chinese think that this year you are going to offend the God of Taisui.

中国人认为本命年的时候容易犯太岁

Is there something you can do to appease² the god of age to make him less.

能做些什么让管这一年的神灵不那么…

To protect yourself. Yeah.

让他保佑你。对

There are a few things you can do. You just wear red.

有几件事情可以做，穿上红的就行了

Oh, OK. Deck yourself out with red.

好的。把自己用红衣服打扮起来

That's good. That's good.

很好，很好

In China right now you're seeing so much red.

在中国现在到处都看得到红色

Red is a very auspicious³ colour.

红色是非常吉利的颜色

I suppose it is really the colour of New Year.

我觉得这真是春节的颜色

It is, it's mostly happiness, joy, luck...

没错，它代表着幸福，快乐，好运

Actually, we've got you a favor.

其实，我们帮了你一个忙

I've got my personal shopping assistant, Mr Ant.

我让我的私人购物助理买的，安特先生

You've been a bit... Stylist!

你有点儿…像造型师!

Evidently. We've been busy. What we've got?

显然我们没闲着，我们都买什么了?

I've got Kate a hat, red hat

我给凯特买了顶帽子，红帽子

Lovely, yeah. Which is good.

可爱，耶。很不错

A scarf. Lovely.

围巾，真好

Beautiful, look at that.

漂亮，看看吧

Hold on, very nice, yes.

等等，真好，对

For the piece de resistance...

现在才是主菜…

Seriously?

不会吧?

Look at those! Lucky pants!

看看这个!好运内裤!

What girl can feel so lucky in a pair of pants like these.

哪个女孩穿上这样的内裤觉得会有好运啊

Well, actually I have to say I have already been extremely lucky

不过我得说我还真是够幸运的

because I went to the mountains of Yunnan Province down in the south-west

因为我去了中国大西南的云南省群山

and saw one of the rarest animals in the world

看到了世界上最稀有的动物之一

and it was particularly pertinent⁴ for this year.

它在今年可特别扣题

1 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

2 appease   

v.安抚，缓和，平息，满足

参考例句：

• He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
• The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。

3 auspicious   

adj.吉利的；幸运的，吉兆的

参考例句：

• The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
• With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽，正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。

4 pertinent   

adj.恰当的；贴切的；中肯的；有关的；相干的

参考例句：

• The expert made some pertinent comments on the scheme.那专家对规划提出了一些中肯的意见。
• These should guide him to pertinent questions for further study.这些将有助于他进一步研究有关问题。