见信如晤Letters Live 第34期:'桑吉夫'读信:天呐,厨子死了(1)

 　　Dear Stephen, 亲爱的斯蒂芬

　　Questions, questions, questions. If you are disappointed in my book ‘MONTY’, so am I.  疑问，疑问，还是疑问。若你对我的书《MONTY》感到失望，我亦如此。

　　I must be more disappointed than you because I spent a year collecting material for it, and it was a choice of having it made into a suit or a book. 我肯定比你还失望，我可是花了一年的时间为这本书收集材料，并且还决定将它做成一套系列或一本书。

　　There are lots of one liners in the book, but then when the German Army are throwing bloody¹ great lumps of hot iron at you, one only has time for one liners.  书中有很多短笑话，当德军将血淋淋的烙铁块不断地扔向你的时候，恐怕你只剩下说一句笑话的时间。

　　In fact, the book should really consist of the following: 事实上，这本书应该包含以下内容:

　　“Oh fuck” “我X”

　　“Look out” “小心”

　　“Christ here’s another” “天啦噜，又来了一块”

　　“Where did that fall?” “它落在哪里了？”

　　“My lorry’s on fire” “我的卡车着火了”

　　“Oh Christ, the cook is dead” “天呐，厨子死了”

1 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。