趣味英语第111期:怎么驯服北美臭鼬

Evan Deitrich asks:

伊凡·迪特里奇问道：

"How do I tame a skunk¹?"

“怎么驯服北美臭鼬？”

Woo! Skunk wrangler² in the house!

哦！这里有驯养北美臭鼬的放牧人！

You can't tame a skunk!!!

你不能驯服北美臭鼬！！！

Don't tame a skunk. There's these cool things called dogs and cats.

不要去驯服北美臭鼬。还有像狗狗和猫咪这样棒的宠物。

Buy a toy skunk.

买一只北美臭鼬玩具。

Get a cat that's black and white, and tell everyone it's a skunk?

养一只黑白相间的猫，告诉其他人那是北美臭鼬？

Pick up a dead roadkill one, go a taxidermist and like, get it stuffed.

捡一只被车撞死的动物，然后找动物标本剥制师给你制作一下。

I would have the skunk de-skunked first.

我会先把北美臭鼬的臭味去掉。

(hesitantly) Do tricks with it and give it treats?

（踌躇地）和它打闹，给它零食吃？

Give it snacks and have your presence around it, maybe wear a hazmat suit.

给它点心吃，让它感觉到周围有你的存在，可能要穿上防护衣。

You're gonna need a lot of tomato juice for the times you fail.

你失败的时候需要很多番茄酱。

I hope you're sponsored by a tomato juice company or something 'cause this is not gonna go well. But once a skunk knows you're an okay person, you're a cool guy, good personality, won't hurt him, you can tame him after that.

我希望有番茄汁公司之类的赞助你，因为事情不会那么顺利。不过一旦北美臭鼬知道你是没有危险的人，你又酷个性又好，你不会伤害它，那你就能驯服它了。

Get a baby skunk and then raise it as your own.

找一只北美臭鼬幼崽来，从小开始养它。

If the animal is a baby when you get a hold of him give him love like you'd give a cat or a dog. I think he'll be cool.

如果是北美臭鼬幼崽，你在养它时要像对待猫咪和狗狗那样给予它爱。我认为它会很酷的。

If you do it and get on the news for it, I will be happy 'cause I- that's impossible.

如果你做到了而且上了新闻，那我会很开心的，因为那是不可能的事情。

Thanks for watching another episode of Advice.

谢谢大家观看本期建议栏目。

Subscribe³! New shows every week.

订阅吧！每周都有一期新节目。

Comment your questions down below.

请在下面提出问题。

Goodbye!

再见。

Bye, (laughs) and be careful taming that skunk.

再见（笑），在驯服北美臭鼬时要小心哦。

1 skunk   

n.臭鼬，黄鼠狼；v.使惨败，使得零分；烂醉如泥

参考例句：

• That was a rotten thing to do, you skunk!那种事做得太缺德了，你这卑鄙的家伙！
• The skunk gives off an unpleasant smell when attacked.受到攻击时臭鼬会发出一种难闻的气味。

2 wrangler   

n.口角者，争论者；牧马者

参考例句：

• When the strangled wrangler dangles the mangled spangles on the bangle jangle.被绞死的辩论者晃荡时，手镯上撕碎的小金属片发出刺耳的声音。
• A wrangler is a cowboy who works with cattle and horses.牧马者是放牧牛马的牛仔。

3 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。