趣味英语第130期:为什么这么严肃

Joker asks...

小丑问道：

(Joker voice) "Why so serious?"

（小丑的声音）“为什么这么严肃？”

What? I don't get it.

什么？我不明白。

I don't know why his name is Joker when he's saying, "Why so serious?"

他在说“为什么这么严肃”时，我不明白为什么他的名字是小丑。

I'm not serious.

我并不严肃。

I'm not serious? I like jokes?

我不严肃吧？我喜欢开玩笑？

I'm not serious. You're the person who's serious, Joker!

我不严肃。你才是那个严肃的人，小丑！

I am serious? I didn't know that. Now I'm serious.

我严肃吗？我不知道。现在我很严肃。

I'm not serious; I'm happy right now. But why are you saying that? You don't even know me.

我并不严肃；我现在很开心。但是你为什么要这么说？你甚至都不认识我。

I'm actually not very serious. Serious is too much work.

实际上我并不是太严肃。严肃令人负荷太大了。

I'm not that serious, so Joker, the joke's on you. Riddle¹ me that. Why are you so mean?

我没有那么严肃，小丑，现在玩笑的主角轮到你了。告诉我。你为什么那么卑鄙？

Is this a joke? To me, there is a saying — there's an old saying — "Laughter² is the best medicine."

这是个玩笑吗？对我来说，有句俗语，是一句古语：笑是最好的良药。

That's what I say, Joker. Don't be so serious. Don't take yourself so seriously. Live, laugh, love.

小丑，那是我要说的。不要这么严肃。别太苛求自己。活着，笑着，爱着。

Are we talking about Batman Joker? Heh-heh. Batman is, to him, the bad guy. So he's serious.

小丑，我们是在说蝙蝠侠吗？嘿嘿。因为对他来说，蝙蝠侠是坏人。所以他很严肃。

'Cause I'm Batman.

因为我是蝙蝠侠。

Did anybody ever answer that in the movie? That's what I need to know. Does anybody ever answer that in the movie? If they do, I will go re-watch it and I'll get back to you later with their response³, and we can keep this going, Mr. Joker.

电影中有人回答过这个问题吗？这是我需要知道的。电影中有人回答过这个问题吗？如果有人回答，我会再看一遍电影，然后再回来告诉你他们的回答，小丑先生，我们可以保持联系。

1 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

2 laughter   

n.笑，笑声

参考例句：

• I don't know how my story caused so much laughter.我不知我的故事怎么引起如此大笑。
• The audience gave way to uncontrollable bursts of laughter.听众忍不住发出一阵阵笑声。

3 response   

v.应答；n.反应，回答，响应

参考例句：

• There has been very little response to our call for help.我们求助的号召没有多少响应。
• They gave a cold response to his suggestions.他们对他的建议反应冷淡。