趣味英语第190期:应该和神秘博士去哪个时期旅行

Kierstyn818.

Kierstyn818问道：

"What time period should I visit when traveling with The Doctor?"

“和神秘博士一起时空旅行的话，应该选择哪个时期？”

"Traveling with The Doctor?" What?

“和神秘博士一起时空旅行？”那是什么？

Oh, oh, oh, oh! The Doctor Who. Oh, that Doctor. Golly, that's been going on for years.

哦，哦，哦，哦！神秘博士。哦，是那个博士。天哪，那已经持续好多年了。

Oh, the dream job: traveling with The Doctor.

哦，理想工作：和神秘博士一起时空旅行。

You should probably go to the dinosaurs¹, like the Jurassic period.

你也许应该去恐龙还未灭绝的时代，比如侏罗纪公园时期。

Maybe when everyone in Greece believed in mythology². That would be pretty cool.

也许应该去所有希腊人都相信神话的时代。那一定非常酷。

I would like to go to the Roman Empire period. I'm a little bit nuts about the armor, the sword fighting.

我建议去罗马帝国时代。我有些痴迷于盔甲和斗剑。

The Renaissance³! The Renaissance is literally⁴ the time where everything's new, but then, at the same time, everything's still old.

文艺复兴时期！在文艺复兴时期，一切都是全新的，但同时，一切也仍是旧的。

I'd really like the French Revolution. It has to be somewhat fun, right? There's beheadings.

我非常喜欢法国大革命时期。那一定很有趣，对吧？那时有斩首场面。

1800 England. Life is different. You wear those wonderful gowns. Just hold your nose, (laughing) 'cause I believe it smells a lot.

1800年的英国。那是完全不同的生活。你可以穿那些漂亮的长袍。只要捏住鼻子就好，（笑）因为我认为那味道很重。

The '50s, because there were less problems, less problems with society, and less drugs, less everything.

上世纪50年代，因为那时问题很少，无论是社会问题还是毒品问题，所有问题都很少。

The '60s. I don't really know why I like the '60s. I just like the cars in the '60s.

上世纪60年代。我也不太清楚我为什么喜欢60年代。我只是喜欢60年代的汽车。

I would go back to the '90s when I was little. Pop music was great in the '90s, and that's my favorite time period.

我会重返上世纪90年代，那时我还年幼。90年代的流行音乐非常棒，那也是我最爱的时代。

I would suggest going to the future, seeing what crazy technology we create and seeing how civilization is. Maybe past the year 3000.

我会建议你去未来，看看我们在未来创造了哪些疯狂技术，看看未来的文明程度。也许可以去公元3000年以后。

Go back to when Rose was alive, because Rose is my favorite character. (whispering) Rose is awesome⁵.

回到Rose还活着的时代，因为Rose是我最爱的角色。（低语）Rose真的太棒了。

1 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mythology   

n.神话，神话学，神话集

参考例句：

• In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中，宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
• He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。

3 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.