《童话镇》第116期:苏醒

 Now they have to know. 现在该让他们知道了

And how do you intend to make that happen? 那你要如何让他们明白呢

By reminding him. 提醒他

We have to get her to read their story to John Doe 我们应该让她给无名氏念他们的故事

Then maybe he'll remember who he is. 然后他也许就会想起自己是谁

Okay. 好吧

Okay? Yeah. 可以吗 对啊

We'll do it but we'll do it my way. 就这么干 不过要以我的方式

Let me ask her. 我去问她

You want me to read to a coma¹ patient? 你想让我给一个昏迷的人读故事

Henry thinks it will help him remember who he was. 亨利觉得这样也许能让他想起自己的身份

And who does he think he was? 那亨利认为他是谁呢

Prince Charming. 白马王子

And if I'm Snow White 而如果我是白雪公主

he thinks... me... and him. 他觉得我... 和他

He has a very active imagination 他的想象力很丰富

Which is the point. 这才是关键

I can't talk him out of his beliefs 我无法让他放弃自己相信的事

so we need to show him. 所以我们只能拿事实给他看

Play along. 帮我一下吧

Do what he says and then maybe just maybe 就照他说的做 然后也许

he'll see that fairy tales are just that. 他就会明白童话只是童话而已

That there's no such thing as love at first sight or first kiss. 像什么一见钟情 一吻定情的事根本就不存在

He'll see reality. 他会明白现实

Something like that. 差不多吧

Sadly this plan is rather genius. 可悲的是 这计划挺天才的

We get him to the truth without hurting him. 既可以让他接受事实 又不会伤害他

I told him that we will all meet tomorrow for breakfast at Granny's 我跟他说我们明天在"祖母家"一起吃早点

And you will give a full report. 你要先给我们讲一遍

Well I suppose I'll get ready for my date. 看来 我要去准备一下了

I guess I'll have to do all the talking. 我估计会是我唱独角戏

Look I know this is odd 听着 我知道这很奇怪

but I'm doing it for a friend. 但我是为了帮一个朋友

So please just bear with me. 所以请你忍耐一会儿吧

"As the prince chased the thief on horseback "当王子骑马去追那个小偷

through the treacherous² forest 穿过危险的丛林

his betrothed³ crossed her arms and pouted⁴ 白雪公主双臂交叉 撅嘴赌气

Wondering how many dreadful boring minutes it would take 心想 还要这样无聊地过多久

before they could resume their journey again. 才能继续他们的旅途

The thief vaulted⁵ over a fallen... 那个小偷跳过一个...

...they didn't need words to express what they felt in their hearts 他们不需要语言来强调心里的感受

for it was here in the shadow of the Troll Bridge that their love was born 就在这里 在巨兽桥下他们的感情萌芽了

where they knew no matter how they were separated,they would always " 他们知道 不管分开多远,他们总会...

 

1 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 treacherous   

adj.不可靠的，有暗藏的危险的；adj.背叛的，背信弃义的

参考例句：

• The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
• The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。

3 betrothed   

n. 已订婚者 动词betroth的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She is betrothed to John. 她同约翰订了婚。
• His daughter was betrothed to a teacher. 他的女儿同一个教师订了婚。

4 pouted   

v.撅（嘴）( pout的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her lips pouted invitingly. 她挑逗地撮起双唇。
• I pouted my lips at him, hinting that he should speak first. 我向他努了努嘴，让他先说。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 vaulted   

adj.拱状的

参考例句：

• She vaulted over the gate and ran up the path. 她用手一撑跃过栅栏门沿着小路跑去。
• The formal living room has a fireplace and vaulted ceilings. 正式的客厅有一个壁炉和拱形天花板。