《吸血鬼日记》第二季精讲 第3集第6期:太有才华

Bonnie, you're supposed to be my friend.I can't ignore what happened. OK?

邦妮 你应该是我的朋友 我无法忽略之前的事 懂吗

If you want to be friends, you're going to have to prove that the Caroline I remember isn't gone.

如果你想继续做朋友 就必须向我证明 我记忆中的卡罗琳没有消失

Now, put the ring on the bed.

现在 把戒指放在床上

Do you really think I meant to kill that guy at the carnival¹.He's still dead.

你真以为嘉年华会那天 我是有意杀人的吗 反正他是死了

Now, do you want me to cast the spell or not?

你到底还要不要我施咒

All done.So, that's it?I mean, nothing witchy happened.

成了 这就成了 什么巫术的迹象都没有

You know, no flickering² lights, no gust³ of wind.

没有闪烁的光 也没有突然起风

Have you even done this before? Caroline.Well, I just want to make sure it worked!

你以前施过咒吗 卡罗琳 我只想确认咒语生效了

It worked.What if it hadn't, Bonnie?!She's all yours.

生效了 要是没生效怎么办 邦妮 她交给你了

So Isobel was officially employed by the anthropology⁴ department,given that most paranormal phenomena⁵ is rooted in folklore⁶.

伊泽贝尔是人类学学院的正式员工 因为大多数超自然现象都来源于民俗传说

Excuse me. Hi, I'm Alaric Saltzman.I called earlier.Yes.

打扰一下 你好 我是阿拉里克·萨尔茨曼 我之前打过电话 对

Of course.I'm Vanessa Monroe, research assistant comparative folklore.

是的 我是瓦内萨·门罗 助理研究员 研究比较民俗学的

Uh, let me just grab Isobel's keys.I'm sorry. These are my friends Elena and Damon.

我这就去拿伊泽贝尔的钥匙 不好意思 这是我朋友 埃琳娜和达蒙

I hope this isn't too much of an imposition.

我希望这不会让你太为难

Please. Isobel's office is right through there.

别客气 伊泽贝尔的办公室就在那边

Isobel was one of my first professors.I'm a grad student. She was brilliant.

伊泽贝尔是最初教我的几个教授之一 我是个研究生 她太有才华了

One of the reasons I went into folklore.

她也是我选择民俗学的原因之一

1 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

2 flickering   

adj.闪烁的，摇曳的，一闪一闪的

参考例句：

• The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
• The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。

3 gust   

n.阵风，突然一阵（雨、烟等），（感情的）迸发

参考例句：

• A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
• A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。

4 anthropology   

n.人类学

参考例句：

• I believe he has started reading up anthropology.我相信他已开始深入研究人类学。
• Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.社会人类学主要关于文化多样性。

5 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。

6 folklore   

n.民间信仰，民间传说，民俗

参考例句：

• Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
• In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.在中国的民间传说中蝙蝠是好运的象征。