陨落星辰第一季 第12期:斯科特先生(1)

 　　Uncle Scott wants a word with you.

　　斯科特叔叔要跟你说点事

　　He has some thoughts on the aliens

　　一些对付外星人的想法

　　he thought might be useful.

　　他觉得没准能帮上忙

　　Happy to talk to him

　　我先找点吃的

　　after I get a little food.

　　之后再去找他

　　Oh, what I wouldn't give for an egg...

　　现在能吃个鸡蛋让我干什么都行

　　Some bacon... a hash brown.

　　一点熏肉 一张土豆饼

　　White or wheat?

　　白面的还是小麦的

　　English muffin, fork split, with enough butter

　　英式松饼 叉子叉碎 多加黄油

　　that would make a doctor such as yourself worry about my heart.

　　就是一盘你们大夫说有损心脏的好菜

　　You know, you never gave your opinion.

　　你从来没发表过意见

　　陨落星辰第一季

　　On?

　　对什么事

　　The rights of the civilians¹.

　　平民的权利

　　I don't think I've ever been to acton before.

　　我应该没来过阿克顿

　　It's a nice town.

　　这小镇还真不错

　　Civilians versus² the military it's an age old question.

　　军民矛盾 这是老问题了

　　What side do you come down on?

　　你是哪一边的

　　I think civilians are a liability and a hindrance³.

　　我觉得平民不利战斗 有些碍事

　　And I also feel

　　另一方面又觉得

　　that they're the best motivation we have to fight.

　　他们是我们投身战斗的最大动力

　　No!

　　不对

　　This way!

　　这边儿

　　Just kick it!

　　直接踢就是

　　Kick it! Yeah!

　　踢啊 太好了

　　Come on! Come on, guys!

　　过来 过来伙计们

　　Here you go.

　　给你

　　Biology.

　　生物

　　Biology.

　　生物

　　Biology, biology

　　生物 生物

　　It's from a greek word meaning "life discourse⁴."

　　源于希腊语里的"生命学说"一词

　　That's from the dictionary.

　　字典里是这么说的

　　But you know what it is to me?

　　你们知道我是怎么理解的吗

　　To me,

　　我认为

　　it is the study of the most miraculous⁵ gift

　　生物学是对我们人类

　　that has ever been bestowed⁶ on us.

　　被大自然赠与的最神奇特性的研究

　　It is the study of the wonder and the beauty

　　它是对生命本身的神奇 美妙

　　and the mystery that is life itself,

　　以及神秘性的研究

　　and to study it is to

　　研究的方向是

　　Well, is to learn humility⁷

　　学习谦逊

　　and responsibility and gratitude⁸, right?

　　责任以及感恩 对吗

　　Yeah, Matt?

　　说吧 马特

　　We're not grateful for skitters.

　　我们对突击者没什么可感恩的

　　No. No, we are not grateful for Skitters, right?

　　对 的确 我们不感谢突击者

　　And we're not grateful for parasites⁹ or cancer, either.

　　我们也不感谢寄生虫或者癌症

　　But they are part of life,

　　但是它们却是生命的一部分

　　and we're grateful

　　我们要对

　　for the chance to study them,

　　能有机会研究它们而心存感恩

　　right?

　　对吗

　　And hopefully by studying them,

　　而且希望借由对他们的研究

　　we'll be able to better figure out how to kill them, right?

　　我们能找到对策将其消灭 对吗

　　Right?

　　对吗

　　Yep. You bet.

　　对 必须的

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

3 hindrance   

n.妨碍，障碍

参考例句：

• Now they can construct tunnel systems without hindrance.现在他们可以顺利地建造隧道系统了。
• The heavy baggage was a great hindrance to me.那件行李成了我的大累赘。

4 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

5 miraculous   

adj.像奇迹一样的，不可思议的

参考例句：

• The wounded man made a miraculous recovery.伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。
• They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人，赢得了非凡的胜利。

6 bestowed   

赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
• He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。

7 humility   

n.谦逊，谦恭

参考例句：

• Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
• His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。

8 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

9 parasites   

寄生物( parasite的名词复数 )； 靠他人为生的人； 诸虫

参考例句：

• These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的，而与寄生虫无关。
• Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。