我能信得过你吗？

SCENE① D  文斯与艾文向外走进大厅，低声说话 

【我能信得过你吗？】

 

Vince:  Just remember. The main thing right now is to make sure Stars.com is happy.

文斯：         切记一件事。目前的要务是确保Stars.com高兴。

 

Elvin:  Right. You're right. But she's just ¹⁾ evil¹. Someone should ²⁾ drive a stake² through her heart.

艾文：  对，你说得对。不过她真是邪恶到家。真该有人让她木桩穿心的。

 

Vince:  Elvin, please. Can I count on you to ³⁾ keep your cool for a week, or not?

文斯：         艾文，别这样。你给我冷静一个星期，我能信得过你吗？

 

Elvin:           I'm OK. I'll be fine. I'v cool. I'm cold. I'm like ice. She won't know what hit her.

艾文：         我可以。我会没事的。我很冷静。我冷若冰霜。她不会知道是被谁暗算的。

 

Vince:         By the way, how's the nose? Boy, that must have hurt.

文斯：         对了，鼻子还好吗？要命，那一定痛死了。

 

语言详解

 

A: What did you see in Paris?

   你在巴黎看到什么？

 

B: All the main tourist spots³.

   所有主要的观光景点。

 

【用hit表示“猝不及防”】

 

有些事情来得突然，让人在毫无准备的状况下，除了傻眼还是傻眼。此时你就可以活用这个

hit 字，来表达事出突然，让人猝不及防的感觉。可能是无预警的天灾。

 

A: The storm hit before Rick could do anything about it.

     暴风雨来时，瑞克根本措手不及。

B: Yeah, he didn't know what hit him. He was probably killed instantly⁴.

     对啊，他不知道被什么袭击。他八成是当场毙命。

 

也可能是人祸，遭人暗算。

 

A:  When she left with all his money, Dirk just *sat around month after month.

     她带着他所有的钱离开，迪克就这样月复一月地呆坐。

B: It's understandable. It all happened so fast. He didn't know what hit him.

     可以理解。这发生得很突然。他根本不知道是怎么回事。

 

*sit around   坐着发呆，无所事事

 

1) evil (a.) 邪恶的

2) drive在此指“钉木桩”的动作，stake 就是“木桩”。drive a stake through one's heart“木桩穿心”原来是对付“吸血鬼”vampire  的必杀技，在此是因 Elvin 觉得Zina 太过邪恶才这样比喻。

3) keep one's cool 保持镇定、冷静

1 evil   

n.邪恶，不幸，罪恶；adj.邪恶的，不幸的，有害的，诽谤的

参考例句：

• We pray to God to deliver us from evil.我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
• Love of money is the root of all evil.爱钱是邪恶的根源。

2 stake   

n.木柱；赌注，奖金；v.打赌，下赌注

参考例句：

• A wooden stake was driven firmly into the ground.木桩被牢牢钉进土地里。
• He put up a stake to support the newly planted tree.他竖了一根桩支撑新种的树。

3 spots   

n.地点( spot的名词复数 )；斑点；少量；污迹

参考例句：

• Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger? 有斑点的是豹还是虎？
• She disguised the spots on her face with make-up. 她用化妆品盖住脸上的斑点。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 instantly   

adv.立即，立刻

参考例句：

• She was used to having her orders instantly obeyed.她习惯了让人即刻服从她的命令。
• Though he slept soundly,he awoke instantly.他虽然睡得很香，但是马上就醒了。