《逗鸟外传》精讲 41朱尼尔被抓

I thought it was a gentrifying neighborhood.

我以为只是在修建中的一个街区

Didn't expect to see you here, brah!

没想到能在这里看见你啊，大兄弟

Oh, yes, I did. I set it up.

哦，我早就想到了，这就是我的杰作

Seize the thing!

抓住那个东西！

Wait, no! Not the baby!

等等，不是那个宝宝

Don't worry. She's gonna be fine.

不要但心，她会好起来的！

She's with penguins¹.

她和企鹅们在一起呢

They have whole documentaries about how great they are at babysitting.

曾经有人说过企鹅是最会照顾宝宝的

And she'll be an excellent swimmer.

她会成为一个游泳悍将的

And then when she's old enough, we'll return her to the human world.

等她足够大的时候，我们会把她送回人类世界的

That's insane! You need to deliver her!

这太不可理喻了！你最好马上把她送回去的

We can't let it get out that the new boss accidentally made a baby!

新的老板不小心弄来了这个孩子，这消息是不可能泄露出去的！

Our stock would plummet², everything we've built.

我们的股票会下跌，我们所有的事业

My entire company will fall apart!

我们整个公司都会崩分离析

Those parents can never find out.

永远不要让那些家长们知道

Okay, we're ready to go.

好的，我们可以出发了

Who's the baby now?

现在看谁是宝宝？

Good enough.

太好了

"Cease and desist"? Why?

为什么要强制拆除啊？

This is not up to code, and quite frankly³, it looks dangerous.

这不符合规定，而且本身看起来就很危险啊

We can't tear it down. 'Cause then the storks⁴ won't deliver my baby brother.

不可以因为那样的话，白鹤就不会给我送弟弟了

1 penguins   

n.企鹅( penguin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why can penguins live in cold environment? 为什么企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers. 鲸、海豹，企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 plummet   

vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌；n.铅坠；重压物

参考例句：

• Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
• Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。

3 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

4 storks   

n.鹳( stork的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Meg and Jo fed their mother like dutiful young storks. 麦格和裘像一对忠实的小鹳似地喂她们的母亲。 来自辞典例句
• They believe that storks bring new babies to the parents' home. 他们相信白鹤会给父母带来婴儿。 来自互联网