《姐姐的守护者》精讲 15

GLORIA: Your 1 1: OO appointment is here.

你十一点约的人来了

l don't have an 1 1: OO. GLORIA: Wait. you can't go in there.

我没约人 - 等等，你不能进来

Mr. Alexander l'm Sara Fitzgerald. Anna's mother.

Alexander先生，我是Sara Fitzgerald，Anna的妈妈

Get your hands off me.

把你的手拿开

lt's okay. Gloria. - Are you sure? l don't mind calling security.

好了，Gloria 您确定吗？我不介意叫保安

CAMPBELL: No. no. Thank you.

不，不，多谢

What can l do for you. Mrs. Fitzgerald?

我能为你做什么，Fitzgerald夫人？

The legal age for emancipation¹ of a minor² is 14 in the state of California.

加利福尼亚州未成年人脱离监护的法定年龄是十四岁

lt's the law. you might want to check it. Anna's 1 1. you're three years early.

这是条文，你可以自己看一下 Anna十一岁，你早了三年

l'm aware. she's challenging. - She can't.

我很清楚，她面临挑战 - 她不能

She's too young to stand. - l'm filing for her as guardian³ ad litem.

她现在过于年轻 - 我正在申请成为她的诉讼监护人

As what? A family independence agency?

什么样的，一个独立的家庭代理？

l have 1 5 years as a volunteer member of the ACLU...

我已经为美国公民自由协会义务工作了十五年

in addition to which l have this power of attorney signed by your daughter.

而且我还有由你女儿签字认证过的授权书

This will never hold up. It's not even legal.

这不可能成立，这甚至都不合法

Anna doesn't want to do it anymore. And 1 1 years old or not. she has rights.

Anna不愿意接着做了，不管她是不是十一岁，她都有权利

And so long as she wants to move forward. l am going to help her.

只要她愿意继续，我都会帮她

Why? What's your interest? This isn't a case for you.

为什么，你感兴趣的是什么？这与你无关

There's no money. - What's my interest?

你赚不到钱 - 我感兴趣的东西？

Eight hospitalizations in 1 1 years...

十一年里8次治疗

six catheterizations. two bone-marrow aspirations⁴...

六次导管插入术，两次骨髓移植

two stem-cell purges⁵. - She was helping⁶ her sister.

两次干细胞清洗 - 她在帮她姐姐

Not to mention the side effects. including bleeding. infections. bruising⁷.

即使不提诸如出血，感染，挫伤

Filgrastim shots. Those are growth hormones⁸. am l correct?

赛强过敏之类的副作用 这是生长激素，对吧？

Something like that. - Drugs for nausea⁹. opiates for pain...

差不多吧 - 呕吐药，止痛片

Ambien for sleep. Not exactly the proper medication for a preteen.

唑吡坦（安眠药），这些可不是十一岁孩子该用的药

Every procedure had its risks and complications.

每个步骤都有风险和并发症

Anna understood that. she was okay with it.

Anna知道，她也赞同

Really? - Yeah.

是吗？ - 是的

At 5 years old.

五岁的时候

Oh. my God. you're good. You're really good.

哦，老天啊，你很不错，相当优秀

You know. l've seen your commercials. right? l mean. who hasn't?

你知道，我看过你的广告，是吧，谁没有呢？

l always thought you were some headline-seeking hack¹⁰...

我一直以为你是一个只会制造噱头的无能之辈

but you have real talent.

但是你是个真正的人才

You almost had me believing that you cared about Anna.

你差不多让我相信你关心Anna

Funny. l was about to say the same thing to you.

稀奇啊，我正准备对你说这话呢

Mrs. Fitzgerald. did you ever say to yourself:

Fitzgerald夫人，你是否扪心自问过

'Maybe l'm wrong. maybe l took it a little too far?'

或许我错了，或许我陷的太深了？

l'll see you in court.

法庭上见

1 emancipation   

n.（从束缚、支配下）解放

参考例句：

• We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation. 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They rejoiced over their own emancipation. 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

4 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

5 purges   

清除异己( purge的名词复数 )； 整肃（行动）； 清洗； 泻药

参考例句：

• Mandelshtam perished in the purges of the 1930s, Akhmatova remained silent. 曼杰利什坦姆在30年代的清洗中死去，阿赫玛托娃也销声匿迹。
• He purges his subconscious and meditates only on God. 他净化他的潜意识且只思念上帝。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 bruising   

adj.殊死的；十分激烈的v.擦伤(bruise的现在分词形式)

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 他滑倒了，一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。 来自辞典例句

8 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

9 nausea   

n.作呕，恶心；极端的憎恶(或厌恶)

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。

10 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。