《K歌情人》精讲 02因花花草草而结缘

Khan, I've missed you.

Khan，我没能见到你

Alex, I have Sophie here for you.

Alex有位Sophie来找你

That sounds like fun. Who is she?

有意思，她是谁?

She's here to do your plants.

她会帮你照顾花草。

But Jane does my plants.

但是这是Jane做的。

She can be in and out in five minutes and this is really the best time for her.

她说只要大概五分钟就好了，而且现在这个时间对她来说刚好

It seems she cannot be stopped. Send her up.

看来由不得我了，让她上来吧。

So start again. Cora corman...

继续说。Cora corman

why do you have a plant lady?

你为什么要请个女花匠呢?

Why do you even have plants?

你干嘛要种些花花草草呢?

Because from time to time ladies accompany me back to the apartment and one once mentioned that plants make women comfortable.

因为一次又一次地，女人们来到我的公寓陪伴我，曾经有一个提到植物可以让女人感到舒适

Is that true? Plants make women comfortable?

真的吗? 植物让女人感到舒适?

Well, maybe if I had plants I'd still be married.

假如我当初种植物，我就不会离婚了。

Yes, I think that was the problem.

是啊，我想就是因为这个。

Not Susan's affair and raging¹ nymphomania but your lack of vegetation².

不是因为Susan的艳遇，和无法控制的女色情狂，而是因为你没种植物。

Hang on.

等等

Hi, I'm Sophie Fisher.

嗨，我是Sophie Fisher。

I'm Alex Fletcher.

我是AlexFletcher。

You didn't get the message from Jane?

你没收到简的信息吗?

No. I haven't listened to my...

没有。我还没听我的...

She was supposed to let you know I'd be doing plants.

她应该告诉你，她让我来帮你照顾植物。

Very nice. Lovely. Well, come on in.

很好。太好了。进来吧。

Thank you.

谢谢你。

I hope you have your own watering can.

我希望你有自己的花洒。

Jane told me that everyone had their own.

Jane告诉我每个人都自备了。

But this last guy, Mr. Werther, about 80

但刚那个人，Werther先生，大概80岁了

he didn't have his own watering can

他居然没有花洒，

so he starts yelling³ at me and screaming at me in German.

所以他开始用德语向我吼叫。

I'm fluent⁴ enough to know what he's saying.

我可是完全听得懂他在说什么。

You haven't been cursed⁵ at till you've been cursed at in German

如果你被人用德语骂了那才是真正的侮辱。

As a matter of fact, I know what you mean.

事实上，我明白你的意思。

I dated a fraulein once.

我以前也和一个骗子约会过。

Plant stuff⁶ is in the kitchen under the sink.

浇花工具在厨房水池下面。

And I have my own can.

我自己有花洒。

Oh, well, vielen dank.

好的，万分感谢。

Hi, I'm Chris Riley, Alex's manager.

嗨，我是Chris Riley，Alex的经纪人。

Oh, Sophie Fisher. Nice to meet you.

哦，Sophie Fisher。很高兴见到你。

So kitchen?

厨房在那里吗?

Yeah.

是的。

Great.

好极了。

1 raging   

a.violent;furious

参考例句：

• Firemen tried to quench the flames raging through the building. 消防队员奋力扑救大楼中熊熊的火焰。
• The stream had become a raging torrent. 小溪变成了一条汹涌的急流。

2 vegetation   

n.植物，草木，（植物）生长

参考例句：

• As we drove towards the desert,the vegetation became sparse.我们驱车前往沙漠，沿途的草木渐渐变得稀疏。
• The earth bore a thick green mantle of vegetation.大地覆盖着一层厚厚的绿色植物。

3 yelling   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外，大声指挥运动员。
• He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫，借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 fluent   

adv.流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• She is fluent in five languages.她通晓五种语言。
• My father speaks fluent English.我父亲讲一口流利的英语。

5 cursed   

a.可憎的，可恶的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• The necklace was cursed. 这条项链上附有会给人带来灾难的符咒。
• She cursed at one of her servants this morning. 今天早晨她大骂了一个仆人。

6 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。