绿箭侠第一季 第68期:家庭琐事

 　　Please tell me that this is a nightmare and I'm about to wake up.

　　求你告诉我这只是噩梦，我马上就会醒

　　How can Stagg Industries pull out completely?

　　斯塔格工业怎么能彻底退出呢

　　They're our largest donor¹.

　　他们是我们最大的资金供源

　　It's like they say-- "it's the economy, stupid."

　　如他们所说"是经济所致，笨蛋"

　　No, it's the stupid economy.

　　不，是这愚蠢的经济

　　OK, without Stagg, how long can CNRI keep the doors open?

　　没有斯塔格，创新联合会还能撑多久

　　It depends. What time you got?

　　看情况而定，你有多少时间

　　I have fiesta time.

　　我可有很多狂欢时间

　　Or is it siesta² time?

　　还是小憩时间

　　Which one means a party and which one means a nap?

　　哪个词是狂欢，哪个是小憩

　　Tommy, as much as I would love to relive

　　汤米，尽管我很想带你重温

　　intro to Spanish with you, today is not a good day.

　　西班牙语入门课，但今天不是好日子

　　Of course not. Working in this tiny brick office is intolerable.

　　当然不是，在这小砖屋里工作让人无法忍受

　　Now, you know where is a spectacular place to spend the day?

　　你知道去哪里度日最精彩吗

　　Coast City. Here's what I am thinking.

　　海城，我是这么想的

　　Sunset flight on my private plane,

　　乘坐我私人的落日航班

　　dinner at Broome's, I'll have you home by midnight.

　　在布鲁姆餐厅共用晚餐，午夜护航回返

　　Or maybe in the morning.

　　或者早上也行

　　What is this?

　　这些都是什么

　　This is what we talked about.

　　这些是我们聊过的东西

　　This is you getting to know the real me.

　　让你进一步瞭解真正的我

　　Tommy, so you don't misunderstand,

　　汤米，你最好别误会

　　CNRI just lost its largest single donor.

　　创新联合会刚失去最大的捐助人

　　Which means all of the hard work and sacrifices

　　也就是说我为了保住法律援助事务所

　　that I have made to help this legal clinic survive,

　　所做的一切努力和牺牲

　　it may have been for nothing.

　　可能都付诸东流了

　　Maybe another time.

　　那就下次吧

　　Yeah?

　　好吗

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　　I mean, haven't you noticed

　　难道你没有注意到

　　she's been acting³ a little down lately?

　　她最近情绪很低落吗

　　What am I saying? Of course you haven't.

　　真是个白痴的问题，你当然不会注意到

　　Well, who are you to judge?

　　你是在指责我吗

　　Since when do you pay attention to how mom's feeling?

　　你什么时候开始在意妈妈的感受了

　　Since our stepfather suddenly decided⁴

　　自从继父突然决定

　　to take a business trip halfway⁵ across the world.

　　到另一个半球出差

　　I think when someone at Walter's pay grade

　　我觉得像沃尔特一样

　　takes a business trip,

　　拿那么多薪水的人出差

　　it's always sudden, Thea. I wouldn't worry.

　　总会事出突然的，西娅，所以我不担心

　　Ah, guess who I just hung up with.

　　你们猜我刚才和谁在一起

　　Janice Bowen.

　　詹尼斯·鲍恩

　　Carter's mother.

　　卡特的妈妈

　　Carter Bowen.

　　卡特·鲍恩

　　The perfect son.

　　那个完美儿子

　　Is he perfect?

　　他真的完美吗

　　According to you,

　　根据你的说法

　　Carter Bowen just won the national chess championship.

　　卡特·鲍恩刚获得全国象棋大赛冠军

　　Carter Bowen is anchoring the debate team.

　　卡特·鲍恩是辩论赛领队

　　I'm sure I didn't make that big of a fuss.

　　我确定我可没有他说的那么大惊小怪

　　Oliver, Carter just got accepted

　　奥利弗，卡特刚刚

　　into Harvard and Princeton.

　　被哈佛和普林斯顿大学同时录取

　　Well, that's because Carter got a perfect score on his SATs.

　　那是因为卡特的入学考试满分

　　Now, how did he manage to study and cure cancer?

　　他要怎么处理学习和治疗癌症之间的关系呢

　　All right, all right, all right. I get it. I get it.

　　行了，行了，我知道了

　　Well, they're coming for brunch⁶

　　他们会来吃早午餐

　　and I expect you to be there.

　　我希望你能一起参加

　　I have plans.

　　我已经有计划了

　　That's fine. Brunch is tomorrow.

　　没事，早午餐在明天

　　Hmm. Inches from a clean getaway.

　　差点就逃过去了

　　Well, you, too, Thea.

　　你也要参加，西娅

　　Snap.

　　你也逃不掉了

　　Nobody says that anymore.

　　现在没人说这个了

　　What? Mom. Hmm?

　　什么，妈妈，怎么了

　　I can't actually go.

　　我真的去不了

　　I haven't seen the Bowens in years.

　　我很多年没见鲍恩一家了

　　So whatever it is that you have planned,

　　所以不论你们有什么计划

　　I'm sure the two of you

　　我肯定你们两个

　　can make the sacrifice just this once.

　　这次可以自我牺牲一下

　　We'll be there.

　　我们会参加的

　　I hate you.

　　我讨厌你

　　Yeah.

　　怎么了

　　You know your friend Scott Morgan from your father's list?

　　你知道名单上的斯科特·摩根吗

　　He tried to kill himself.

　　他企图自杀

　　Maybe he was afraid of getting a visit from you.

　　可能是因为害怕你会找他

　　How fast can you make it to Starling General?

　　你来星城总院最快需要多长时间

　　On my way.

　　马上就去

　　Hey, just the man I wanted to see.

　　刚好要找你

　　I just picked up a new sports car,

　　我刚买了一辆新跑车

　　and I'm thinking we can open her up,

　　我觉得我们可以一起开开

　　pick up a few speeding tickets--

　　飙飙车什么的

　　That sounds great, but something's come up. I gotta jet.

　　听起来很棒，但是我有事，得赶紧走了

　　Oh. Uh, ok.

　　好吧

　　Nice talk. Thanks.

　　聊得很开心，谢谢

　　He moves fast, doesn't he?

　　他行动很迅速，是吧

　　It's ironic⁷, really,

　　真讽刺啊

　　since you're the one we call speedy.

　　你才是大家公认的闪电钮

　　Oh, please. For the love of God.

　　拜託，别这么叫我了

　　But if you need somebody to talk to, I'm here.

　　你要是想找人聊聊的话，随时奉陪

　　You know, maybe you could help.

　　或许你能帮上忙

　　There's this girl that I'm interested in.

　　我对一个女孩很感兴趣

　　And I am really not sure how to pursue it.

　　可是我不知道怎么追到手

　　Have you tried using your usual lines?

　　你有没有试过你的惯用招数

　　Hi, my name is Tommy Merlyn and I'm a billionaire,

　　你好，我是亿万富翁汤米·梅林

　　but I don't look like Warren Buffet⁸.

　　但是我跟沃伦·巴菲特不一样

　　Yeah. She is aware of that,

　　这些她都知道

　　and she doesn't care.

　　但并不在意

　　You know, money really isn't a big deal to her.

　　钱对她来说不算什么

　　Why don't you just tell her how you feel?

　　那就直接告诉她你的感受

　　Well, I've--I--

　　可是，我已经...

　　I've known her for a long time.

　　我已经认识她很久了

　　And I'm not sure the

　　我不知道

　　direct approach is really the right way to go.

　　单刀直入是不是最好的方法

　　Maybe you just have to figure out

　　那或许你应该搞清楚

　　what's a big deal to her and make it a big deal to you.

　　她在乎的东西，然后把它也变成你在乎的

　　Yeah.

　　对

　　You are amazing.

　　你太聪明啦

　　Love you.

　　爱你

　　重点讲解：

　　1.be about to 即将；正打算；将要

　　例句：A swing sound that would change jazz was about to be born.

　　一个改变爵士乐的摇摆声音即将诞生。

　　2.pull out 拔出；驶出；抽出

　　例句：South African diplomats⁹ said they did not know in advance that Mr. Tsvangirai would pull out of the runoff.

　　南非的外交官们说，他们事先并不知道茨万吉拉伊将退出决选。

　　3.It depends 视情况而定

　　例句：Well, it depends. Do you own any other property?

　　嗯，这还要看情况。你们拥有其他什么财产吗？

　　4.act a little down 有点失望

　　例句：She's been acting a little down lately.

　　她最近情绪很低落

1 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

2 siesta   

n.午睡

参考例句：

• Lots of people were taking a short siesta in the shade.午后很多人在阴凉处小睡。
• He had acquired the knack of snatching his siesta in the most unfavourable circumstance.他学会了在最喧闹的场合下抓紧时间睡觉的诀窍。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

6 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

7 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

8 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

9 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》