《魔戒》精讲01

The long-expected party

期待已久的生日派对

How is the old rascal¹?

那老家伙还好吧?

I hear it's going to be a party of special magnificence

我听说这是一个特别华丽的生日派对

You know Bilbo He's got the whole place in an uproar²

你知道比尔博的 全镇的人都在谈论他的事

Well, that should please him

嗯 那应该会让他很高兴的

Half the Shire's been invited -Gracious me

一半的夏尔人都被邀请了

He's up to something Oh, really?

天呀! 不知道他在搞什么 哦, 真的吗?

All right, then Keep your secrets

好吧 我会保守你的"小秘密"的

Before you came along, we Bagginses were very well thought of

在你出现之前我们家族一直都过得很平凡

Indeed?

是吗?

Never had any adventures or did anything unexpected

没有"冒险"或遇到任何意外的

If you're referring to the incident with the dragon,

如果你指的是火龙那次"意外"

I was barely³ involved

其实那不关我的事

All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door

我只是稍微碰了一下你叔叔的手肘送他出门口而已

Whatever you did, you've been officially labeled a disturber of the peace

无论如何你已经成为了这里的麻烦制造者了

really?

真的?

 

Before you came along, we Bagginses were very well thought of 在你出现之前我们家族一直都过得很平凡

think of:认为

What do you think of his new job?

你对他的新工作看法如何？

词汇搭配:

think much of重视

think nothing of 不把 ... 放在...

think better of改变主意

think little of轻视

词义辨析:

think of think about think over 这三个词组都与“想”有关，但所表达的含义有所不同。

think of:多用来指“想起，认为”。

昨晚我睡觉前，想起了我的父母。

Last night，before I went to bed，I thought of my parents.

你认为那本书怎么样？

What do you think of that book?

think about:多用来指“考虑某事情或对某事进行思考”。

想想你所做的这一切吧！

Think about what you have done!

think over:意思是“仔细考虑，认真思考”。

在回答这个问题之前，请认真考虑一下。

Before you answer this question，please think it over.

If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, 如果你指的是火龙那次"意外"

refer to:涉及；指的是

I was not referring to her when I said so.

当我那么说时,我并不是指她。

1 rascal   

n.流氓；不诚实的人

参考例句：

• If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做，我就认为他是个恶棍。
• The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。

2 uproar   

n.骚动，喧嚣，鼎沸

参考例句：

• She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。
• His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。

3 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。