欧美人文风情第263篇:英国超强圣诞广告

 Another year over 一年又结束

Where do they go to? 它们都到哪去了？

It's a mystery 这真是个谜

Now it's December 现在是十二月

So much to remember before Christmas Eve 圣诞夜前有太多事情要记

I'm already late and my train is delayed 我已经迟到，我的火车却误点

Disruption¹ on the line 整个交通大乱

I race into work and the place is berserk 我冲去工作，那地方完全失控

Yes, it's Christmas time 没错，圣诞时节到了

I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family 我想要找到能给我家人最棒的礼物

But right now I don't have time to breathe 但现在我连呼吸的时间都没有

The streets are chaotic² The shops idiotic³ 街上一团乱 商店很愚蠢

There's a queue for the queue 到哪里都大排长龙

A granny's taking her time at the front of the line Ninety-one, ninety-two... 有个老太太在队伍前面慢条斯理 九十一、九十二...

There's a party at work and the manager is twerking inappropriately 今天上班有个派对，而经理不正经地扭腰摆臀

To top off the day another train is delayed 更糟的是又一班火车误点

It's a catastrophe⁴ 真是一场灾难

Christmas time is here 圣诞时节到

I'd like to spend the time with the ones I love so dear 我想要把时间花在我心爱的人身上

I'm trying to find the greatest gift I can give my family 我想要找到能给我家人最棒的礼物

I don't have time 但我没时间

There's only one of me 因为只有一个我

Tell me how do people do it all 告诉我大家如何做到所有事情

I'll never get it done 我永远做不完

If only there was a way to be in two places at once 如果有让我能同时在两个地方的方法就好了

Wait! 等等!

That gives me an idea! 那让我想到一个点子!

If I wasn't alone 如果我不是独自一人

What if I had a clone? 要是我有个复制人呢？

I could do so much more 我就可以做更多事

It would all be a breeze with a couple of more mes 如果有很多个我，一切就简单了

I'd have time galore! 我就能拥有许多时间!

I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family 我想要找到能给我家人最棒的礼物

The greatest gift I can give is me! 我能给的最棒的礼物就是我!

Now I can meet with the boss and empty out my inbox all simultaneously⁵ 现在我能和老板开会还能同时清空我的收件匣

Leaving me time to spend with my family and friends, where I wanna be 让我有时间和家人与朋友相处，这就是我想要的

I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family 我想要找到能给我家人最棒的礼物

The greatest gift that I can give is me! 我能给的最棒的礼物就是我!

I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family 我想要找到能给我家人最棒的礼物

The greatest gift that I can give is me! 我能给的最棒的礼物就是我!

I wanna find the greatest gift I can give my family 我想要找到能给我家人最棒的礼物

The greatest gift that I can give... 我能给的最棒礼物...

...is me! 就是我!

 

1 disruption   

n.分裂

参考例句：

• The state was in disruption. 国家处于分崩离析之中。
• Such storms cause considerable disruption in magnetic prospecting operation. 这种磁暴对磁法勘探产生严重的破坏。

2 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

3 idiotic   

adj.白痴的

参考例句：

• It is idiotic to go shopping with no money.去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
• The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble.那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。

4 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

5 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。