《佩小姐的奇幻城堡》精讲 10

Oh wow! Jake! Check it out. That's a peregrine falcon¹.

喔！Jake！快看。那是只游隼。

Peregrine, like the Headmistress²?

隼，校长的名字？

Sure.

恩。

Hey that's probably where grandpa came with the tale of turning into a bird thing.

也许这就是为啥爷爷能编出个变成鸟的梗。

Maybe. Maybe that's really her."Hey Ms. Peregrine, It's me, Jake. I am Abe Portman's grandson.Please don't crap on us".Oh. God, Dad I'm kidding.

也许吧，也许那真就是她。嘿，佩小姐，我是Jake，我是Abe Portman的孙子。请别往我们身上拉屎 噢，上帝啊。老爸我在开玩笑啦

What the H... Hello? Hello? Anybody home? Oh Hey! Any idea where I'd find the manager of this place?

有人吗？有人吗？ 有人在家吗？ 嘿，知道怎么找到这儿的负责人吗？

That's me. Sorry to keep you. Just helping³ uncle Oggie to the loo. I'm Kev. There's a room upstairs. Oh, Great. I'll be back in a bit.

就是我。 不好意思耽误您时间了，正好在帮Oggie叔去小解。 我是Kev. 房间在楼上。我马上就回来。

1 falcon   

n.隼，猎鹰

参考例句：

• The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
• The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。

2 headmistress   

n.女校长

参考例句：

• They voted her their headmistress.他们选她做校长。
• She is the deputy headmistress of the school.她是那所学校的代理校长。

3 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。