《佩小姐的奇幻城堡》精讲 49

Jake, I think tonight you better answer that.

Jake，我想今晚该你接那个电话了。

Hello?Hello, this is Abe, who’s that?

你好？你好，我是艾波，你是？

You... you don't know me. I'm Jake.

你...你不认识我，我是Jake.

Ah! You're new. Well, welcome to the family Jake.

啊！你是新来的，欢迎你加入，Jake

Now I can't talk long,

长话短说

so just tell Miss Peregrine that I'm at the airbase, and I'm fine.

告诉佩小姐，我到空军基地了，我很好。

I just wanted to say that, I miss you and if I disappointed you, I'm sorry...

我想说的是，我想你 如果我让你失望了，我很抱歉...

and you're the best grandpa in the world.

你是世界上最好的爷爷

Fiona! Got it!

Fiona 好了

Miss. Avocet! Now children, now that you are all here, there's a few rules.

Avocet女生！ 孩子们，现在你们都在这了，有些规则要遵守。

Your primary job is to stay safe. Leave the Hollow¹ to me.

最重要的，是保证安全，让我来对付Hollow

I don't want to see any heroics².

我不想看到任何英雄主义。

Now, those of you with garden tools, I must insist that you...

拿着园艺工具的，我必须坚持你们...

1 hollow   

adj.空的，中空的，空心的；空洞的，无价值的

参考例句：

• The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.那些孩子挖了个坑准备栽树。
• Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.竹子是一种中空的植物。

2 heroics   

n.装腔作势的演说或行为

参考例句：

• Remember, no heroics, we just go in there and do our job. 记住，不要大肆宣扬，我们只要到那儿去干我们的活就行了。
• There is no need to indulge in such heroics. 根本没有必要这样肆意夸张。