《天才少女》精讲 57弗兰克回忆玛丽

Hey, down there

嗨

I don't know which mistake is worse

我不知道哪个错误更糟糕

Designing a water pump that leaks

设计漏水的水泵

or putting it somewhere no human being can reach

还是把水泵放在够不到的地方

How do you design something you know is gonna fail?

谁会设计知道会出故障的东西

Gotta be devious¹ or clueless, right?

肯定是坏人或者笨蛋了

After the first few weeks I knew

我把玛丽带来几周之后

I had to find a real family for her

就想给她找个真正的家庭

I was in way over my head

我完全不懂抚养她

And every day I'd say "Today's the day

我每天都对自己说

"I'm takin' her to child services"

今天说啥也要送她去儿童福利机构

And every day she'd do something just so unbelievably cool

而她每一天都会做一件那么可爱的事情

Her little personality was exploding

她性格形成的很快

She was funny

她风趣

And she was angry and she was happy and she was sad

她会生气 会开心 还会难过

And was cute

还可爱

1 devious   

adj.不坦率的，狡猾的；迂回的，曲折的

参考例句：

• Susan is a devious person and we can't depend on her.苏姗是个狡猾的人，我们不能依赖她。
• He is a man who achieves success by devious means.他这个人通过不正当手段获取成功。