《永远的北极熊》精讲 16

You're an annoying neighbour!

你是个烦人的邻居

People will see you and run in the other direction!

其他人看到你都会往反方向躲开

No, people are gonna see me and run towards me!

不 别人看到我会跑向我

Because I'm gonna show them that I am the kind of man

因为我会让他们看到我是那种

that is willing to move heavy furniture

愿意搬动大件家具

or clear out a storage locker¹ or give them a ride to the airport!

或者清理储物柜和开车 送他们去机场的人

Because I'm a good neighbour! This is bullshit!

因为我是个好邻居 你们这是胡扯

You don't know anything.

你们什么都不懂

I learned how to cook this on a Norwegian steamer

我在一条去 亚马逊的挪威蒸汽轮上

heading down the Amazon.

学会做这个的

When did you do that?

是什么时候

Summer after I got kicked out of Harvard.

我被哈佛开除后的夏天

Thought you got kicked out of Exeter.

我以为你是被艾克赛特开除

I got kicked out of both, for very different reasons...

我因为截然不同的原因 被这两家学校开除

So I'm on my way to my Ec 10 exam,

我当时在去参加Ec10考试的路上

and I hear this bagpipe² music, so I follow it into the Square,

听到一段风笛音乐 于是就跟着乐声去了甲板

and there's this street musician playing Scottish ballads³.

是几个街头音乐人 在那里演奏苏格兰民谣

He's got his hat out and people are walking by

他帽子脱下了 人们在他面前经过

and they're putting money in it,

不断往里扔钱

and I think, "That's a good idea."

我觉得"那是个好主意"

So I sit down next to him, I put my hat out

于是我坐在他身边 也放下帽子

and I start singing in my best Scottish brogue.

开始用我最拿手的苏格兰土腔唱歌

And I know all the words. And he tells me to scram.

歌里面每句话我都知道 他却让我走开

Because he didn't ask you to sing

因为他没叫你去唱

and he wanted to make all the money.

而且他想一个人赚钱

Exactly, so we exchange a few words and the bastard⁴ jumps me!

没错 所以我们聊了几句 那混蛋就扑上来了

This scrawny little bastard, he jumps me!

那小畜生冲到我身上来了

And we get into this major brawl⁵

我们压在他的风笛上

right there on top of his bagpipes⁶,

狠狠地打了一架

and I got so excited, I shit my pants.

我太激动了还把屎拉在裤子了

Ew!

呕

Well, needless to say, I didn't make it to my exam.

不用说 我没去参加考试

1 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

2 bagpipe   

n.风笛

参考例句：

• The bagpipe is a sweet musical instrument.风笛是一种听起来很悦耳的乐器。
• A wailful bagpipe played out in the night.夜幕中传来悲哭般的风笛声。

3 ballads   

民歌，民谣，特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 )； 讴

参考例句：

• She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
• She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。

4 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

5 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

6 bagpipes   

n.风笛；风笛( bagpipe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Yes, and I'm also learning to play the bagpipes. 是的，我也想学习吹风笛。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Mr. Vinegar took the bagpipes and the piper led the cow away. 于是醋溜先生拿过了风笛，风笛手牵走了奶牛。 来自互联网