《复仇》第2集第20期:保护家人

 I still can't believe my mother chose 我还是不相信我妈

to trot¹ Patrick out yesterday. 昨天让帕特里克来家里

Well, I'm sure she had her reasons. 我相信她有她的原因

Why do I even care? 我为什么要关心这个

My parents are rotten human beings 我父母毫无人性

who continually disappoint me. 屡次让我失望

And yet I have this innate² need to protect them. 但我内心还是想保护他们

Because despite everything, they're your family. 因为无论如何  他们是你的家人

And when someone comes along and threatens that bond, 如果有人威胁到了家人

You'll do anything to defend it. 你会用尽全力去守护

Is that why you haven't mentioned the job-- 你是因此才没提到那份工作吗

- Because it's in the city? - The job? -因为是在城里  -工作

You should take it, Daniel. 你应该接受  丹尼尔

I'll be here to make sure that Patrick doesn't interfere³ too much, 这里交给我  确保帕特里克不会干涉太多

and besides, I'm sure Margaux is counting on you. 而且  玛尔戈肯定很期待你的帮助

She can handle herself, believe me. 相信我  她一个人没问题

I'm just--I'm just not sure it's for me. 我只是不确定我适不适合

Well, I'll leave it up to you, 那我就让你来决定了

but just consider it, okay? - Okay. 不过  你考虑一下  行吗  -好

 

1 trot   

n.疾走，慢跑；n.老太婆；现成译本；(复数）trots:腹泻（与the 连用）；v.小跑，快步走，赶紧

参考例句：

• They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
• The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。

2 innate   

adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的

参考例句：

• You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
• Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。

3 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。