《佩小姐的奇幻城堡》精讲 07

Dad told me.

爸爸告诉我的。

Your father knows very well that I went to live in the children's home.

你爸爸知道我在儿童之家住过的事情。

He said there were monsters in Poland.Just not the kind with tentacles¹.

他说波兰那会确实有怪兽。只不过是不是有触角的那种。

He said you got sent away to Wales² because there were bad people.

他说你被送走是因为有坏人。

People who wanted to kill anyone who was different

有总想消除异类的坏人。

I do not want to talk about this anymore.

我不想再谈论这些了。

He said children were special but not the way you said.

他说孩子们是很特别 但不是像你说的那样。

You find something good?

找到啥好东西了？

Aw. Look at that.

喔，看看这。

It's awesome³.

真帅气。

Take that.

拿着吧。

C'mon buddy⁴, lets roll.

来吧哥们，我们走。

How are you so okay?

为什么你一点也不难过？

Jake, You were a lot closer to him than I ever was.He was a wonderful grandpa. But not... not such a great dad, you know? Never seemed to pick a job that didn't involve late nights and long trips away though.Me and Aunt Sussie I always kinda thought he was maybe cheating on our mom.

Jake，你和爷爷的关系更亲近。他是个很棒的爷爷，但不是个好爸爸，做得工作都需要经常加班和出差。我和你姑姑Sussie都觉得他是不是外面有人了。

1 tentacles   

n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 )；触角；触须；触毛

参考例句：

• Tentacles of fear closed around her body. 恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
• Many molluscs have tentacles. 很多软体动物有触角。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 Wales   

n.威尔士(在大不列颠岛西南部)

参考例句：

• The company are opening up a new factory in Wales.公司将在威尔士开一家新工厂。
• She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！