《童话镇》第61期:不惜一切代价

 Your Majesty¹, there is no time to grieve. 陛下  现下没时间哀痛了

If Midas learns he is dead, 如果迈达斯知道王子已死

he will find another warrior² to slay³ his dragon, 他就会去找其他勇士斩杀巨龙

and we will never see an ounce of his gold. 那我们就再得不到他丁点金子了

Yes. Yes. 没错

The kingdom must survive. 我的王国必须生存下去

So what are we to do? 那我们该怎么办

I have asked for help. 我已找人求助

It should be here soon. 应该很快就到了

Oh, it's here. 鄙人在这儿

Leave us. 都退下吧

Move. 走

So this is how you treat my gift? 你就这么对待我给你的礼物吗

You really must be more careful. 你真该更小心些

He was not a gift. 他不是礼物

He was my son. 他是我的儿子

A son I gave you. 是我给你的儿子

In a deal we made. 是我和你做交易换来的

You did me no favors. 你没帮我的忙

Yes! Yes, I did. 不  我帮了

Shame you and the queen couldn't conceive a child on your own. 可怜你和皇后那时不能育有自己的子嗣

My price for that is a pittance⁴. 而我为此得到的好处微不足道

But now that she's gone, well, I assume that  但如今她过世了  我想也不能说

conceiving an heir is out of the question, 她又怀上新的继承人了

let alone a dragon slayer⁵. 更别说是屠龙士了

Then let's do another deal. 那我们再做个交易吧

Bring him back. 让他复活

I need my son to do this. 我需要我的儿子来做这件事

I'll give you anything. 我会不惜一切代价

 

1 majesty   

n.雄伟，壮丽，庄严，威严；最高权威，王权

参考例句：

• The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
• Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下，您必须赶快做出决定！

2 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

3 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。

4 pittance   

n.微薄的薪水，少量

参考例句：

• Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.她的秘书们为一点微薄的工资不知疲倦地工作。
• The widow must live on her slender pittance.那寡妇只能靠自己微薄的收入过活。

5 slayer   

n. 杀人者，凶手

参考例句：

• The young man was Oedipus, who thus unknowingly became the slayer of his own father. 这位青年就是俄狄浦斯。他在不明真相的情况下杀死了自己的父亲。
• May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters, then, deer-slayer? 如此说来，我可以指望你照料我和女儿了，杀鹿人？