《吸血鬼日记》第一季精讲 第16集第9期:借机逃跑

At least they're having fun.They're drunk.

至少他们玩得很开心 他们是喝醉了

Remember when Elena's parents busted¹ us here after homecoming?

还记得返校日那天 埃琳娜的爸妈 和我们撞个正着吗

Oh, my God, yes! We were wasted.It was the first time I ever got drunk.I blame Matt.

天啊 是 我记得 我们都喝晕了 那是我有史以来第一次醉酒 都怪马特

Her parents got seated at the next booth.

她爸妈坐在了旁边座位上

Oh, and Matt had me pretend that I was choking so we could get away.

然后马特就让我假装噎住了 好借机逃跑

Except her dad was a doctor,so, he jumped up to save her.

可惜她爸是医生 于是他跳过来想救她

And I ran and slipped on the wet floor and bit it.

我拔腿就跑 在湿地板上滑倒了 摔了个嘴啃泥

In front of everyone.Do you remember that?

当着所有人的面啊 你还记得吗

3 stitches, a hangover for days,and I was grounded from seeing this one for a week.

缝了三针 大醉不醒 还一星期不许见这个家伙

Well, I'm gonna go to the restroom.Elena?Quick, hide. We're not here.

我要去一下洗手间 埃琳娜 赶紧 躲起来 假装我们不在这儿

Why? Where'd we go?Children under our care at 5:00 o'clock.

为什么 我们要去哪儿 那些小屁孩就在五点钟方向

This is not role modelish.Damn.

我们现在可不是什么好榜样 该死

Ok, so, uh, what made you and your mom decide to stay in town?

那你和你妈妈为什么决定留下来

Oh, she got this business opportunity.She's gonna open up a little store.

她正好碰到桩好生意 她要开个小店

It's always be her dream.So, yeah, we're staying.

这是她一直以来的梦想 所以 我们就留下来啦

And I'm thinking about going back to high school.

我正在考虑回学校读高中

So, you'll be seeing a lot more of me.Oh, yeah?Enough of home schooling².

所以呢 你以后会经常见到我的 真的吗 我受够在家自学了

You know? I'd like to be a normal teen for once.

也想当一次普通的青少年

But I have to ask my mom first. She'll have an opinion.

不过得先征求我妈同意 她来做决定

Yeah, well, I wish you were there now.I actually have to write another paper.

我早就盼着你回来了 我还得再写篇论文

I was thinking about squeezing one more out on the vampires³ of mystic falls.Really?

我正琢磨着继续挖掘 神秘瀑布镇上吸血鬼的故事 真的吗

Haven't you exhausted⁴ the subject?No. No, I want to go deeper, you know?

那题材还没挖完? 当然没有 我想深入挖掘 你明白吗

I want to understand why people were labeled as vampires back in the day.

我想知道 当年那些人为什么被叫做吸血鬼

I mean, maybe there is such a thing as vampires.

我是说 也许吸血鬼真的存在呢

They're just different from the way we always thought they were.What do you mean?

只是跟世人的成见不太一样 什么意思

1 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

2 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

3 vampires   

n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 )；吸血蝠；高利贷者；（舞台上的）活板门

参考例句：

• The most effective weapon against the vampires is avampire itself. 对付吸血鬼最有效的武器就是吸血鬼自己。 来自电影对白
• If vampires existed, don`t you think we would`ve found them by now? 如果真有吸血鬼，那我们怎么还没有找到他们呢？ 来自电影对白

4 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。