陨落星辰第一季 第45期:尝试与外星人沟通

 W... what are you doing?

你... 你在干吗?

Um, saying a prayer for the missing.

呃 为那些失踪的人祈祷

It's just something I like to do.

只不过是我喜欢做的事情罢了

You think it helps them?

你觉得这样对他们会有帮助吗?

It helps me.

至少对我会有帮助

You don't know any of these people.

这些人你一个都不认识啊

You're not even from Boston.

你甚至都不是波士顿人

I heard you talking to Hal one night

有天晚上 我听到你和Hal谈到

about how you grew up in Mexico City.

在墨西哥城长大的事情

Well, my mom and dad bought a house here when I was 10,

哦 我十岁的时候 父母在这买了一栋房子

and my dad would go back and forth¹ for business

我去上学的时候 我爸爸因为工作的原因

while I went to school.

要来回奔波

I was freshman² pre med at Wellesley when they attacked.

外星人袭击地球的时候 我正在韦尔斯利大学读医学预科一年级

Wellesley's not in Boston.

韦尔斯利大学不在波士顿市区

It's in Wellesley.

那是在韦尔斯利

Okay, 617 snob³, my parents' house was in J.P.

好吧 你个波士顿势利眼 我父母的房子在牙买加平原(波士顿附近)

Is that Boston enough for you?

那算得上波士顿了吧?

W... what part of J.P.?

牙... 牙买加平原的哪个地方?

The part where people lost their faith.

人们失去信念的那个地方

Earth. This planet.

地球 这个星球

So, this is your game plan? Our planet.

这就是你的策略? 这是我们的星球

Show it pictures, hope it says the word in skitterese?

给它看些图片 希望它用掠夺者语言读出来?

Our galaxy⁴.

这是我们的星系

Stars.

星星

Outer space.

外太空

Well, you know, if that doesn't work,

好吧 如果这样不奏效的话

you can try exchanging recipes.

你还可以试试换种方式

No curiosity, no fear, no remorse⁵.

没有好奇心 没有恐惧感 没有愧疚感

Maybe that's why it's so easy for them to kill us.

或许这就是他们如此轻易杀死我们的原因吧

Believe what you want.

随你怎么想

But I think it's scared out of its mind.

不过我觉得它是吓傻了

I wonder what it sees when it's looking at us.

我想知道 它看着我们的时候 都看到了什么

Are we as hideous⁶ to it?

对它而言 我们很丑陋吗?

As strange?

我们很陌生吗?

Yeah, that's a good question.

是啊 问得好

I got an idea.

我有个主意

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

3 snob   

n.势利小人，自以为高雅、有学问的人

参考例句：

• Going to a private school had made her a snob.上私立学校后，她变得很势利。
• If you think that way, you are a snob already.如果你那样想的话，你已经是势利小人了。

4 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

5 remorse   

n.痛恨，悔恨，自责

参考例句：

• She had no remorse about what she had said.她对所说的话不后悔。
• He has shown no remorse for his actions.他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。

6 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。