陨落星辰第一季 第54期:父子间的讨论

 Skitters have mechs, superior weaponry.

掠夺者有机甲 高端武器装备

Why do they need to harm children?

它们为什么还要伤害孩子?

Human shield.

做人肉盾牌

We've been doing it for thousands of years...

我们几千年前就这么做了...

psychological warfare¹.

这是心理战啊

It worked.

这还是有用的

You couldn't shoot them. No one would be able to.

你不能朝他们开枪 这没人能够做到

Well, we'll figure it out.

我们会弄清楚的

There's a silver lining².

还是有一线希望的

I'm not seeing it.

只是我还没有寻到

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Well, the more that we get to know them,

嗯 我们越了解它们

the more we see they're not so different from us,

越觉得它们和我们之间没有多大差别

which means we can understand them,

这意味着我们能了解它们

which means we might be able to gain them back.

这也意味着我们可能能够找到他们的弱点

We figure out how, we got a good shot at beating them.

等一切都弄清楚了 我们就能有机会打败它们

We're a long way from figuring that out.

要了解它们 我们还有很长的路要走

Well, we know a hell of a lot more about them today than we did yesterday.

嗯 今天我们所了解的 就远比昨天要多

You know, your optimism's

你的乐观主义

starting to get a little annoying.

开始有点烦人了

Would it help if I was a pessimist³?

如果我是悲观主义者 就会有所帮助了?

Hey, captain, tomorrow,

哎 上尉 明天

I'm gonna start looking for the drugs we need

我要着手去寻找手术所需要的药

for those operations, and then I'm gonna go get Ben

然后我就得把Ben救出来

and as many kids as I can grab.

还有救出尽可能多的孩子

Permission granted.

我批准了

If mine were still out there,

只要我们的人还活着

nothing on this earth could keep me from going after them.

没什么能阻挡我寻回他们的脚步

I didn't know you still had this.

我不知道你还带这本东西

It's the last one, right?

这是大结局了 对吧?

"Deathly hallows." Yes.

"死亡圣器" 对的

We were halfway⁴ through it when the attack happened.

袭击发生的时候 我们才看到一半

I figured I'd hang on to it.

我觉得我已经迷上这个了

We could finish it when we get him back.

等把他找回来 我们可以一起把书看完

He was a huge fan.

他是个超级粉丝

He came to me one time and told me he wished he was nearsighted

他有一次还跟我说 他希望自己是近视

so that he could have glasses like Harry⁵.

那样他就可以像哈利波特那样 戴着眼镜

Yeah.

是啊

I think we both knew that he was getting a bit old

我想我们都知道他已经渐渐长大了

for his dad to be reading him stories.

已经不要爸爸读故事给他听了

We made an exception for Harry.

但是哈利波特的故事是例外

Think he'll be all right when we get him back?

你觉得 我们把他找回来的时候 他会没事吗?

Yeah, I do.

当然 我相信

Hey, dad...

嘿 老爸...

I have a feeling

我有一种感觉

that Ben might be a little different now.

Ben现在也许有点不一样了

I mean, you've seen him.

我是说 你见到了他

Well, I've seen him with a harness on.

我看见他背上有缚椎虫

I mean, you heard what Harris said.

我是说 你听到Harris怎么说了

They're pumping drugs and God knows what else into those kids.

他们在给那些孩子注射药物 天知道还有什么其他东西

Yeah, yeah.

是啊 是啊

After we get it off of him, I'm sure he's gonna...

只要帮他把缚椎虫弄下来 我相信他会...

I... I hope so.

我... 我也希望如此

But when he took Karen,

可是当他把Karen拖走的时候

he was staring at me, and it wasn't our Ben staring back.

他盯着我 那眼神已经不属于我们以前的Ben了

Dad.

老爸

I know my son.

我了解我的儿子

He's stronger than you think.

他比你想象的要坚强

He's gonna be fine.

他会没事的

Don't forget to eat, huh?

不要忘了吃东西 哈?

1 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

2 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

3 pessimist   

n.悲观者；悲观主义者；厌世

参考例句：

• An optimist laughs to forget.A pessimist forgets to laugh.乐观者笑着忘却，悲观者忘记怎样笑。
• The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.悲观者在每个机会中都看到困难，乐观者在每个困难中都看到机会。

4 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

5 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。