英语PK台 第596期:英语表现力训练课(10)

 　　剧本与台词

　　Dad: You are almost ready to be entrusted¹ with the secret ingredient of my Secret Ingredient Soup.

　　父亲：你就快准备好继承我的面汤的秘密配方了。

　　Dad: And then you will fulfill² your destiny and take over the restaurant!

　　父亲：然后你会实现你的命运并且接手这家餐馆。

　　Dad: Just as I took it over from my father, who took it over from his father...who won it from a friend in the game of mahjong.

　　父亲：就像当初我从你爷爷那里接手，你爷爷从你祖爷爷那里接手，你祖爷爷跟朋友打麻将赢过来这家餐馆。

　　Pol: Dad, Dad, Dad, it was just a dream.

　　阿宝：爸，爸，爸，那只不过是一个梦。

　　Dad: No, it was the dream.

　　父亲：不，那是一个特别的梦。

　　Dad: We are noodle folk. Broth³ runs through our veins⁴.

　　父亲：我们是面条世家，血液里流淌的都是肉汤。

1 entrusted   

v.委托，托付( entrust的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He entrusted the task to his nephew. 他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。
• She was entrusted with the direction of the project. 她受委托负责这项计划。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

3 broth   

n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)

参考例句：

• Every cook praises his own broth.厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。
• Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。

4 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》