《再见,克里斯托弗·罗宾》精讲28 米恩教儿子射箭

Why King John, though?

为什么是约翰国王呢？

Why not King Richard? The Lionheart.

为什么不是理查一世？狮心王

He's a terrible fellow.

他为人很差

Always off crusading, biffing people,

整天发动十字军圣战，还打人

getting himself taken prisoner...

害得自己坐牢

...and making the common people stump¹ up for his ransom².

让平民为他缴赎金

Besides, he was practically French.

另外,他基本上就是法国人

King John stayed at home.

而约翰国王则住在英国

He also took a bath every year. That's impressive.

他一年才沐浴一次,真是惊人

Good shot.

射得好

Knees bent³.

屈膝

Robin⁴ Hood⁵ was on King Richard's side, though.

不过罗宾汉站在理查一世那边

And Robin Hood was good.

而罗宾汉是好人

Robin Hood was good but he was a very poor judge of character.

尽管罗宾汉是好人,他却不会看人

I'm Robin Hood.

我是罗宾汉

Robin Hood the ace⁶ batsman gets ready to face this ball from the demon⁷ bowler⁸ Little John.

顶级击球手罗宾汉准备面对投球手小约翰的这个球

Are you ready?

准备好了?

Four immediately, I think. That's gone.

我想,那是一个四分打

1 stump   

n.残株，烟蒂，讲演台；v.砍断，蹒跚而走

参考例句：

• He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
• He used the stump as a table.他把树桩用作桌子。

2 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

3 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

4 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

5 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

6 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。

7 demon   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。

8 bowler   

n.打保龄球的人，（板球的）投（球）手

参考例句：

• The bowler judged it well,timing the ball to perfection.投球手判断准确，对球速的掌握恰到好处。
• The captain decided to take Snow off and try a slower bowler.队长决定把斯诺撤下，换一个动作慢一点的投球手试一试。