看“黃金羅盤”臺(tái)詞學(xué)英語(yǔ)：第4講

Except of course my daemon. And that it would be best if we were to do as we pleased.

except: 除了

當(dāng)然我的守護(hù)神除外，對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)最好的事就是順其自然。

Sit down, Gentlemen.

請(qǐng)坐，先生們。

-Pan: Who's she?

她是誰(shuí)?

-Lyra: Don't know, but she shut up the Master, alright.

shut up: 閉嘴

不知道，但她已經(jīng)讓院長(zhǎng)閉嘴了。

-Headmaster: Mrs. Coulter, this is our Lyra, Lyra Belaqua, Lord Asriel's niece.

Coulter夫人，這位是Lyra，Lyra Belaqua, Asrier勛爵的侄女。

Lyra, this is Mrs. Coulter, a friend of the college.

Lyra，這位是Coulter夫人，學(xué)校的一位朋友。

-Mrs. Coulter: Lovely to meet you.

很高興見(jiàn)到你。

-Lyra: Lovely to meet you, too.

很高興見(jiàn)到您。

- Mrs. Coulter: You know, I've met Lord Asriel? It was at the Royal Arctic Institute.

royal: 皇家的 arctic: 北極圈 institute: 學(xué)院

你知道嗎，我見(jiàn)過(guò)Asrier勛爵?那是在皇家北極學(xué)院。

We discussed the political structure of the Ice bears of Svalbard.

discuss: 討論 political structure: 政治結(jié)構(gòu) political: 政治的 structure: 結(jié)構(gòu)，組織

我們討論了住在Svalbard群島的冰雪之熊的政治組織結(jié)構(gòu)。

-Lyra: You've seen an Ice bear?

你見(jiàn)過(guò)冰雪之熊?

- Mrs. Coulter: As the matter of fact, I have had an audience with the Bear king himself, Ragnar Stursson.

audience: 觀眾

事實(shí)上，我曾經(jīng)親耳聽(tīng)過(guò)熊王本人講話，Ragnar Stursson本人。

And I'll tell you something I probably shouldn't:

我再告訴你點(diǎn)兒小秘密，

King Ragnar is desperate to have a daemon of his own.

desperate: 極度渴望的

Ragnar國(guó)王迫不及待地想擁有自己的守護(hù)神呢。

And Ragnar likes to think of himself as a person.

person: 個(gè)人，人，人稱

大家都看得出來(lái)，而且，喜歡把自己當(dāng)成人類。

And he will stop at nothing to get one.

stop at nothing: 不惜一切代價(jià)

他真的是很渴望能有一個(gè)。

But you mustn't repeat that.

repeat: 重復(fù)，重做

你可不要和別人講。

-Lyra: Oh, I'd never!

哦，不會(huì)的!

-Mrs. Coulter: I feel I can trust you. I have to go back to the north very soon.

trust: 信任，相信

我覺(jué)得我可以相信你。我很快就要回北邊去了。

I'm going to need an assistant.

assistant: 助手

我大概需要個(gè)助手。

-Lyra: Me? Got to the North?

我么?去北邊?

-Pan: North? It's cold up there.

北邊?那兒可冷了。

- Mrs. Coulter: We'd better get the Master's permission.

permission: 允許

我們最好得到院長(zhǎng)的允許。

Master, I was wondering if I might borrow dear Lyra?

wonder: 疑惑，懷疑

院長(zhǎng)，我想問(wèn)下能不能借用一下親愛(ài)的Lyra?

Only for a while, of course.

當(dāng)然了，就一陣兒。

-Headmaster: I'm not sure that would be consistent with Lord Asriels wishes for her education.

be consistent with: 與……相一致 consistent: 和諧的，一致的

我不知道那樣做是不是和Asrier勛爵希望她能接受教育的意愿相一致。

-Mrs. Coulter: I'll deal with Asriel.

deal with: 處理，對(duì)待

我會(huì)去和Asrier談的。

You mustn't deny me this little thing, you really mustn't.

deny: 否認(rèn)，拒絕

你不該拒絕我的小小要求的，真的不該。

-Headmaster: Very well.

好吧。

-Billy: A bet's a bet. Lyra was supposed to show up with the gown.

bet: 打賭 show up: 出現(xiàn) gown: 長(zhǎng)袍

敢做敢當(dāng)，Lyra本該穿著長(zhǎng)袍來(lái)的。

-Roger: I told you they wouldn't let her out of the college.

我跟你說(shuō)過(guò)的，他們是不會(huì)讓她出學(xué)校的。

-Billy: Which one is her room?

哪個(gè)是她的房間?

-Roger: What are you gonna do?

你要干啥?

-Billy: Give her a fright, that's what.

fright: 驚嚇，驚駭

嚇?biāo)幌?，僅此而已。

-Roger: If we get caught, I'll be skinned alive.

skinned alive: 嚴(yán)厲申斥

要是我們被捉住了，肯定得被搞死。

The night pool is bound to be going his rounds.

be bound to: 將要 rounds: 巡視

晚上守衛(wèi)會(huì)巡視到這里的。

-Billy: Ratter, check if the coast is clear.

check: 檢查，查看 coast: 海岸，沿岸

Ratter，去看看有什么情況沒(méi)。

It's all clear.

沒(méi)人。

-Roger: Billy! Billy!

Billy! Billy!

-Man: The scholars still refuse to hand over the last alethiomether.

refuse: 拒絕 hand over: 交出 alethiomether: 真理儀

學(xué)者們還是拒絕交出最后一個(gè)真理探測(cè)儀。

And now they've given Asriel all the funds he needs.

funds: 資金

現(xiàn)在他們又給了Asrier充足的研究經(jīng)費(fèi)。

If he succeeds in proving the existence of these other worlds it will contradict centuries of teaching.

succeed: 成功 prove: 證明 existence: 存在 contradict: 反駁否定

如果他能夠成功地證明另外那些世界的存在，幾千年來(lái)的教誨就要被推翻了。

There will always be free thinkers, and heretics.

heretic: 異教徒

總有一些自由思想者，和異教徒。

Unless we deal with the root of the problem. That is why Mrs. Coulter's work is so important.

unless: 除非 root: 根部，根本 problem: 問(wèn)題 important: 重要的

除非我們能從根本上解決問(wèn)題，這就是為什么Mrs. Coulter的工作非常重要。

What progress has she made?

progress: 進(jìn)展，進(jìn)程

她有哪些進(jìn)展了?

-Another man: The doctors at Bolvanger are close to perfecting the inoculation against the effects of Dust.

perfect: 使……完美 inoculation: 免疫接種 effect: 效果，影響

Bolvanger的大夫們已經(jīng)快要研制出來(lái)免疫塵埃效應(yīng)的疫苗了。

-Man: I am relieved to hear that.

relieved: 放心的

聽(tīng)到那個(gè)我很欣慰。

If we can protect our children from the corrupting influence of Dust, before their daemons settled,

protect: 保護(hù) corrupting: 使惡化 influence: 影響 daemon: 守護(hù)神

如果我們能夠在孩子們的守護(hù)神定型之前，阻止塵埃對(duì)他們的影響。

We will nurture a generation at peace with itself.

nurture: 養(yǎng)育 generation: 一代人，一代 peace: 和平

那么我們就可以培養(yǎng)出平和的一代人。