雙語(yǔ)讀電影《瘋狂動(dòng)物城》第1章 朱迪的夢(mèng)想

Chapter 1

The wild sounds of ancient predators echoed through a large barn in Bunnyburrow. A young bunny named Judy Hopps appeared on a makeshift stage, trying to find her way through a papier-mâché and cardboard jungle.

Judy’s voice rang out loud and clear. “Fear. Treachery. Bloodlust! Thousands of years ago, these were the forces that ruled our world. A world where prey were scared of predators. And predators had an uncontrollable desire to maim and maul and—”

Suddenly, a jaguar leapt on her from the shadows! “Blood, blood, blood!” Judy screamed as she crumpled under the attack. “And death.”

After a long and drawn-out moment of terrible silence, Judy sat up, faced the confused audience, and smiled as she continued her monologue. A banner reading CARROT DAYS TALENT SHOW hung over the stunned crowd.

“Back then, the world was divided in two: vicious predator or meek prey.” Two cardboard boxes dropped down from the ceiling. The first, labeled vicious predator in crayon, landed on top of the jaguar, and the second, labeled meek prey, landed on Judy. The boxes settled on their shoulders so their heads, arms, and legs stuck out. “But over time, we evolved and moved beyond our primitive, savage ways.”

A young sheep wearing a white robe and a cardboard rainbow on his head did an improvisational dance across the stage. Judy and the jaguar burst out of their boxes, now wearing white robes, too. “Now predator and prey live in harmony.”

Judy and the jaguar, revealed as another friendly youngster, shook hands as the sheep sprinkled glitter on them. “And every young mammal has multitudinous opportunities,” Judy said.

“Yeah. I don’t have to cower in a herd anymore,” said the sheep. Then he ripped off his robe, revealing a homemade astronaut costume. “Instead, I can be an astronaut.”

“I don’t have to grow up to be a lonely hunter,” said the jaguar, showing a business suit under his robe.

“Today I can hunt for tax exemptions. I’m gonna be an actuary!”

“And no longer do I have to blindly serve the almighty carrot,” said Judy. “I can make the world a better place—saving lives, defending the defenseless! I am going to be...” Judy ripped off her robe and stood in a blue uniform. “A police officer!”

In the audience, a nasty fox kid named Gideon Grey snickered to his two friends. “Bunny cop. That is the most stupidest thing I ever heard,” he said.

Back onstage, it was almost as if Judy had heard his remark. “It may seem impossible...to small minds,” she said, pointing at him. “I’m looking at you, Gideon Grey.” Judy snapped her fingers and a backdrop showing a bright city skyline unrolled behind her. “But just two hundred and eleven miles away stands the great city of...ZOOTOPIA! Where our ancestors first joined together in peace, and declared that ANYONE CAN BE ANYTHING! Thank you and good night!”

Judy proudly bowed, as if she had just given the performance of her life. Dutiful applause came from the audience, including her parents, Bonnie and Stu Hopps.

Moments later, Judy, still wearing her police costume, excitedly exited the barn with her parents. Outside, the Carrot Days Festival was in full swing as everyone enjoyed booths, games, and rides.

“Judy, ever wonder how your mom and me got to be so darn happy?” Stu asked.

“Nope,” Judy answered.

“Well, I’ll tell ya how,” Stu continued, as if he hadn’t heard Judy. “We gave up on our dreams and we settled, right, Bon?”

“Oh yes,” Bonnie agreed. “That’s right, Stu. We settled hard.”

“See, that’s the beauty of complacency, Jude. If you don’t try anything new, you’ll never fail,” Stu said.

“I like trying, actually,” Judy said.

Bonnie looked at their daughter. “What your father means, hon...it’s gonna be difficult—impossible, even—for you to become a police officer.”

“There’s never been a bunny cop,” Stu said.

“I guess I’ll have to be the first one!” said Judy as she parkoured against a fence. “Because I’m gonna make the world a better place.”

“Or...heck, you wanna talk about making the world a better place—no better way to do it than becoming a carrot farmer,” said Stu.

“Yes! Your dad and me and your two hundred seventy-five brothers and sisters—we’re changing the world one carrot at a time,” said Bonnie.

“Amen to that. Carrot farming is a noble profession,” Stu agreed.

But Judy stopped paying attention to her parents when she spotted Gideon Grey following some little kids. She was instantly alert, and she went after him.

“You get it, honey?” Bonnie asked Judy. “I mean, it’s great to have dreams.”

“Yeah, just as long as you don’t believe in them too much,” Stu continued as he looked around for his daughter. “Jude? Where the heck did she go?”

第 1 章

在一個(gè)叫兔窩鎮(zhèn)的地方，古老的食肉動(dòng)物那野性的吼聲在一間寬敞的谷倉(cāng)里回蕩著。一只叫朱迪·霍普斯的年輕兔子出現(xiàn)在一個(gè)臨時(shí)搭建的舞臺(tái)上，正想方設(shè)法尋找一條道路，要穿過(guò)由混凝紙漿和硬紙板做的叢林。

朱迪那響亮而清晰的聲音突然響起：“恐懼。背叛。血腥屠殺!幾千年之前，這些暴力行為統(tǒng)治著我們這個(gè)世界——一個(gè)獵物害怕食肉動(dòng)物的世界，而食肉動(dòng)物有著不可控制的欲望去殘害、毆打和——”

突然，一頭美洲豹從陰影處向她撲了過(guò)來(lái)!“謀殺，謀殺，謀殺!”朱迪受到攻擊癱倒在地后大叫道，“和屠殺。”

可怕的沉默持續(xù)了很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間，然后朱迪坐起來(lái)，面對(duì)著困惑不解的觀眾，微笑著繼續(xù)她的獨(dú)白。在目瞪口呆的觀眾上方，懸掛著一條寫(xiě)著“胡蘿卜節(jié)達(dá)人秀”的橫幅。

“當(dāng)時(shí)，整個(gè)世界被一分為二：兇殘的食肉動(dòng)物和溫順的獵物。”兩個(gè)紙板箱從天花板上落了下來(lái)。一個(gè)用蠟筆寫(xiě)著“兇殘的食肉動(dòng)物”的紙板箱降落在美洲豹的上方，而另一個(gè)寫(xiě)著“溫順的獵物”的紙板箱則落在了朱迪的頭頂。這兩個(gè)箱子最終停留在他們的肩頭，所以他們的頭、胳膊和腿都伸了出來(lái)。“但是久而久之，我們進(jìn)化了，擺脫了之前原始、野蠻的方式。”

一只年輕的小綿羊，身穿白袍子，頭戴用紙板做成的彩虹，在舞臺(tái)上即興跳了一段舞蹈。朱迪和美洲豹突然從箱子里沖出來(lái)，此刻他們也都穿著白袍子。“現(xiàn)在，食肉動(dòng)物和獵物和睦相處了。”

朱迪和這頭作為另一位友好青年出現(xiàn)的美洲豹握手言歡，這時(shí)小綿羊向他們揮灑著閃光紙屑。“每個(gè)年輕的動(dòng)物都有各種各樣的機(jī)會(huì)。”朱迪說(shuō)道。

“對(duì)。我再也不用戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢地躲在羊群里了。”小綿羊說(shuō)道。說(shuō)完，他撕破身上的袍子，露出了自制的宇航服：“相反，我可以做宇航員。”

“我長(zhǎng)大也不用當(dāng)一名孤獨(dú)的獵獸了。”美洲豹說(shuō)完，展示出了袍子里面的西裝。

“如今我可以尋求稅收減免。我要當(dāng)精算師!”

“我再也不用盲目地服務(wù)于萬(wàn)能的胡蘿卜。”朱迪說(shuō)道，“我要讓世界變得更美好——拯救生命，保護(hù)弱者!我要當(dāng)……”她一把扯掉袍子，身著藍(lán)色制服站在那里，繼續(xù)說(shuō)道：“一名警官!”

人群中，一只不那么友善的小狐貍吉丁·格雷對(duì)著他的兩位朋友暗自竊笑。“兔子警察。這是我聽(tīng)過(guò)的最傻的事情。”他說(shuō)道。

舞臺(tái)上，朱迪好像聽(tīng)到了他的評(píng)價(jià)。“這也許不太可能……對(duì)于思想狹隘的人來(lái)說(shuō)，”朱迪說(shuō)完，指著他，“我看著你呢，吉丁·格雷。”朱迪打了個(gè)響指，舞臺(tái)背景上，一幅璀璨的城市景象展現(xiàn)在她身后。“位于211英里之外的地方，有一座美好的城市……動(dòng)物城!我們的祖先就是在那里第一次和睦地團(tuán)結(jié)在一起，并且宣布我們無(wú)所不能!感謝聆聽(tīng)，祝大家晚安!”

朱迪自豪地鞠了一躬，就像是剛剛完成了生命中最精彩的演出。人群報(bào)以禮節(jié)性的鼓掌，包括她的父母——邦妮和斯圖·霍普斯。

片刻之后，依然一身警察裝扮的朱迪跟隨父母興奮地出了谷倉(cāng)。外面，大家享受美食，暢玩游戲，乘坐游樂(lè)設(shè)施，胡蘿卜節(jié)慶典進(jìn)行得如火如荼。

“朱迪，有沒(méi)有想過(guò)你媽媽和我怎么過(guò)得這么快樂(lè)?”斯圖問(wèn)道。

“沒(méi)有。”朱迪回答道。

“那我告訴你，”斯圖繼續(xù)說(shuō)道，就像沒(méi)有聽(tīng)到朱迪的回答一樣，“我們放棄了夢(mèng)想，然后安定下來(lái)了，對(duì)嗎，邦?”

“哦，對(duì)，”邦妮贊同地說(shuō)道，“沒(méi)錯(cuò)，斯圖。我們好不容易安定了下來(lái)。”

“明白了吧，這就是見(jiàn)好就收的好處，朱迪。不嘗試新事物，就永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)失敗。”斯圖說(shuō)道。

“實(shí)際上，我想試試。”朱迪說(shuō)道。

邦妮看了看他們的女兒：“你父親的意思是，親愛(ài)……對(duì)你而言，要當(dāng)一名警官，那會(huì)很難——甚至是不可能的。”

“從來(lái)就沒(méi)有兔子當(dāng)警察。”斯圖說(shuō)道。

“我想我會(huì)是第一個(gè)!”朱迪說(shuō)著，疾步翻過(guò)籬笆，“因?yàn)槲乙故澜绺篮谩?rdquo;

“哦……見(jiàn)鬼，你想談?wù)勈故澜缱兊酶篮?mdash;—最好的方式就是當(dāng)一名種胡蘿卜的菜農(nóng)。”斯圖說(shuō)道。

“對(duì)!你爸爸和我，還有你那275個(gè)兄弟姐妹——我們通過(guò)每次一根胡蘿卜的方式改變世界。”邦妮說(shuō)道。

“同意。種植胡蘿卜是個(gè)高尚的職業(yè)。”斯圖贊同地說(shuō)道。

但是當(dāng)朱迪發(fā)現(xiàn)吉丁·格雷正在尾隨著幾個(gè)小動(dòng)物而行時(shí)，她就不再留心父母說(shuō)什么了。她立刻警覺(jué)起來(lái)，從后面追趕過(guò)去。

“明白了嗎，親愛(ài)的?”邦妮問(wèn)朱迪道，“我是說(shuō)，有夢(mèng)想，很棒。”

“對(duì)，只要?jiǎng)e把它太當(dāng)回事兒，”斯圖邊四下尋找他的女兒邊繼續(xù)說(shuō)著，“朱迪?她到底去哪兒了?”