精靈鼠小弟 第61期:關(guān)于打斗的法律

"Rats don't like the open," said Agnes Beretska.

“大老鼠不喜歡讓人看見(jiàn)，”阿格尼斯.貝倫卡說(shuō)。

That's because whenever they come out, somebody socks them.

那是因?yàn)樗麄冎灰怀鰜?lái)，就會(huì)有人毆打他們。

Rats might like the open if they were allowed to use it.

如果允許的話(huà)，大老鼠可能也喜歡走出來(lái)的。

Any other ideas for laws?

誰(shuí)能另提一條法律嗎?

Agnes Beretska raised her hand.

阿格尼斯.貝倫卡舉起了她的手。

There ought to be a law against fighting.

應(yīng)該制訂一條禁止戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的法律。

"Impractical," said Stuart.

“不切實(shí)際，”斯圖亞特說(shuō)。

Men like to fight. But you're getting warm, Agnes.

人們喜歡戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，不過(guò)你可以想出一條溫和一點(diǎn)兒的法律，阿格尼斯。

"No scrapping?" asked Agnes, timidly.

“不許打斗嗎?”阿格尼斯怯怯地問(wèn)。

Stuart shook his head.

斯圖亞特?fù)u搖頭。

"Absolutely no being mean," suggested Mildred Hoffenstein.

“完全不要有打斗的念頭，”米爾德里德.霍夫金建議。

"Very fine law," said Stuart.

“這是一條很好的法律，”斯圖亞特說(shuō)。

When I am Chairman, anybody who is mean to anybody else is going to catch it.

當(dāng)我成為領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者后，任何想要對(duì)別人動(dòng)武者都要被抓起來(lái)。

"That won't work," remarked Herbert Prendergast.

“那也行不通，”赫伯特.普倫德加斯特提醒。

Some people are just naturally mean.

有些人天生就有這樣的欲望。

Albert Fernstrom is always being mean to me.

艾伯特.弗爾斯托就總想揍我。