《复仇》 第263期:背黑锅

 Hey, Jack¹, you got a sec? 杰克  有时间聊两句吗

Yeah. What's up? 行  什么事

Do you remember when I was 9, 还记得我九岁那年

and me and Jimmy Smithson were playing frisbee² in the bar³. 我和吉米·史密森在这玩飞盘

And I broke dad's favorite beer sign? 我把爸爸最爱的啤酒标志弄坏了

The neon one with the clock? 钟旁边有霓虹灯的那个吗

Yeah, and dad went ballistic. 对  爸大发脾气

You know, I-I'd never seen somebody actually turn purple. 我第一次见到有人真会气得脸色发青

So I ran up to my room, started packing a bag. 所以我跑回房间  开始收拾行李

You know, figuring⁴ I was gonna run away. 打算离家出走

And you told him you did it, 但你告诉他是你干的

even though he grounded you 即使他把你摔在地上

and wouldn't let you go on that camping⁵ trip to the Adirondacks. 不让你去阿迪朗达克山

露营 

Dec--  No. 德克  听我说完

You are the most stand-up guy I know. 你是我见过的最善良正直的人

I've seen you take the heat for other people 我见过你一次又一次地

over and over again, 帮别人顶黑锅

but you got a lot more to lose here 但你这次失去的

than a couple of days in the mountains. 可不仅仅是山上数日的风光

And I-I don't care who you're protecting or why. 我不在乎你在保护谁  为何要这样

But as of now, I'm gonna start protecting you. 但从现在开始  由我来保护你

 

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 frisbee   

n.飞盘(塑料玩具)

参考例句：

• We always go to the park on weekends and play Frisbee.我们每个周末都会到公园玩飞盘。
• The frisbee is a light plastic disc,shaped like a plate.飞盘是一种碟形塑料盘。

3 bar   

n.条，棒，条状物；酒吧，（卖东西的）柜台

参考例句：

• I went to the bar yesterday.我昨天去酒吧了。
• They walked into the bar.他们走进了酒吧。

4 figuring   

n.姓劻（光学玻璃冷加工）

参考例句：

• It'll be fun figuring out something different for a change." 现在想法儿换换口味是挺好玩的。” 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
• The afchitect eliminated the cost of furniture,rugs,and other items,in figuring the cost of the house. 建筑师在估计这房屋费用时没考虑家具，地毯和其它物件。 来自辞典例句

5 camping   

n.野营，露营，帐幕生活

参考例句：

• When are you going camping again?你什么时候再去露营？
• My class went camping last summer.去年夏天我们班去露营了。