《绝望的主妇》精讲304

All right. ‘Harvey: The Flying Turtle’. Doesn’t this look fun!

好，“Harvey：会飞的海龟”，这本看上去不错。

Where’s Claire?

Claire在哪儿？

I gave her the afternoon off. Who wants to turn pages?

我放了她下午假谁想来翻页？

Is she sick?"

她生病了吗？

No. She’s fine. I just wanted us all to spend the day together, you know, like we used¹ to.

不，她很好，我只是希望我们能一起度过这一天，就像以前一样。

Here we go. Once upon² a time there was a young turtle named Harvey.

开始吧。很久以前，有一只小海龟名叫Harvey。

Every day Harvey would all tell the other turtles,

Harvey每天都告诉其他海龟说，

‘One day I’m going to fly off this island and go see the world.’

有一天，我将飞离这个岛屿去看世界。

The other turtles laughed and said ‘Turtles can’t fly.’

其它海龟笑着说，海龟不会飞。

Oh, it’s getting good now, huh?

哦，故事越来越精彩了，嗯？

Well, what’s wrong?

怎么了？

When Claire reads, she does funny voices.

Claire读故事的时候，她会发出好玩的声音。

Does she, now? Okay. Harvey didn’t like the turtles laughing, so he told them,

是吗？好吧，Harvey不喜欢海龟们笑话他，所以他对他们说，

I’ll show you. One day I will fly higher than the birds!’

我会飞给你们看的，总有一天我会飞得比鸟都高。

That’s not funny.

不好玩。

Yeah, well, I’m just warming up.

是吗？嗯，我刚才只是热身而已。

Then Bruno, the big bad turtle took Harvey up on a cliff³ and threw him over, and he proclaimed⁴,

然后那个坏坏的大海龟Bruno说，把Harvey带到悬崖上去并把他扔下去，

‘We’ll see if you can fly, fly or die, fly or die!

到时候就知道你能不能飞了，飞或者死，飞或者死

When’s Claire coming back?

Claire什么时候回来？

1 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

2 upon   

prep.在……上面

参考例句：

• I hope that fortune may smile upon you.我希望幸运之神会向你微笑。
• I rely upon you to finish the work on time.我相信你会准时完成这项工作的。

3 cliff   

n.悬崖，峭壁

参考例句：

• The cliff edge is dangerous and should be railed.崖边危险，应该用栏杆围起来。
• He took the measure of the cliff before he climbed it.他把悬崖的高度估量一下后再攀登。

4 proclaimed   

v.正式宣布( proclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；显示

参考例句：

• The president proclaimed a state of emergency. 总统宣布了紧急状态。
• The ringing bells proclaimed the birth of the prince. 响亮的钟声宣布王子的诞生。 来自《简明英汉词典》