《权力的游戏》精讲 第4集:废物(8)

And they can kill.

它们还能杀死

Anyone or anything that tries to hurt them gets burned away to nothing

一切胆敢同它们为敌的东西 一切都会被它们的火焰融化

Like so many candles.

就象无数根蜡烛.

Ow.

哦.

Yes. Seeing a dragon would make me very happy.

是的. 看见一条飞龙 会令我非常快乐.

Well, after 15 years in a pleasure house,

嗯, 在窑子里呆了十五年,

I imagine just seeing the sky makes you happy.

我想能看见天空就会令你快乐了.

I was not locked in. I have seen things.

我可没被关起来. 我见得多了.

What have you seen? I've seen

你见过什么? 我见过

A man from Asshai with a dagger¹ of real dragonglass.

一个来自亚夏的人, 带着一把真正的龙晶匕首.

Ooh. I've seen a man who could change his face the way that other men change their clothes.

哦. 我过一个人能够 改变脸的样貌, 就象其他人换衣服一样容易.

And I've seen a pirate who wore his weight in gold and whose ship had sails of colored silk.

我还见过一个海盗, 拥有无数黄金 他的船帆都是用彩色的丝绸制成.

So have you seen one?

那么 你见过那个吗?

A pirate ship? A dragon.

海盗船? 龙.

No. No, the last one died many years before I was born.

没有. 没有, 最后一条龙在我出生前许多年就已经死了.

I'll tell you what I have seen:

我要告诉你我见过的东西:

Their skulls².

它们的头骨.

They used to decorate the throne room in the Red Keep.

曾经被用来装饰红堡的王座厅.

When I was very young, just three or four, my father used to walk me down the rows

那时我还很小, 只有三四岁, 我父亲曾带我走过成排的龙骨

and I'd recite their names for him.

他要我背出它们的名字.

When I got them all right, he'd give me a sweet.

如果我全说对了, 他会给我一块糖.

The ones closest to the door were the last ones they were able to hatch and they were all stunted³ and wrong.

最靠近大门的头骨属于最后一条成功孵化的龙 因为方法错误而发育不全.

Skulls no bigger than dog skulls.

只有狗的头骨那样大.

1 dagger   

n.匕首，短剑，剑号

参考例句：

• The bad news is a dagger to his heart.这条坏消息刺痛了他的心。
• The murderer thrust a dagger into her heart.凶手将匕首刺进她的心脏。

2 skulls   

颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜

参考例句：

• One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
• We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！

3 stunted   

adj.矮小的；发育迟缓的

参考例句：

• the stunted lives of children deprived of education 未受教育的孩子所过的局限生活
• But the landed oligarchy had stunted the country's democratic development for generations. 但是好几代以来土地寡头的统治阻碍了这个国家民主的发展。