《童话镇》第32期:寻找你的父母

 What is it? 怎么了

The trail¹ runs out here. 他的踪迹到此为止

You sure? ’Cause I thought tracking² was one of your skills.  你确定 我以为寻人是你的拿手好戏之一

Just give me a second. This is my world. 给我点时间 这是我擅长的

I got it. 我搞的定

Right. Sorry. 说的对 抱歉

What does he mean, “his world”? “他擅长的”是什么意思

Isn’t finding³ people your thing , too? 寻人不也是你擅长的吗

Sure. Just… 当然 只是

People I find usually run to places like Vegas. 我找的人一般跑去赌城

Not a lot hit the woods. 而不是森林

It’s an interesting job…finding people. 这职业挺有趣 寻人

How’d you fail into it? 你怎么涉足这职业的

Looking for people’s just what I’ve done… 寻人是我自打我有记忆以来

As long as I can remember. 就开始干的事

What made you start? 那你的动因是什么

Your parents? 寻找你的父母

Henry told me that your… 亨利跟我说你

that you were from a similar situation to his own? 你和他有类似的经历

Did you ever find them? 你找到他们了吗

Depends who you ask. 那得看你问的是谁了

 

1 trail   

n.踪迹，痕迹，一串，尾部，小径，尾，持枪姿势；vt.拖，尾随，追踪，落后于

参考例句：

• The car raised a trail of dust.汽车掀起了一股尘土。
• The hound found the trail of the rabbit.猎狗发现了兔子的踪迹。

2 tracking   

n. 按学生能力分组 动词track的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• He got after his sister for tracking mud into the house. 他责备妹妹脚下踩着泥走进屋里。
• All citizens should help the police in tracking the criminals down. 所有市民都应该帮助警察追捕罪犯。

3 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。