《童话镇》第53期:精灵药水

 Such beautiful young people. 多么美丽的年轻人啊

Pardon me. Uh, do you have a place at your hearth¹ 抱歉  请问你家壁炉边还有地方

for an honest man and his... uh, elderly parents? 收留一位老实人和他年迈的父母吗

Of course. Come in. 当然有  请进吧

I'll heat up some broth². 我去热点肉汤

Oh, we love broth. 我们最爱肉汤了

Oh, what a beautiful home. 你们家真漂亮啊

Your cobbles are so even. 你们的石砖地真平整

Oh, and that's real thatch³. 那个是真的茅草屋顶

Honey, that's a big ham. 亲爱的  那是个大火腿

Thank you for your kindness. 谢谢你们的恩惠

I just can't get it out of my mind. 我真的无法忘记

That family. Terrible way to go. 那一家人  太可怕了

What? 怎么了

What happened? 出什么事了

Plague⁴. 瘟疫

The next town over. We just passed through. 旁边的那个镇子  我们刚刚经过的

The plague? 瘟疫

Well, a plague, certainly. 瘟疫  真的

Is it coming here? Are you okay? 向这边传来了吗  你们没染上吧

Oh, us? No, we're immune⁵. 我们吗  没事  我们未受影响

We have Elf Tonic⁶. 我们有精灵药水

Made by elves from elves. 精灵们做的

Four out of five court physicians recommend it. 五分之四的医师都推荐这个

Fifth one died before he could try it. 其余五分之一还没来得及试就死了

Well, you have it, right, smart folks like you? 你们也有吧  像你们这么聪明的人

We've never heard of it. 我们从未听说过

Oh, no.Oh, dear god. 不是吧  我的老天

Oh, no. You're going to die. 不是吧  你们会死的

You need Elf Tonic. 你们需要精灵药水

Oh, I wish we had extra.  We don't have extra. 但愿我们还有多的  我们没多余的了

There is no extra. 没有多的

We could pay you. We have a tiny bottle. 我们可以付钱买  我们有一小瓶

 

1 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

2 broth   

n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)

参考例句：

• Every cook praises his own broth.厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。
• Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。

3 thatch   

vt.用茅草覆盖…的顶部；n.茅草(屋)

参考例句：

• They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch.他们点着一支火把，放火烧了小教堂的茅草屋顶。
• They topped off the hut with a straw thatch. 他们给小屋盖上茅草屋顶。

4 plague   

n.瘟疫，鼠疫，祸患，灾难；v.烦扰，使痛苦

参考例句：

• Plague was then prevailing in that city.当时瘟疫正在该城流行。
• The plague once could wipe out a village.鼠疫曾一度可以夺走整个村庄村民的生命。

5 immune   

adj.免疫的，有免疫力的，不受影响的，免除的

参考例句：

• I am immune from the disease,for I had it once.我对这病有免疫力，因为我已得过一次了。
• Be immune from corruption.拒腐蚀，永不沾。

6 tonic   

n./adj.滋补品，补药，强身的，健体的

参考例句：

• It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.这将作为老年人滋补品在市场上销售。
• Sea air is Nature's best tonic for mind and body.海上的空气是大自然赋予的对人们身心的最佳补品。