《童话镇》第263期:法学院

 Chicken's delicious. 鸡肉很好吃

David, there's something we need to discuss. 戴维  有件事我想跟你谈谈

Okay. 说吧

I applied¹ to law school. 我申请了法学院

That's amazing. 这是天大的好事

Why didn't you ever tell me? 你怎么没早告诉我

I don't know. 我也不知道

Maybe 'cause I didn't think I could actually do it, but I did. 或许我觉得自己并不会真去申请 但是我申请了

I got this today. I got in. 今天收到的信 我被录取了

Itit's in... Boston. 是在波士顿

I know things have been hard between us, but maybe a fresh start is what we need. 我知道我们的婚姻最近不太顺利 也许我们需要换个地方重新开始

Maybe we've been fighting too hard to recapture old memories when we should've been making new ones instead. 或许我们一直努力找回曾经的记忆 但其实我们该创造新的记忆

Who are you? What are you waiting for?! Do you think I fear you? 你是谁 你还在等什么 你觉得我怕你吗

Abigail? What are you doing here? 艾比盖尔 你在这干什么

I wanted to get my hands on you before your father ripped² you to shreds³. 我想在你父王把你撕成碎片前找到你

How did you know I was going... Because I have ears in the king's court. 你怎么知道我要...因为我在宫廷里有耳目

And despite everyone's best efforts to shield⁴ me from it, I know the truth. 尽管大家都努力瞒着我 我知道事情的原委

 

1 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

2 ripped   

adj. <美俚>喝醉的，受毒品麻醉的 动词rip的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards. 他用力扯去了地毯，只剩下裸露的地板。
• I ripped my jeans on the fence. 我的牛仔裤在栅栏上划破了。

3 shreds   

v.撕碎，切碎( shred的第三人称单数 )；用撕毁机撕毁（文件）

参考例句：

• Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮，切成丝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

4 shield   

v.保护，包庇，遮挡；n.防护物，护罩，盾

参考例句：

• She intended to shield the child from the bad information.她打算不让这个孩子知道这个坏消息。
• Dark glasses is an effective shield against the glare.墨镜有效地阻隔强光保护眼睛。