《吸血鬼日记》第一季精讲 第1集10:柳树溪战役

The battle of Willow¹ Creek²

柳树溪战役

took place right at the end of the war

于内战快结束的时候

in our very own mystic falls.

在神秘瀑布镇打响

How many casualties resulted in this battle?

这场战役有多少人员伤亡

Ms. Bennett?

贝内特小姐

A lot?

很多

I'm not sure.

我不确定

Like a whole lot.

就是很多

Cute becomes dumb in an instant,Ms. Bennett.

可爱和傻气只有一步之遥 贝内特小姐

Mr. Donovan.

多诺万先生

Would you like to take this opportunity

要不要利用这个机会

To overcome your embedded³ jock stereotype⁴?

改变一下你四肢发达 头脑简单的形象

It's ok, Mr. Tanner, I'm cool with it.

算了 泰纳老师 不必了

Elena?

埃琳娜呢

Surely you can enlighten us about

你一定可以给我们讲讲

One of the town's most significantly historical events?

本镇最重要的历史事件吧

I'm sorry, I... I don't know.

抱歉 我不知道

I was willing to be lenient⁵ last year

上个学期我一直对你很宽容

For obvious reasons, Elena,

原因大家都很清楚 埃琳娜

But the personal excuses ended with summer break.

但私人情感应该在开学前做个了结

There were 346 casualties,

有346人遇难

Unless you're counting local civilians⁷.

不算本地平民

That's correct.

正确

Mister...

你叫...

Salvatore.

塞尔瓦多

Salvatore.

塞尔瓦多

Any relation to the original settlers here at mystic falls?

跟神秘瀑布镇的创始家族有什么亲戚关系吗

Distant.

远亲

Well, very good. Except, of course,

很好 当然 只不过

there were no civilian⁶ casualties in this battle.

此次战争中没有本地平民遇难

Actually, there were 27, sir.

其实有27名 老师

Confederate soldiers,they fired on the church,

联邦士兵在教堂开火

Believing it to be housing weapons.

以为那里藏有武器

They were wrong.

他们错了

It was a night of great loss.

当晚伤亡惨重

The founder's archives are, uh,

市政厅存有创始家族的档案

Stored in civil hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts.

你可以去那里温习一下

Mr. Tanner.

泰纳老师

1 willow   

n.柳树

参考例句：

• The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
• The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。

2 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

3 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

4 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。

5 lenient   

adj.宽大的，仁慈的

参考例句：

• The judge was lenient with him.法官对他很宽大。
• It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。

6 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。