《吸血鬼日记》第一季精讲 第2集09:宿命论者

Stefan?Stefan?

斯特凡 斯特凡

I..I'm sorry for barging in. The door was...

很抱歉擅自闯入 我看门是...

Open.

开着的

You must be Elena.

你一定是埃琳娜

I'm Damon, Stefan's brother.

我是达蒙 斯特凡的哥哥

He didn't tell me he had a brother.

他没跟我提过他有个哥哥

Well Stefan's not one to brag¹.

斯特凡向来就不爱多话

Please come.

这边请

I'm sure Stefan will be along any second.

我想斯特凡随时都可能回来

This is your living room?

这是你们的客厅吗

Living room, parlor², sotheby's auction³.

客厅 会客室 苏富比拍卖行拍的物品

It's a little kitschy for my taste.

对我来说这屋子有点没品位

I see why my brother's so smitten⁴.

我明白我弟弟为何如此着迷了

It's about time.

也该向前看了

For a while there I never thought he'd get over the last one.

曾经我一度认为他永远也忘不了前女友

Nearly destroyed him.

差点毁了他

The last one?

前女友

Yeah.Katherine, his girlfriend?

对啊 凯瑟琳 他的女友

Oh, you two haven't had

你们俩还没谈到

the awkward exes conversation yet.

尴尬的"前任话题"上

Nope.

没有

Oops. Well I'm sure it'll come up now.

我确信这下你们会谈了

Or maybe he didn't want to tell you

或者可能他不想告诉你这事

Because he didn't want you

因为他不想让你觉得

to think he was on the rebound⁵.

他还在为前段感情伤心

We all know how those relationships end.

我们都知道此类感情的结局

You say it like

你说得好像

Every relationship is doomed⁶ to end.

每段感情都注定会完蛋

I'm a fatalist.

我是个宿命论者

Hello Stefan.

好啊 斯特凡

1 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。

2 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

3 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

4 smitten   

猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起，他就完全被她迷住了。
• It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。

5 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

6 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。