纸牌屋第一季 第20期:木偶戏

 　　Like what? You name it OPEC,

　　比如呢，什么都有，石油输出国组织

　　Pinochet, the fucking Food Stamp Act.

　　皮诺切特，该死的食品券法案

　　Then the motherland sang her mating call.

　　后来祖国唱起了求偶之歌

　　O say can you

　　哦，你能 （美国国歌的首句歌词）

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　　Next thing, he's cramming¹ for the bar at Bryn Mawr

　　接着他就跑去布林茅尔为考律师埋头苦学

　　and snapping on a flag pin.

　　还别上了国旗胸针

　　Does Bryn Mawr have a law school?

　　布林茅尔有法学院吗

　　My point is, he started goosestepping in the marionette² parade.

　　反正他自此正式加入了牵线木偶的队列

　　Left, right; red, blue; Democrat³, Republican.

　　左派右派，红营蓝营，民主共和

　　We're all dangling⁴ from the same strings⁵.

　　我们都被同一根线吊着

　　Take a sledgehammer to the whole fucking Punch and Judy show.

　　给这该死的木偶戏致命一击吧

　　That's what's required.

　　这才是该做的

　　Thought you were a patriot⁶.

　　我以为你很爱国呢

　　Fuck, yeah. One of the few.

　　没错，为数不多的爱国者

　　So what's wrong with public service? Public service?

　　那你对公职人员有什么不满，公职

　　Come on. You gotta get a grip on who your masters are.

　　拜托，你得搞清楚你老大是谁

　　The I.M.F., the World Bank,

　　国际货币基金组织，世界银行

　　the Rockefeller Trilateral Commission.

　　洛克菲勒三边委员会

　　You bankroll their fucking death squads⁷.

　　你为他们的爪牙提供资金

　　It's called FEMA; it's called alcohol, tobacco, and firearms;

　　包括联邦应急管理局，烟酒军火管理局

　　NATO; Border Control.

　　北约，还有边境管制

　　You think Katrina was incompetence⁸?

　　你以为卡特里娜飓风那次是办事不利吗

　　That was highly orchestrated negligence⁹.

　　那是精心策划的渎职

　　Look at Waco, Amnesty International,

　　看看韦科事件，国际特赦组织

　　the ACLU.

　　美国公民自由联盟

　　Smokescreens all of them. Blood on their hands.

　　全是障眼法，他们的手上沾满鲜血

　　Well, exactly.

　　正因为如此啊

　　You want me to lie to the people.

　　你想让我对公众撒谎

　　I want you to spare the people another hypocrite.

　　我想让你替人民赶走一个伪君子

　　What's in it for you?

　　对你有什么好处

　　Poetic¹⁰ justice.

　　劝善惩恶

　　Oh, come on. You're one of them.

　　得了吧，你也是他们的一员

　　Can a corporate¹¹ sellout roll a joint¹² like this?

　　政府的探子能卷出这样的大麻吗

　　If I wanted to do this thing,

　　如果我同意帮你忙

　　how might I go about that, precisely¹³?

　　我究竟该怎么做

　　How did it go?

　　还顺利吗

　　There were a few tears here and there

　　不少人都流了眼泪

　　and some anger,

　　还有些怒气

　　but nothing unexpected.

　　但都在预料之中

　　I'm going to need you to leave us today, too, Evelyn.

　　你今天也得离开公司，伊芙琳

　　I'm sorry.

　　我很抱歉

　　I just can't have any doubt about the direction I'm taking.

　　但我的决策方向容不得一丝质疑

　　You just had me fire 18 people.

　　你刚让我解雇了18名员工

　　I know.

　　我知道

　　I sat across from them in this room,

　　我就坐在这个房间，和他们面对面

　　and I had to tell each and every one of

　　我不得不告诉他们每个人

　　I know.

　　我知道

　　I am 59 years old.

　　我已经59岁了

　　Nobody hires anybody my age.

　　没人会雇我这把年纪的员工

　　I will write you any kind of recommenda

　　你要什么样的推荐信我都...

　　To do what, bag groceries?

　　去应聘什么，收银员吗

　　What am I supposed to tell my daughter?

　　我该怎么告诉我女儿

　　I'm sorry, Evelyn. I truly am.

　　我很抱歉，伊芙琳，真心抱歉

　　No, you're not. You don't give a fuck.

　　不，你没有，你压根不在乎

　　Eighteen people, Claire.

　　18个人啊，克莱尔

　　Nineteen, if you count me.

　　算上我的话，是 19个

　　I have to...

　　我要去

　　I have to call my daughter.

　　我要打电话给我女儿了

　　I know today has been tough.

　　我知道今天大家很难熬

　　A lot of your colleagues have left,

　　你们很多同事离开了

　　and I owe you an explanation.

　　而我欠你们一个解释

　　Many of those who left us today

　　今天离开我们的很多人

　　helped build the CWI from the ground up,

　　帮我一手创建了净水计划

　　and I'm grateful to them.

　　我对他们心怀感激

　　But it is time for us to evolve,

　　但是我们要更上一层楼了

　　and to accomplish this,

　　为达成这一目标

　　we had to make hard choices

　　我们必须做出艰难的抉择

　　and bring in new people.

　　引进新人才

　　That's what today was about.

　　这就是今天的意义

　　You have any questions,

　　有任何问题

　　my door is always open.

　　随时欢迎来找我

1 cramming   

n.塞满，填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 )；填塞；塞满；（为考试而）死记硬背功课

参考例句：

• Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午，禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 marionette   

n.木偶

参考例句：

• With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。
• The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。

3 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 dangling   

悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 )； 摆动不定； 用某事物诱惑…； 吊胃口

参考例句：

• The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
• The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。

5 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

6 patriot   

n.爱国者，爱国主义者

参考例句：

• He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
• He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。

7 squads   

n.（军队中的）班( squad的名词复数 )；（暗杀）小组；体育运动的运动（代表）队；（对付某类犯罪活动的）警察队伍

参考例句：

• Anti-riot squads were called out to deal with the situation. 防暴队奉命出动以对付这一局势。 来自辞典例句
• Three squads constitute a platoon. 三个班组成一个排。 来自辞典例句

8 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

9 negligence   

n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意

参考例句：

• They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
• The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

10 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

11 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

12 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

13 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。