《冰河世纪1》精讲 04用田鼠塞住我的嘴

Phew. I'm wiped out.

噢，累死我了

That's your shelter?

你要用那个建房子？

You're a big guy. You got a lotta wood.I'm a little guy.

嘿，你块头大，我是小不点儿

You got half a stick.

可你只拿了半根木头

But with my little stick and my highly evolved brain, I shall create fire.

可…有我的小木棍和我高度进化的脑子…我能生出…火！

Fascinating.

吹牛

We'll see if brains triumph over brawn¹ tonight. Now, won't we?

看看智慧是不是能战胜蛮力。你瞧着吧

Think I saw its spark.

嘿，我看见火花了

Any chance I could squeeze in there with you, Manny, old pal²?

呃，我能不能进来跟你一块挤一挤，蛮尼德，老伙计？

Isn't there someone else you can annoy?

呃，你能不能不要去麻烦别人

Friends? Family? Poisonous reptiles³?

朋友、亲戚或者毒蛇什么的

My family abandoned me. They just kind a migrated without me.

我全家丢下了我他们不管我…自己迁徙了

You should see what they did last year.

他们去年还要过分

They woke up early and tied my hands and feet and they gagged me with a field mouse…

他们很早醒来然后绑住我的手脚，用田鼠塞住我的嘴

…covered their tracks, went through water so I'd lose their scent⁴, and... who needs 'em, anyway?

并且把洞门堵上他们走水路这样我就闻不出它们的气味，反…反正…我也不需要他们

So what about you? You have family?

你怎么样？有家庭吗？

OK, you're tired. I see. We’ll talk more in the morning.

好吧，看来你累了我们天亮再谈

Manfred? Manfred? Could you scorch⁵ over a drop?

蛮尼德？你挪过去点好吗？

Come on. Nobody falls asleep that fast.

噢，得了。哪会这么快就睡着的！

1 brawn   

n.体力

参考例句：

• In this job you need both brains and brawn.做这份工作既劳神又费力。
• They relied on brains rather than brawn.他们靠的是脑力，而不是体力。

2 pal   

n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友

参考例句：

• He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
• Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。

3 reptiles   

n.爬行动物，爬虫( reptile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

5 scorch   

v.烧焦，烤焦；高速疾驶；n.烧焦处，焦痕

参考例句：

• I could not wash away the mark of the scorch.我洗不掉这焦痕。
• This material will scorch easily if it is too near the fire.这种材料如果太靠近炉火很容易烤焦。