《敦刻尔克》精讲 07

Rear Admiral. Commander.

少将 指挥官

How's the perimeter¹?

包围圈情况如何

Shrinking every day.

每天都在收缩

But between our rear guard and the French,

但后卫和法国人之间

we're holding the line.

我们还在坚守

And the enemy tanks have stopped.

敌人停下了

Why have they stopped?

为什么停下了

Waste precious tanks when they can pick us off from the air, like fish in a barrel?

用空军就能瓮中捉鳖解决掉我们 为什么还要浪费宝贵的坦克呢

How long does London expect the army to hold out before we make terms?

议和成功之前 伦敦还想让军队撑多久

Make terms?

议和

They're not stopping here. We need to get our army back.

敌人不会罢休的 我们得把军队撤回国

Britain's next and then the rest of the world.

下一个遭殃的是英国 紧接着就是全世界

Christ.

天啊

I mean, you can practically see it from here.

从这里真的能看见

What?

什么

Home.

家

What about the French?

法国人呢

Publicly, Churchill's told them, "Bras dessous."

丘吉尔公开告诉他们"同舟共济"

Arm in arm, leaving together.

手挽手一起走

And privately²?

实际上呢

We need our army back.

我们得把我们的军队撤回去

How many men are they talking about, sir?

他们想撤回多少人 长官

Churchill wants 30 thousand. Ramsay's hoping we can give him 45.

丘吉尔要三万 拉姆塞希望能撤回去四万五

There are 4 hundred thousand men on this beach, sir.

这海滩上有四十万人

We'll just have to do our best.

我们得不遗余力

Right, well, this mole³ stays open at all costs.

不惜一切代价保护防波堤通畅

We're in artillery⁴ range from the west.

我们在西边的炮弹射程范围内

If anything else sinks here,

要是有船沉了

the mole's blocked and we're stuffed.

防波堤就堵住了 我们就被困住了

Can't we load from the beaches?

我们不能从海滩上船吗

Better than standing⁵ out here when the dive bombs come.

强过俯冲轰炸时干站着

It's impossible. Too shallow?

不可能 水太浅

'Cause anything that drafts over three feet can't get near.

因为吃水超过一米的船都无法靠近

We don't have enough small boats to ferry men to the destroyers.

要把人运上驱逐舰 小船不够

The mole it is, then, gentlemen.

那就全靠防波堤了 先生们

1 perimeter   

n.周边，周长，周界

参考例句：

• The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。
• Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。

2 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

3 mole   

n.胎块；痣；克分子

参考例句：

• She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
• The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。

4 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。