《大学之旅》精讲37

　　- Good night. - Get some rest.

　　- 晚安 - 去休息吧

　　The gazelle daughter remains¹ at its father's side,

　　羚羊女儿还在它父亲的旁边

　　seeking protection and security,

　　寻求保护和安全感

　　for if it veers² off, it becomes vulnerable to a myriad³ of predators⁴.

　　因为一旦她离群 就会很容易受到无数肉食动物的袭击

　　What are you doing, gazelle? Stay with your daddy.

　　你在干吗 小羚羊? 快去跟住你爸爸啊

　　Without the parent's guidance, the offspring are at the mercy

　　离开了父母的保护 小生灵就会身陷

　　of the harsh and unforgiving animal universe.

　　残酷无情的动物世界

　　Let's watch as the cheetah⁵ rips the little gazelle's head clean off.

　　我们看到了小羚羊被非洲猎豹咬断头颅

　　Poor little gazelle, you should have stayed with your father.

　　可怜的小羚羊 你应该呆在你父亲旁边的

　　- Hello? - Who's this?

　　- 喂? - 你是谁?

　　- It's Chris. - Chris? What are you doing there?

　　- 我是Chris - Chris? 你在那干嘛?

　　Duh, I live here.

　　啊 我就住在这的

　　Where's Melanie?

　　Melanie呢?

　　I don't know. I think she's in the shower.

　　我不知道 我想她可能在洗澡呢

　　Hey. Hey, Bobbi.

　　嘿 嘿 Bobbi

　　Can you check and see if Melanie's in the shower?

　　你去看下Melanie's是不是在洗澡?

　　Shower!

　　洗澡!

　　Oh, yeah

　　哦 耶

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 veers   

v.（尤指交通工具）改变方向或路线( veer的第三人称单数 )；（指谈话内容、人的行为或观点）突然改变；（指风） （在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向）逐渐转向；风向顺时针转

参考例句：

• The car veers out of control. 这辆车失去了控制。 来自辞典例句
• His fondness for his characters sometimes veers towards the sentimental. 他对那位主人公的偏爱有时也稍显矫情。 来自互联网

3 myriad   

adj.无数的；n.无数，极大数量

参考例句：

• They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.对于我们数不清的问题他们束手无策。
• I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements.我花了三个星期做大量准备工作。

4 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 cheetah   

n.(动物)猎豹

参考例句：

• The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.猎豹被公认是世界上跑得最快的动物。
• The distribution of the cheetah ranges from Africa to Central Asia.印度豹的足迹遍及从非洲到中亚的广大地区。