《复仇》第2集第4期:灵魂的摧毁力

 Then I did some missionary¹ work overseas 我在海外传教了一段时间

before being assigned to St. Francis. 然后被指派到旧金山教会

That's quite a radical² shift from the corporate³ life. 从上班族变成神父  可真是很大的转变

Why did you do it? 为什么选择这么做呢

Well, I was there for the David Clarke scandal. 我转任神职是因为大卫·克拉克丑闻

And when he died in prison, 他死于狱中的消息

it really hit me what greed can do to a soul. 令我感触到贪念对灵魂的摧毁力

So I looked out my office window and all the way uptown, 我透过办公室的窗户  眺望整个城市

and I knew that there were millions of souls 意识到虽然我救不了大卫·克拉克

on the street, tormented⁴, that I could help 但我还可以帮助街上

in ways that I hadn't helped him. 数以百万计饱受煎熬的灵魂

So I quit Grayson Global, joined the seminary, 所以我从格雷森国际辞职  报读了神学院

And ten years later, here we are. 十年以后  就是现在这样了

I'm sorry. I heard about your father's Huntington's diagnosis⁵. 听说你父亲罹患亨廷顿氏症  我深表遗憾

How are your parents holding up? 你父母还好吧

Well, as good as could be expected, I guess. 我想还算不错吧

I take it you're not in touch with them anymore. 你和他们断绝联系了吗

They weren't exactly happy with my exit from the firm. 他们因为我辞职的事不太高兴

Well, since you're officiating, 既然你要主持我的婚礼

maybe this was meant to be. 看来你们不得不再碰面了

- Hey, Father, do you-- do you mind? - Oh, go ahead. -神父  你介意我...  -去吧

T-try her out, take her out for a test drive, 试走一遍过场

see how she feels. 看看感觉怎么样

My gut⁶ tells me you aren't the girl 直觉告诉我你不是

that dreamt of a big church wedding. 那种喜欢盛大的教堂婚礼的女孩

 

1 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

2 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

3 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。

4 tormented   

饱受折磨的

参考例句：

• The knowledge of his guilt tormented him. 知道了自己的罪责使他非常痛苦。
• He had lain awake all night, tormented by jealousy. 他彻夜未眠，深受嫉妒的折磨。

5 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。

6 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。