《复仇》第3集第19期:海边度假

 Growing up, come summertime, 我小时候 一到夏天

My family would escape to the country to avoid society. 我们一家就会到乡下  逃离纷繁社会

But here, it seems people flock¹ to it. 但在这  人们似乎都喜欢热闹

- It's so strange. - Yeah. -挺奇怪的  -对

Doesn't make for much of a vacation. 不是度假的好地方

Where did your family holiday? - They didn't. 你家人都去哪度假  -不度假

We lived at the beach. So... hmm. 我们就住在海滩边  所以...

We used to go sailing² a lot. 我们经常驾船航海

You'll have to teach me. 那你得教教我

Show me the ropes. 告诉我点诀窍什么的

I don't have a boat anymore. 我没船了

I'll buy one. 我来买啊

Ah... that sounded spoiled. 好吧  听起来像是被宠坏的大小姐

I'm sure you think I'm just another dilettante³ 而你肯定也觉得我根本不够格

running her daddy's magazine, but I swear, 帮我老爸管理公司  但我保证

every cent I own, I earned, since I was 15. 从我15岁起  我的钱都是自己赚的

My fellow child laborer⁴. 我的童工同志啊

Not too long before you put your own son to work. 别说风凉话嘛  你肯定很快就会赶你儿子出去干活了

All right, well, I, uh... 好吧  我...

I should probably get going. 我该走了

Sitters don't come cheap. 保姆都是按时收费的  不便宜

And here you were, just starting to have fun. 别嘛  好不容易出来放松一下

 

1 flock   

n.羊群，一群，大量；vi.群集，聚集，成群

参考例句：

• A flock of customers were waiting for the store to open.一群顾客在等候着商店开门。
• A few sheep have been lost from the flock.羊群里少了几只羊。

2 sailing   

n.航行，航海术，启航

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• The operation was plain sailing.手术进行得顺利。

3 dilettante   

n.半瓶醋，业余爱好者

参考例句：

• He is a master of that area even if he is a dilettante.虽然他只是个业余爱好者，但却是一流的高手。
• I'm too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional.作为一个业余艺术爱好者我过于严肃认真了，而为一个专业人员我又太业余了。

4 laborer   

n.劳动者，劳工

参考例句：

• Her husband had been a farm laborer.她丈夫以前是个农场雇工。
• He worked as a casual laborer and did not earn much.他当临时工，没有赚多少钱。