《愤怒的小鸟》精讲23

　　All right, class, thought for the day. Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate¹ mountains and earth.

　　好了 同学们 今日格言是水是世界上最柔软的东西 但与此同时 它却可以穿越高山 渗透大地

　　Here's my thought of the day. When are we done?

　　我的格言是: 什么时候结束?

　　Red, what the caterpillar² calls the end, the world calls a butterfly.

　　胖红 当毛虫的状态迎来终结 就意味着蝴蝶诞生

　　Can I just say I never understand a single thing you're talking about?

　　我可不可以说 你说的话我向来是一个字也听不懂?

　　That's very lifelike.

　　真是跟你一模一样

　　So deep.

　　有内涵

　　And, Terence, let's see your... My goodness. I did not know you felt that way. Class dismissed!

　　大红 让我看看你的 我的老天 我不知道你原来是这么想的 好 今天就上到这

　　And now we've come to the prestigious³ Palms district. Where birds of all feathers flock together with eight kinds of fruit and nut trees.

　　现在我们大家来到了着名的棕榈树度假区 不同毛色的小鸟聚集在这里 享用八种水果和坚果树

　　Suck those bellies⁴ in. Instaham! Is that what I think it is?

　　大家把肚子吸一吸 拉仇恨 这难道就是那什么吗?

　　That's an egg. That's how our children are born. You guys don't lay eggs?

　　这是鸟蛋 孩子都是从这里出生的 难道你们不生蛋吗?

　　I wish we did.

　　我做梦都希望

　　Enchanté.

　　我很荣幸

　　You look delicious, my dear.

　　你看着真诱人 亲爱的

　　That's us.

　　那是我们

1 penetrate   

v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

参考例句：

• Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
• The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。

2 caterpillar   

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

参考例句：

• A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
• A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

3 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

4 bellies   

n.肚子( belly的名词复数 )；腹部；（物体的）圆形或凸起部份；腹部…形的

参考例句：

• They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
• starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童