《姐姐的守护者》精讲 13

BRIAN: Mom needs to cool off a bit. She's a little upset.

妈妈要冷静一会，她有点心烦

ANNA: Yeah. l heard her.

嘿，我听见啦

Get her out of here. l don't want to look at her face anymore.'

带她走，我再也不想看见她

BRIAN: l looked at my daughter and wondered how it got from there to here.

我看着我女儿，想知道一切怎么会变成这样

MAN: Hey. - Hi.

嘿！

truth. the truth. - Okay.

要说实话，说实话 - 好的

All right. so. what do you think?

好的，你觉得怎么样？

A bit more salt.

再加点盐

A bit more.

一点点

BRIAN: From the moment we decided¹ to genetically² conceive...

自从我们决定基因怀孕之后

l suppose this was the eventual³ outcome.

我想这就是最终结果

lt was our fault. We went against nature and this was our comeuppance.

是我们的错，我们与自然法则对抗，这就是业报

But have we really pushed her too hard?

但我们是不是要求她做太多了？

Have we forced her into helping⁴ her sister?

我们强迫她帮助她姐姐了吗？

All those little encouragements and rewards, were they real?

这些小小的鼓励和报答，是真的吗？

Or did we iust want what we wanted?

又或我们仅仅只是想着自己的需要

he was so little when all this started.

开始时她那么小

When did she start wanting to make her own decisions?

什么时候她想自己决定的呢？

BRIAN: It's ohay. YOUNG ANNA: l want my daddy.

没事啦 - 我要爸爸

l want my mama. No. please. Mama. BRIAN: It's okay. l know.

我要妈妈，不，妈妈 - 没事哈，我知道

YOUNG ANNA: Mommy.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 genetically   

adv.遗传上

参考例句：

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
• Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物

3 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。