《魔戒》精讲10

What must I do?

我该怎么做?

You must leave And leave quickly.Where? Where do I go?

你必须走 尽快出发! 去哪里?

Get out of the Shire . Make for the village of Bree

离开夏尔 赶到布里村

Bree

布里?

What about you? I'll be waiting for you

你呢? 我会等你

at the inn of the Prancing¹ Pony²

我会在那里的"跃马酒店"等你

And the Ring will be safe there? I don't know, Frodo

之后魔戒在那儿安全吗? - 我不知道, 佛罗多

I don't have any answers

我无法回答你

I must see the head of my order. He is both wise and powerful.Trust me, Frodo

我必须去见我们族里的长老，他有力量 又有智慧 相信我 佛罗多

He'll know what to do

他知道该怎么做

You'll have to leave the name of Baggins behind you

你不能再用巴金斯这个姓了

That name is not safe outside the Shire

因为在夏尔以外 这姓是很危险的

Travel only by day . And stay off the road

只能在白天赶路 千万不要走大路

I can cut across country easily enough

我可以抄乡间小路走 这很容易

My dear Frodo

我亲爱的佛罗多

Hobbits really are amazing creatures

哈比人真是最令人惊讶的种族

You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month

不用一个月 你就可以了解他们的一切

And yet, after a hundred years

但即使过了100年

they can still surprise you

他们还是会让感到你惊讶的

 

I'll be waiting for you我会等你

wait for:等候； 等待

She has impatience³ to wait for the bus.

她没有耐心等公共汽车到来。

常用短语:

Time and tide wait for no man.岁月不等人。

wait for the wagon等待更好的时机(等待援助)

lay wait for埋伏以待

wait for dead men's shoes等待别人死去以继承遗产

And stay off the road 千万不要走大路

stay off:远离

You should stay off fattening⁴ foods.

你不应该吃令人发胖的食物。

I can cut across country easily enough 我可以抄乡间小路走，这很容易

cut across:抄近中穿过

In order not to be late, she cut across the fields.

为了不迟到，她抄近路穿过田野。

1 prancing   

v.（马）腾跃( prance的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The lead singer was prancing around with the microphone. 首席歌手手执麦克风，神气地走来走去。
• The King lifted Gretel on to his prancing horse and they rode to his palace. 国王把格雷特尔扶上腾跃着的马，他们骑马向天宫走去。 来自辞典例句

2 pony   

adj.小型的；n.小马

参考例句：

• His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
• They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。

3 impatience   

n.不耐烦，急躁

参考例句：

• He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢，他显得不耐烦。
• He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。

4 fattening   

adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》