《魔戒》精讲11

Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee! Have you been eavesdropping¹?

真是该死 山姆卫斯詹吉! 你居然敢偷听?

I haven't been dropping no eaves . Honest , I was cutting the grass under the window

我没有在偷听 先生 是真的! 我只是在窗外除草

A little late for trimming the verge², don't you think?

现在这个时候除草未免太晚了?

I heard raised voices . What did you hear? Speak!

我听到一些声音 你听到什么? 说!

Nothing important

没什么重要的!

That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, a Dark Lord and the end of the world ,but--

我听到一些什么戒指 黑暗魔君和世界末日的

Please, Mr Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me . Don't turn me into anything unnatural³

求求您了 甘道夫先生 不要伤害我! 千万不要把我变成动物

No?

不要吗?

Perhaps not

也许不会

I've thought of a better use for you

我想到有个方法 我有其它事让你来做

Come along, Samwise Keep up

过来呀 山姆 跟上来!

Be careful, both of you

你们两个一定要小心

The enemy has many spies in his service:

敌人有很多眼线

Birds, beasts

飞鸟 野兽

Is it safe?

它安全吗?

Never put it on

千万不要戴上戒指

for the agents of the Dark Lord will be drawn⁴ to its power

黑暗魔君的爪牙会被吸引来

Always remember, Frodo

一定要记得 佛罗多

the Ring is trying to get back to its master

戒指想回到主人那里去

It wants to be found

它希望自己被发现

 

I've thought of a better use for you 我想到有个方法，我有其它事让你来做

think of:想到

I couldn't think of the name of that man anyhow.

我怎么也想不出那人的名字来了。

He would never think of letting his daughter marry a fellow like you.

他决不会想到让女儿嫁给像你这样的家伙。

Come along, Samwise Keep up 过来呀，山姆，跟上来!

come along:一道走

Jane come along with her supervisor⁵ to the budget meeting.

简同她的管理人一起去参加预算计划会了。

keep up:跟上

Slow down I can't keep up (with you)!

慢点，我跟不上(你)了！

1 eavesdropping   

n. 偷听

参考例句：

• We caught him eavesdropping outside the window. 我们撞见他正在窗外偷听。
• Suddenly the kids,who had been eavesdropping,flew into the room. 突然间，一直在偷听的孩子们飞进屋来。

2 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

3 unnatural   

adj.不自然的；反常的

参考例句：

• Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗？
• She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。