《魔戒》精讲13

You know of what I speak, Gandalf

你知道我在说的是什么吗? 甘道夫!

A Great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame

一个庞大无比 盘绕着火焰的魔眼

The Eye of Sauron

索伦之眼

He is gathering¹ all evil to him

索伦正在聚集半兽人

Very soon, he'll have summoned an army great enough for an assault upon Middle-earth

不久他就会带着一支强大的军队进攻中土了

You knowthis?

你怎么会知道?

How?

怎么知道的?

I have seen it

我亲眼所见

A palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman

魔水晶球是非常危险的工具

Why?

为什么?

Why should we fear to use it?

为什么我们要惧怕使用它?

They are not all accounted for, the lost Seeing-stones

有的已经失踪不知去向

We do not know who else may be watching

我们不知道还有谁透过它在看

The hour is later than you think

已经来不及了

Sauron's forces are already moving

索伦已经开始行动了

The Nine have left Minas Morgul

有九个已经从魔多出发了

The Nine?

九个什么?

They crossed the River Isen on Midsummer's Eve

他们已在仲夏的黄昏中 越过了爱恩斯之河

disguised as riders in black

乔装成了黑骑士

They've reached the Shire? They will find the Ring

他们已经到夏尔了吗? 他们将找到魔戒

And kill the one who carries it

并杀掉持有魔戒的人

Frodo!

佛罗多!

 

They are not all accounted for有的已经失踪不知去向

account for:报账;说明(原因等)； 对 ... 负责

He could not account for his absence from school.

他无法说明他旷课的原因。

He'll have to account for where every cent goes.

他得说明所花掉的每一分钱的用途。

He has been asked to account for his conduct.

他被要求解释他的行为。

account的用法:

1.on his own account和of his own accord不可混用，前者意为“为了自己的利益地，自己负责地”，后者意为“自愿地，自发地”；

2.on account of，意为“因为”，现比较少用upon去替代on；

3.account后可接宾语和表语，且在宾语后偶尔会加上to be,偶尔会加上as，但都不常用。

I account him wise.

I account him a wise man.

注意句子On no account（决不）should we neglect our work中用的是should we,不是we should。

常用短语:

on account记帐

on no account决不

You know of what I speak,你知道我在说的是什么吗?

know of:知道, 听说

Do you know of any restaurants open now?

你知道现在那里还有餐厅是营业的吗？

I don't know of anything to prevent you from doing so.

我不知道有什么能阻止你这样做。

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。