《魔戒》精讲16

Where am I? You are in the house of Elrond

我在哪里? 你在爱隆之屋

And it is 10:00 in the morning on October 24th, if you want to know

现在是10月24日早上10点 如果你也想知道时间的话

Gandalf! Yes, I'm here

甘道夫? 是的 我在这里

And you're lucky to be here too

你真的很幸运到的了这里

A few more hours and you would have been beyond our aid

再晚一两个小时 你小命就没了

But you have some strength in you, my dear Hobbit

不过你的意志力真是惊人 我亲爱的哈比朋友

What happened, Gandalf?

发生了什么事 甘道夫?

Why didn't you meet us? I am sorry, Frodo

你为什么没来和我们会合? 真的很抱歉 佛罗多

I was delayed

我有事耽搁了

A friendship with Saruman is not lightly thrown aside

我萨鲁曼的友谊不是这么轻易就可以丢到一旁的

One ill turn deserves another.It is over

祸害可真是一个接一个来 不过已经结束了

Embrace the power of the Ring

不选择投靠魔戒的力量

or embrace your own destruction!

就只有选择死亡

There is only one Lord of the Ring

这魔戒就只有一个主人

Only one who can bend it to his will

只有一个人能拥有魔戒的力量

And he does not share power

" 而他是不会和你分享的 "

 

A friendship with Saruman is not lightly thrown aside 我萨鲁曼的友谊不是这么轻易就可以丢到一旁的

throw aside:把 ... 扔到一边

The earlier plans were thrown aside and shelved.

早些时候订的计划没人过问了。

常用短语:

throw away扔掉

It is a waste to throw away good food.

把好的食物扔掉是浪费。

throw down推翻

They plotted to throw down the government.

他们密谋推翻政府。

Only one who can bend it to his will 只有一个人能拥有魔戒的力量

bend to:屈从于

They refused to bend to the hijackers' demands.

他们拒绝屈从于劫机者的要求。

常用短语:

bend one's mind to something专心于某事

He couldn't bend his mind to the work at hand.

他安不下心来处理手头的工作。

bend over弯腰

He bent¹ over and picked up a silver coin.

他弯腰拾起一枚银币。

1 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。