《你好布拉德》精讲25 布拉德批评儿子

Dad, what the fuck? You think arguing with the admissions officer is gonna help my chances?

爸 你跟招生办的吵一架能把我吵进去吗

He won't remember this.

他又记不住

I think he will.

咋就记不住

I don't understand.

我就不明白了

How can someone who has the brains to get into Harvard

为啥一个人有本事考上哈佛

not have the brain to remember what day he made an appointment so he can get into Harvard?

然后连个去哈佛面试的日子都记不住呢

I'm sorry. Can we please talk and, like, walk somewhere else, please, 'cause they're about to start a tour.

话说 你能找个其他地方说话吗 他们马上要出来游行了

So what? So, I don't want everybody seeing me getting bitchedout by my dad, okay?

有关系吗 我不想给人看到我让我老爹骂成这样

I'm not bitching you out.

我不是在骂你

I'm trying to solve a problem here.

我是在想办法

I know you think you got this in the bag, but this is Harvard, Troy.

我知道你有自己的盘算 问题这是哈佛啊 老铁

Even geniuses get rejected.

天才都不见得能进去

Oh, my God.

天

You realize you're competing with kids from Hong Kong and everywhere, okay?

你知不知道你在和来自香港 来自全球各地的人在竞争

You're a white kid from the suburbs

你就是个郊区出身的小白脸

without a sob¹ story, and you're not even a legacy².

没什么励志故事 也没有校友后台

We're the underdogs here. We need to do everything we can.

我们在这低人一头 当然要尽全力去争取

Dad, I'm about to flip³ the fuck out. Please shut up.

爹 我要疯了 你能别说了吗

Okay, let me think. Just...

得 你让我想想

Okay, why don't you go on the tour, and I'm...

这样 你先接着你的行程来

I'm gonna, um... What are you gonna do?

我呢 先去 你想去干啥

I'm gonna make some calls.

我去打几个电话

Just don't do anything uncool.

你别做什么不靠谱的事啊

1 sob   

n.空间轨道的轰炸机；呜咽，哭泣

参考例句：

• The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
• The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答，也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。

2 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

3 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。