《权力的游戏》精讲 第2集:王都之路(12)

Ask me nicely and maybe I'll tell you, dwarf¹.

好好问我，或许我会告诉你，侏儒。

A bastard² boy with nothing to inherit, off to join the ancient order of The Night's Watch, alongside his Valiant³ brothersinarms.

不就是一个没有继承权的私生子，跑来加入古老的守夜人军团，与他英勇的战友相依为伴的故事嘛。

The Night's Watch protects the realm from...Ah, yes yes.

守夜人是保护领土不受...对对对。

Against grumpkins and snarks and all the other monsters your wet nurse warned you about.

不受你小时候奶妈提到的各种古灵精怪的侵犯。

You're a smart boy. You don't believe that nonsense.

你是个聪明孩子。不会相信这种无稽之谈吧。

Everything's better with some wine in the belly⁴.

美酒下肚，一切都会好起来的。

It's time we reviewed the accounts, my lady.

夫人，我们该清点账目了。

You'll want to know how much this royal visit has cost us.

这样您才知道这次招待王室的开销。

Talk to Poole about it.

这种事跟普尔说去。

Poole went south with Lord Stark⁵, my lady.

普尔随老爷南下了，夫人。

We need a new steward⁶, and there are several other appointments that require...our immediate⁷ attention. I don't care about appointments!

我们需要一个新的总管，还有好些职务要请您...立刻决定。职务任命我不管！

I'll make the appointments.

我来安排。

We'll talk about it first thing in the morning.

我们明天一早就商议此事。

Very good, my Lord. My Lady.

好的，大人。夫人，告退。

1 dwarf   

n.矮子，侏儒，矮小的动植物；vt.使…矮小

参考例句：

• The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。
• The dwarf shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. 矮子耸耸肩膀，摇摇头。

2 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

3 valiant   

adj.勇敢的，英勇的；n.勇士，勇敢的人

参考例句：

• He had the fame of being very valiant.他的勇敢是出名的。
• Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister,inflation rose to 36%.尽管财政部部长采取了一系列果决措施，通货膨胀率还是涨到了36%。

4 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

5 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

6 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。