趣味英语第72期:能让恐龙复活当成宠物养吗

PixRUs says:

PixRUs问道：

"Should we be trying to bring dinosaurs² back to life? (laughing) I really want one as a pet."

“我们应该让恐龙复活吗？（笑）我真的想养一只恐龙当宠物。”

No! Have all the movies not proven that they're terrible ideas?

不应该！所有的电影不是都已经证实那是糟糕的主意吗？

I don't know if you saw Jurassic Park and the way that went down. Yeah, not the best thing.

我不知道你是不是看过《侏罗纪公园》，还有里面失败的方法。那可不是什么好事。

Oh no. You're gonna end up how that lawyer did in Jurassic Park.

哦不。你的下场会和《侏罗纪公园》里那个律师一样的。

Dinosaurs are not pets. Little baby raptors seem cute and cuddly⁴, but when they grow up they have giant talons⁵ and kill you.

恐龙不是宠物。猛禽宝宝看上去很可爱，让你想要抱抱，但是它们长大以后会长出利爪，那会杀掉你。

It's not such a good idea to have one as a pet. They're pretty big. Uh, not good house pets.

把恐龙当宠物并不是个好主意。它们太大了。嗯，那可不是适合家养的宠物。

You might find them a little big and dangerous. I would advise you might want to try a dog or a cat.

你可能会发现它们有些大，而且有些危险。我建议你养只狗或猫咪。

I don't know about having a T-Rex as a pet there, good buddy⁶. (boisterous laugh) You might find you're missing parts of your body, like your entire body.

老兄，我对养只霸王龙当宠物这件事不是很清楚。（吵闹的笑声）你可能会失去自己身体的某些部位，甚至是整个身体。

Dinosaurs, if we brought 'em back to life they would have no idea how to live in our environment and we'd have no idea how to control them.

恐龙，如果我们让恐龙复活，那它们可能不知道如何在我们现在的环境中生活，我们也不知道如何控制它们。

We are enough competition for each other. Dinosaurs will kick our ass³ and take our planet. No, do not want dinosaurs here.

现在我们彼此之间的竞争已经够激烈了。恐龙会打我们，然后夺走我们的星球。不行，不要让恐龙出现在这里。

I think it would actually be pretty cool and I think we're capable of keeping them in control and stuff, so in the zoo maybe.

我认为这可能会非常酷，我想我们可以控制恐龙，也许可以把它们放在动物园里。

Having one as a pet would be really cool, and if you can train one to listen to you and not eat you. I think that would be so dope if I had a dinosaur¹ as a pet.

如果你能训练恐龙，让它听你的话，不吃掉你，那养只恐龙当动物会是一件非常酷的事情，我想，如果我能养只恐龙当宠物，那一定非常棒。

Get a crocodile. See how that works for ya. If it works, then go back to the dinosaurs perhaps.

养只鳄鱼。看看能不能成功。如果能成功，那再去想恐龙的事情。

1 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

2 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

4 cuddly   

adj.抱着很舒服的，可爱的

参考例句：

• The beautiful crib from Mom and Dad is so cuddly.爸爸妈妈送的漂亮婴儿床真舒服。
• You can't call a hedgehog cuddly.你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱。

5 talons   

n.（尤指猛禽的）爪( talon的名词复数 )；（如爪般的）手指；爪状物；锁簧尖状突出部

参考例句：

• The fingers were curved like talons, but they closed on empty air. 他的指头弯得像鹰爪一样，可是抓了个空。 来自英汉文学 - 热爱生命
• The tiger has a pair of talons. 老虎有一对利爪。 来自辞典例句

6 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！