《时空恋旅人》精讲 03我想到超能力的用处了

You all right, Tim? Yes. Yeah. Good, ace¹. Yeah.

- 你没事吧，蒂姆？ - 是的，没事

Good, come on. it's nearly midnight and we've got to find...

好，快，马上十二点了，我们快 去…

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

哇！

Whoo! Midnight.

十二点

ten, nine, eight, seven,

十、九、八、七…

six, five,four,three, two, one.

六、五、四、三、二、一

Happy New Year!

新年快乐！

Thank you, Tim. You're welcome, Polly.

- 谢谢你，蒂姆 - 不客气，波利

Does Mum know?

妈妈知道嘛？

Not a whistle.

不知道。

Strange. And what about the whole... Butterfly effect thing. What can I say?

- 不知道 - 好奇怪，这整个…

We don't seem to have messed up civilisation² yet.

蝴蝶效应，我能说什么？我们貌 似没搞什么破坏

It's gonna be a complicated year. It's gonna be a complicated life.

- 这会是很复杂的一年 - 这会是很复杂的人生

What have you done with it?

那你都用这个超能力干了些什么？

For me, it's books, books, books. I've read everything a man could wish to.

对我来说，它就像是书，我读了 每个人所希望读到的

Twice. Dickens three times. Any first thoughts?

两次，狄更斯三次，有什么第一 感觉吗？

Well, I suppose apart from getting a slightly better haircut... Yeah.

我想，除了弄个更酷点的发型外…

Money would be the obvious thing. Very mixed blessing³.

- 金钱应该是最明显的东西 - 有好有坏

Utterly⁴ screwed up your grandfather's life. Left him without love or friends.

你爷爷的生活被搞得一团糟，让 他没有亲朋好友

I've never bumped into a genuinely happy rich person. It would be nice not to have to work.

- 我也从没遇到过真正快乐的有 钱佬

No, that's a real recipe for disaster.

不，这是不幸的根源，看看你弗 雷德叔叔的遭遇

Look what happened to Uncle Fred. What happened to Uncle Fred? Absolutely sod all.

- 弗雷德叔叔怎么了？ - 一事无成，浪费生命

Wasted his life.

浪费生命。

You have to use the things that you really thinkwill make your life the way you want it to be.

你必须在遇到可以改变人生的事情时，才使用这项能力。

Come on, really think about this.

好好考虑下

Well,

好吧…

to be honest, I suppose, at the moment,

老实说，这个超能力…

it would be just great if it could help me get a girlfriend.

如果能帮我搞到女朋友就棒呆了

Wow.

哇哦

Massive. Yeah.

不错.是的

The mothership.

1 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。

2 civilisation   

n.文明，文化，开化，教化

参考例句：

• Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation.能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
• This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。

3 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

4 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。