《时空恋旅人》精讲 22拯救凯蒂

My darling. What's happened?

亲爱的，发生了什么事？

You're the best person in the world. You're top equal with my wife. I don't get it.

你是这世上最棒的，跟我老婆一个级别，我不明白

Maybe, just maybe,

或许，只是或许…

I'm the faller.

我是个失败者

Every family has, like, someone who falls,

每个家庭都多多少少有失败者…

who doesn't make the grade, who stumbles¹,

那些不及格的，跌跌撞撞的…

who life trips up.

那些总是栽跟头的

Maybe I'm our faller.

或许我就是咱家的失败者

No.No.

不.不.

Okay. I'm gonna tell you a secret.

好，我要告诉你一秘密

And you have to promise to keep it.

但是你必须答应我要保守这个秘密

We've always kept secrets. We have?

- 我们向来对彼此的秘密守口如瓶

You promise you won't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,

你答应我永远、永远…

ever, ever, ever, ever tell?

永远，永远，永远都不会说出去？

Yes.

好

I can travel in time.

我可以穿越时空

Why are we standing² in the cupboard under the stairs?

为什么我们藏在柜橱里？

Because we're gonna go back in time and you're gonna do some things differently.

因为我们要回到过去，你要做些不一样的事

I love it when you're funny.

我很喜欢你搞笑的样子

Grab³ my hand. Close your eyes.

抓住我的手，闭上眼睛

My God! My God!

哦上帝！哦上帝！

My arsing God in a box.

天哪

You're kidding? I can go anywhere in time and you bring me back to the worst party of all time.

你开什么玩笑？我可以回去任何时候，你却带我回到最烂的派对

Fraid so. Let's go.

恐怕是这样，走吧

We've got work to do. What work?

- 我们有活儿要干 - 什么活儿？

Making sure you do not meet Jimmy Kincade.

确保你不会遇见吉米金卡德

Quick, in here.

快点，这里

But he's about to fall in love with me! Not this time he isn't.

- 但是他会爱上我！ - 不是这次的话他不会

Who's the pretty looking girl? It's Jennifer, isn't it?

这么漂亮的女孩是谁？是珍妮弗，不是吗？

Yeah. Wild!

- 是的 - 好狂热

I like your skirt, Jennifer. Thank you.

- 我喜欢你的裙子，珍妮弗 - 谢谢

Right, I get it.

好的，我明白了

If he hadn't met me, he would have just had sex with someone else.

如果他没有遇见我，就会跟别人上床

Nip it in the bud⁴?

将痛苦扼杀在摇篮里，对吗？

Excuse me, Jimmy.

不好意思，吉米

Sorry. Do I know you?

- 抱歉 - 我认识你吗？

Yeah, you do.

是的，你认识

Very well. Sorry.

并且很熟，不好意思

And this is what I should have done right at the start.

这是一开始我就应该做的

Happy New Year, everybody. Happy New Year.

各位，新年快乐，新年快乐

And back to the cupboard.

回去橱柜里

Amazing!

真不可思议！

1 stumbles   

v.（不顺畅地）说( stumble的第三人称单数 )；跌跌撞撞地走；绊脚；（说话、演奏等）出错

参考例句：

• Mary often stumbles in her speech. 玛丽常常结结巴巴地讲话。 来自辞典例句
• Jastrow stares in a stunned way at the still audience, then stumbles toward the first row. 杰斯罗用惊呆了的神气瞪眼望着鸦雀无声的听众，然后趔趔趄趄地朝着第一排听众走过去。 来自辞典例句

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 grab   

vt./n.攫取，抓取；vi.攫取，抓住(at)

参考例句：

• It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
• The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包，但被我推开了。

4 bud   

vi.发芽，萌芽；n.芽，花蕾

参考例句：

• Some flowers bud their leaves very early in spring.有些花在春季里很早发出叶来。
• A bad habit in a child should be nipped in the bud.应该尽早把孩子的坏习惯改过来。