《天才少女》精讲 34玛丽解题

Don't be smug, Seymore

先别得意 西摩

Well, she's had plenty of time

她看了很长时间了

She traveled yesterday. She slept in a strange bed

她昨天出了远门 没睡好

Give her a chance

给她个机会

At six years old, she read Zimmer

她6岁就看过奇默的书

Outstanding

厉害

How much did she comprehend?

她看懂了多少

So, Mary

玛丽

I see you're looking at our little problem

你在看我们的小问题

Little? It's big

小问题? 这是个大问题

Why are you so mad all of a sudden?

你怎么突然这么生气

I'm not mad, I'm annoyed

我不是生气 是恼火

Not with you, dear

不是恼火你

With that pompous¹ ass² Shankland

是恼火那个傲慢的尚克兰

I knew that guy was gonna have a beard before we even went in there

我们还没进去就知道他是个大胡子

Math teachers like to grow beards

数学老师都喜欢长胡子

I should never have agreed to this in the first place

我当初就不该答应这事

Did he really expect you to just walk in and be able to dissect³ some random⁴ massive problem?

他真的指望你随随便便就能解析某个随机的复杂难题

Not much to dissect, if you ask me

我看也没什么可解析的

Why do you say that?

为什么这么说

It was wrong

题错了

1 pompous   

adj.傲慢的，自大的；夸大的；豪华的

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.他有点自大，自视甚高。
• He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance. 他的外表虽傲慢，其实是个好人。

2 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。

3 dissect   

v.分割；解剖

参考例句：

• In biology class we had to dissect a frog.上生物课时我们得解剖青蛙。
• Not everyone can dissect and digest the public information they receive.不是每个人都可以解析和消化他们得到的公共信息的。

4 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。