《一呼一吸》精讲 27

I've saved the best till last.

最好的一定要留在最后

This one spent the whole of the war in my airraid shelter.

战争期间我在防空洞 这瓶酒一直陪着我

Looks like a good drop, Teddy.

看起来不错啊 特迪

It is a good drop.

绝对是好酒

And good wine deserves good glasses.

好酒要有好杯配

This one is for the lovely Diana.

第一杯敬可爱的戴安娜

That's me.

来了

Mary. Katherine. Bloggs. David.

玛丽 凯瑟琳 布洛格斯 大卫

And Tid?

蒂德呢

Tid only drinks Dubonnet.

蒂德只喝杜本内

And only on my birthday.

而且只在过生日时喝

Oh, I almost forgot.

差点忘了

He's sleeping. To Jonathan.

虽然乔纳森在睡觉 也要敬他一杯

Happy birthday, Jonathan.

生日快乐 乔纳森

Yes, I had been wondering what it might be like to...

其实我一直好奇

To get drunk.

喝醉是什么感觉

Given that I'm legless already.

毕竟我下肢已经没有知觉了

What you have to do with mechanical devices is stresstest them,

你其实只需要看这个设备

find their breaking point, so...

抗压能力的临界点在哪里...

It's rather good, Ted¹.

听起来不错 特德

An interesting experiment, Teddy.

会是个很有趣的实验 特迪

Robin² would die,

罗宾会死的

but you'd probably be able to improve your machine probably.

但你或许可以改进一下你的机器

All progress has its price.

所有的进步都有代价

1 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。