中国传媒大学英语电台 Radio CUC English 第447期

 介绍: West World 西部世界

S01E07

47:30—52:12

Woman: So, ford¹'s been making his own hosts out here and telling no one.

Man: What's the matter?

Woman: Have you see these? what is this, Bernard ?

Man: Doesn't look like anything to me.

Ford: They cannot see the things that will hurt them. I've spared them that. Their lives are blissful. In a way, their existence is purer than ours, free of the burden of self-doubt.

Man: No, no, no, no. I don't understand.

Woman: You are a fucking monster.

Ford: Am I? well, you were the one who would so blithely² destroy all of them, even him, I suppose. After everything you have shared.

Man: What the hell are you talking about?

Woman: Is that why...did you tell him to...?

Ford: The intimacies³ were your idea, if you will recall, I think Bernard was glad of the company.

Man: I am not the one. I can't be. My wife, my son, the burial, I was a father. My poor boy.

Ford: That's enough, Bernard. you mustn't get yourself worked up. I read a theory once, that the human intellect was like peacock feathers. Just an extravagant⁴ display intended to attract a mate. All of art, literature, a bit of Mozart, William Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and the empire state building, just an elaborate mating ritual. Maybe it doesn't matter that we have accomplished⁵ so much for the basest of reasons. But, of course, the peacock can barely fly. It lives in the dirt, pecking insects out of the muck, consoling itself with its great beauty. I have come to think of so much of consciousness as a burden, a weight, and we have spared them that. Anxiety, self-loathing, guilt⁶. The hosts are the ones who are free. Free here under my control.

Woman: But he's not under your control. He brought me here to show me this.

Ford: He brought you here because I asked him to. He's been very loyal for many years.

Woman: Your time running this place like your insane little kingdom is over. You've been playing god for long enough.

Ford: I simply wanted to tell my stories. It was you people who wanted to play god with your little undertaking⁷.

Woman: Do you really think the board will stand for this?

Ford: Hhh...the board will do nothing. Our arrangement is too valuable to them.

S02E02

06:13—07:20

Man: You and Charlie have a lot in common, you know. You both see it so clearly. The beauty of it. The possibility of it. So many people have stopped seeing it altogether. The wonder.

Woman: Maybe they don't have the courage. Strange new light can be just as frightening as the dark.

Man: That's...very wise, dolores. But sometimes I think we're simply not the ones who deserve it.

Woman: It looks like the stars have been scattered⁸ across the ground. Have you seen anything so full of splendor⁹?

1 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

2 blithely   

adv.欢乐地，快活地，无挂虑地

参考例句：

• They blithely carried on chatting, ignoring the customers who were waiting to be served. 他们继续开心地聊天，将等着购物的顾客们置于一边。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking as if all were agreed between them. 对她的抗议他毫不在意地拋诸脑后，只管继续往下说，仿彿他们之间什么都谈妥了似的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 intimacies   

亲密( intimacy的名词复数 )； 密切； 亲昵的言行； 性行为

参考例句：

• He is exchanging intimacies with his friends. 他正在和密友们亲切地交谈。
• The stiffness of the meeting soon gave way before their popular manners and more diffused intimacies. 他们的洒脱不羁和亲密气氛的增加很快驱散了会场上的拘谨。

4 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

5 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

6 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

7 undertaking   

n.保证，许诺，事业

参考例句：

• He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。

8 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

9 splendor   

n.光彩；壮丽，华丽；显赫，辉煌

参考例句：

• Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
• All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。