用英语给孩子讲故事

用英语给孩子讲故事，祝你的孩子从小学好英语。

Bedtime Stories 《睡前故事》

-Marty Bronson: I'm going to tell you a story now.

现在我要给你们讲一个故事。

But as any good storyteller knows, one must first be sure the audience is prepared. storyteller: 讲故事的人audience: 观众，听众prepared: 准备好的

但任何一个好的讲故事人都知道，必须确保听众都准备好了。

Is everybody comfortably seated? Does anyone need to use the bathroom? comfortably: 舒服地seated: 就坐的bathroom: 洗手间

是不是每个人都坐好了？有没有人要去洗手间？

Oh. You, sir, in the back? Well, hold it in. You ready? Here we go.

hold in: 坚持住

啊，你，那位坐在后排的先生？好吧，憋着。准备好了么，开始啰！

My name is Marty Bronson. I owned and operated the Sunny Vista Motel,

own: 拥有operate: 操纵，掌握motel: 汽车旅馆

我叫Marty Bronson 。我经营着Sunny Vista旅馆。

which I established on the corner of Sunset and LA Cienega Boulevards, establish: 建立

建立于Sunset和LA Cienega Boulevards的路口，

in Los Angeles, California, in the year 1974.

在1974年建立在California的Los Angeles。

The motel was my labor of love, and I ran it with the help of my children: Wendy... run: 经营with the help of: 在……帮助下

这家旅馆是我心血结晶。一起帮我经营的是我的两个孩子：Wendy…Wendy, the key, please, for Mr. And Mrs. Dixon. Thank you.

Wendy，拿钥匙给Dixon夫妇。谢谢。

And Skeeter.

还有Skeeter。

-Skeeter: May I help you with your bags, Mr. And Mrs. Dixon?

要我帮忙提行李么，Dixon先生，Dixon太太？

-Mrs. Dixon: Yes, please.

好的。

-Mr. Dixon: Why, thank you, young man. You, uh, need a hand?

谢谢，小伙子。你，嗯，要我帮忙么？

-Skeeter: No, no. I got it.

不，不用，我能行。

-Mr. Dixon: OK.

好吧。

-Marty Bronson: To my boy Skeeter, the motel was a wonderland. wonderland: 仙境

对我的儿子Skeeter来说，这旅馆就是个幻想乐园。

-Wendy: Way too hyper.

hyper: 精力过旺的

未免太兴奋了吧！

-Skeeter: The galaxy's not big enough for the both of us.

galaxy: 银河

对我们俩来说，银河系太小了。

-Marty Bronson: A magical place, full of new adventures for a six-year-old boy. magical: 神奇的，有魔力的adventure: 冒险

一个神奇的地方。对于一个6岁男孩来说充满了新鲜的历险。

Oh, Skeeter. Come here. Skeeter loved the old place as much as I did.

哦，Skeeter，过来。Skeeter和我一样热爱这幢老房子。

And he always tried to come up with ways to make it even better.

come up with: 想出，提出

他总是想尽办法，让这个地方看起来更好些。

-Skeeter: I've got a lot of ideas how to improve things around here.

improve: 提高，改善

我想到很多主意来改善这里的环境。

I was thinking we could put an extra pair of socks in each room,

extra: 额外的sock: 袜子

我想我们可以在每个房间里多放一双袜子。

because people always forget to pack enough socks when they go on a trip.

pack: 打包trip: 短途旅行

因为人们旅行的时候总是不记得带足够的袜子。

-Marty Bronson: That's a good idea. Time for bed, I'm meeting with Mr. Nottingham. 这个主意不错。该睡觉了。我还要见Nottingham先生。

-Skeeter: Wait, Dad. I'm not even tired.

等等，爸爸，我还不困呢！

-Marty Bronson: Well, how about a bedtime story?

好吧，那么来个睡前故事？

-Skeeter: Yay!

好呀！

-Marty Bronson: Now, once upon a time, there was a little boy,

once upon a time: 从前

从前，有个小男孩，

and that little boy's name was Skeeter.

他的名字叫Skeeter。

Well, I could tell a pretty fairy tale when the muse was with me.

fairy tale: 童话故事muse: 灵感

当灵感迸发的时候，我总是能讲些不错的童话故事。

And making my little boy smile, now, that was truly magical.

还总能逗乐我的小家伙。现在看来，真的是很神奇。

Yeah, I was a pretty good dad and a pretty good host.

作为父亲和男主人，我干得相当不错。

But unfortunately, a pretty bad businessman.

unfortunately: 不幸的是businessman: 商人

可是，作为一个商人，我实在糟糕透顶。

-Mr. Nottingham: Can't you read the writing on the wall, Bronson?

Bronson，你还看不出来吗？

This motel is sinking in red ink and I'm offering you the last lifeboat.

sink: 下沉in red ink: 亏损，赤字offer: 提供lifeboat: 生命之船，救命稻草

这个旅馆已经亏得底朝天了，我是你的救命稻草。

-Marty Bronson: I don't know.

我不知道。

-Mr. Nottingham: I've seen the books, Martin.

我已经看过账本了，Martin。

If you don't sell to me, you're going to go bankrupt.

bankrupt: 破产

如果不把旅馆卖给我，你就会破产。

-Marty Bronson: Yes, well, I... I'd always hoped this place would be a home for my children. 我知道，可是，我……我希望这个地方，永远都是两个孩子的家。

-Mr. Nottingham: How about this?

要不这样？

If your boy works hard and shows some smarts when he grows up,

smart: 聪明的

如果你的儿子工作勤恳，而且长大之后又有天分，

I'll let him run this place.

我就会让他来经营这个地方。.

-Marty Bronson: You promise?

promise: 保证

你保证？

-Mr. Nottingham: Yes. Now sign the bloody papers. That's my boy, Bronson.

bloody: 该死的paper: 纸，文件

没问题，现在签这该死的协议书吧。这就对了，Bronson。

Trust me; I'm going to turn this place into the finest hotel in Los Angeles.

相信我，我会让这个地方成为Los Angeles最好的酒店。

It's going to be uptight and out of sight.

upright: 正直的，竖直的out of sight: 令人目瞪口呆的

它会让所有人都目瞪口呆的。

-Marty Bronson: And just like that, our modest little Sunny Vista Motel...

modest: 谦虚的，适度的

就这样，我们小小的Sunny Vista旅馆……

metamorphosized into the mighty Sunny Vista Nottingham.

metamorphosize: 变形，变化mighty: 大的

摇身一变，成了宏伟的Sunny Vista Nottingham酒店。

And for the past 25 years, it has been lovingly maintained by my now grown-up son, maintain: 维持，保养grown-up: 长大了的

而在25年里，它一直由我长大成人的儿子精心维护。

Skeeter Bronson, the handyman.

handyman: 手巧的人，能工巧匠

Skeeter Bronson, 酒店杂役。

Yes, though Mr. Nottingham's promise for Skeeter to run the place.

是的，虽然Nottingham先生曾许诺会让他来经营酒店，

It seems to have been forgotten...

现在他却貌是忘了这回事……

-Skeeter: Hi, ya, Pop.

嘿，老爸。

-Marty Bronson: My boy always works diligently with a hopeful heart, still waiting for his shot. diligently: 勤奋地hopeful: 充满希望的shot: 机会

我的孩子却总是怀着期待勤奋工作。等待属于他的机会。

-Skeeter: Mrs. Dixon? Is there a problem with her room?

Dixon太太？她的房间有什么问题么？

-Aspen: Nothing you should bother your tiny mind about.

没什么，用不着劳烦你操心。

Mrs. Dixon has been taking the nip bottles of liquor out of her mini-bar,

nip: 拿，捏liquor: 酒mini-bar: 小酒馆

Dixon太太从小酒吧里拿走小瓶装的酒，

and doesn't want to pay for it.

pay for: 付账

却不愿意付账。

-Mrs. Dixon: I never even touched that evil little refrigerator. I don't drink alcohol.

touch: 触摸evil: 邪恶的refrigerator: 冰箱

我根本没碰过那个作孽的小冰箱。我也不喝酒的。

-Skeeter: Of course. There's probably a mix-up.

mix-up: 混淆，混合

当然。可能有人搞错了。

-Mrs. Dixon: I saw who took it.

我看到谁拿了。

-Skeeter: OK.

是么。

-Mrs. Dixon: He had red hair and a beard.

beard: 胡子

他是红头发，留着胡子。

He was wearing a green suit with brass buttons. And he stands about ten inches tall.

穿着带铜扣的绿衣服。大概有25公分高。

-Skeeter: So we're talking about a leprechaun?

leprechaun: 魔法精灵，矮妖

这么说他是个小精灵？

-Mrs. Dixon: There you go.

没错。

-Skeeter: Oh, I didn't know your brother was in town.

哦，原来你弟弟来了。

So, um, here's what I think we should do. Put all the missing bottles on my tab.

tab: 账单

好吧，嗯，我觉得我们应该这样。把所有不见的酒都算在我帐上。

Next time you see any leprechauns, we'll tell Aspen. She's half-troll.

下次你再看到小精灵，就告诉Aspen。她是半人巨魔。

I think, trolls eat leprechauns, am I right?

我想，巨魔会吃精灵。对吧？

-Mrs. Dixon: She would.

没错。

-Marty Bronson: Today magic is in the air at the grand hotel,

今天，大酒店充满了魔法的气息。

and the winds of change are about to blow our story in a strange new direction. change: 变化blow: 吹strange: 奇怪的direction: 方向

一股名叫改变的风会将我们的故事吹向一个全新的方向。

But what would you expect in a hotel,

不过你们觉得在这样一个酒店

founded by someone who loved a good story as much as I?

found: 建立

由我这个爱讲故事的人所创立的酒店里，应该发生什么事呢？

-Kendall Duncan: Time is of the essence here, Skeeter.

essence: 本质，精髓

注意时间，Skeeter。

-Skeeter: Oh, yeah, I know. I just don't want the big boss man to get electrocuted. electrocuted: 通电致死的

嗯，明白。我只是不希望我们的大老板被电死。

-Kendall Duncan: Of course. You fixed it?

当然。搞定了？

-Skeeter: Let me see here. Yo, yo. Yo, yo.

我来试下。喂，喂，喂，喂。

Check, check. One, two. Come on. Yeah, yeah. Hear me in the back? Whoa, whoa. check: 测试

测试，测试，一，二好，好，后面听得见么？喔，喔。

-Kendall Duncan: Skeeter.

Skeeter。

-Skeeter: I say "Barry," you say "Nottingham." Barry.

我喊“Barry”，你们喊“Nottingham”。Barry。

-All: Nottingham.

Nottingham。

-Skeeter: Barry.

Barry。

-All: Nottingham.

Nottingham。

-Skeeter: “Barry had a Nottingham.”

“Nottingham, Nottingham”

“Barry had a Nottingham”

“Whose beard was white as snow”

-Skeeter: Come on; give it up for the big man.

好啦，让大人物登场！

Got them warmed up for you, sir. It’s good to see you again.

warm up: 热场

为你暖暖场，先生。真高兴又见到你。

-Mr. Nottingham: Germs.

小心病菌。

-Skeeter: Germs?

病菌？

-Kendall Duncan: Uh, Skeeter, Mr. Nottingham has developed a fear, uh... develop: 发展，养成

嗯，Skeeter。Nottingham先生最近有些害怕，嗯……

Not a fear, an aware ness... of germs and how dangerous they can be…awareness: 意识dangerous: 危险的

不是害怕，是一种意识……他意识到病菌的危险，

when not properly... feared, so...

properly: 适当地

觉得应该对它们……敬畏，所以……

-Skeeter: You're properly doing the right thing. I didn't shower today.

你做对了，我今天还没洗过澡。嗯，那好吧，我现走了。

So, yeah, let me get out of here.Barry Nottingham, everybody.

Barry Nottingham登场！

-Mickey: He's brilliant, him. I love this guy.

brilliant: 聪明的

他很不错,我喜欢这个家伙。

-Mr. Nottingham: Welcome. As you know, I own 23 hotels from Berlin to Beijing. 欢迎。大家都知道，从Berlin到Beijing我已经开了23家酒店。

But it's no secret that this one, the Sunny Vista Nottingham, is my favorite. favorite: 最喜欢的

但是毫无疑问，Sunny Vista Nottingham酒店是我的最喜欢的。

However, this is a 20th-century hotel. We need something for the 21st century.

然而，这是一家20世纪的酒店。而我们需要迎接21世纪。

And so, we have decided to close this hotel,

所以，我决定将关闭这家酒店。

and to build a brand-new Sunny Vista Mega Nottingham.

brand-new: 全新的，崭新的

建一家全新的超级Sunny Vista Mega Nottingham酒店。

This will be the largest hotel on the West Coast.

它将成为西海岸最大的酒店。

-Violet: I simply don't understand what the fuss is about. It's just a big building. understand: 理解，明白fuss: 大惊小怪，小题大做

真不明白有什么可大惊小怪的，只是栋大楼而已。

-Skeeter: Oh, no, no. This is like the future of the hotel business.

嗯，不，不，这听来像是酒店业的未来。

-Mr. Nottingham: And a top-secret theme that will blow your mind.

top-secret: 机密theme: 主题

这酒店的主题现在还是机密，但一定会超乎你们的想象。

-Kendall Duncan: Yes!

太棒了！

-Mr. Nottingham: So I'm proud to announce the new hotel's general manager. announce: 宣布general manager: 总经理

我很荣幸地宣布新酒店的总经理。

He's been waiting on this for a long time.

他为了这个时刻已经等了很久，

We all know how hard he works, how intelligent he is, how much this hotel means to him. intelligent: 有才能的，聪明的

他的努力和智慧我们有目共睹。而这个酒店对他而言也是意义重大。

Take a bow, Mr. Kendall Duncan! Take a bow, Kendall. God bless.

bow: 鞠躬

来答谢大家吧。Kendall Duncan先生。答谢大家吧，Kendall！祝福你。

-Mickey: Boo!

嘘！

-Man: A beautiful speech, sir. A beautiful speech.

精彩的演讲，先生。精彩的演讲。

-Mr. Nottingham: I'm so glad you could come. It's great to see you. Don't touch me.

很高兴你能来。见到你很高兴。别碰我。

-Violet: Well done, Daddy.

干得好，爸爸。

-Mr. Nottingham: Oh, oh, hello there. Do you know my daughter, Violet?

哦，哦，你好。你认识我的女儿Violet吗？

-Skeeter: Only by reputation, sir.

reputation: 名声

对她的名声略有耳闻。

-Mr. Nottingham: Excuse me?

你说什么？

-Skeeter: No, no, not that she has a reputation. I always heard she's very hot.

不，不，不是说她名声有问题。我常听人说她很热辣。

Not hot as in hot. Hot, I meant warm... warm-hearted.

不是指那个热辣，我是说热心……她有副热心肠。

And she likes to go out and have fun, festive times, in bars, with a lot of different guys, and... have time: 玩得高兴，找乐子festive: 节日的

听说她喜欢出去找些乐子，去泡吧。和很多不同的人……

-Kendall Duncan: That's the old Violet Nottingham before she met me.

那是从前的她，是在她认识我之前。

Now it's up to me to keep my pooky-bear out of the spotlight, and nightclubs and tabloids.

up to: 由……负责spotlight: 镁光灯

现在由我来负责让小甜甜避开聚光灯。免得出现在夜店或者小报上，

Isn't that right, sir?

nightclub: 夜总会tabloid: 兴奋剂，小报

对吧，先生？

-Mr. Nottingham: Violet's off to her private tennis lesson with Roger Federer.

private: 私人的Roger Federer: 【费德勒，著名网球运动员，世界排名第一】

Violet最近开始上网球课。Roger Federer当她的私教。

-Skeeter: Oh. All right, good for you.

哦，是么。很不错。

-Violet: Bye, boys.

走了，再见！

-Skeeter: Got to say, uh... It’s gonna be hard for me to see the hotel move locations like this. location: 地址，位置

我想说，嗯……对我来讲，看见酒店要搬迁有点难受。

-Mr. Nottingham: Well, I, I do hope you'll feel able to come and work with us there.

我，我，我很希望，能够和你一起工作。

Big as Kendall wants to make it, well, there's going to be a lot of light bulbs to change.

新酒店如果真像肯达尔设想的那么大，那么，会有很多灯泡要换的。

Someone touched me. Is there any sanitizer?

sanitizer: 消毒剂，杀毒剂

有人碰了我。有没有杀菌剂？

-Kendall Duncan: There is, sir. Come this way. I'll get you some.

有的，先生，这边。我会给你弄点儿。

-Mr. Nottingham: Can't be too careful, Kendall.

小心点总没错，Kendall。

-Wendy: All right, everyone finished at the pottery table, bring their art to the kiln. pottery: 陶瓷的table: 桌子art: 艺术kiln: 干燥炉

好了，做完了造型的，就把陶土放到窑里去。

The man with the rescue donkey's leaving in five minutes,

rescue: 营救donkey: 毛驴

骑着毛驴的那个家伙再过5分钟就会走哦！

if you haven't gotten a ride, hurry up.

还没有骑过的，赶快去吧。

-kids: Thank you, Principal Duva.

principal: 校长

谢谢，Duva校长。

-Wendy: Oh, I'm not a principal at this party. I'm a mom. Hey!

哦，在这个派对上我不是校长，我只是个母亲。嘿！

I notice no one's eating the gluten-free wheatgrass cake.

notice: 发现，注意到gluten-free: 无麦麸的wheatgrass: 麦草

我发现没有人吃无麦麸的麦草蛋糕。

Come on. Trust me, you just got to get past the smell.

来吧，相信我，你们不要看这气味就跑啊。

-Skeeter: What? The clown died?

clown: 小丑

怎么了？小丑死了？

-Kids: What's in that bag?

那个袋子里是什么？

-Skeeter: Oh, chocolate chip cookie.

哦，巧克力饼干。

-Kids: Food! Food!

有吃的！吃的！

-Wendy: Slow it down, slow it down.

慢点，慢点！

-Skeeter: Hey, sissy.

嘿，老姐！

-Wendy: Why do you bring sugary, chemical-filled crud to my house every time you visit? sugary: 含糖的chemical-filled: 充满化学物质的crud: 脏东西

为什么你每次来我家都带着这种全是糖和化学物质的垃圾食品？

-Skeeter: What? Every time? You haven't invited me here in four years.

什么？每次？你已经4年没有请我来这里了。

-Wendy: What are you talking about? It hasn't been four years.

你说什么？没有4年那么长。

You were here for The Fourth of July barbecue when you punched my husband?

The Fourth of July: 七月四号，美国独立日barbecue: 烧烤punch: 殴打

独立日烧烤那天你还来了。而且还打了我丈夫，记得？

-Skeeter: Yes. That was four years ago. I wanted to give him a wedgie,

wedgie: 拉紧

没错，那就是4年前的事情。我当时打算开个玩笑，想拉紧他的裤子。

but his underwear had holes in it. I knew he'd be your ex-husband. You should be happy. underwear: 内裤hole: 洞

偏巧他的内裤破了。我就知道他会和你离婚的。你应该开心才对。

-Wendy: All right. Let's not start.

好吧，就此打住。

-Skeeter: How are the kids handling the old divorce anyways?

handle: 处理divorce: 离婚

孩子们怎么样？他们接受你们离婚的事实了么？

-Wendy: They're both kind of off right now. Bobbi's been really quiet.

他们俩现在都还有点失落。Bobbi如今话少了很多。

Why don't you go say hi? I'm gonna pay the donkey guy.

你为什么不过去打个招呼？我去给那个牵驴来的家伙付钱。

-Skeeter: Is that what stinks in here?

stink: 臭味

是什么那么臭？

-One kid: No, it's the cake.

不是，是蛋糕。

-Skeeter: What did she make, donkey cake? I smell manure.

manure: 肥料，粪便

她做了什么蛋糕，驴子蛋糕？我闻到了粪肥的味道。

Hey, you guys. Remember me? Uncle Skeeter.

嘿，你们还记得我么？Skeeter叔叔。

Man, you got big. Haven't seen you in a while. Happy birthday there, Bobbi.

哟，你长大了。很久没有见你了。生日快乐，Bobbi。

-Patrick: I'm Patrick. She's Bobbi.

我是Patrick，她是Bobbi。

-Skeeter: Oh, my bad. Got you a little something. Happy birthday, Bobbi.

啊，我的错。给你带了点东西哦。生日快乐，Bobbi。

Here you go. Picked it up at the hotel. How's school going?

给你，是从酒店拿来的。学校怎么样？

-Wendy: Skeeter?

Skeeter？

-Skeeter: Yeah. Getting called to the principal's office. Look at that.

嗯。看到没，校长叫我去她办公室啰！

Have fun with the gifts. And... Yes, yes.

希望你们喜欢这礼物，好吧……来了来了。

-Bobbi: Shampoo? And a soap?

shampoo: 洗发水soap: 香皂

洗发水？和香皂？

-Patrick: Hanger and a towel.

hanger: 衣架towel: 毛巾

衣架和毛巾？

-Wendy: Do not talk about school with them.

别和他们谈学校。

-Skeeter: What's going on with the school?

学校怎么了？

-Wendy: They're closing it down.

学校要关门了。

-Skeeter: No.

哦，不。

-Wendy: I'm getting laid off.

lay off: 解雇

我将被解雇。

-Skeeter: You? You're like the classic school principal.

classic: 古典的，传统的principal: 校长

你？你可是最棒的校长。

I mean, you're, you're scary and bad with people. Children are nervous around you. scary: 恐怖的

我是说，你样子很凶而且总是很严厉。孩子们在你身边总是很紧张。

That doesn't sound right, but, I'm just saying, what else could you do?

这听上去不太好，但是，我想说的是，你还能干什么呢？

Maybe, Cuban dictator? Or the bogeyman. You could be the bogeyman.

Cuban: 古巴dictator: 独裁者，专政的人bogeyman: 鬼怪

古巴独裁者？或者鬼怪，你会是个不错的鬼怪。

-Wendy: Anyway...

总之……

-Skeeter: What, what?

怎么，怎么了？

-Wendy: I've got some interviews set up in Arizona, which is kind of what I wanted to talk to you about.

interview: 面试

我在Arizona有个面试。我就是想和你说这事。

-Skeeter: Uh-oh.

啊噢！

-Wendy: I need you to watch the kids... for a week.

我想要你帮我带一个星期孩子。

-Skeeter: No! No, they don't even like me!

不，不，他们根本一点都不喜欢我！

-Wendy: It's not going to be difficult, Skeeter. My friend Jill is a teacher at my school.

不会太难的，Skeeter。Jill 是我学校的一个老师。

She'll bring the kids in with her and she watches them till dinnertime.

她会负责在晚饭前看着孩子们。

All you gotta do is the night shift.

shift: 轮班，轮流

你就在晚上替她就行。

-Skeeter: Why can't your stupid friend do that?

为什么你的笨蛋朋友不行？

-Wendy: She's got night school. Skeeter! My husband left me. I'm getting laid off.

她要上夜校，Skeeter！我的丈夫离开了我，而我又快被解雇了。

I, I have to move. I need your help.

我必须搬家，需要你帮忙。

-Skeeter: So you need me. This is good. I'll do it.

所以，你需要我，这倒是不错。好吧。

But you got to say, "Skeeter is the coolest. I am a nerd."

nerd: 书呆子，呆子

但是你必须说，“Skeeter最酷，我是个书呆子”。

-Wendy: "Skeeter's the coolest. I'm a nerd?"

“Skeeter最酷，我是个书呆子”？

-Skeeter: Yeah, you are! Whoa! OK. Hey, you guys.

对，你就是，喔！嘿，你们俩。

I'm going to hang out with you this week. All right? Maybe we can go... fishing.

hang out: 常去某处，呆在一起

这个星期我会和你们一起过，怎么样？或许我们可以去……钓鱼。

-Wendy: I'd rather you didn't. Patrick's not a strong swimmer.

最好不要。帕特里克不太会游泳。

-Skeeter: OK, we'll stay inside. How about, uh, we play some poker?

poker: 扑克

好吧，那我们就呆在室内。那么，我们打牌怎么样？

I can teach you that.

我来教你们。

-Wendy: Gambling? I don't think so.

gambling: 赌博

赌钱？不行。

-Skeeter: OK, how about we just take walks in the park and catalog plant species? catalog: 分类plant: 植物species: 种类，物种

那么，要不我们去花园散步怎样？顺便给植物标个科目？

-Wendy: Now you're talking.

这听起来不错。

-Skeeter: I don't know anything about plants except you try to make cakes out of them! 可我完全不懂植物。只知道你用它们来做蛋糕！

He liked that one. I'm gonna end with a laugh. Give me some. Huh?

他喜欢这个笑话，我再来一个。嗯，来一个？

I wasn't gonna hit you. I was trying to do the fist thing.

我不是要打你。我只是用拳头来比一个

You don't know the fist thing? OK, I was just... That's what, uh, the children do.

你从来没做过？嗯，我只是……那是什么呢，嗯，孩子们玩的。

Hey, yeh, yeh.

嘿，耶，耶……

-Jill: Oh, this your truck, chief?

哦，这是你的卡车么？

-Skeeter: Yes, it is, ma'am.

是的。

-Jill: You realize you're taking up two parking spaces?

realize: 意识到take up: 占据parking space: 停车位

知不知道它占了两个车位？

-Skeeter: It's a big truck, ma'am.

这是辆大卡车，女士。

-Jill: It's not that big, sir. You could fit into one spot.

没那么大，你完全可以停在一个车位里。

I had to park all the way down the block.

你害得我只能停到下个街区。

-Skeeter: Well, next time park in that box. Plenty of room in there.

嗯，下次就停在那个盒子里好啦！地方大得很。

Anyway, here's the situation. This is not really my truck,

situation: 情况

管它呢，情况是这样的，这不是我的车。

This is the hotel I work for's truck. So if I get a scratch on it, they take it out of my salary. scratch: 刮痕，划痕salary: 薪水

这是我工作的酒店的车。如果上面有了划痕，他们就从我工资里扣钱

So two parking spaces provides me with what I call "a cushion of protection."

cushion: 垫子protection: 保护

所以，两个车位相当于给了我一个“安全靠垫”。

-Jill: Wait, a hotel? Oh, wait. You're Wendy's brother.

等下，酒店？你是Wendy的弟弟？

-Skeeter: Yeah.

是的。

-Jill: I'm Jill.

我是Jill。

-Skeeter: Who's that?

谁？

-Jill: I'm her friend, the one helping take care of the kids. I'm the day shift.

take care of: 照顾shift: 轮班

我是她朋友，帮她带孩子的人，我负责白天。

-Skeeter: OK, June. You plan on being this hostile the whole time?

plan on: 打算hostile: 敌对的

啊，June，你打算这段时间一直那么对我？

-Jill: Jill. My name is Jill. Do you plan on keeping that haircut the rest of the time? haircut: 发型

Jill，我叫Jill。你打算这段时间一直保持这个发型？

-Skeeter: Oh, haven't you heard? Goofy’s the new h andsome.

goofy: 愚笨的handsome: 英俊的

你没听过么？现在流行有点傻傻的头。

-Jill: That sounds good for the environment.

environment: 环境

这听起来对环保很好。

-Skeeter: Oh, we can't all have Priuses.

Priuses: 普锐斯【丰田的车款，以环保著名】

哦，不可能人人开Priuses。

-Jill: How do you know I drive a Prius?

你怎么知道我开那车？

-Skeeter: Your whole aura reads Prius.

aura: 气味

你浑身上下散发着Prius的气味。

Anyways, you're in my cushion of protection right now.

总之，你现在处于我的“安全靠垫”范围内。

I want to back up, so if you could just zing-zang up there, that would be helpful. zing-zang: 曲折地走

我打算倒车，如果你能让开点儿，那就帮我大忙了。

-Jill: Yeah.

好吧。

-Skeeter: You might want some Cinnabons. You'll need it.

Cinnabon: 肉桂卷

你可能想吃些甜肉桂卷。你会要的。

-Kids: Food!

有吃的！

-Skeeter: Give it back! Somebody owes me six bucks!

还给我！有人欠我6块钱哦！

-Mickey: So why didn't you demand that he make you the big boss of the new hotel? 为什么你不叫他把新酒店的老板位子给你坐？

He promised your dad.

他答应了你父亲。

-Skeeter: I wanted to. It just wasn't the right time.

我也想，只是时机不对。

-Mickey: So listen. Let me tell you how it works.

听着。让我告诉你是怎么回事。

The big man’s giving this job to Kendall, because he’s dating his daughter.

老板把工作交给了Kendall因为他和老板的女儿谈恋爱。

That's the way it works in the business world, keep it in the family.

就是这样，肥水不流外人田。

He gets the girl, he gets the job, he gets everything.

他有了女人，就有了工作。然后就什么都有了。

-Skeeter: And I get nothing. Hello?

而我什么都没有。喂？

-Jill: Where are you? Still there?

你在哪？还在那？

-Skeeter: I'm still where? Who's this?

我还在哪？你是谁？

-Jill: Look, I've got to get to class. The kids are waiting for you, OK?

听着，我要去上课了。孩子们在等你，明白？

-Skeeter: Oh! Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm sorry. I forgot. I'll be there in like 20 minutes. 哦，哦，对。对不起。我忘了。我20分钟后到。

I'm gonna baby-sit my nephew and niece tonight. Oh, God. Got any advice for me? baby-sit: 照看小孩nephew: 侄子niece: 侄女

今晚我要照看我的侄子和侄女。啊，我的天。你有什么建议么？

-Mickey: Yes, I do. Sometimes I baby-sit my cousins, right?

嗯，有时候我也照顾我的表姐妹。

And what I do is I let them style me hair.

我就让她们给我弄发型。

Like put beads into it and braid it, make me look all real sexy.

bead: 珠子braid: 辫子sexy: 性感的

弄些珠子穿在我头发上。然后编成辫子，让我看起来非常性感。

Like Milli Vanilli, stuff like that. You should try that.

就好像Milli Vanilli合唱团那样，你应该试下。

-Skeeter: Braid my hair? That's a good idea. Can I have some French fries?

让他们给我编辫子？好主意。能给我些薯条么？

-Mickey: Of course you can. You're my best friend.

当然。你可是我最好的朋友。

Ah! Actually, I really like ketchup on my face because it's rejuvenating for the skin.

ketchup: 番茄酱rejuvenate: 使……年轻

啊！其实我很喜欢脸上涂番茄酱。因为它让我皮肤变年轻。

So who's the real victim? You are. Mmm! Delicious.

victim: 受害者

所以谁是真正的受害者？你。啊！真好吃！

-Patrick: Do you think these signs will help?

你觉得这些标语能有用么？

-Jill: Well, miracles happen, you know?

miracle: 奇迹

嗯，奇迹会出现的。知道么？

-Bobbi: You mean like Dad coming back?

你是说爸爸会回来？

-Jill: Um...

嗯……

-Skeeter: Hey! Sorry I'm late.

嘿！对不起我来迟了。

-Jill: So, um, their pajamas are on their beds,

pajama: 睡衣

他们的睡衣放在床上了，

And I will be back, um, at 8:30 to pick them up, OK?

嗯，明天我会来接他们上学8点30左右好么？

-Skeeter: All right.

好的。

-Jill: Here is my cell phone number. And call me if there’s any emergency. emergency: 紧急情况

这是我的手机号有急事的话就打电话给我。

-Skeeter: All right. Have fun at night school.

好，上夜校愉快。

-Jill: Bye, guys.

再见，小家伙们！

-Patrick: Bye.

再见。

-Skeeter: All packed up here. I got my, uh, toothbrush and, uh, and the toothpaste. 我都收拾好了。嗯，我的牙刷，嗯，牙膏。

Some clean underwear. Well, maybe not that clean. You guys want to watch TV? 干净的内裤。嗯，或许没有那么干净。你们想看电视么？

-Patrick: We don't have a TV.

我们家没电视。

-Jill: Hello?

喂？

-Skeeter: Emergency! They don't have a TV.

急事！他们没电视。

-Jill: Wendy doesn't let them watch TV. You didn't know that?

Wendy不让他们看电视，你不知道？

-Skeeter: I don't know a lot of things about these kids.

他们很多事我都不知道。

I wasn't allowed over here. Their old man didn't like me.

他们不让我来，他们的爸爸不喜欢我。

-Jill: OK, listen, you don't need a TV. You can, um, play a game, do a puzzle.

puzzle: 难题，谜语

嗯，听着，你不需要电视。你们可以玩游戏，猜字谜。

I'm sure you can figure something out. OK?

figure out: 想出，找出

你总能想到办法的，对吧？

-Skeeter: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Should I let them braid my hair or something?

喔，喔，喔！我应该让他们给我编个辫子什么的？

Would they like that?

他们会喜欢么？

-Jill: I don't think anyone should touch that hair.

我看你那头发还是别让人碰了。

-Skeeter: Hey, what do you say we go... next door and toilet papers your neighbor's trees? toilet: 厕所neighbor: 邻居

嘿，你们觉得我们……用卫生纸去装饰邻居家的树怎么样？

No? OK, bedtime! OK, so you guys cool?

不想？好吧，那么上床去！好吧, 你们还有事么？

-Patrick: You have to read us a bedtime story.

你应该给我们讲个睡前故事。

-Skeeter: Yeah, all right. You have any? Whoa! What do you got here, anyways?

嗯，好吧，你们有么？呜！你们有什么故事？

"Rainbow Alligator Saves the Wetlands"? Mmm, no.

rainbow: 彩虹alligator: 鳄鱼wetland: 湿地

“彩虹鳄鱼拯救沼泽”？嗯，不好。

"The Organic Squirrel Gets a Bike Helmet"?

organic: 有活力的squirrel: 松鼠helmet: 头盔

“活力小松鼠得到自行车头盔”？

I'm not reading these communist books to you guys. Don't you got any real stories? communist: 社会主义者

我才不给你们读这些社会主义者的书呢！你们难道没有什么真正的故事么？

-Patrick: Like what?

比如？

-Skeeter: Like what? Like, like cowboys? Or dragons? Or aliens? Or...

cowboy: 牛仔dragon: 恐龙

比如？比如，比如牛仔？或者巨龙？或者外星人？或者…

What the heck is on my head right now?

alien: 外星人heck: [口语]见鬼

见鬼我头上是什么？

-Patrick: That's Bugsy, our guinea pig.

是Bugsy, 我们的小豚鼠。

-Skeeter: Why do you call him Bugsy?

为什么那么叫它？

-Patrick: Because of his eyes.

因为它的眼睛。

-Skeeter: Let me see them. Wow! Those eyes would be big on a cow.

让我看下。喔！这眼睛长在牛身上也不算小啊。

Are those eyeballs or bowling balls? Can't keep my eyes off of them.

eyeball: 眼球bowling ball: 保龄球

这到底是眼睛还是保龄球？看得我眼睛都移不开了。

Just get in there so I don't have to look at them anymore. Goodbye.

还是把它放进去，这样就不用看它了，再见。

Anyways, uh, you guys want me to, uh, make up a story for you?

make up: 编造

那么，嗯…要不我给你们编个故事怎样？

Like, like my old man used to do for me? Maybe I could be good at this.

就像我爸爸过去给我讲的那样？或许我还挺会编故事呢。

All right, um... Here goes. Once upon a time, in a magical, faraway kingdom... magical: 魔法的，神奇的faraway: 遥远的kingdom: 王国

好吧，嗯……开始吧！从前，在一个遥远又神奇的王国里……

there was a brave and noble knight. Strikingly handsome.

noble: 高贵的knight: 骑士strikingly: 吸引人地，尤其handsome: 英俊的

有一位勇敢又高贵的骑士，他非常英俊。

who lived in a grand castle that weary travelers from near and far would come and visit. castle: 城堡

住在一个巨大的城堡里，四面八方的旅行者们都千里迢迢地来参观这个城堡。Now, this knight had been working his butt off for years.

butt: 烟头，笑柄

骑士就这样度过了好多年。

You'd think he'd be a shoo-in to rule the castle, right?

你们都认为他会就此掌管城堡，对吧？

-Patrick: Right.

对。

-Skeeter: Wrong. Actually, he wasn't even a knight at all.

错。其实，他甚至不能算是骑士。

-Mr. underappreciated: Oh, no.

underappreciated: 低估的

哦，不。

-Skeeter: He was, in fact, just a lowly peasant.

peasant: 农民

事实上，他只是一个下贱的农民。

And even though he was the son of the late, great Lord Marty...

尽管他是上一任伟大领主Marty的儿子……

-Mr. underappreciated: Thank you.

谢谢。

-Skeeter: And knew everything there is to know about running a castle,

他对城堡的事务也是样样精通。

everyone just took him for granted. His name was Mr. Underappreciated.

但每个人都不把他当回事。他的名字叫做怀才不遇爵士。

-Patrick: What's "underdemeciated"?

什么是“坏菜补鱼”？

-Skeeter: Under de-what?

坏菜什么？

-Patrick: Underdemeciated.

坏菜补鱼。

-Skeeter: That's right, I forgot you were six. His name was Sir... Fix-A-Lot.

fix-a-lot: 勤修理的

对了，我忘了你只有6岁。他叫勤修理爵士。

But alas, the kingdom where Sir Fix-A-Lot lived

但是，哎呀，勤修理爵士居住的国度，

did not place much value on dedication or hard work, I guess.

value: 尊重，价值dedication: 付出，贡献

并不怎么重视他的功劳和苦劳。

Because the superstar in all the land was Sir Butt-Kiss.

superstar: 超级明星Sir Butt-Kiss: 马屁精先生【英语中有许多名词用连词符连接，构成形容词】

因为这里最闪耀的明星是马屁精爵士。

And he spent all his days kissing everybody's butt.

他成天都在拍别人的马屁。

-Sir Butt-Kiss: And my lord, yes, of course I can get you front row house seats to The Lion King. 我的大人，没错，我当然可以给你狮子王最前排的内场座位。

-Skeeter: And Sir Fix-A-Lot had a best friend, Friar Fred, who was not right in the head.

勤修理爵士有一位最要好的朋友爱薯条修士，他的脑袋总有些问题。

-Friar Fred: She never! No! Not our queen, I won't have that.

她没有！不！不是我们的皇后, 我没有那个。

-Patrick: Were there any kids in the kingdom?

王国里有孩子么？

-Skeeter: Yes, yes. Of course. There were two young pages. Mistress Stinky and Master Smelly. page: 侍从mistress: 主妇，妇人stinky: 臭的smelly: 臭的

对，当然有。有两个小侍从，熏熏小妹和臭臭小弟。

-Patrick: Hey-oh! And don't forget... Jillian! The queen of the fairies!

queen: 女王fairy: 仙子

哦！别忘了……还有Jillian！小精灵女王！

-Skeeter: Queen of the fairies? I mean, if she has to be there, let's just make her an angry raven. raven: 乌鸦

小精灵女王？如果一定要有她，不如让她当只凶恶的乌鸦。

-Jillian: Parking spot!

车位！

-Bobbi: She should be a mermaid teacher.

mermaid: 美人鱼

她应该是个美人鱼老师。

-Patrick: Yeah. The best mermaid teacher in the world.

嗯，世界上最好的美人鱼老师。

-Jillian: Children, open your books to page 16.

孩子们，把你们的书翻到16页。

-Mistress Stinky: Yes, Miss Mermaid.

好的，美人鱼小姐。

-Jillian: Let's begin.

让我们开始吧。

-Skeeter: All right, she's a mermaid. Whatever you want. Anyways, back to the story.

好吧，她是美人鱼，随便你们。总之，回到故事中。

One day the king invited all his subjects to the castle.

invite: 邀请subject: 臣民

一天国王邀请了所有的臣民来到城堡。

-The king: I bring glad tidings. For on this day I have chosen a champion who will run this castle tidings: 消息champion: 冠军，保卫

我有个好消息要宣布。今天起我选择了一个勇士来管理这座城堡，

and be my closest advisor and best buddy. My new champion is... Sir Butt-Kiss!

adviser: 顾问

并且担任我最亲近的顾问和最好的伙伴。新的勇士就是……马屁精爵士！

-Sir Butt-Kiss: Thank you.

谢谢。

-Skeeter: Poor Sir Fix-A-Lot had been passed over.

pass over: 忽视

可怜的勤修理爵士被忽视了。

So, Sir Fix-A-Lot moved into a giant shoe, got a bad case of athlete's face, dove into a moat... dove: dive的过去式，跳moat: 护城河

所以，勤修理爵士搬进了一只巨大的鞋子里，带着一副苦瓜脸，跳进了护城河……

-Mr. underappreciated: Ah, what the heck.

啊，见鬼！

-Skeeter: and got eaten by crocodiles. The end.

crocodile: 鳄鱼

被鳄鱼吃了。完了。

-Patrick: The end? That can't be the end.

完了？不能这样结尾。

-Skeeter: Why? Why not?

为什么？为什么不能？

-Patrick: It's not happy.

happy: 高兴的

不是个团圆的结局。

-Skeeter: There aren't happy endings in real life. Sooner you guys know that, the better.

现实中根本没有大团圆的结尾。你们越早知道越好。

-Bobbi: It's not fair!

这不公平！

-Skeeter: What? What's not fair?

什么？不公平？

-Bobbi: I mean, shouldn't Sir Fix-A-Lot at least get a shot to be champion?

shot: 机会champion: 冠军

我是说，勤修理爵士连个竞争的机会都得不到？

-Skeeter: A shot? Hmm...

竞争？嗯……

-Bobbi: If Sir Fix-A-Lot is better than Sir Butt-Kiss, he should get a chance to prove it. 如果勤修理爵士比马屁精爵士更优秀，他应该得到机会去证明。

-Skeeter: OK. Yeah, yeah, Bobbi, good.

嗯，好，对，很好，Bobbi。

-Bobbi: What the king really said was...

国王真正说的是……

-The king: On second thought, there is another worthy man in my kingdom,

second thought: 重新考虑second: 第二次的thought: 思考worthy: 值得的

我又想了一下，我觉得我们国家还有个能干的家伙，

and it wouldn't be fair unless he got a shot, too. Sir Fix-A-Lot!

fair: 公正的shot: 机会

他应该获得机会来比试才比较公平。勤修理爵士！

-Skeeter: And then the crowd went nuts.

于是大家都乐疯了。

-Sir Butt-Kiss: But, Sir, Fix-A-Lot is as common as muck.

muck: 垃圾

不，陛下，勤修理只是个贱民！

-Skeeter: And Friar Fred drop-kicked a booing goblin.

goblin: 小地精

而爱薯条修士把那个喝倒彩的小地精踢出了门。

And the mermaid teacher did one of those weird tail dolphin moves.

mermaid: 美人鱼weird: 怪异的tail: 尾巴dolphin: 海豚

美人鱼老师像海豚一样摆尾。

And Stinky and Smelly did the fastest Irish jig ever. Whoo-hoo-hoo! Yeah. Right on.

熏熏和臭臭跳了个史上最快快步舞。呜呼呼！好，继续。

Prince Bugsy busted out some fancy moves. And then... and then...

bust: 玩耍fancy: 好玩的

Bugsy王子也耍起了杂技。然后……然后……

-Patrick: It started raining gumballs.

gumball: 口香糖

开始下口香糖雨。

-Skeeter: Raining gumballs?

口香糖雨？

-Patrick: Why not? It's a bedtime story. Anything can happen.

为什么不？这是睡前故事，任何事都可能发生。

-Skeeter: Yeah, yeah. I guess in a story. I just wish it was like that in real life. I really do.