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FelixDennis_2004-_关于罪恶及后果的诗_
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| '"The Better Man." |
“更好的人”。 |
| I was the better at getting and keeping. |
我更擅长获得和保存。 |
| You were the better at spend and spend. |
你更擅长花费。 |
| I was the better at grubbing and heaping. |
我更擅长积攒。 |
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grubbing:v.[建]除根,挖除伐根(grub的现在分词形式);
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| But who was the better man in the end? |
但是最终谁更好呢？ |
| Yes, who was the better man, my friend? |
是的,谁是更好的人呢,我的朋友？ |
| You were the better with lords and ladies. |
你更擅长接触君王和贵妇。 |
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lords:n.(英国)贵族,大人,大臣;v.使成贵族;作威作福;(lord的第三人称单数和复数)
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| I was the better at pillaging Troy. |
我更擅长劫掠特洛伊。 |
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pillaging:v.抢劫;劫掠;掠夺;(pillage的现在分词)
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| You were the better at kissing the babies. |
你更擅长亲吻小孩。 |
| I was the better at search and destroy. |
我更擅长寻找和破坏。 |
| But who was the better man, old boy? |
但是谁是更好的人呢,老伙计？ |
| Who was the better man? |
谁是更好的人？ |
| I was the better at improvisation . |
我更擅长即兴演出。 |
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improvisation:n.即兴创作;即兴演奏;
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| You were the better at spinning the plates. |
你更擅长玩转盘的游戏。 |
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spinning:n.纺纱(手艺):纺线v.(使)旋转:纺线:纺纱;(spin的现在分词)
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| I was the better at procrastination . |
我更擅长拖延时间。 |
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procrastination:n.耽搁,拖延;
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| You were the better at quiet debate . |
你更擅长平和的争论。 |
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debate:n.辩论;争论;考虑;v.辩论;争论;考虑;
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| But who was the better man, old mate ? |
但是谁是更好的人呢,老伙伴？ |
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mate:n.助手,大副; v.使配对;
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| Who was the better man? |
谁是更好的人？ |
| You were the better at rolling a reefer . |
你更擅长卷烟。 |
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reefer:n.冰箱;方形短茄克;缩帆结;双排扣水手上衣;收帆的人;
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| I was the better at coke and rum . |
我更擅长可乐和兰姆酒。 |
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rum:adj.古怪的;奇特的;n.朗姆酒;
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| Remember that night on the beach in Ibiza ? |
记得在Lbiza沙滩的那个晚上？ |
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on the beach:adj.在海滩上;失业的;潦倒的;退休的; Ibiza:n.伊比沙岛(位于地中海西部);
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| The Maori twins with the tattooed bum ? |
毛里的双胞胎 和刺青的浪人？ |
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Maori:n.(新西兰)毛利人;毛利语;adj.毛利人[语]的; tattooed:v.将花纹刺在…上;给…文身;(tattoo的过去分词和过去式) bum:n.屁股; vt.乞讨; adj.劣质的;
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| But who was the better man, old chum ? |
但是谁是更好的人呢,老朋友？ |
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chum:n.室友;密友;vi.结为密友;
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| Who was the better man? |
谁是更好的人？ |
| Now we come down to it, relatives grieving . |
现在我们来到这里,亲戚们在哭泣。 |
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relatives:n.亲戚;亲属;同类事物;(relative的复数) grieving:v.悲伤,悲痛,伤心;使悲伤;使伤心;(grieve的现在分词)
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| Out in the hall with their crocodile tears . |
在大厅外他们流着虚假的眼泪。 |
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crocodile tears:假慈悲;鳄鱼的眼泪;
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| Now that you're out of it, now that you're leaving, |
现在你不是他们之中的了,现在你已经离开, |
| Now that they've sealed your arse and your ears, |
现在他们封上了你的屁股和耳朵, |
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arse:n.屁股;笨蛋;饭桶;vi.闲混;
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| What I've been meaning to tell you for years, |
多年来我想对你说的话是 |
| And years, and years, and years, old friend ... |
那么多年了, 那么多年了, 那么多年啊, 老朋友…… |
| Is that you were the better man, in the end. |
最终,你是更好的那个人 |
| You were the better man, |
你是更好的人。 |
| My friend. |
我的朋友。 |
| (Applause) |
（掌声） |
| I wrote this next poem for my mother. |
我将下面的诗献给我的母亲。 |
| Every one of us had a mother. |
我们每个人都有母亲。 |
| Only one. |
只有一个。 |
| Probably the most important person in your life, if you're lucky enough to know them. |
可能是你一生中最重要的人, 如果你有幸能认识到他们的话。 |
| My mother was certainly the most important in mine. |
我的母亲当然是我一生中最重要的人。 |
| Let me try and describe her to you. |
让我把她介绍给你们。 |
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describe:v.描述;形容;把…称为;画出…图形;
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| She's 86 years old. She's frail . |
她现在86岁。身体很虚弱。 |
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frail:adj.脆弱的;虚弱的;n.灯心草篓;少妇;少女;
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| White, platinum hair. |
白色,银色的头发。 |
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platinum:n.[化学]铂; adj.唱片集已售出100万张的;
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| Why do they do that? Why do old ladies go to those hair shops, and make those helmets? |
她们做什么呢？为什么这些老女人去发店, 做这些头盔呢？ |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| Bright as a button. All the ducks in a row. |
明亮,整齐 |
| Looks like a much prettier version of Margaret Thatcher . |
看上去是美丽版的 玛格丽特.撒切尔 |
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Thatcher:n.盖屋匠;
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| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| But without any of the soft bits in Margaret's character. |
但是没有了玛格丽特个性中温柔的一面 |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| I wrote this poem for her. These are not my beliefs. |
我为她写了这首诗。这不是我的信仰 |
| But my mother has lived by this creed all her life. |
但是我的母亲一辈子坚守 这些信条 |
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creed:n.信条,教义;
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| '"Never Go Back." |
“不要回来”。 |
| Never go back. Never go back. |
不要回来。不要回来。 |
| Never return to the haunts of your youth. |
不要回到童年的地方。 |
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haunts:v.出没; n.常去的场所; (haunt的第三人称单数和复数)
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| Keep to the track , to the beaten track. |
继续前进,沿着开拓出来的道路前进。 |
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track:n.小道;足迹;车辙;轨道;v.追踪;跟踪;
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| Memory holds all you need of the truth. |
记忆承载着你对真实的需求。 |
| Never look back. Never look back. |
不要向后看。不要向后看。 |
| Never succumb to the gorgon's stare . |
不要屈从于可怕的事情。 |
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succumb:vi.屈服;死;被压垮; stare:v.凝视;盯着看;注视;n.凝视;
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| Keep to the track, to the beaten track. |
继续前进,沿着开拓出来的道路前进 |
| No one is waiting and nothing is there. |
没有人在等,并且那里没有东西。 |
| Never go back. Never go back. |
不要回来。不要回来。 |
| Never surrender the future you earned. |
不要浪费你赚来的未来。 |
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surrender:v.投降;(被迫)放弃,交出;n.投降;屈服;屈从;放弃,交出
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| Keep to the track, to the beaten track. |
继续前进,沿着开拓出来的道路前进 |
| Never return to the bridges you've burned. |
不要回到烧掉的桥。 |
| Never look back. Never look back. |
不要向后看。不要向后看。 |
| Never retreat to the " glorious past." |
不要回到那“光辉的过去”。 |
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retreat:v.撤退;退却;后退;退缩;n.撤退;退却;退缩;退避; glorious:adj.光荣的;辉煌的;极好的;
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| Keep to the track, to the beaten track. |
继续前进,沿着开拓出来的道路前进。 |
| Treat every day of your life as your last. |
相对待生命最后一天那样对待生活的每一天。 |
| Never go back. Never go back. |
不要回来。不要回来。 |
| Never acknowledge the ghost on the stair. |
不要承认在台阶上的魔鬼。 |
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ghost:n.鬼,幽灵;v.作祟于;替…捉刀;为人代笔;
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| Keep to the track, to the beaten track. |
继续前进,沿着开拓出来的道路前进。 |
| No one is waiting and nothing is there. |
没有人在等,并且那里没有东西。 |
| (Applause) |
（掌声） |
| Now ladies and gentlemen, I'm up on me hobby horse . |
现在,女士们和先生们,轮到我了。 |
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hobby horse:喜爱的话题;反复唠叨的话题;
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| If every commercially minded cosmetic surgeon were tied end to end along a railroad track, that would be me, stoking the train without a qualm in the world. |
如果每一个有商业头脑的整容医师 都在铁路上列起来, 我就是那个 让火车加速的人 我不会对此感到丝毫的不安。 |
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commercially:adv.商业上;通商上; cosmetic:adj.美容的;化妆用的;n.化妆品;装饰品; surgeon:n.外科医生; stoking:n.[冶]连续烧结; v.拨旺火; adj.生火的; qualm:n.疑虑;不安;
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| Ladies, don't do it. |
女士们,不要这样。 |
| Don't do it. |
不要这样做。 |
| You think we want you to do it. But we don't want you to do it. |
你认为我们想让你这样做。但是我们不想让你这样做。 |
| Stop it. |
停下吧 |
| Tell them to go to hell. |
让他们到地狱去吧。 |
| You bodies are wonderful as they are. |
你的身体和他们一样完美。 |
| Just leave them alone. |
别碰它们吧 |
| '"To a Beautiful Lady of a Certain Age." |
“致某个年龄段的美丽的女性”。 |
| Lady lady, do not weep . |
女士,女士,不要哭。 |
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weep:n.哭泣;落泪;v.流泪;流出;
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| What is gone is gone. Now sleep. |
过去的就让它过去吧。现在睡觉。 |
| Turn your pillow . Dry your tears. |
靠着枕头。擦干眼泪。 |
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pillow:n.枕头;v.垫;枕于…;使…靠在;
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| Count thy sheep and not thy years. |
数羊而不是岁月。 |
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thy:pron.你的;
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| Nothing good can come of this. |
这样不会有好的结果。 |
| Time rules all, my dearest. |
时间会抹平一切的,亲爱的。 |
| 'Tis but folly to be waging war |
“战争是很愚蠢的 |
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folly:n.愚蠢;荒唐事;讽刺剧; waging:v.开始,进行,继续(战争、战斗等);(wage的现在分词)
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| On one who never lost before. |
尤其是从未输过的人。 |
| Lady, this is all in vain . |
女士们,现在都是徒劳的。 |
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vain:adj.徒劳的;自负的;无结果的;无用的;
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| Youth can never come again . |
青春不会再回来了。 |
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come again:请再说一遍;再来啊;回来;又来;
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| We have drunk the summer wine. |
我们喝了夏天的酒。 |
| None can make a stitch in time. |
没有什么可以让时间停止。 |
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stitch:n.针脚,线迹;一针;vt.缝,缝合;vi.缝,缝合;
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| Nip and tuck till crack of doom . |
不断整容直到丧命 |
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Nip and tuck:n.拉皮(或去皱)整形手术;面部拉皮手术; crack:v.使破裂;打开;变声;n.裂缝;声变;噼啪声;adj.最好的;高明的; doom:n.厄运;毁灭;劫数;死亡;v.使…注定失败(或遭殃、死亡等);
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| What is foretold in the womb |
子宫里的定局 |
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foretold:v.预言(foretell的过去式及过去分词); womb:n.[解剖]子宫;发源地;vt.容纳;
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| May not be foresworn with gold. |
不能金钱来伪造和改变 |
| Nor may time be bought or sold. |
时间不能买卖。 |
| Dearest, do I love thee less? |
亲爱的,我是爱你们少了么？ |
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thee:pron.(第二人称单数的宾格)你;
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| Do I shrink from thy caress ? |
是我没给你们爱抚么？ |
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shrink:v.收缩;减少;退缩;畏缩;n.精神病学家;心理学家; caress:vt.爱抚,抚抱;n.爱抚,拥抱;接吻;
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| Think you I could cease to care? |
认为我会不关心你们么？ |
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cease:v.(正式)停止;结束;中断;平息;n.(正式)不停地;不间断地;连续地;
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| Never was there one so fair! |
从来没有事是公平的。 |
| Lady lady, do not weep. |
女士,女士,不要哭了。 |
| What is gone is gone. Now sleep. |
过去的就让它过去。现在睡觉。 |
| Lean against me, calm your fears. |
靠着我,平息你的恐惧。 |
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Lean:v.前俯(或后仰):倾斜:adj.肉少的:难以赚钱的:贫乏的:n.瘦肉:
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| Count thy blessings , not thy years. |
数着祝福,而不是逝去的年华 |
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blessings:n.祝福(blessing复数);
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| (Applause) |
（掌声） |
| America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done. |
美国,女士和先生们,对我的资助比英国多 一直这样。 |
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financially:adv.财政上;金融上;
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| I was born in Britain, as you have probably guessed. |
我在英国出生,就像你们很可能猜到的那样。 |
| Even when on its worst behavior, |
即使现在这种恶劣的情况, |
| I find myself automatically defending the USA from the sneers of green-eyed Europhiles playing their Greek card to Roman trumps . |
我发现我自发地维护着美国 绿眼睛的亲欧者嘲笑我 玩过了罗马牌出示希腊牌。 |
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automatically:adv.自动地;机械地;无意识地;adj.不经思索的; green-eyed:adj.嫉妒的,绿眼的; Roman:n.罗马人;古罗马语;adj.罗马的;罗马人的; trumps:n.王牌; v.出王牌赢(牌); (trump的第三人称单数和复数)
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| America is an empire. |
美国是个帝国。 |
| I hope you know that now. |
我希望你们现在该知道了吧 |
| All empires, by definition , are bumbling , shambolic , bullying , bureaucratic affairs. |
所有的帝国,从定义上说,都是自大的, 混乱的,蛮横的,官僚的事件。 |
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definition:n.定义;清晰度;(尤指词典里的词或短语的)释义;解释; bumbling:adj.装模作样的;笨手笨脚的;爱管闲事的;v.发嗡嗡声(bumble的现在分词); shambolic:adj.大混乱的;无组织的; bullying:n.仗势欺人者;横行霸道者;v.恐吓;伤害;胁迫;(bully的现在分词) bureaucratic:adj.官僚的;官僚政治的;
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| As certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy , as they are corrupted by power in their dotage . |
他们的事业起步阶段充满了正确性 之后他们在溺爱中挥霍着权利。 |
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rightness:n.公正;正直;廉正;贴切; infancy:n.初期;婴儿期;幼年; corrupted:v.使腐化;使堕落;破坏;损坏;(corrupt的过去分词和过去式) dotage:n.溺爱;老耄;老迷糊;
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| I am no historian, ladies and gentlemen. |
我不是历史学家,女士们和先生们。 |
| But it seems to be that the USA's sins , compared to those of many previous empires, are of a more moderate , if more pervasive , kind. |
但是看起来美国的罪恶, 比起以前帝国的罪恶, 要更加温和, 也是有些更加广泛。 |
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sins:n.罪恶;罪行;过错;过失;恶行;v.犯戒律;犯过失;(sin的第三人称单数和复数) compared:adj.比较的,对照的; v.相比; (compare的过去式和过去分词) previous:adj.以前的;早先的;过早的;adv.在先;在…以前; moderate:v.缓和; adj.适度的; n.持温和观点者(尤指政见); pervasive:adj.普遍的;到处渗透的;流行的;
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| Let me put this bluntly . |
现在我明确地指出。 |
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bluntly:adv.坦率地,直率地;迟钝地;
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| If Americans are so fat, stupid and ignorant , my dear friends from Birmingham , how come they rule the world? |
如果美国人是这么胖, 愚蠢和无知, 伯明翰的朋友们 他们怎么在统治世界？ |
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ignorant:adj.无知的;愚昧的; Birmingham:n.伯明翰(英国一座城市);
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| '" Hail to the Gods of America." |
见鬼去吧天佑美国 |
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Hail:n.冰雹; v.致敬;
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| Hail to the Gods of America! |
见鬼去吧天佑美国 |
| Hail to the gods of the dream. |
见鬼去吧天佑梦想 |
| Invictus E Pluribus Unum. |
不屈不挠的合众国 |
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Pluribus:汇集;一种多处理机;
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| But which of them reigns supreme ? |
但是他们谁的统治力的更大？ |
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reigns:vi.统治;支配;盛行;君临;n.统治;统治时期;支配; supreme:adj.最高的;至高的;最重要的;n.至高;霸权;
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| Which is America's Jupiter ? |
哪个是美国的主宰 |
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Jupiter:n.[天]木星;朱庇特(罗马神话中的宙斯神);
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| The Brahmins of Capital Hill? |
神权在握的国会？ |
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Brahmins:n.婆罗门(Brahmin的复数,古印度地位最高的阶级);
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| A sorcerer's profit on Wall Street ? |
华尔街的巫师们的利润？ |
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profit:n.利润;利益;v.获利;有益; Wall Street:n.华尔街(美国纽约金融中心和证券交易所所在地);
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| They eye of a dollar bill? |
他们眼睛盯着美钞？ |
| Or is it celebrity status ? |
或者是荣誉的地位？ |
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celebrity:n.名人;名声; status:n.地位;状态;情形;重要身份;
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| The worship of those we hate. |
这都是我们痛恨的。 |
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worship:n.崇拜;崇敬;爱慕;阁下;v.崇拜(上帝或神);做礼拜;热爱;崇拜;
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| Or the cult of living forever, |
或者是为了永生, |
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cult:n.崇拜; adj.受特定群体欢迎的;
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| If only we'd watch our weight. |
如果我们注意自己的体重。 |
| What of the titans of media ? |
那个是媒体的权威？ |
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titans:n.泰坦巨神;(美)大力神Ⅱ型洲际导弹(Titan的复数); media:n.媒体;媒质(medium的复数);血管中层;浊塞音;中脉;
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| Or Hollywood's siren call? |
或者是好莱坞的警笛？ |
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siren:n.汽笛;迷人的女人;歌声动人的女歌手;
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| What of the temples of justice , |
什么是正义, |
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justice:n.公平;公正;司法制度;审判;
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| Whose servants enslave us all? |
是什么奴役了我们？ |
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servants:n.仆人;服务员(servant的复数); enslave:v.使成为奴隶;奴役;使受控制;征服;
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| What of the Brand and the Label ? |
什么是商标和标识？ |
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Brand:v.铭刻于,铭记;打烙印于;印…商标于;n.商标,牌子;烙印; Label:n.标签;标记;谓;唱片公司;v.贴标签于;用标签标明;
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| What of the upstart Sport? |
什么是贵族运动？ |
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upstart:n.暴发户; adj.暴富的; vt.使…突然跳起; vi.突然跳起;
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| And what of the Constitution , |
然后什么是宪法, |
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Constitution:n.宪法;构成;体质;组成;
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| That bully of last resort ? |
最后的依据？ |
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resort:n.度假胜地;诉诸;采取;旅游胜地;v.去;凭藉;
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| Hail to the God of America. |
来到美国。 |
| Whose power the masses extol -- |
大家赞颂这权力- |
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masses:n.民众;大量(mass的复数);包块;v.集中;聚集(mass的三单形式); extol:vt.颂扬;赞美;赞颂;
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| Convenience rules America; |
方便遍布在美国; |
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Convenience:n.方便;便利;适宜;便利的事物(或设施);
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| Convenience owns our soul. |
方便控制着我们的灵魂。 |
| Aye, that it does. |
对,它就是这样做的。 |
| (Applause) |
（掌声） |
| And if you would like to know why I am not a father -- |
如果你想知道为什么我不是一个父亲- |
| I, who by a miracle have 22 godchildren , |
我,创纪录得有22个教子女, |
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miracle:n.奇迹,奇迹般的人或物;惊人的事例; godchildren:n.教子(名义上的儿子);
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| The answer is in this poem. |
答案在这首诗里。 |
| Which upsets me every time I read it. |
我每次读的时候都刺痛着我。 |
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upsets:n.压折;
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| '"Love Came to Visit Me." |
“当爱光顾到我”。 |
| Love came to visit me, shy as a fawn . |
爱光顾了我, 像幼鹿一样害羞。 |
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fawn:vi.奉承;n.小鹿;浅黄褐色;小动物;adj.浅黄褐色的;vt.生(小鹿或小动物);
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| But finding me busy, she fled , with the dawn . |
但是发现我很忙, 她在黎明逃跑了。 |
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fled:v.迅速离开;逃避,逃跑;(flee的过去分词和过去式) dawn:n.黎明;开端;vt.破晓;出现;被领悟;
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| At 20 the torch of resentment was lit. |
20岁时产生了愤恨。 |
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torch:n.火炬;手电筒;火把;v.纵火烧(建筑物或汽车); resentment:n.愤恨,怨恨;
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| My rage at injustice waxed hot as the pits . |
我对不公平大怒 像坑洞一样愤怒。 |
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rage:n.狂怒;暴怒;(某情况引起的)愤怒;v.发怒;怒斥;猛烈地继续;激烈进行; injustice:n.不公正;不讲道义; waxed:v.给…打蜡;用蜡除去…上的毛;(wax的过去分词和过去式) pits:n.维修区(pit的复数); v.除去…的核;
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| The flux of its lava cleared all in its path. |
岩浆的流动扫清了道路。 |
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flux:n.[流][机]流量;变迁;不稳定;流出;vt.使熔融;用焊剂处理;vi.熔化;流出; lava:n.火山岩浆;火山所喷出的熔岩;
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| Comrades and enemies fled from its wrath . |
同伴和敌人们逃离了这愤怒。 |
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wrath:n.愤怒;激怒;
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| Yet lovers grew wary , once novelty waned |
但是充满爱的人们燃起了希望,曾经淡去的 |
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lovers:n.情人(lover的复数形式); wary:adj.谨慎的;机警的;惟恐的;考虑周到的; novelty:n.新奇;新奇的事物;新颖小巧而廉价的物品; waned:vi.衰落;变小;亏缺;退潮;消逝;n.衰退;月亏;衰退期;缺损;
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| To lie with a bloody man, his terror unfeigned . |
在一个流血的男人的旁边, 他的恐惧不能被掩饰。 |
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bloody:adj.血腥的;血淋淋的;v.血染; unfeigned:adj.真实的,不虚伪的;
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| At 30 my powers seemed mighty to me. |
在30岁时我的力量看起来很强大。 |
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mighty:adj.强而有力的;巨大的;非凡的;adv.非常;很;极其;
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| The fruits of my rivals , I shook from the tree. |
我将我的对手从树上摇下来。 |
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rivals:n.对手(rival的复数);[劳经]竞争者;v.竞争(rival的三单形式);
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| By guile and by bluster , by night and by day, |
通过欺骗和恐吓, 日日夜夜, |
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guile:n.狡猾;诡计;欺诈; bluster:vt.咆哮;狂吹;夸口;威吓;气势汹汹地说;vi.咆哮;恫吓;n.怒号;吓唬;
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| I battered and scattered the fools from my way. |
我清除了路上的绊脚石。 |
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battered:adj.破旧不堪的;受到重创的;v.连续猛击;殴打;(batter的过去分词和过去式) scattered:adj.零散的; v.撒; (scatter的过去分词和过去式)
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| And women grew willing to sham and to bluff . |
并且女人变得虚假而且奉承。 |
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bluff:v.虚张声势;唬人;吹牛;n.虚张声势的做法;唬人;峭壁;adj.直率豪爽的
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| Their trinkets and baubles cost little enough. |
她们的小物品并不值钱。 |
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trinkets:n.小首饰,小装饰物;(trinket的复数) baubles:n.低廉花哨的首饰;圣诞树装饰球;(bauble的复数)
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| From 40 to 50, grown easy and sly , |
在40到50岁,变得平易近人而且淘气, |
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sly:adj.狡猾的;淘气的;诡密的;
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| I wined them and dined them, like pigs in a sty. |
我喝酒吃饭,就像猪圈中的猪一样。 |
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wined:以葡萄酒招待; dined:v.进餐:用饭(dine的过去分词和过去式)
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| We feasted and reveled and rutted in muck . |
我们沉醉在这些东西里。 |
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feasted:v.尽情享用(美味佳肴);(feast的过去式) reveled:vi.狂欢;陶醉;n.狂欢;闹饮;喜庆狂欢活动; rutted:adj.有车辙的;v.形成车辙;挖槽(rut的过去式); muck:n.粪便,粪肥;脏东西;泥浆;令人厌恶的事物;v.施粪肥于…
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| Forgetting our peril , forgetting to duck. |
忘记了我们的危险,忘记去躲避。 |
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peril:n.危险;冒险;vt.危及;置…于险境;
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| Forgetting times arrows are sharper than knives. |
忘记了时间的箭比刀还锋利。 |
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sharper:n.骗子;赌棍;欺诈犯;
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| Grown sick to our stomachs, and sick our our lives. |
我们肚子里长了病毒 毒害着我们的生活 |
| Love came to visit me, shy as a fawn. |
爱光顾了我, 像幼鹿一样害羞。 |
| But finding me busy, she fled with the dawn. |
但是发现我很忙, 她在黎明中逃走了。 |
| (Applause) |
（掌声） |
| Um, there are -- |
现在- |
| I've got far too much money and I have far too much fun in my businesses. |
我从我的事业中获得了 很多钱和欢乐 |
| So poetry came as a complete shock to me, ladies and gentlemen. |
所以诗歌的到来对我来说是完全是一个震惊,女士们和先生们。 |
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poetry:n.诗;诗意,诗情;诗歌艺术;
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| A complete shock. I was a little ill. |
完全的震惊。我是有点病 |
| Okay, I was ill. |
对的,我病了 |
| Okay, I had a life-threatening illness, you know. |
对的,我有一个危及生命的疾病,你知道的。 |
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life-threatening:adj.威胁生命的;
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| I was in a clinic . I wasn't allowed to make telephone calls. |
我在诊所里。我被禁止打电话。 |
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clinic:n.诊所;临床实习;(医院的)门诊部;门诊时间;
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| I wasn't allowed to see any of my -- you know, whatever. |
我被禁止见任何人-你知道的。 |
| So, in the end I begged a pack of Post-it notes off a nurse. |
所以,最后我从一个护士那里要到了一些贴纸。 |
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Post-it:报事贴(3M公司注册商标);
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| And from another nurse, I begged a pencil, pen. |
并且从另一个护士那里要到了铅笔和笔。 |
| And I didn't know what else to do. So I started to write poetry. |
并且我不知道要干些什么。所以我开始写诗。 |
| That was in October of 2000. |
这是在2000年的10月。 |
| I'm not an evil man. |
我不是个坏人。 |
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evil:adj.邪恶的;不幸的;有害的;讨厌的;n.罪恶,邪恶;不幸;
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| But sometimes I try to put myself in an evil man's position. |
但是有时候我试图理解坏人的角度。 |
| I'm not a glorious and fantastic-looking woman, who men fall down, you know, when she walks in a room. |
我不是美貌的女人, 能吸引男人的,你知道,当她走进房间。 |
| But sometimes I try to put myself in that position. |
但是有时候我试图走进她们的角度。 |
| (Laughter) |
（笑声） |
| Not with much success. |
但不成功。 |
| But it's interesting to me. I love to write historical verse . |
但这对我很有趣。我喜欢写历史诗。 |
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historical:adj.历史的;史学的;基于史实的; verse:n.诗,诗篇;韵文;诗节;vi.作诗;vt.使熟练,使精通;
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| I love to think what they thought, what it was like. |
我喜欢想他们所想和发生的事情。 |
| Because although many of the speakers and many of the people who are in the audience, although you guys can not only go to the moon, you know, you're going to totally transform everything. |
因为尽管 很多演讲者和听众, 尽管你们能够到达月球, 你知道,你们能够改变一切。 |
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transform:v.使改变;使改观;使转换;n.[数]变换式;[化]反式;
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| Cloning will transform everything. Voice navigation will transform everything. |
克隆能够改变一切。声音导航能够改变一切。 |
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Cloning:n.克隆;v.无性繁殖(clone的现在分词); navigation:n.导航;航行;领航;
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| I don't know. You can do anything you want. |
我都不懂。你们可以做你们想到做的任何事情。 |
| All you guys are so clever, and women, you can do it all! |
你们都这么聪明,并且女人可以做任何事情！ |
| But human nature doesn't change, mate. |
但是人性并没变,伙计。 |
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human nature:n.人性;
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| My friends, human nature is exactly the same as it was when my ancestor -- probably it was my ancestor -- got his hands around the neck of the last Neanderthal , and battered the bastard to death. |
我的朋友,人性和以前完全一样 在祖先的时候- 很可能是我的祖先- 把手握住最后一个尼安德特人的脖子, 并把他打死。 |
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Neanderthal:adj.尼安德特人的;穴居人的;
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| You think we didn't do that? |
你认为我们没干过这些么？ |
| Oh, we did. |
噢, 我们干了。 |
| We killed every single one of them. |
我们杀掉了他们的每一个。 |
| Inch by inch we killed them. |
一点一点地屠杀了他们 |
| We hunted them down wherever they were. |
我们追踪他们, |
| Rivals for meat. Rivals for berries . |
争抢肉类。争抢浆果。 |
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berries:n.浆果;莓;(berry的复数)
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| We're still doing it, with all of the genius assembled in this room. |
我们还在干这些, 利用这个屋子里人的聪明才智。 |
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genius:n.天才;天资;才能,本领; assembled:v.聚集;集合;收集;装配;组装;(assemble的过去分词和过去式)
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| Our natures haven't changed a single iota . |
我们的本性一点不会变。 |
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iota:n.极微小;希腊语的第九个字母;
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| And they never will. |
并且将来也不会。 |
| Even when we've got off this little planet, and we've put some of our eggs in some other baskets. |
即便我们离开了地球, 并且在其他地方住宅。 |
| And I am as bad as you. |
我和你们一样坏。 |
| I spent eight years running one of the most successful publishing businesses in the world. |
我花了8年的时间 运营世界上最成功的出版商之一。 |
| And at seven o'clock every night, |
在每天晚上7点, |
| I took me some more girls, already corrupted. |
我交往更多的的已经堕落的女孩 |
| I never did anything to anyone that wasn't. |
我从没让好女孩做过那些事情 |
| And I took crack cocaine , every single night for seven years. |
我吸食可卡因, 在7年的每一个晚上。 |
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cocaine:n.[药]可卡因;
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| It was like Dante's " Inferno ." |
这就像但丁的“地狱”。 |
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Inferno:n.阴间,地狱;
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| It was unbelievable . |
这是难以置信的。 |
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unbelievable:adj.(非正式)难以置信的;不可信的
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| One of the offshoots of crack cocaine is that you keep an erection for about four hours. |
可卡因的一个影响就是你能持续射精 4个小时。 |
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offshoots:n.分支;支流;衍生物; erection:n.勃起;建造;建筑物;直立;
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| And you stay up for 12. |
然后12个小时不睡觉。 |
| It was absolutely unbelievable. |
这是完全不可思议的。 |
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absolutely:adv.绝对地;完全地;
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| 22 godchildren I've got. |
我有22个教子女。 |
| What do I say to them? |
我对他们说什么？ |
| I only stopped because I thought if I got caught, what would happen to my mother. |
我停止这些行为仅因为我想到如果我被抓住, 我妈妈会怎么样。 |
| If you're a woman, remember that. |
如果你是个女人,记住这个。 |
| The love of your son can utterly transform anything he does. |
你对儿子的爱 可以完全改变他的一切 |
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utterly:adv.完全地;绝对地;全然地;彻底地,十足地;
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| '"Our Lady in White." |
“苍白的女人”。 |
| Pale she was, listless; |
她苍白,冷漠; |
| And soft to the touch. |
并且柔软。 |
| A generous mistress whom many loved much. |
一个许多人喜欢的宽容的女人。 |
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generous:adj.慷慨的,大方的;宽宏大量的;有雅量的; mistress:n.情妇;女主人;主妇;女教师;女能人;
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| Shoulder to shoulder , night after night, |
肩并肩,一夜又一夜, |
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Shoulder to shoulder:adv.肩并肩地;齐心协力地;
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| We hoarded and sold her -- |
我们霸占她出卖她- |
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hoarded:vi.积聚钱财;贮藏货物;vt.贮藏;n.贮藏物;
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| Our Lady in White. |
苍白的女人。 |
| We breathed but to savor her crystal caress. |
我们呼吸着去享受 她宝贵的爱抚。 |
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savor:vt.尽情享受; vi.有…的滋味; n.滋味; crystal:n.水晶; adj.晶莹的;
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| We craved but to favor the hem of her dress. |
我们拜倒在她的石榴裙下。 |
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craved:vt.渴望;恳求;vi.渴望;恳求; hem:n.边,边缘;摺边;vt.包围;给...缝边;vi.做褶边;
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| We dabbled and babbled , |
我们絮絮叨叨 |
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dabbled:v.涉猎;涉足;浅尝;玩水;嬉水;(dabble的过去分词和过去式) babbled:vi.喋喋不休; vt.含糊不清地说; n.含糊不清的话;
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| Denying our thirsts. |
不承认我们的渴望。 |
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Denying:v.否认;否定;拒绝承认;拒绝给予;(deny的现在分词)
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| But always we scrabbled to lie with her first. |
但我们总是努力 首先去和她在一起。 |
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scrabbled:n.一种拼字游戏; vi.扒寻; vt.在…上乱涂;
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| Absent , we missed her, grew haggard and limp . |
当不在的时候我们想她, 当老了跛脚了。 |
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Absent:adj.缺席的;缺少的;心不在焉的;茫然的;v.使缺席; haggard:adj.憔悴的;野性的;n.野鹰; limp:adj.柔软的,无力的;软弱的;vi.跛行,一拐一拐地走;缓慢费力地前进;n.跛行;
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| Toyed with her sister, or threatened her pimp . |
和她的姐妹玩耍, 或者威胁让她当妓女。 |
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Toyed:n.玩具; vi.玩弄; adj.作为玩具的; pimp:n.皮条客;男妓;vi.拉皮条;
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| Came word out of Babel , the lady returns! |
巴贝尔传来了消息,女士回来了！ |
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Babel:n.巴别塔;巴比伦式的城市;
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| And there on the table we took her, in turns. |
在桌上我们轮奸了她 |
| Sensing the power that tyranny craves , |
感受着对暴力的渴望 |
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tyranny:n.暴政;专横;严酷;残暴的行为(需用复数); craves:v.渴望;热望;恳求;请求;(crave的第三人称单数)
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| There in that hour, she made us her slaves. |
在那一刻,我们成了她的奴隶 |
| Many there were, to covet her kiss. |
众人渴望着她的亲吻。 |
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covet:vt.垂涎;觊觎;vi.垂涎;觊觎;
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| My shame as a spur , |
我的羞愧驱使着我 |
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spur:v.刺激;激励;促进;鞭策;n.刺激;激励;鞭策;靴刺;
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| I fled the abyss . |
勉强逃到了无底洞 |
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abyss:n.深渊;深邃,无底洞,地狱;
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| But only just. |
的边缘 |
| (Applause) |
（掌声） |