看“黄金罗盘”台词学英语：第6讲

Then it goes back, and does it again, see?

然后就是回到原位，再指一次，看到么?

-Pan: What do you think makes the needle move?

needle: 指针，针状物

指针为什么会动呢?

-Lyra: I don't know. Maybe Uncle Asriel knows. Maybe we're supposed to take it to him.

我不知道，也许Asrier叔叔知道，也许我们该把这东西带给他。

- Mrs. Coulter: All washed, and ready for bed…

洗漱一下，上床睡觉了。

We have a busy few weeks.

这几周我们要忙了。

Oh it was a stylish enough party.

stylish: 时髦的 enough: 足够的

今天的聚会格调是够高的。

But why they don't offer more ice with their drinks, I shall never understand.

offer: 提供

但我就弄不明白了，他们为什么不提供更多的冰块呢。

I'll only be a moment, Darling.

一会儿就好，亲爱的，处理些事情。

-Lyra: What?

怎么了?

She likes to show off her new pet, doesn't she?

show off: 炫耀

她喜欢带着她的新宠物到处转，不是么?

She's never taking us to the North.

她是不会带我们去北方的。

We're like prisoners in this house. All these rules,

prisoner: 犯人 rule: 规则，规定

我们在这房子里跟犯人似的。

And rooms we aren't allowed in to.

allow: 允许，许可

种种规矩不说，还不让我们进其他房间。

-Mrs. Coulter: Perhaps we shouldn't have invited Professor Docker.

invite: 邀请

也许我们不该请Docker教授来。

He's such a bore isn't he?

bore: 令人讨厌的人

他可真烦人，不是么?

-Lyra: And he had sauce in his beard.

sauce: 酱油调味料 beard: 胡须

他还拿面包蘸酱吃。

- Mrs. Coulter: But he is one of the foremost experts on particle Metaphysics.

foremost: 最重要的 Metaphysics: 形而上学，玄学 particle: 粒子

不过他可是粒子哲学方面的顶尖人物。

Have I told you what a particle is?

他跟你讲过粒子是怎么回事吗?

-Lyra: Oh I know about particles.

哦，我知道粒子。

Like Dust. That's a particle isn't it.

比如说尘埃，就是种粒子，不是么?

- Mrs. Coulter: Dust?

尘埃?

-Lyra: I mean the Dust from space. That Dust. Like in the north.

我是指太空中来的尘埃。那样的尘埃，就是北极那种。

- Mrs. Coulter: Where did you hear about that?

你从哪儿听来这些的?

-Lyra: It must have been one of the scholars at Jordan.

scholar: 学者

大概是Jordan学院的某个老师吧。

-Mrs. Coulter: A wise person knows, Lyra, there are some things we best ignore. Subjects that you…

ignore: 忽视，忽略 subject: 主题，话题

Lyra，一般聪明人会知道，有些事情视而不见的好，有些东西……

…Well… never speak about.

你……嗯……最好永远都别提。

-Lyra: But I…

但是我……

-Mrs. Coulter: Yes, You didn't know, so I forgive you.

forgive: 原谅

我知道，你不明白，我原谅你了。

- Mrs. Coulter: Just don't mention it again.

mention: 提及

别再提了就是。

Now, Darling, You take off that childish shoulder bag.

childish: 幼稚的 shoulder: 肩膀

现在，亲爱的，你把那个孩子气的肩包摘了吧。

I don't like seeing you wearing it indoors.

wear: 穿着，戴着 indoors: 室内

我不喜欢看你在屋里还挂着它。

-Lyra: But please Mrs. Coulter. I do love it.

但Coulter夫人，我喜欢这样。

-Mrs. Coulter: But I do not. Put it away.

我不喜欢，把它摘下来。

Lyra, put it away now.

Lyra，马上摘下来。

-Lyra: I don't want to.

我不想。

- Mrs. Coulter: If you will not obey me, we will have an argument which I will win.

obey: 服从 argument: 争论，讨论 win: 赢，胜利

要是你不听话，我们就要小小讨论一下了而你是赢不了的。

Now put it away at once!

once: 立刻，马上

现在马上给我摘下来!

It's absurd to be carrying around a shoulder bag in your own home.

absurd: 荒谬的

在自己家里还挎着个肩包看起来太傻了。

-Lyra: Jordan is my home.

Jordan学院才是我的家。

-Pan: Lyra!

Lyra!

-Lyra: Don't! Please, it hurts!

hurt: 疼痛，痛苦，受伤

别!求你了，很疼的!

- Mrs. Coulter: Do as I tell you.

照我说的做。

-Lyra: I promise.

promise: 保证，承诺

我保证。

- Mrs. Coulter: Thank you.

谢谢你了。

-Mrs. Coulter: And while you're at it, you must learn to control your daemon.

control: 控制，掌握

你在这儿得学会控制你自己的守护神。

He is much to wild.

wild: 野蛮的

他有点儿太野了。

Now, kiss me.

现在，吻别吧。

-Lyra: I hate her!

我恨死她了!

-Pan: I hate them. And look. They're spying on us.

spy on: 暗中监视

我恨死他们了，你看，他们还监视我们呢。

-Lyra: What do they want with us? Why are we here?

他们想把我们怎么样?我们为什么会在这儿?

-Pan: Did you see her daemon?

你还记得她的守护神的样子吗?

He began to shock when you mentioned the word, Dust.

shock: 震惊，吃惊

你提到“尘埃”这个词的时候，他吃了一惊。