时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:听电影学英语-大鱼


英语课

  [00:55.82]There are some fish that cannot be caught. 有些鱼人们抓不到

[01:01.94]It's not that they're faster or stronger than other fish. 不是因为他们壮硕敏捷

[01:03.02]They're just touched by something extra. 而是因为他们拥有别的特质

[01:08.74]One such fish was The Beast. 其中有条“大怪鱼”

[01:14.10]And by the time I was born he was already a legend. 在我出生时,他就已经是个传说

[01:16.06]He'd passed up more $ 100 lures 1 than any fish in Alabama. 他是阿拉巴马最多人想钓的鱼 但却没人钓得到他

[01:23.02]Some said that fish was the ghost of a thief... 有人说这条鱼是60年前…

[01:24.82]...who'd drowned in that river 60 years before. 淹死在河中的小偷冤魂化身

[01:31.66]Others claimed he was a dinosaur 2 left over from the "Cruaceous" Period. 还有人说他是恐龙时代的活化石

[01:36.14]I didn't put any stock into such speculation 3 or superstition 4. 我不迷信也不乱猜

[01:40.14]All I knew was I'd been trying to catch that fish... 我只知道我从你这个岁数开始…

[01:42.62]...since I was a boy no bigger than you. 就一直想钓到这条鱼

[01:45.90]And on the day you were born... 就在你出生的那天…

[01:47.30]Well, that was the day I finally caught him. 我终于钓到他了

[01:51.78]Now, I'd tried everything on it: 我在他身上试过各种诱饵:

[01:53.66]Worms, lures, peanut butter, peanut butter and cheese. 虫子、人造饵、花生酱 花生酱加起司

[01:57.70]But on that day I had a revelation: 但那天,我脑中灵光乍现

[02:02.78]If that fish was Henry Walls' ghost, then the usual bait wasn't gonna work. 那条鱼如果是偷儿的冤魂化身 普通鱼饵根本没用

[02:07.78]I was gonna have to use something he truly desired. 我得用他真正想要的东西来钓

[02:10.74]- Your finger? - Gold. -你的手指头吗? -金子

[02:15.62]Now, I tied my ring onto the strongest line they made... 我把婚戒用最坚韧的钓线绑妥…

[02:20.22]...strong enough to hold up a bridge, they said, if only for a few minutes. 那钓线可以撑住一座桥 如果只撑几分钟的话

[02:23.46]And then I cast upriver. 然后我往上游抛杆

[02:30.74]The Beast jumped up and grabbed it before it even hit the water. 大怪鱼跃出水面 在它落水之前就一口吞了它

[02:34.98]And just as fast, he snapped clean through that line. 一瞬间,他就咬断那条钓线

[02:38.38]Well, you can see my predicament. 这下我苦恼了

[02:39.86]My wedding ring, the symbol of fidelity 5 to my wife... 我的婚戒,我对妻子忠贞的象征…

[02:44.82]...soon to be mother of my child... - Make him stop. -而她也即将是孩子的妈了… -叫他别说了

[02:47.14]...was now lost in the gut 6 of an uncatchable fish. 那象征被怪鱼吞入腹中

[02:51.22]What did you do? 你怎么办?

[02:51.78]I followed that fish upriver and downriver. 我沿河来回地追着那条鱼

[02:56.94]This fish, The Beast... 这条鱼,这条大怪鱼…

[03:01.22]...the whole time we were calling it a him, when in fact it was a her. 我们一直认为他是个“他” 结果他其实是个“她”

[03:07.74]It was fat with eggs it was gonna lay any day. 他当时胜里都是蛋,随时都会生

[03:08.62]Now, I was in a situation. 我面临了一个难题

[03:10.98]I could gut that fish and get my wedding ring back... 我可以剖开鱼腹拿回我的婚戒…

[03:16.06]...but in doing so I'd be killing 7 the smartest catfish 8 in the Ashton River. 但这么做,我就杀了艾许河里 最精明的一条鱼

[03:20.94]Did I want to deprive my son the chance... 我真的要剥夺…

[03:25.38]...to catch a fish like this of his own? 我儿子亲手逮到此鱼的机会吗?

[03:26.18]This ladyfish and I... 我跟这条怪鱼…

[03:31.38]- Well, we had the same destiny. - "We were part of the same equation." -我跟他有相同的命运 -“我们拥有相同的人生”

[03:35.82]Now, you may well ask... 你现在会想问…

[03:38.90]Oh, darling, darling, it's still your night. 儿子,你仍然是今天的主角啊

[03:42.50]...why did it strike so quick on gold when nothing else would attract it? 为何什么东西都吸引不了他 他却吞了金子?

[03:48.66]That was the lesson I learned that day... 就在我儿子诞生的那天…

[03:49.86]...the day my son was born. 我学到了这一课

[03:53.70]Sometimes the only way to catch an uncatchable woman... 要套住一个无法捉摸的女人 最好的办法…

[04:00.66]...is to offer her a wedding ring. 就是帮她套上一只婚戒

[04:12.42]What, a father's not allowed to talk about his son? 做父亲的不能谈谈他的儿子?

[04:14.90]I'm a footnote in that story, Dad... 爸,我只是故事里的小注脚…

[04:16.90]...the context for your great adventure, which never happened, incidentally. 你全在讲你的冒险故事 大多都是杜撰的

[04:23.46]You were selling novelty products in Wichita when I was born. 我出生时你正在维契市推销玩具

[04:27.82]Come on, Will. Everyone loves that story! 拜托,大家都喜欢那个故事!

[04:29.90]They don't. I don't love that story. Not anymore. Not after a thousand times! 才不,我不喜欢那个故事 我听过一千次了!

[04:33.06]I know every punch line, Dad. I can tell them as well as you can! 我能倒背如流,说的跟你一样好!

[04:37.46]For one night, one night in your entire life... 你这辈子就这一个晚上…

[04:42.34]...the universe did not revolve 9 around Edward Bloom. 整个世界不是以你 爱德华布鲁为中心

[04:43.54]- How can you not understand that? - I'm sorry to embarrass you. -你怎么不能明白这点呢? -很抱歉让你丢脸了

[04:49.30]You're embarrassing yourself, Dad. You just don't see it. 你是丢自己的脸,你只是不知道

[04:55.46]After that night, I didn't speak to my father again for three years. 那晚之后,我有3年没跟我父亲说话



1 lures
吸引力,魅力(lure的复数形式)
  • He left home because of the lures of life in the city. 他离家是由于都市生活的诱惑。
  • Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures men down to the depths of the earth. 可能正是寻觅幽静的去处,或者找个猎奇的机会的欲望引诱着人们进入地球的深处。
2 dinosaur
n.恐龙
  • Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击?
  • He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。
3 speculation
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
4 superstition
n.迷信,迷信行为
  • It's a common superstition that black cats are unlucky.认为黑猫不吉祥是一种很普遍的迷信。
  • Superstition results from ignorance.迷信产生于无知。
5 fidelity
n.忠诚,忠实;精确
  • There is nothing like a dog's fidelity.没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚。
  • His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。
6 gut
n.[pl.]胆量;内脏;adj.本能的;vt.取出内脏
  • It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
  • My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
7 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
8 catfish
n.鲶鱼
  • Huge catfish are skinned and dressed by hand.用手剥去巨鲇的皮并剖洗干净。
  • We gigged for catfish off the pier.我们在码头以鱼叉叉鲶鱼。
9 revolve
vi.(使)旋转;循环出现
  • The planets revolve around the sun.行星绕着太阳运转。
  • The wheels began to revolve slowly.车轮开始慢慢转动。
学英语单词
3DEFL (triple diffused emitter-follower logic)
acting chairman
after-effects
alarm clock
Aminoacetate
Arieseni
auto-train
be secure against
Belgrade
belly board
bench-mark
calman
cam and ratchet drive
cash statement
casual chain
cetebro-
Christmas carol
chromatic thread
civil laws
clocked in
closed arc progression
cold rolled lustre finish sheet
confided
cool-hunting
crankweb
danger range
day-lewis
depression of water table
dissitiflorum
doorbelling
dunkleosteid
erythema serpens
feldmans
fiber optical screen
fruit and vegetable peeler
full right
gentiopicroside
giggliness
gotten off to
grind to a halt
hav
heavily polluted
hull attachments
humus fractionation
in'a
incremental model
instantaneous growth rate
Jude
length of sentence
loading condition
low tension cubicle
Machilus chayuensis
mangle up
matching grants
meta-dihydroxybenzene
Missoula
monkey play (burma)
oiloverflow
order Actinaria
oughtred
perfect case
pericardium villosum
plug tap
Plumiera
potterspuries
pre-defense
pro-curator
proturan
pyrazinoic acid
qualitative correlation
ragfish
ragmen
record identification indicator
RGBMT
scalar pressure
seat diameter
Selenophoma
self-competence
Setaria glauca
sheet gold
smoke extractor exhaust fan
so it appears
soldifying
stop press
superior lingular segment
surveillance instrumentation
take (one's) rest
take to sth like a duck to water
temporary capital account
terminator cap
thowl
three-series theorem
to take the helm
trading spot
undulating molding
universal joint assembly
vena superficialis femoris
ventilated roof
vestibulitis
wanderingtattler
West Irian
where is the toilet