翻译练习《小王子》Day20
The Little Prince Day20
“Then the thorns—what use are they? ”
“那么这些刺，它们有什么用？”
The little prince never let go of a question, once he had asked it. As for me, I was upset over that bolt. And I answered with the first thing that came into my head:
小王子一旦提出了一个问题，就绝对不会放弃它。当时的我正在为螺丝的事情烦恼，我脑子里一想到什么就回答道：
“The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!”
“这些刺一点用都没有，花儿们长刺只是因为怨气！”
“Oh!”
“哦！”
There was a moment of complete silence. Then the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind of resentfulness:
短暂的沉默过后，小王子愤懑地闪到我的背后。
“I don’t believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons…”
“我不相信你的话！花儿是柔弱的生物，他们很单纯，他们尽其所能保护自己，他们相信他们的刺是可怕的武器……”
I did not answer. At that instant I was saying to myself: “If this bolt still won’t turn, I am going to knock it out with the hammer.” Again the terrible weapons…
我没有回答。因为那时我正在自言自语：“如果这个螺丝还是转不动，我就用锤子把它敲下来。”
“And you actually believe that the flowers—”
“你真的相信花儿们——”
“Oh, no!” I cried. “No, no, no! I don’t believe anything. I answered you with the first thing that came into my head. Don’t you see—I am very busy with matters of consequence!”
“哦，不！”我叫道“不，不，不！我不相信任何事情。我脑子里一想到什么就回答了。你没看到吗——我正在忙很重要的事情！”
He stared at me, thunderstruck.
他大吃一惊地盯着我看
“Matters of consequence!”
“很重要的事！”
upset over
不高兴，闷闷不乐。
spite
英 [spaɪt] 美 [spaɪt]
n.
怨恨;恶意;恶事
vt.
向…表示恶意;欺负;刁难;泄愤
resentfulness
忿恨
creatures
英 ['kri:tʃəz] 美 ['kri:tʃəz]
n.
人;生物，动物( creature的名词复数 )
naive
英 [naɪˈi:v] 美 [nɑˈiv]
adj.
天真的;幼稚的;单纯的
reassure
英 [ˌri:əˈʃʊə(r)] 美 [ˌri:əˈʃʊr]
vt.
使安心，使消除疑虑;再对…进行保险;再保证
weapons
英 ['wepənz] 美 ['wepənz]
n.
武器，兵器( weapon的名词复数 );自卫[克敌制胜]的手段[行动];刀枪;兵戎
instant
英 [ˈɪnstənt] 美 [ˈɪnstənt]
n.
瞬间，顷刻;此刻;当月;速食食品，即溶饮料
adj.
立即的;迫切的;正在考虑的，目前的;即食的
consequence
英 [ˈkɒnsɪkwəns] 美 [ˈkɑ:nsəkwens]
n.
推论;结果，成果;[逻]结论;重要性
thunderstruck
英 [ˈθʌndəstrʌk] 美 [ˈθʌndərstrʌk]
adj.
大吃一惊的
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Sleep tight. 睡个好觉；
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Awesome .很赞；
She has absolutely no stands. 她毫无原则可言
how dare you. 你敢再说一遍
You are nitpicking. 你太挑剔了
It’s awkward.这个很尴尬...
