看“肖申克的救赎”台词学英语：第23讲

-Tommy: Will you throw that away, please?

throw away: 扔掉

请你扔掉它，好吗?

-Red: Well, shit.

他妈的。

-police officer D: the kid passed. C + average. Thought you'd like to know.

那孩子通过了，平均C+，我想你会喜欢的。

-Police officer E: Warden wants to talk.

典狱长要见你。

-Tommy: Out here?

就在这里?

-Police officer E: That's what the man said.

他是这么说的。

-Tommy: Warden?

典狱长?

-Warden: Tommy. I'm asking you to keep this conversation just between us

conversation: 谈话 between us: 你我之间的秘密

Tommy，我要你保证这次谈话只有我们两个知道。

I feel awkward enough as it is. We got a situation here.

awkward: 别扭的 situation: 局面

我感到很艰难，这事的情形很特别。

I think you can appreciate that.

appreciate: 体会

我想你可以体会到。

-Tommy: Yes, sir. I sure can.

是的，我肯定。

-Warden: I tell you, son, this thing really came along and knocked my wind out.

come along: 到来 knock out: 摧毁 wind: 呼吸

告诉你，孩子，这件事让我承受很大压力。

It's got me up nights. That's the truth.

truth: 事实，真话

让我半夜惊醒，真的。

The right thing to do, sometimes it's hard to know what that is.

应该怎么做，有时很难让人明白。

Do you understand? I need your help, son.

你明白了吗?我需要你的帮助，孩子。

If I'm going to move on this, there can't be the least little shred of doubt.

move on: 继续前进 shred: 一点儿 doubt: 疑惑

如果我要继续追查下去，就不能有丝毫的疑点。

I have to know, if what you told Dufresne was the truth.

我必须知道，你跟Dufresne说的是事实吗?

-Tommy: Yes, sir. Absolutely.

absolutely: 绝对如此

是的，千真万确。

-Warden: Would you be willing to swear before a judge and jury with your hand on the Good Book and take an oath before Almighty God himself?

be willing to: 愿意 swear: 发誓 judge: 法官 Good Book: (基督教的)圣经 take an oath: 宣誓(发誓) Almighty God: 万能的上帝

那么你能在法官和陪审团面前手放在圣经上，向上帝发誓吗?

-Tommy: Just give me that chance.

只要你给我这个机会。

-Warden: That's what I thought.

那也正是我认为的。

-Warden: I'm sure by now you've heard. Terrible thing.

我想你已经听说，那个坏消息了。

A man that young, less than a year to go, trying to escape.

escape: 逃走，逃跑

一个这么年青的人，还有一年就要出狱了，还想逃狱。

Broke Captain Hadley's heart to shoot him.

break one's heart: 使人伤心，使人痛心

Hadley队长被迫开枪。

Truly, it did. We just have to put it behind us. Move on.

truly: 的确 put behind: 忘却

那是事实，我们不要再去提那件事了，继续生活。

-Andy: I'm done. Everything stops. Get someone else to run your scams.

run: 经营 scam: 阴谋

我已经完了，一切己结束了，找其他人帮你做吧。

-Warden: Nothing stops. Nothing.

任何事都没停下来，任何事。

Or you will do the hardest time there is. No more protection from the guards.

protection: 保护 guard: 警卫

否则你在此继续熬下去，再也没有警卫保护你。

I'll pull you out of that 1 -bunk Hilton and cast you down with the sodomites.

bunk: 床位 sodomites: 鸡奸者

我会把你从单人牢房转到同性恋者那里。

You'll think you've been fucked by a train. And the library? Gone.

你会觉得你被火车操了。至于图书馆?不存在了。

Sealed off, brick by brick. We'll have us a little book barbecue in the yard. They'll see the flames for miles. We'll dance around it like wild Injuns.

seal off: 封闭 brick by brick: 一点一点地砌 barbecue: 烤肉 flames: 火焰 wild: 野的 Injuns: 〈俚语〉印第安人

我们用书在院子里烤肉，会被一块块的砖头封闭起来，几英里以外都能看见火焰，我们像土著人那样围着书跳舞。

You understand me? Catching my drift? Or am I being obtuse? Give him another month to think about it.

drift: 意图 obtuse: (智力)愚蠢的

你明白我的意思了吗?听懂了吗?或许我很愚蠢?再给他一个月时间考虑清楚。