【儿童动画故事片段中英对照台词】
- Please, stop with the mumbling.
- 求你了，别在那一直嘀咕。
- You know how I feel about the mumbling. Blah-blah-blah-blah.
- 你知道我怎么定义“嘀咕：吗？巴拉巴拉巴拉——
- It"s very annoying! I"m just teasing. You"re adorable. I love you so much, darling.
- 你知道这样很吵吗！我在开玩笑，你特别可爱，我特别爱你，亲爱的。
- I want to see the floating lights.
- 我想去看天灯。
- What?
什么？
- I was hoping you would take me to see the floating lights.
- 我一直希望你会带我去看天灯。
- Oh! You mean the stars.
- 哦！你指的是星星。
- That"s the thing. I"ve charted stars，and they"re always constant.
- 就是那个。我数过星星，可是它们是数不尽的。
- But these, they appear every year on my birthday, Mother. Only on my birthday. And I can"t help but feel like they"re meant for me. I need to see them, Mother. And not just from my window, in person. I have to know what they are.You want to go outside?
- 但是妈妈，我每年生日时这些星星都会出现。只在我生日那天，所以我禁不住去想它们对我有何意义。我想去看它们，妈妈。而且并非仅仅从我的窗户，我要亲自去，我需要知道它们是什么。
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【重点词汇讲解】
1. Please, stop with the mumbling.
mumbling: 喃喃；含糊话
What are you mumbling about? I can"t understand a word!
你叽里咕噜说什麽呀?我一句也听不懂！
Are you mumbling because you think it"s selfish to ask for what you need?
因为你觉得请求你所需要的是自私的，那你说话的时候含糊吗？
2. And I can"t help but feel like they"re meant for me.
can"t help but do: 忍不住想做某事
I can"t help but be astonished by that acrobat.
我不能不为那杂技演员而深为惊奇。
Looking into the sunset I can"t help but notice her beauty.
凝望夕阳，我无法抑制地看到，她是如何地美丽动人。
3. And I can"t help but feel like they"re meant for me.
mean for: 专为某人、某事
Computers aren"t meant for everyone.
不是每个人都适合用电脑的。
Love is meant for our imperfect world where things go wrong.
爱是给予我们这个有问题的不完善的世界的。
4. And not just from my window, but in person.
in person: 亲自，临场
I can"t wait to meet you in person!
我等不及要见你本人了！
He appear in person at the bar of the house.
他亲自出现在下院议员席的围栏后面。
