纽约英语口语网新版
泰坦尼克号
第 21 课

Hello, girls. I was hoping I"d catch you at tea. 我还正想跟你们喝茶呢
We"re awfully sorry you missed it. The countess and I were just off to take the air on the boat deck. 抱歉 , 我们正要到甲板上散步
What a lovely idea. I need to catch up on my gossip. 好极了 , 我也来跟你们聊聊

Molly: Countess. 伯爵夫人
So you"ve not yet lit the last four boilers? 最后四个锅炉还没用到吗 ?
No, I don"t see the need. We are making excellent time. 没有必要 我们的速度已经很快了
The press knows the size of Titanic. 新闻界知道这艘船很大
Now I want them to marvel at her speed. 但不知道她的速度
We must give them something new to print. 要给他们点新闻写写

This maiden voyage of Titanic must make headlines. 铁达尼号的处女航 可是要上头条新闻的
Mr. Ismay, I would prefer not to push the engines until they"ve been properly run in.伊士美先生 引擎是新的 , 先得让它们跑顺
Of course I"m just a passenger. I leave it to your good offices to decide what"s best. 我只是个乘客 , 一切由你做主
But what a glorious end to your final crossing 但你马上就要退休了
if we were to get into New York on Tuesday night and surprise them all. Make the morning papers. Retire with a bang, eh, E.J.? 若能在周二抵达纽约 报纸马上就会登出来 这样退休多光彩啊 ?

Good man. 好船长
Well, after that I worked on a squid boat in Monterey. 后来 , 我又在 蒙特瑞的鱼船上工作
Then I went down to Los Angeles to the pier in Santa Monica 接着又到洛杉机
and started doing portraits there for ten cents a piece. 在码头画人像 , 一张一毛钱

Why can"t I be like you,Jack-- just head out for the horizon 如果我也能这样就好了
whenever I feel like it? 要走就走 , 想去哪就去哪
Say we"ll go there sometime to that pier 说我们会去那码头
even if we only ever just talk about it. 哪怕只是说说

No, we"ll do it. 不 , 我们一定会去
We"ll drink cheap beer. We"ll ride on the roller coaster till we throw up. 可以去喝便宜的啤酒坐云宵飞车直到吐
Then we"ll ride horses on the beach right in the surf. 我们还要在海滩上骑马
But you"ll have to do it like a real cowboy. None of that sidesaddle stuff. 但要跟牛仔一样 , 不能侧坐