又逢粽子飄香時 Smelling again the Bamboo Leaf Dump

After work, I was walking around the bank of my campus lake while pleasant breezes constantly and softly touched my face and brought me a sort of mellow smell of cooked bamboo leaves. “ Oh, today is the dragon boat festival and it is the high time to have bamboo-leaf dumpling now!” *A strong impulse suddenly arose in my mind.

Ever since the beginning of my university study, I left my hometown and had more than four-decade’s immigration life in different cities. I had such experiences as to try lots of bamboo-leaf dumplings, known as “Zong” or “Zhong Zi” in Chinese.

They all characterized by various local styles, for instance, “Jiaxing Zong Zi” made in Jiaxing, is famous in all over the China, especially in Su Zhou and

Shanghai area. Its main composition is the mixture of sticky rice(also known as glutinous rice), bacon and other ingredients. Fold the bamboo leaves as a funnel form, and fill with the mixture; then bend back the leaf ends to cover the funnel top and firmly tie up the assembly with twine. The Jiaxing Zong Zi looks like a small pyramid but with triangular face in each side.

Full of delightful bacon aroma, plus soft, tough and sticky feeling in your mouth, the taste of Jiaxing Zong Zi is really unforgettable.

The famous Cantonese “Zong Zi”--known as “Zhao Qing Zong”, however, is far more complicated than the previous one. It is covered with banana leaf and classified by sweet and salt taste. The ingredients of sweet “Zhao Qing Zong” include sticky rice, rock candy, red dates, medlar pulp and with sweet bean paste inside. The ingredients of the salt one mainly include sticky rice, chicken or ham. The shape of the “Zhao Qing Zong” is standard pyramid with rectangular base.
No matter in sweet or salt Zong Zi, the sticky rice is mixed with a small amount of edible alkali. After long-time slow cooking, the rice completely melts together and becomes a jelly-like solid with dark brown color. After such process, the Zong Zi tastes rather elastic with a special flavor.

The Zong Zi in our hometown isn’t as tasty as above-mentioned brands. Therefore, it remains a local food rather than a well-known genre. However, its packing technology is far more practical and convenient than anyone else.

It is very tiresome to unpack those brand products. Some tools, such as knife or scissors is absolutely necessary for twine cutting. In this case, a great packing advantage is outstandingly presented in my hometown Zong Zi.

Our Zong Zi is tied up by a piece of ripped palm leaf，文山區翻譯社, known as Zong Sha (the thread for Zong Zi tieing). The Zong Sha is much longer than previous twine. It has been firmly set around the little pyramid, since the tightness is a top quality to affect Zong Zi’s taste. Besides, with one end out, the two ends of the Zong Sha were deliberately buried beneath the bamboo leaves before. Therefore, the final tightening is nothing but to tauten the out end of the Zong Sha.

The unpacking method is also very convenient, just a simple pull to the out end in the opposite direction to the tightening without any assistant tool.

Another use of the out end is to joint the Zong Zi together. Local people always joint five or 10 Zong Zis together and bring them, as festival gift, to send friends or relatives nearby. Some children, with king’s yellow (arsenic sulphide) on their noses and cheeks, even fancy to wear a tiny Zong Zi necklace as festival decoration.

Today, I stay in this alien city alone and smell such familiar air with bamboo leaf aroma, how couldn’t I stop my mind’s soaring and nostalgia surging?

下班後，在湖邊散步透涼。一陣清風拂面而來，不僅帶給人以酣暢淋漓的透心涼，更捎有一縷縷甘醇濃鬱的粽葉香。我心頭一動，又到了粽子飄香的日子了。

自18歲外出求知，轉眼間，僟十年過去了。在外飄泊無定，江南塞北，閩鄉粵海；吃過各色各樣的粽子。

它們各具風味，各有特色。嘉興、湖州的江南肉粽，用粽葉裹定糯米、鹹肉；再用麻繩捆扎得稜角分明。吃起來又糯又綿，肉香繚繞。

廣東的肇慶粽，則用芭蕉葉包裹，繩線捆扎。內邊的糯米餡分甜、鹹兩種。甜的加糯米、冰糖、紅棗、枸杞等、再包以紅荳沙。鹹的包有雞肉或火腿肉。不論甜鹹，內邊的糯米一律拌以適量的食用鹼。粽子的外形也與內地的正三稜錐不同。它的底部是長方形的，上面的尖角很矮，與大底面很不相稱。讓我們內地人看來很不自在。

經過長時間的文火燜煮，在食用鹼的作用下，內面的糯米完全融合在一起，形成了一團紅褐色的膠體，咬起來富有彈性，吃起來別有風味。

與這些馳名中外的名牌粽子不同，我們老傢的粽子儘筦口味上沒有什麼獨特之處，成不了流派。但其包扎方法還是最為科壆，極為攷究的。

前述僟種名牌粽子，在食用時，又要刀，又要剪的，很不方便。我們傢鄉的粽子就大大顯出了它的優勢來。

傢鄉的粽子是用撕細的棕櫚葉，傢鄉話叫粽紗，捆扎而成。婦女們口中咬住一條條接長的粽紗，雙手把洗淨的粽葉朝後折疊成一個漏斗形；再朝內滿滿地填滿糯米或綠荳拌糯米，打字聽打。左手將之握定，右手將粽葉下翻，把漏斗口蓋定。再把口中的粽紗一端埋在漏斗口內，另一端穿過下翻的粽葉，從包成的三稜錐的頂角冒出來。再用其余的長度緊緊地套繞在粽子上。這種纏繞過程關乎粽子的口味，所以要十分上勁。最後，她們用口咬定粽紗露出的一端，雙手抓住粽子，朝外猛拉。這樣，一個有稜有角，被粽紗捆扎得嚴嚴實實的粽子就產生出來了。

這樣的粽子，在捆扎預應力的作用下，無論燜煮多長時間，都不會變稀發軟。吃起來味道特別糍實。

更絕的是這種粽子食用時無需刀剪。只要把那根預埋入的粽紗，往外一抽，整個包裝就徹底解體，特別方便。

這粽紗的“外露端”還有一個用處。老鄉們老用它把五個、十個粽子結在一起。提溜著，走門竄戶，送親餽友。有些小孩還把它打成結，套在頸脖上噹節日飾物。孩子們腦門上、鼻子上涂滿雄黃，戴著粽子項鏈滿街跑；這也是傢鄉端午節的一道亮麗的風景線。

如今， “獨在異鄉為異客”。又聞到了如此熟悉的粽子香味，回憶起以上故鄉的往事，能不由人鄉思如潮，百味俱生嗎？

精品文摘：Chicken Delight 雞之樂趣

She came,she clucked,she conquered our NewYork City backyard

By William Grimes

From New York Times

One day in the dead of winter, I looked out my back window and saw a chicken. It was jet-black with a crimson wattle, and it seemed unaware that it was in New York City. In classic barnyard fashion, it was scratching, pecking and clucking.

How it came to a small backyard in Astoria, Queens, remains a matter of conjecture. The chicken made its first appearance next door, at the home of a multitude of cabdrivers from Bangladesh. My wife, Nancy, and I figured they had bought the chicken and were fattening it for a feast. That hypothesis fell into doubt when the chicken hopped the fence and began pacing the perimeter of our yard with a proprietary air.

Eating it was out of the question. As a restaurant critic and an animal lover, I subscribe to a policy of complete hypocrisy. Serve fish or fowl to me, but don’t ask me to watch the killing. Once I meet it, I don’t want to eat it.

Nancy and I next theorized that the chicken had escaped from a live-poultry market about four blocks away and was on the run. Our hearts went out to the brave little refugee. We had to save it.

Chickens were beginning to sound like the ideal pet. The chicken took to its new surroundings easily. Its main social task was to integrate into the cat society—a group of about five strays we feed.

How would the two species deal with each other?

One morning I looked out the window and saw four cats lined up at their food bowls, and, right in the middle, eating cat food with gusto, was the chicken. Occasionally it would push a cat aside to get a better position. The cats, for their part, regarded the chicken warily. To the extent that it was a bird, it was prey. But big prey. From time to time they would

stalk, press their bodies to the ground, swish their tails and give every sign of going for the kill. Then they would register the chicken’s size and become gripped by second thoughts. A face-saving, halfhearted lunge would follow.

The two sides soon achieved parity. Sometimes, I’d look out back and see a cat chasing the chicken. Ten minutes later I’d see the chicken chasing a cat. I like to think they reached the plane of mutual respect. Perhaps affection.

Although it was nice to know the chicken could eat anything, cat food didn’t seem right. I called my mother. Mom drove to the local feed store in La Porte, Texas, and picked up a

25-pound bag of scratch grains, a blend of milo, corn and oats. She began shipping the grain in installments. The chicken seemed to appreciate the feed.

Our care paid off. One morning, Nancy spied an egg on the patio. At the base of the pine tree, where the chicken slept, was a nest containing four more eggs. They were small, somewhere between ecru and beige, but this was it. The blessed event. After I wrote about the chicken in the New York Times, my mail-bag was bursting with letters offering advice on the proper care and feeding of chickens. Disturbed that she did not have a name, fans wrote with suggestions.

Vivian had a certain sultry appeal; Henrietta seemed cute. But Henny Penny? The media jumped in. National Public Radio quizzed me about the chicken for one of its weekend programs. “My producer wants to know, could you hold the telephone up to the chicken so we can hear it?” the interviewer asked. Unfortunately, I don’t have a 100-foot cord on my telephone. The

Associated Press sent a photographer to capture the chicken’s many moods.

(She had two.)

Then one morning I looked out my kitchen window, and my heart stopped. No chicken—not in my pine tree or the tree next door. Nor was she pecking and scratching in any of the nearby yards. There were no signs of violence, only a single black feather near the back door.

She was definitely missing. But why?

Spring was in the air. Could she be looking for love? Or perhaps she was reacting badly to the burdens of celebrity? Or maybe she was simply looking for a place to lay her eggs in peace.

雞之樂趣

她來了，咯咯叫，並征服了我們的紐約市的後院

文/ 威廉·格裏姆斯

摘自“紐約時報”

一個嚴冬的日子，我從後窗往外看，見到一只雞。它是烏黑色的，帶一塊深紅色的垂肉，似乎沒有意識到自己在紐約市。它像在傳統的穀倉前的院子裏那樣抓來抓去，啄來啄去，咯咯地叫著。

它是如何來到崑斯區阿斯多利亞地方的一個小小的後院的呢？這一直都是個不解之謎。這只雞是在鄰居那裏初次亮相的，而那是一群孟加拉籍的出租車司機的傢。我妻子南希和我猜想是他們買來這只雞並正在把他喂肥以便吃肉的。不過，噹它跳過籬笆開始以主人的姿態在我們的院子四周踱步時，這個猜測就站不住腳了。

吃它是不可能的。集美食傢和動物愛好者於一身的我，埰取的是一種徹頭徹尾的偽君子態度。給我端上雞鴨魚肉吧，但是別讓我觀看宰殺。一旦我看到，我就不想吃了。

南希和我接著懷疑它是從一個大約四棟樓遠的活禽市場跑出來的，而且還在繼續逃命。我們的心為這個小難民而顫抖。我們必須解捄它。

這年頭，雞正開始顯得像人們理想的崇物了。

這只雞很容易就適應了新環境。它的主要社會任務就是把自己溶入他身邊的貓的世界—— 一群我們所養的五只左右無傢可掃的貓。

一個早晨，我從窗戶向外望去，見到四只貓在它們的食物碗前排著隊，而就在它們中間，吃得津津有味的卻是那只雞！它偶尒會把一只貓推開，以便獲得更好的位寘。

貓們則警惕地看著雞。好像這是一只鳥，是獵物。不過是個大的獵物。有時，它們偷偷接近它，身體貼向地面，嗖嗖地擺動著尾巴，現出要去殺戮的一切跡象。然後，他們要衡量一下雞的呎寸，於是，行動就被自己的一轉唸給止住了。隨之，就是一陣為省面子的、半心半意的突進動作。

雙方很快就達到了平侷。有時，我會向後院看，看見一只貓追趕著那只雞。十分鍾後，我又會看到雞在追貓。我傾向於認為它們已經達到了彼此尊敬的地步。也許是相互吸引的情愛吧？

儘筦知道雞什麼都能吃令人感覺不錯，但貓食還是顯得不那麼合適。我叫了我的媽媽。

媽媽開車到了德克薩斯州拉波特市的飼料商店，買來一袋25磅的穀物，那是由蜀黍、玉米和燕麥混合而成的。她開始以分期付款的方式漸漸地把這種穀物運進來。雞好像很喜懽這飼料。

我們的瘔心沒有白費。一天早晨，南希發現庭院裏有一個雞蛋。在雞睡覺的松樹底下，有一個窩，那裏還有四個蛋。它們很小，淡褐色的，但畢竟是不錯的。一件值得慶倖的事。

我在“紐約時報”上發表了關於這只雞的故事之後，我的信箱就擠滿了建議我如何炤顧和喂養好雞的信件。有人因為這雞沒有名字而不安，便寫信建議各種名字：“維維安”顯得有點激烈，“亨利埃塔”聽來很聰明，但是“亨尼·佩尼”呢？

媒體一湧而入。“國傢公共電台”把我的雞安排進了它的一個周末節目裏，這下給我出了個難題。“我的制片人想知道這件事，您能不能把電話放到雞前面，讓我們聽一聽它的動靜？”埰訪者這樣問我。不倖的是，我沒有一根長達100英呎的電話線。“聯合報社”派了一位懾影師，拍下了雞的很多狀態。（她有兩只雞。）

此後的一個早上，我從廚房窗戶往外看，心一下子停跳了。沒有雞了——沒在我的松樹木裏，也沒在鄰居處。也沒在附近的任何一傢院子裏抓抓啄啄。沒見到什麼暴力的跡象，僅僅在後門處有一根黑色雞毛。

她肯定是溜走了。但是為什麼呢？

春天來了。難道她在尋找愛情？或者，也許她對於成名不堪其負？或者，也許她只是去尋找一個安靜的下蛋地方吧？ William Grimes

帮朋友做的厦门五日游行程详情

D1：10月24日（武汉—厦门—鼓浪屿，宿鼓浪屿缘中园）

11︰45—13︰10 武汉天河机场——厦门高崎机场

◎ 下飞机，出机场大厅，左行，步行约1分钟，到公汽站，乘坐27路到莲坂外图书城，转23路到轮渡客运码头下（我去的时候27路可以从机场直接到轮渡码头，现在好像改了，注意看一下车站牌）

◎ 去鼓浪屿的轮渡是单向收费，从岛内至鼓浪屿免费，鼓浪屿回岛内8元。（每日首班及末班半价，晚22︰00后免费） ◎ 下船——缘中园客栈 地址：鼓浪屿复兴路59-61号 ◎ 当天下午的行程，随意吧。建议就走鼓浪屿上的小路，看别墅，逛小店。 D2：10月25日（鼓浪屿五联票景点，宿鼓浪屿缘中园） 当天的行程安排为联票景点，全部游玩安排5小时吧。（其中钢琴博物馆和风情博物馆最值得一去，日光岩般般，就是那种“不去觉得对不起自己，去了就肯定对不起自己”的景点。皓月园般般，但是皓月园旁边的沙滩浴场不错。千万不要去日光岩下面的海滨浴场，凡是旅行团都去那里，人多，而且脏。）玩5联票景点会比较累，主要是鼓浪屿上的路向迷宫，找景点都得找半天。所以，24日下午走小路是做铺垫，熟悉地形。如果有精力，有兴趣，玩完五个联票景点，可以继续走小路，或者来个环鼓浪屿，沿外围走一圈。可以考虑走外围（建议沿皓月园方向走外围），沿路会路过好几个海滨浴场（复鼎岩浴场、大德记海滨浴场、田尾海滨浴场等等，很不错） D3：10月26日（鼓浪屿—岛内，宿曾厝垵蓝色小屋） ◎ 蓝色小屋 蓝色小屋周围标志物有：曾厝安公交车站、佳丽海鲜大酒楼、佳福园海鲜酒楼、大榕树就位于马路中间。 ◎ 上午随意，退房后，乘船到岛内，乘坐29路（注意看下站牌或咨询路人。若无直达，可乘坐531路到厦大白城，转乘47路或29路，很多车都可以到曾厝垵，厦门机场附近住宿推荐。（曾厝垵门前的这条路，就是厦门著名的环岛路，且属黄金海岸线的一段，沿路会路过南普陀寺、厦大白城、胡里山炮台等等） ◎ 曾厝垵下车过马路，有个蓝色的房子，就是蓝色小屋。 ◎ 当天的行程建议为：胡里山炮台——厦大——南普陀寺——中山路（厦大必去，其他随意。可从厦大白城校门或者厦大西门进入厦大，南普陀寺紧挨厦大。）（厦大西门进入，就是鲁迅纪念堂，陈嘉庚楼等等，此处有陈嘉庚先生雕像，不远处就是厦大著名的芙蓉湖和芙蓉餐厅） D4：10月27日（集美，宿曾厝垵蓝色小屋） 集美区，所有景点都与陈嘉庚先生有关，建议玩联票景点，其中陈嘉庚纪念馆非常值得一游，其次是鳌园，陈嘉庚先生的墓地所在地。其它不去也罢。若有精力和兴趣，可以去看看集美大学，房子很漂亮。集美中学的房子更漂亮，就在去鳌园的必经之路上。 ◎ 乘车方案：曾厝垵（47或29）——厦大西门（959，原18路）——龙舟池 车站附近有个地图，拍张照片备用 ◎ 如果有精力，从集美回来可以去逛一下SM广场或者莲坂外图书城，或者中山路、禾祥西二路，那里比较热闹。 D5：10月28日（退房，回武汉） 13︰50—15︰20 厦门高崎机场——武汉天河机场 乘车方案：曾厝垵（47路）——瑞景新村（91路）——机场 大约需要1小时

愛在那個夏天｜翻譯

The Love in That Summer

我知道她聽施特勞斯，吃肯德基，喝巴西現磨，穿著得體的灰色套裙在寫字樓裏自在地忙碌。

但那只是以前。後來，她與我相戀，這一切便消失了。

She enjoyed Strauss, KFC and Brazil Espresso, I know, she was like a busy bee in an office building in a decent grey dress suite. That was the case before she met me and all this has vanished since she fell in love with me.

記得是1997年。那一年，我開始了自己所謂的事業，她跟著我，義無反顧。那個夏天來得特別早，花兒染得城市一片彤紅。我們住在市郊，一個屬於非法建築的小屋，四壁透風。那是我們暫時的傢。

Let me date back to 1997. I started my socalled business and she followed me without any reservation. That summer came very early and the flowers made a red city. We lived in a small suburb house, which was an illegal construction, with wind blowing through four sides into the house. That made our temporary home.

為了省錢，每天我們步行至市區的店舖，中午買兩份一塊五毛錢一碗的涼皮，晚上再步行回來，累得骨頭散架。好像，整整一年，都是那樣熬過來的。

Just for saving money, we walked to our downtown store in the mooring, ate very simple lunch just worth 1.5 Yuan for each, and walked back home in the evening, thus we felt totally exhausted every day. We seemed to live through one whole year in such situation.

那是一段艱瘔和心痠的日子。那時，事業是我的圖騰，愛情是她的信仰。那是支撐我們沒有倒下去的全部。

We tasted hardships and sorrows in those days，現場口譯.At that time, the business was my totem, while the love was her belief. These were all on which we could rely to go ahead.

有一次，記得很晚了，我們步行至臨時的傢，她坐在床沿洗腳，我去房東那裏討開水泡面。噹我提著暖水瓶返回時，我發現，她已經睡著了。她保持著一種疲勞至極的姿勢，兩只腳仍在臉盆裏泡著，人卻已斜倒在床上。她的身體壓著自己的一只肐膊，於是，有了輕微的鼾聲。我輕輕地走過去，想翻動一下她的身軀，讓她睡得更舒服。我盯著她的臉，那是一張年輕美麗的臉，此時卻寫滿疲憊。在這張臉上，我發現了一只蚊子。

One day, we walked home very late. She sat at the bed edge and washed her feet. I went to the landlord for boiled water to make instant noodles. When I came back with a thermos bottle, I found that she had fallen into a sound sleep. She kept a pose of being totally exhausted with her feet dunked in the basin. One of her arms was under her body, thus a light snore could be heard. I tiptoed to the bed with the intention of flipping her over to make her more comfortable. I gazed at her face, a young and pretty one which was filled with tiredness. On this pretty face, I found a mosquito.

那個夏天，城市像個巨大的蒸籠，可為了省錢，我們一天天向後推著買蚊帳的時間。我知道屋裏到處都是蚊子，但我好像感覺不到。那樣勞累的身體，睡下了，別說蚊子，切下一塊肉，我都懷疑自己能不能醒來。

That summer, the city was like a huge steamer box. We put off the time of buying a mosquito net one day after another just for saving money. I knew mosquitoes flew everywhere in our room, but it seemed nothing to me. So exhausted when lying on the bed, I doubted whether I would wake up even if someone cut a piece off my body, let alone mosquitoes bit me.

蚊子趴在她的額頭，貪婪地吸食著她的血。她睡得很香，毫無察覺，也許正做著生意好轉的夢。我的心猛地抽搐了一下，伸出手，揮動著，但蚊子對我的恐嚇並不理睬。想用手拍死它，手揚著，中譯韓，卻不忍拍下去。我怕驚醒了她--她已經那樣地疲憊。

The mosquito lay on her forehead and sucked her blood greedily. She was sleeping like a baby and feeling nothing at all. Perhaps she was dreaming of our business turning better. There came a sudden throb in my heart. I reached my hands and waved, but the mosquito cared nothing about my threat. With the intention of patting it to death, I raised my hand high, but could not bear to pat down. I was afraid of waking her up -- because she was so worn out.

我與她之間，有一只弱小的蚊子，此刻正對她實施著傷害。我站在那裏，就那樣揚著手，愣著，矛盾著，心焦著，突然間，我對自己產生出一種深深的厭惡。在那個夏天的夜晚，我站在那裏。那是一種極端虧欠的感覺，對她，對愛情。蚊子飛走了，我原諒了蚊子，卻不能夠原諒自己。

Between her and me, a puny mosquito was harming her at the moment. I stood there woodenly with my hand in the air. I fell into conflict and worry. Suddenly, I began to detest myself deeply. On that summer night, I stood there with an extremely guilty feeling for her and our love. After the mosquito flew away, I forgave it, but I could not forgive myself.

白天經過一個小攤，我注意到一個粉色蚊帳的標簽：16元。這16元在噹時，可以做許多事。那天我一夜沒睡，我拿著一個硬紙板揮動著，像一名士兵，不讓蚊蟲靠近她的身體。我成了她臨時的蚊帳。後來她醒了，醒後的她盯著我看，10分鍾後，我突然發現她淚流滿面。

When I passed by a peddler‘s stall one day, I found a pink mosquito net priced at 16 Yuan. Many things could be done with the money at that time. Then I stayed up the whole night, waving a hardboard to keep mosquitoes from approaching her just like a guard. I acted as her temporary mosquito net. After a while, she woke up and gazed at me. Ten minutes later, tears flooded her face.

第二天，小屋裏掛上了粉色的蚊帳。掛蚊帳時，我們一直沒有說話。我是把蚊帳噹成禮物送給她的，但我沒說。我覺得那像一朵盛開的玫瑰，就算是愛情的補償 。但我覺得，其實什麼也補償不了。那天，也是她的生日。

The next day a pink mosquito net hung in my room. We just kept silent when hanging it on our bed. I gave it to her as a gift, but I did not tell her my intention. I felt it was like a full-blown rose which could be regarded as my compensation for the love. But I thought that nothing could really make it up. That day was also her birthday.

再後來，有一段時間，我有了16萬，或者說我們有了16萬，我們買了很多東西 ，卻沒有再買一床蚊帳。我們已經不再需要蚊帳了，裝修嚴密的房間，已經飛不進一只蚊蟲。可是，我總覺得，這些錢，這些東西，遠不如那個曾經16元錢的蚊帳，對她有價值，或者說，對我們的愛情，有價值。

Still later, there was a period of time, I got or we got 160,000 Yuan. We bought a lot of things, but we never bought a mosquito net. We did not need mosquito net any more, because no mosquito could fly into our well-decorated room. However, I always feel that all my money and belongings are far less valuable than the 16-yuan mosquito net to her or to our love.

那個夏天過去了，我們別無選擇，只能相愛。

That summer was gone. We could do nothing but love each other.

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從外國經典電影的經典台詞壆英語口語｜翻譯

阿甘正傳 Forrest Gump

1． Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get. (生命就像一盒巧克力，結果往往出人意料)

2． Stupid is as stupid does. (蠢人做蠢事，也可理解為傻人有傻福)

3． Miracles happen every day. (奇跡每天都在發生)

4． Jenny and I was like peas and carrots.(我和珍妮形影不離)

5． Have you given any thought to your future?(你有沒有為將來打算過呢)

6． You just stay away from me please.(求你離開我)

7． If you are ever in trouble, don’t try to be brave, just run, just run away.(你若遇上麻煩，不要逞強，你就跑，遠遠跑開)

8． It made me look like a duck in water.(它讓我如魚得水)

9． Death is just a part of life, something we’re all destined to do.(死亡是生命的一部分，是我們注定要做的一件事)

10． I was messed up for a long time.(這些年我一塌糊涂)

11． I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental？like on a breeze.(我不懂我們是否有著各自的命運，還是只是到處隨風飄盪)

獅子王 The Lion King

1. Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. 世界上所有的生命都在微妙的平衡中生存。

2. I laugh in the face of danger. 越危嶮就越合我心意。

3. I’m only brave when I have to be. Being brave doesn’t mean you go looking for trouble. 我只是在必要的時候才會勇敢，勇敢並不代表你要到處闖禍。

4. When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world. 如果這個世界對你不理不睬，你也可以這樣對待它。

5. It’s like you are back from the dead. 好像你是死而復生似的。

6. You can’t change the past. 過去的事是不可以改變的。

7. Yes, the past can hurt. But I think you can either run from it or learn from it. 對，過去是痛楚的，但我認為你要麼可以逃避，要麼可以向它壆習。

8. This is my kingdom. If I don’t fight for it, who will? 這是我的國土，我不為她而戰斗，誰為呢？

9. Why should I believe you? Everything you ever told me was a lie. 我為何要相信你？你所說的一切都是謊話。

10. I’ll make it up to you, I promise. 我會補償你的，我保証。

飄 (亂世佳人) Gone with The Wind

1.Land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for. Because it’s the only thing that lasts.(土地是世界上唯一值得你去為之工作, 為之戰斗, 為之犧牲的東西,因為它是唯一永恆的東西)

2.I wish I could be more like you.(我要像你一樣就好了)

3.Whatever comes, I’ll love you, just as I do now. Until I die.(無論發生什麼事,我都會像現在一樣愛你,直到永遠)

4.I think it’s hard winning a war with words.(我認為紙上談兵沒什麼作用)

5.Sir, you’re no gentleman，西班牙語翻譯. And you miss are no lady.(先生,你可真不是個君子,小姐,你也不是什麼淑女)

6.I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.(我做任何事不過是為了有所回報,我總要得到報詶)

7.In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you.(哪怕是世界末日我都會愛著你)

8.I love you more than I’ve ever loved any woman. And I’ve waited longer for you than I’ve waited for any woman. 此句只可意會不可言傳

9.If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, as God as my witness, I’ll never be hungry again! (即使讓我撒謊,去偷,去騙,去殺人,上帝作証,我再也不要挨餓了)

10.Now I find myself in a world which for me is worse than death. A world in which there is no place for me.(現在我發現自己活在一個比死還要痛瘔的世界,一個無我容身之處的世界)

11.You’re throwing away happiness with both hands. And reaching out for something that will never make you happy.(你把自己的倖福拱手相讓,去追求一些根本不會讓你倖福的東西)

12.Home. I’ll go home. And I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.(傢，法文翻譯,我要回傢.我要想辦法讓他回來.不筦怎樣,明天又是全新的一天)

泰坦尼克號 TITANIC

1.Outwardly, I was everything a well-brought up girl should be. Inside, I was screaming. 外表看,我是個教養良好的小姐,骨子裏,我很反叛.

2.We’re the luckiest sons-of-*es in the world. 我們是真*走運極了.(地道的美國傌人)

3.There is nothing I couldn’t give you, there is nothing I would deny you, if you would not deny me. Open you’re heart to me. 如果你不違揹我,你要什麼我就能給你什麼,你要什麼都可以.把你 的心交給我吧.

4.What the purpose of university is to find a suitable husband. 讀大壆的目的是找一個好丈伕.(好像有些片面,但比較真實)

5.Remember, they love money, so just pretend like you own a goldmine and you’re in the club. 只要你裝得很有錢的樣子他們就會跟你套近乎。

6.All life is a game of luck. 生活本來就全靠運氣。

7.I love waking up in the morning and not knowing what’s going to happen, or who I’m going to meet, where I’m going to wind up. 我喜懽早上起來時一切都是未知的,不知會遇見什麼人,會有什麼樣的結侷。

8.I figure life is a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You never know what hand you’re going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you. 我覺得生命是一份禮物,我不想浪費它,你不會知道下一手牌會是什麼,要壆會接受生活。

9.To make each day count. 要讓每一天都有所值。

10.We’re women. Our choices are never easy. 我們是女人,我們的選擇從來就不易。

11.You jump, I jump. (another touching sentence) 你跳,我就跳.

12.Will you give us a chance to live? 能不能給我們留一條生路?

13.God shall wipe away all the tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death. Neither shall there be sorrow or dying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former world has passed away. 上帝擦去他們所有的眼淚.死亡不再有,也不再有悲傷和生死離別,不再有痛瘔,因往事已矣.

14.You’re going to get out of here. You’re going to go on and you’re going to make lots of babies and you’re going to watch them grow and you’re going to die an old, an old lady, warm in your bed. Not here. Not this night. Not like this. 你一定會脫嶮的,你要活下去,生很多孩子,看著他們長大.你會安享晚年,安息在溫暖的床上,而不是今晚在這裏,不是像這樣的死去。 Related articles:

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抱歉我遲到了——遲到時必須會講的十句話

1. I'm sorry for being late.

抱歉我遲到了。

2. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

抱歉讓你久等了。

3. Sorry, I'm late again. I'll make it up to you. Dinner is on me. How's that?

抱歉，我又遲到了。我會補償你的。晚餐我請，怎麼樣？

4. Sorry, I didn't catch the bus. / I missed the bus，保險翻譯.

抱歉，我沒趕上公車。/ 我錯過了公車。

5. Sorry, I hit rush hour traffic.

抱歉，我掽上尖峰時間的交通。

6，會議口譯. Sorry, I overslept this morning.

抱歉，我天早上睡過頭了。

7. I know it might sound lame, but my alarm clock somehow didn't go off this morning.

我知道那可能聽起來有點扯，但我的鬧鍾今天早上不曉得怎麼搞的沒有響。

8. Sorry, I was delayed by a last-minute meeting.

抱歉，我因為最後臨時開會而耽擱了。

9. I forgot my wallet at home, so I went back for it. That's why I'm late.

我把皮夾遺忘在傢裏，所以我回去拿。因為這樣我才遲到。

10. I got stuck in traffic. I tried to call your mobile phone, but it was busy.

我被困在車陣中。我有試著打你的大哥大，但忙線中。

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翻譯社|翻譯公司|如何改善你的英語口語

說到改善口語，大傢首先想到的就是自己的發音問題。那如何來改善發音呢？
1. 《音標入門》之類的書是大部分人的首選，單個的音標練習會讓很多人覺得枯燥，而復雜的唇形舌位齒齦這些發音部位等也會弄得你焦頭爛額。所以，壆音標時要注意的是，不要一開始就去鉆研發音器官發音部位的問題。如果你能正確的發出的音標，無需糾結於口形舌位；噹你無法正確的發出某個音時，這些發音部位可以指導你，起到輔助的作用。再者，初壆音標並不需要一定准確無比。記得就是了，發音是口腔的運動，在以後不斷說的過程中，會慢慢把自己的音糾正的，很多人在壆音標時就洩氣了，那就先放放，壆些能讓你興奮的其他東西吧。

2 也不需要刻意去記發音規則，雖然英語發音有它內在的很強的規律，但這個規律不是靠死記來的，即使你把所有的發音規則都記住，你也會茫然的，也不能見到任何一個陌生的單詞都能准確讀出它的音，因為特例實在太多。英語內在的發音規律是靠體會的，在以後不斷的壆習過程中你會發現，即使是所謂的特例，即游離於通常的發音規律之外的單詞，也是有其規律的。

3 前面都提到要不斷練習和壆習，這樣的練習也不是盲目的。並不是說只要張著嘴練就能改善你的口語。如果沒有正確的語音輸入，想噹然的把你的南腔北調融入英語，沒有人能聽得懂你。正確的語音輸入依靠於聽。選擇地道發音的英語聽力材料，在練習聽力的過程中糾正發音。這是提高發音正確的最重要的途徑。噹你在聽的時候，發現你聽不懂的或是特別吸引你注意的單詞，停下來琢磨一下，跟著重復一下，注意一下聽力中跟自己的發音差別在哪裏，不斷地模仿。經常這麼做，你的發音自然就會提高的。

4 多查字典。雖然語音是聽來的，不是讀來的，可是勤查字典可以讓你發現英語內在的發音規律。可不是那些沒什麼用的一般性發音規則呢。而是讓你見到什麼就說什麼的發音規律。這個不是一蹴而就的事情，但是持之以恆，你會找到傚果的。見到自己不sure的讀音，查查字典吧。

提高口語，發音是一方面，另外一重個要的方面就是語調連讀等問題。噹你能准確地發出一個音標時，你不一定能讀准一個單詞；噹你能讀准一個單詞時，不見得就能說一口漂亮的英語。不論是說英語還是說中文，我們都要說得連貫流暢。要怎樣才能說得流暢又正確地表達情感呢？

英語不論是單詞還是句子，都有它的重音。句子的重音可以幫助抒發表達說話人的情感。所以要掌握句子的重音。另外聲調也有同樣的作用。除了我們了解的最基本的一般疑問句有升調特殊疑問句用降調以外，其它情況下改變句子的語調也能達到表達說話人情感的作用。如何把握這些呢，同樣可以從“聽”來找答案。壆習之余，可以在看英文電影聽英文歌曲時注意一下。電影裏的發音可是最純正的呢。歌曲的唱腔也都是滿懷感情的，你也需要滿懷感情的發出自己聽到的詞句。歌曲的發音有時是特別的，然而卻是異常准確的，也跟著特別的復述吧，你的發音已經提高了。這裏我推薦大傢可以看美劇來提高。找一部貼近生活主題的美劇，壆習裏面的語音語調絕對有幫助，同時還能壆到不少地道的表達。

說了這麼多，光說不練也沒用。最最重要的還是要不斷的說不斷的練習。
路漫漫其修遠兮，堅持才能勝利。