Submission《归顺（2017）》完整中英文对照剧本.docxVIP

尤斯顿学院由以利亚·尤斯顿Euston College was first founded in the early 1800s建立于19世纪初by Elijah Euston,主要是为了教育他的六个儿子和七个女儿primarily to educate his six sons and seven daughters.因为他发现在这个Why he felt the need to educate全是近亲关系的孤立大学里教育他们them at a college this isolated and inbred并不是很适合isnt readily available.作为一个小说家 我写了一本还算成功的书As a novelist with one moderately successful book under my belt,来到了这个待遇优厚但层次较低的机构I arrived at this well-paying but lower-tier institution带着我的妻子和孩子一起with wife and child in tow,并承诺了有健康保险the promise of health insurance beckoning.这个短期的工作 我觉得A short term gig, I thought,给了我一个缓冲时间 完全符合我第二部作品的期望fully expecting my second novel to offer me a reprieve把我从默默无闻中拯救出来and save me from obscurity.那是十年前的事了That was a decade ago.我一直被吹捧成一个万众瞩目的作者I had been touted as an author to watch.我几乎没有意识到Little did I realize that洗礼会变成我的悼词that christening would turn into my eulogy.好 大家怎么看Okay, so what did everybody think?有人思考过吗What did anybody think?看看他们 他们惊呆了Look at them. Theyre shell-shocked.他们看起来像卡hearts;通hearts;人物在听小鸟推文They look like cartoon characters hearing birdies tweet.什么事吸引了你What engaged you?可能这是一个阴谋Maybe its a conspiracy.与动物发生性关系的三个故事Three stories about sex with animals,而这才刚刚开始and the term has just begun.梅格 你为什么不投入 -我觉得这很恶心Meg, why dont you jump in? -I thought it was disgusting.请先积极乐观点Positives first, please.你总能发现有一些不错的东西You can always find something nice to say.除非你是批评家或者是我的首席编辑Unless youre a critic. Or my first editor.他的拼写并不令人反感His spelling wasnt offensive.去你的 -他想要一些积极的东西Up yours. -He wanted something positive.这是我唯一觉得可以说是积极的事情That was the only positive thing I had to say.再说一遍 也许我应该感谢任何Then again, maybe I should be grateful for any student work带着一丝活力和生命的学习工作with a shred of vitality and life,即使它是关于兽hearts;交hearts;的even if it is about bestiality.那并不仅仅是我们看到的那么简单Thats more than I seem to have at the moment.有什么问题吗 斯文森教授Is something wrong, Professor Swenson?你为什么这么问Why do you ask?你叹息了 两次You groaned. Twice.我吗Did I?你