小叛逆-2

台词 

-I hope you’ll excuse me, Miss Virgie, if I don’t bowvery low, but these britches are too tight.

-That’s perfectly all right, Master Harold. Just bow as far as you can.

  That’s far enough, be careful.

-Captain Cary?

-There’s Cary. Here.

-Fort Sumter was fired on this morning, sir. War is declared.

You are to present yourself at the armory immediately, sir, with horses and sidearms.

All men of the Richmond Graves report in the city before nightfall.

Captain Cary, send a slave down the valley to report this news. I’m riding north among the river plantations.

-Thank you, sir.

-Come on, boy.

-Listen, you get the children. I’ll meet you outside at the carriage.

-Isn’t this terrible? What are we going to do?

-I reckon I’d better get your things together.

-I’ll leave as soon as I can.

-Mrs. Cary, I think we ought to get the children home.The road may be filled with soldiers before night.

-That’s true. We’ll be mobilizing tonight and tomorrow.

-Tom, get the carriage ready as quickly as you can.

-Yes, Ma’am.

-Come on, darling. We’ve got to hurry.

-Good bye, Miss Virgie.

-Wait for me!

-Bye, Miss Virgie.

-Bye, Miss Virgie.

-Take him right away, boss. There you go. Come on! Come on!

-Good bye, Mr. Cary.

-Good bye.

-Come on here, Jimmy. Hold it.

-Uncle Billy, I don’t think it was very polite to chase everybody out of my party like that.

-Their mammies have to get ’em home quick. You see, Honey child, there’s going to be a war.

-What’s a war?

-Well, a war is a lot of soldiers and battles where men kill each other with guns.

-Really and truly kill each other?

-Yes, ma’am.

-Why?

-Seem like to me, honey, no one knows why. I hear a white gentleman say there’s a man up North who wants to free the slaves.

-What does that mean “Free the slaves”?

-I don’t know what it means myself.

-It’s funny, isn’t it?

-There’s Daddy! It’s Daddy!

  My Daddy’s the best soldier in the whole army.

-Ready, halt!

  Company, March!

  Oh, James Henry,you always do it wrong.

-I see the Yankees here last week. When they say “March”,they starts. When they say “Halt”, they stops.

-Well, that’s just why I do it different. I wouldn’t do anything those Yankees do.

-Look! Here they come again, Miss Virgie! Look!

-Come on!

-Come on, Miss Virgie! They might hurt you.

-Come on, Miss Virgie.

-I’m not going to run.

-They’s liable to hurt you.

-I just won’t budge. I’ll show them I’m not afraid.

-I is!

-Ain’t you a speck afraid, Miss Virgie?

-No, I’m not. What are you afraid them for?

-Oh, honey child, them Yankees is mighty powerful. They can even change the weather.

-Yes?

-Whenever they come around, I never know whether it’s winter or summer. I’m shiverin’ and sweatin’ at the same time.

-Go and tell Mother they’re coming.

-I think I better.

-Troops, halt!

-Good Lord, Miss Virgie! You is startin’ another war!

-Who did that?

-I did.

-Well, you’re truthful anyway.

-My mommy and daddy taught me never to tell a lie.

-They’re right. Who are you?

-I’m a Confederate.

-So you’re a little rebel, eh?

-I’m not a rebel. My daddy said so. I’m a Confederate.

-You daddy a soldier?

-He’s the best soldier in the whole world.

-Is he around here now?

-I wouldn’t tell you if he was.

-Got a lot of spunk, haven’t you?

-Well, I’m not afraid of you.

-Well, I’m glad you’re not. I think it’d be awful if a nice, little girl like you were afraid of me.

 Nevertheless, you better mind your manners, young lady, and don’t use that slingshot again.

-I wish I was in Dixie. Hooray, hooray

 In Dixie I’ll take my stand to live and die in Dixie

 Away, away, awaydown South in Dixie

 Away, away, awaysown South in Dixie

注释

1. britches /’ brɪtʃɪz/  （非正式））裤子，马裤

    ① Not enough for cloth to make britches.  连条裤子也做不起。

    ② Put him on a clean shirt and a pair of britches that fit him. 给他穿上一件干净的衬衫和一条合身的裤子。

    ③ be too big for one’s britches  狂妄自大

2. declare  /dɪ＇kleər/  宣布，宣告，声明；申报

    ① declare sb to be innocent  宣布某人无罪

    ②declare the result of election  公布选举结果

    ③ He should declare at customs. 他应该报关。

    ④The contract was declared null and void. 合同被宣布无效。

3. sidearm /＇saɪdɑːm/  配枪

    ① Holster your sidearm!  放下你的枪！

    ② First things first, I’m going to collect everybody’s sidearms. 最要紧的是把枪都交给我。

4. reckon  /＇rekən/  思忖，琢磨，考虑，猜想

    ① I reckon I can manage that. 我想我能对付这件事。

    ② I reckon so. 我是这么想的。

    ③ I reckon him as a friend. 我把他当做朋友。

5. mobilize /＇məʊbəlaɪz/  动员，调动，集合

    ① They know how to mobilize the masses at a short notice.  他们知道如何在短时间内动员大批人。

    ② Thousands – 25,000 National Guard troops may be mobilized for the inauguration of Joe Biden. 数千至两万五千名国民警卫队士兵可能会被召集起来参加乔·拜登的就职典礼。

6. liable  /＇laɪəbl/  有法律责任的，有义务的；有做某事倾向的

    ① This area is liable to flooding.  该地区容易遭受水在。

    ② It is liable to rain. 要下雨。

    ③ be liable for damages  有赔偿损坏的责任

7. budge  /bʌdʒ/  移动，让步，妥协

    ① I can’t budge him. 我推不动他。

    ② Money can’t budge me. 金钱不能使我改变立场。

    ③ She won’t budge from her opinions. 她连稍微改变一下自己的看法都不愿意。

8. speck  /spek/  污点，小颗粒

    ① speck of dust  灰尘的微粒

    ② There’s not a speck of truth in her story. 在她的故事中没有一点是真实的。

③ I’ve got a speck of dirt on my shirt. 我的衬衫上有一点污垢。

9. spunk  /spʌŋk/  （口）勇气，精神

    ① He lacks spunk. 他缺乏勇气。

    ② He had so much spunk, recalls his adviser Betty Weller. 他的顾问Betty Weller回忆道，他非常勇敢。

10.slingshot /＇slɪŋʃɒt/  弹弓

    ① He would get his slingshot, pick up some stones, and let fly. 他会拿起弹弓，捡起一些石头，然后射出去。

    ② He was upstairs looking forhis slingshot. 他在楼上找他的弹弓。