尋找食人族

【故事主線】

分別來自中國香港、印度、英國和澳大利亞的六位主人公為了尋找傳說中的食人族踏上了開往南美的郵輪……

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【人物簡介】

小強:男,香港富豪之子,喜好探險旅游,本次探險旅行的發(fā)起人。

蜜兒:女,香港某野外生存俱樂部教練,武功出色,中國的“勞拉”。

威廉:男,英國作家,以經(jīng)常發(fā)布一些驚世奇聞的旅行游記著稱。

桑杰:印度小男孩,印度洋海嘯后當?shù)氐奈ㄒ恍掖嬲摺?/p>

艾德里安:男,澳大利亞生物學家,喜歡研究昆蟲。

白雪:蜜兒的寵物狗,忠心耿耿,總給人帶來意外驚喜。

編劇:James Palmer(英國)

情節(jié)策劃:何彥平

插畫:姚薇

本欄目有償歡迎讀者參與劇情策劃

投稿信箱:contribution@bilingualtime.com

Plot Synopsis

【本期劇情】

小強一行人被希爾夫婦關起來,正當痛罵威廉和擔心白雪時,希爾夫人進來,聲稱要把大家全部殺掉。原來,希爾在追捕白雪的過程中被衛(wèi)兵誤殺,因此希爾夫人要替她丈夫報仇。大家商討著如何逃脫時,白雪突然現(xiàn)身,但身體虛弱。威廉又進入牢房,要救大家走。大家的命運又怎樣呢?

Episode Ten: Imprisoned!

第十集:身陷囹圄

情景:大伙被希爾夫婦關了起來。

Candy: Well, this is certainly a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into.

Xiaoqiang: It's not my fault! How could I have known William was going to betray us?

Candy: Hey, I'm not blaming you, or anyone. We're all stuck in this together.

Adrian: I suppose Snow White is our main hope now.

Candy: She's only a little doggy! There's nothing she can do.

Adrian: Snow White is a she? I thought she was a he.

Candy: No, he's a she. I mean, she's a she. She's a bitch, is what I'm saying.

Xiaoqiang: Hey, that's my dog you're talking about!

Candy: I mean bitch in the technical sense, not like Mrs Hill.

Adrian: All this aside, what are we going to do?

Xiaoqiang: We could try and lure the guard inside, I suppose.

Candy: I think they're a bit more professional than that. Saka, you're the most experienced of any of us at dealing with … this kind of thing.

Saka: I am. But I must be blunt here, the presence of so many of you hinders us. Sanjay and I might be able to escape, though I fear taking him into the water.

Candy: Well, isn't that a bitch?

Xiaoqiang: Stop talking about Snow White like that!

Candy: No, idiot, I mean the situation we're stuck in. We've found ourselves an invulnerable ninja bodyguard, and he can't help us.

Saka: Ninja are Japanese. I am Indian.

Candy: I meant ninja like – oh, you know. Never mind.

Saka: I am confused. Have you ever seen me in black pajamas?

Candy: OK, what's the Indian for ninja?

Adrian: Are we going to spend all day asking stupid questions, or are we going to come up with an escape plan?

Sanjay: Don't worry. Snow White will come through for us. She is a clever girl.

Adrian: Sanjay, I know you're an immortal prince from another world and everything, so you may not have grasped this, but Candy's right. She's still only a dog. She's not going to find policemen and be able to tell them that we're trapped, or anything like that. Don't get your hopes up. We need to think about how to get out of this ourselves.

Candy: Damn William! If it wasn't for that traitor, we wouldn't be in this jam.

Xiaoqiang: No point with recriminations now. And I can understand him – just about – you know how it is with family.

Candy: He could have given us some kind of clue. Anything, really. Just to tip us off.

Xiaoqiang: Whatever. Let's deal with the problem at hand. Now, I reckon our best chance is when they move us to the boat – they're bound to be distracted, and all we need is for someone to get away and alert the authorities.

Candy: How do we know they haven't paid the local police off?

Xiaoqiang: Damnit. I guess it's all of us or none.

Suddenly they hear a wail from outside.

Sanjay: Who was that?

Saka: I believe it was the woman, Mrs Hill.

Xiaoqiang: Is she hurt?

Candy: I hope she's hurt.

Sanjay: Ms. Candy, I don't think we should rejoice in the pain of others. Even our enemies.

Xiaoqiang: Well, Sanjay, you do that, but I wouldn't be sorry if that witch fell down a well and died.

Adrian: That sounded like grief, not pain.

Candy: I wonder what's happened.

Suddenly the door bursts open and Mrs Hill stands there, her face streaked with tears.

Mrs Hill: You! You killed my husband! You and that stupid dog!

Xiaoqiang: What do you mean we killed your husband? What happened to him? We've been in here the whole time.

Mrs Hill: He was chasing that – that animal of yours. The little bitch –

Adrian: I don't think she's using it in the technical sense.

Mrs Hill: He had her cornered, and then – she bit him, and he was bleeding, and chasing after her. She – was running down a hill – and he tripped – he was limping from the bite – just as one of our men fired at that scrawny mutt.

Xiaoqiang: So your husband caught a bullet meant for my dog?

Mrs Hill: That's right! She killed him! That damn animal – and all of you, you killed him.

Xiaoqiang: I'm finding it hard to feel sympathy here, given that you kidnapped us and were trying to kill her …

Candy: You know, she is a clever dog.

Mrs Hill: Shut up! Shut up, all of you! You'll be smiling out of the other side of your faces when I'm done with you! Once she's done with you!

Adrian: She?

Mrs Hill: Our mistress, Serafima. She'll deal with you all! She'll get revenge for my Archibald!

Xiaoqiang: Archibald. Wow. No wonder he didn't use his first name.

Mrs Hill: Stop it! Stop your laughing! I'll kill you all, and your little dog too! We've scattered poison all over this island.

She slams the door.

Candy: Saka, what do you think? You were rather quiet before.

Saka: I had nothing of importance to say. One of our foes is dead, this is good. We are still in the captivity of our enemies.

Candy: What about an escape?

Saka: When they are taking us to the boat, this will be the best chance. But I must think…

Some hours later …

Xiaoqiang: Can you hear that?

Candy: Mmmmffffhhh? I was sleeping …

Xiaoqiang: A scratching – in the corner there.

Sanjay: There's a hole! A little tunnel!

Saka: Big enough to fit a man?

Candy: No – but – look – big enough for a little dog.

Snow White pops her head out of the tunnel.

Snow White: Woof!

Xiaoqiang: Snow White!

He throws his arms around her.

Saka: A heroic dog. But she is not well.

Candy: You're right. Look at her – she's eaten something bad.

Xiaoqiang: The poison! When I get my hands on that woman, I'll …

Saka: Let's deal with practical matter now. We must hide Snow White, if they return, and we should make our escape plan soon. I have begun to work out the details. Now, did any of you think to hide a coiled length of steel wire in your rectums?

They stare at him blankly.

Saka: Fortunately, I did. Now, I will require some privacy for a few minutes …

The door opens, revealing William on his own.

William: Quick, all of you!

Candy: What? Do you think we'll trust you again?

Xiaoqiang: How much worse a situation can we be in, woman? Move!

William: This way! I found a speedboat – quickly, before more guards come. I drugged the others.

Adrian: William, mate …

William: This is too little, too late, I know. But it's the least I can do. But please – if I don't make it through this – find my daughter. Before they do. Her name is Harriet; shes at St Margaret's School in Devon … she's fifteen. Please. You can't let them hurt her.

Xiaoqiang: We will. Now, move!

Saka: One moment, my wire …

Sanjay: Saka, come!

Saka: Ah, there it …. is.

Candy: Oh my god, that's genuinely disgusting. Do you keep it there all the time?

Saka: You never know when a length of coiled wire will come in handy.

William: Come on!

They run out of the building, along the beach.

William: I managed to get some time to myself earlier, and I mixed up a little something I learnt about when I was investigating the Amazon, using some of the local plants – the guards won't be waking up for a while.

Candy: This doesn't get you off the hook for earlier.

William: I know, I know – my friends, can you ever forgive me?

Candy: We'll see. Now where's this speedboat of yours?

William: Just down there. I put a map in it, and fuel, and all the food I could find - I'm afraid it's mostly instant noodles and energy bars from the store. Can somebody steer it? It's simple enough, just a regular boat. I think.

Saka: I am trained in small watercraft.

Candy: Of course you are …

William: We'll have to be quick – they have boats too. Quick and silent! Everybody onto the boat!

Guards appear out of the darkness.

William: Shit, they've found us! They must have seen the bodies.

Xiaoqiang: Into the boat, now! Let's go! Everybody pile in!Sanjay, do you have Snow White?

Sanjay: Yes, she is here.

William: Get going! I'll … arrrgh!

A bullet catches him in the chest and he falls to the ground.

William: Go – go … too late …

He falls silent.

Xiaoqiang: Saka, grab him!

Saka: There's no time! Start the engine!

They power up the engine and zoom into the darkness of the sea, leaving William's fallen body behind on the beach.

情景:大伙被希爾夫婦關了起來。

蜜兒:咳,我們現(xiàn)在的情況可是糟糕透頂了。

小強:這不是我的錯!我怎么知道威廉會背叛我們呢?

蜜兒:嗨,我不是責備你,我沒責怪任何人。大家都困在這里了。

艾德里安:我覺得現(xiàn)在白雪是我們主要的希望了。

蜜兒:她只是一只小狗!她什嗎也做不了。

艾德里安:白雪是母的?我還以為她是公的呢。

蜜兒:不是的,他是母的。我的意思是說,她是母的。她是個婊子,我說的是這個意思。

小強:嘿,你說的可是我的狗!

蜜兒:我說的是技術層面上的婊子,跟希爾夫人不一樣。

艾德里安:別說這些了,我們要怎么辦呢?

小強:我想我們可以試著去引誘里頭的衛(wèi)兵。

蜜兒:我覺得他們不會吃這一套的。薩卡,你是我們當中最有經(jīng)驗對付……這種事的。

薩卡:我是的。但恕我冒昧,你們這么多人在這里礙了我們的事。桑杰和我或許可以逃離,不過我不敢?guī)滤?/p>

蜜兒:哦,那不是個婊子嗎?

小強:別再那樣說白雪了!

蜜兒:不,白癡,我是說大家現(xiàn)在所處的情境。咱們找了個刀槍不入的忍者保鏢,他卻幫不了我們。

薩卡:忍者是日本的。我是印度人。

蜜兒:我是說像忍者——哦,你知道。別在意。

薩卡:我挺納悶的。你們見過我穿黑色的袍子嗎?

蜜兒:好了,忍者用印度話怎么說?

艾德里安:我們是要一整天都在這里問些愚蠢的問題,還是拿出逃離方案?

桑杰:別擔心。白雪會過來救我們的。她可聰明了。

艾德里安:桑杰,我知道你是另一個世界的王子,可以長生不老,凡此種種,所以你可能理解不了,但蜜兒是對的。白雪只是一條狗。她不會去報警或者類似的事情,告訴他們說我們被困了。別抱太大希望。大家得想想怎樣靠我們自己出去。

蜜兒:該死的威廉!如果不是那個叛徒,我們也不會困在這里。

小強:現(xiàn)在互相指責沒什嗎意思了。我能理解他,你們知道這同他家庭的聯(lián)系。

蜜兒:他本可以給大家一些提示的。什么都行,給大家透個信兒就行。

小強:怎樣都行。咱們先處理手頭的問題。我覺得現(xiàn)在咱們最好的時機是他們把我們轉移到船上的時候,到時候他們肯定會分神,我們只要有人溜走,通知當局就好了。

蜜兒:咱們怎么知道他們有沒有賄賂地方警察?

小強:媽的!我覺得咱們要么都能逃命,要么全都得死。

(他們突然聽到外邊有嚎啕聲。)

桑杰:是誰?

薩卡:我猜是那個女人,希爾老婆。

小強:她受傷了嗎?

蜜兒:我希望她受傷了。

桑杰:蜜兒小姐,我覺得咱們不能以別人的痛苦為樂。即使是我們的敵人。

小強:好吧,桑杰,你可以那樣做,但是就是那個巫婆掉到井里淹死我也不感到惋惜。

艾德里安:聽起來好像很悲痛,不是疼痛。

蜜兒:發(fā)生什么事了?

(門突然打開,希爾夫人站在門口,滿臉淚水。)

希爾夫人:你們!你們殺死了我的丈夫!你們和那只笨狗!

小強:你說我們殺了你丈夫是什么意思?他怎么了?我們一直在這里。

希爾夫人:他當時在追那個——你們的畜生。那個小婊子——

艾德里安:我覺得她說的婊子可不是技術層面的意思。

希爾夫人:他(希爾)把白雪圍了起來,然后她咬了他,他流了血,然后去追她。她跑下山,他絆倒了,因為受了傷,他一瘸一拐的,不巧我們的人正好向那個營養(yǎng)不良的畜生開槍。

小強:所以子彈本來是要殺我的狗,卻打中了你的丈夫?

希爾夫人:沒錯!她殺了他!狗日的雜種,還有你們,你們殺了他。

小強:我覺得現(xiàn)在很難感到同情,你把我們綁架了,還想殺死白雪……

蜜兒:你知道,她聰明著呢。

希爾夫人:閉嘴!閉嘴,你們所有人!等我處置了你們,看你們還怎么笑!等她處置了你們!

艾德里安:她?

希爾夫人:我們的女主人,色拉費瑪。她不會饒了你們的!她會替我的阿基帕德報仇的!

小強:阿基帕德。喔!難怪他不用他的名字。

希爾夫人:停!別笑了!我要把你們都殺了,還有那條小狗!我們已經(jīng)在全島上灑了毒藥。

(她摔門離去。)

蜜兒:薩卡,你覺得怎么樣?你都沒有說話。

薩卡:我沒什么要緊的可說。我們的一個敵人死了,這很好?？晌覀?nèi)员粩橙岁P押。

蜜兒:咱們逃吧?

薩卡:他們把大家轉移到船上時是最佳時機。但我得想想……

(幾小時后……)

小強:你聽見了嗎?

蜜兒:嗯?我剛才睡著了……

小強:有刮擦的聲音——在墻角。

桑杰:還有個洞!一個小通道!

薩卡:能容得下一個人嗎?

蜜兒:不行,但,看,能容得下一條小狗。

(白雪的頭從地道里伸出來。)

白雪:汪!

小強:白雪!

(他擁抱白雪。)

薩卡:好勇敢的狗。但她狀態(tài)不好。

蜜兒:是的?？纯此?。她肯定是吃了什么不好的東西。

小強:毒藥!我找到那個女人時,我就……

薩卡:現(xiàn)在咱們還是做些實際的事吧。我們必須把白雪藏起來,他們很可能折回來,咱們得盡快拿出逃離方案。我已經(jīng)想出了詳細計劃。你們誰想過在直腸里藏一卷鋼絲?

(他們面無表情地盯著薩卡。)

薩卡:好在我藏了。不過我得一個人待上幾分鐘。

(門開了,威廉一個人進來。)

威廉:快,你們所有人。

蜜兒:什嗎?你覺得我們還會再次相信你嗎?

小強:美女,咱們現(xiàn)在的情況還不夠壞嗎?快!

威廉:這邊!我找到了一艘快艇——快,趕在更多的衛(wèi)兵來之前。我拿藥把其中一些撂倒了。

艾德里安:威廉,伙計……

威廉:這太微不足道了,也太晚了,我知道。但我只能這樣做了。但請——如果我跑不掉——找到我的女兒。要比他們先找到。她叫哈莉特,在德文郡圣?瑪格麗特中學上學,今年15歲。拜托了。你們不能讓他們傷害她。

小強:我們會的?？熳甙?

薩卡:等一下,我的鋼絲……

桑杰:薩卡,快!

薩卡:啊,它……出來了。

蜜兒:哦天哪,真惡心。你一直都放在那里嗎?

薩卡:說不定什嗎時候一卷鋼絲就派上用場了。

威廉:趕快!

(他們從樓里跑出來,沿著海灘跑。)

威廉:我稍早前自己待了一會兒,把我在調(diào)查亞馬遜時學到的一些東西混合在一起,用了本地的一些植物(制成了迷藥),這些衛(wèi)兵在短時間內(nèi)是不會醒來的。

蜜兒:這抹消不掉你之前的罪過。

威廉:我知道,我知道,我的朋友,你們能原諒我嗎?

蜜兒:再說吧。你的快艇呢?

威廉:就在那邊。我在上面放了一張地圖、燃料和我能找到的所有食物,不過主要是商店里的方便面和能量棒。誰會開它?很簡單,只是一艘普通的小船。

薩卡:我學過開小船。

蜜兒:你當然學過……

威廉:我們得抓緊時間,他們也有船?？?保持安靜!每個人都上船!

(衛(wèi)兵突然出現(xiàn)。)

威廉:糟糕,他們發(fā)現(xiàn)我們了!他們肯定是看到了倒下的衛(wèi)兵。

小強:上船,快!走!每個人都快上去!桑杰,白雪在你那里嗎?

桑杰:是的,她就在這里兒。

威廉:快走!我要……啊!

(一顆子彈打中威廉腹部,他應聲倒下。)

威廉:走,走,太晚了……

(威廉不說話了。)

小強:薩卡,抓住他。

薩卡:沒時間了。啟動發(fā)動機!

(他們啟動發(fā)動機,駛向茫茫的大海,威廉卻倒在沙灘上。)

Notes:

1. this is certainly a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into.

這句話還可以翻譯成“我們這下子可好了?！?/p>

2. I think they're a bit more professional than that.

此句切不能翻譯成“他們比那更專業(yè)”。因為前面小強說把衛(wèi)兵引誘過來,蜜兒便說“他們不會吃這一套”,覺得小強的想法不可行。

3. come up with

意為“拿出、提出”。

例句:Occasionally we have come up with some moneymaking ideas.

我們有時還出一些賺錢的點子。

He couldn't come up with the answer.

他想不出答案。

4. come through

“Come through”的意思是“to continue to live, be strong, or succeed after a difficult or dangerous time”,同義詞為“survive”。

例句:If he comes through the operation OK he should be back to normal within a month.

如果手術成功,他一個月之內(nèi)就可以恢復健康。

5. Don't get your hopes up.

“Get somebody's hopes up”意思是“to make someone think that what they want is going to happen”,因此這句話在這里就是說“不要抱什么希望”。

例句:If we can't afford the trip then we shouldn't get the children's hopes up.

如果我們無法負擔旅行的費用,那我們就不應該讓孩子們對這抱什么希望。

6. rejoice in

“Rejoice in/at/over”是書面語,意為“to feel or show that you are very happy”。

例句:We rejoiced in our good fortune.

運氣好,大家都感到高興。

7. scrawny

意為“骨瘦如柴的”,同義詞有bony和skinny。

例句:I met a scrawny kid in jeans and a T-shirt last night.

我昨天晚上遇到了一個身穿牛仔褲、T恤的骨瘦如柴的孩子。

該詞要與“slim”區(qū)分開?！癝crawny”含有貶義成分,而雖然“slim”的意思也是瘦,但確切意思是“苗條的”,是說人瘦但有魅力,是褒義詞。CNN一位主持人就曾經(jīng)用“slim”來形容美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬。

8. You'll be smiling out of the other side of your faces when I'm done with you!

這是一句比較形象的說法,用中文就是說“等我處置了你們,看你們還怎么笑!”,或者“等我處置了你們,你們就笑不出來了!”

9. pop out of

意為“to come suddenly or unexpectedly out of or away from something”,即“從某處突然出來”。

例句:The ball popped out of Smith's hands and onto the ground.

球突然從史密斯的手里掉下,然后掉到地上。

10. get /lay sb's hands on sth

意為“obtain sth that sb wants or needs very much”,即“把……弄到手;得到”。在文中這句話可翻譯成“逮到”。

例句:Do you know where I can get may hands on a Russian dictionary? I need to check a translation.

你知道在哪里能找到俄語詞典嗎?我想核對一下翻譯。

11. This doesn't get you off the hook for earlier.

“Let/get somebody off the hook”意為“to allow someone or help someone to get out of a difficult situation”。文中這句話不可直譯,根據(jù)語境,應該翻譯成“這抹消不掉你之前的罪過”。

12. pile in

“If people pile in, they get into a vehicle very quickly”,因此“pile in”就是“迅速上車”。

例句:Pierre came to pick them up, and they all piled in.

皮埃爾過來接他們,他們都迅速上了車。

EPISODE 11: Adrift!

第十一集:海上漂流

The party is escaping from Easter Island, where they were held captive by the Hills.Deep in the ocean, they run into a problem, as the engine sputters and dies.

Xiaoqiang: Well, that's the last of the fuel. Damnit.

Candy: I can't believe we couldn't make it somewhere safer.

Xiaoqiang: With those thugs chasing us in the other boats?We're just lucky we got away from them.

Candy: And now here we are, stuck in the ocean, without a clue where we're going.

Adrian: Don't panic, now.I can read the stars pretty well, and that'll let us get an initial fix on our location, and we have the map William left.We can't have gone that far from Easter Island, either.

Candy: And just how exactly are we going to move this boat?

Adrian: We wait till we're close to land, and then we take the dinghy.

Candy: The dinghy?

Adrian: There's an inflatable one here.We can paddle it, whereas we'd never shift this boat with muscle power.Too heavy.

Candy: Can all of us fit in the dinghy?

Adrian: Just about, if we balance out right. Fortunately Sanjay's small and light.

Sanjay: What about Snow White?She threw up again last night, and she looks so weak.

Adrian: I've examined her, and she puked up most of the poison, I'm pleased to say, but it's still working through her system.If we can find an island, there are local plants that I can use to purge her.She won't be strong for a few days, but she'll be fine if I get a chance to do some botanizing.

Candy: I'm looking at the map now – where do you think we are?

Adrian: From the observations Saka and I made last night, I'd say we're … here.

Candy: There seem to be a group of islands nearby.

Xiaoqiang: I wish we had a pair of binoculars.

Saka: Let us wait a few hours.My hope is that the tide will bring us closer.And we have enough food and water … for the moment.

They drift further.

Sanjay: I see land!Land!

Xiaoqiang: You've got good eyes, Sanjay.Where?There – oh, I see.An island!

Candy: Fantastic!God, I hope there's people there.I can't wait to get back to civilization.

Xiaoqiang: Hey, we all turned our eyes when you had to go …

Candy: That doesn't make squatting over the side any more dignified.And there's no toilet paper on this damn boat.

Saka: I doubt that William had time to include it.

Sanjay: Poor Mr William …

Adrian: We don't know he's dead, Sanjay.They may have rescued him.It's not like Serafima to give up a potential asset so easily.But – we need to get to his daughter as soon as we can, or at least word to her to get somewhere safe.

Sanjay: Will she believe us?We are strangers to her.

Xiaoqiang: We'll do what we can.But right now we need to watch out for ourselves!You think we're close enough to risk launching the dinghy?We can't take anywhere near as much food and water on it, weight-wise.

Saka: In thirty minutes or so.Otherwise the tide, by my estimations, will take us further away.

Candy: Right, let's get to blowing this thing up.

Sanjay: We are to explode it?But it is our only way to the island.

Candy: I mean inflate it, Sanjay.

Sanjay: Ooohhh.English can be a very confusing language.

Xiaoqiang: You know, Sanjay, you've never told us how you learnt such good English.

Sanjay: My school – it was founded by nuns.English nuns.So it was always our classroom language, though in the playground we spoke Hindi.

Xiaoqiang: OK.Let's get blowing.Saka, you look like you've got powerful lungs …

Some time later, as they paddle the dinghy to the beach.

Sanjay: Here at last!

Adrian: Thank Christ.I'm bloody exhausted from all that rowing.

Candy: God, it's good to feel solid land under my feet again.I was feeling so sick.

Saka: I shall bring the food on shore.

Candy: Can you see any sign of habitation?

Saka: I am afraid not.And this is a small island – I fear there is nobody here.

Candy: Wonderful!Just wonderful!A deserted island in the middle of the ocean!This is just perfect!

Xiaoqiang: Somebody will find us.There have to be other ships along this route.

Sanjay: We have some flares from the dinghy.We can set them off if we see someone.Let us hope.

Saka: For the minute, we should concentrate on survival.

Candy: Adrian, we need to look after Snow White.

Adrian: I'm on it.I'll look for the herbs, and see if I can find any sign of people here.

Candy: We should make a shelter.We need shade, and somewhere safe to sleep.There could be wild animals here.

Saka: There was a gun in the boat.I will go hunting.Small game, maybe, but enough to stock our pots.Fresh water is the main thing.We should look for a spring, a pool, anything clean.Watch for somewhere where animals drink from; that will be safer.

Candy: You seem very … certain.You've done this before, havent you?

Saka: No.

Candy: But you –

Saka: I have spent most of my life in cities.But on an assignment once, in Lahore, I was stuck in a hotel room for two weeks and the only thing on that mother-blasted hotel channel that was not pornography or the infantile entertainments of Hollywood was Ray Mears Extreme Survival.

Candy: Oh.

Saka: But I am a very good shot, and I know how to skin and cook a beast.Thanks to Mr Mears.

Xiaoqiang: Then let's do this.Adrian, you get the herbs.Candy and I will start building some kind of shelter.We've got the tarpaulin, we can work with that.Sanjay, have a scout for fresh water.Don't go far, keep within shouting distance.

That evening, they gather around the makeshift tent, cooking over the fire.

Candy: What is this meat?

Saka: A small deer.He was peaceful.I don't think he'd even seen a human before.I was able to come close to him.Then I broke his neck.

Candy: Oh!The poor little thing.

Xiaoqiang: Well, it's a shame for the deer, but he has cooked up nicely for us.And these spices are delicious.

Adrian: I gathered a little extra while I was looking for the medicinal plants I needed for Snow White.

Sanjay: And she says thank you.She didn't like being purged, but she feels much better now.Though she is weak.We should give me more of the stew.And water.

Xiaoqiang: I gathered as much as I could in the containers from the stream you found.I have to say it's good.It really – it tastes natural.Clean.

Candy: Clean.That's a word I feel like I'm not going to hear again.

Xiaoqiang: We can wash our clothes in the stream.

Candy: I'll be doing that.You better not peep.

Xiaoqiang: I promise.

Adrian: Well, we should get to sleep.Who's taking first watch?

Candy: Watch?

Adrian: One of us needs to keep an eye out for ships during the night.We can leave the fire burning on the beach, but there's always the chance of a liner or something passing at a distance.We can't risk missing it.

Candy: Oh, yes. That's a good idea.But how will we see it in the dark?

Adrian: Ships have lights.

Candy: God.I blame the lack of a change of panties for my idiocy.OK, who's on first watch?Say two hours each?

Saka: I need less sleep than most of you. I can take a double shift.But now … I must admit, I am tired.

Candy: Let's play rock-paper-scissors for it.

They play, Xiaoqiang loses.

Xiaoqiang: OK.I'll wake Adrian up in two hours for the next watch.The rest of you better turn in.Sleep well …

The next morning, they set out to explore the island further.

Candy: You know, if it wasn't for, well, the lack of bathrooms or clean clothes or a guaranteed meal or electricity … this wouldn't be a bad vacation.

Xiaoqiang: It is a desert island, I suppose.And the weather is beautiful.Perhaps a romantic getaway …

Candy: Yes, a lovely holiday … chased by psychopathic alien Russians, without any certainty of rescue …

Xiaoqiang: I've had worse family trips.

Candy: God, what kind of vacations did you take as a child?

Xiaoqiang: We went to stay with my uncle on Hainan.With my super-bratty cousins.Trust me, a deserted island is paradise compared to that.

Candy: It is beautiful.Look at those trees – the plants – the birds, in all those colors – the sand – wait, what's that?

Xiaoqiang: What's what?

Candy: Footprints.There, in the sand, down on that beach.

Xiaoqiang: Must be Saka.

Candy: They're much too small for him.And none of the rest of us have been out that far.

Xiaoqiang: My god – we're not alone on this island!But who could it be?

情景:一行人離開復活島,逃脫了希爾夫婦的魔爪。在茫茫大海之上,他們遇到了新的問題——發(fā)動機熄火了。

小強:噢,這是最后的一點油了。媽的。

蜜兒:我不敢相信咱們到不了一個更安全的地方。

小強:那些惡棍還追著嗎?我們能擺脫他們就已經(jīng)很幸運了。

蜜兒:現(xiàn)在我們在這里,困在大海上,不知道去哪里。

艾德里安:別慌。我非常會看星星,現(xiàn)在先確定咱們的位置,威廉留下了一張地圖。我們離復活島不會很遠。

蜜兒:我們怎樣才能移動這艘船呢?

艾德里安:我們等到靠近陸地的時候,然后乘坐小船。

蜜兒:小船?

艾德里安:這里有個充氣船。我們可以劃船,而僅憑身體的力量我們是無法移動這艘快艇的。太沉了。

蜜兒:咱們都能上得去這艘充氣船嗎?

艾德里安:差不多,如果大家的位置合適。好在桑杰很小巧。

桑杰:那白雪呢?她昨晚又吐了,看起來很虛弱。

艾德里安:我檢查過她了,很高興告訴大家,大多數(shù)毒藥已經(jīng)吐出來了,不過毒藥還在起作用。如果我們能找到一個島嶼,我可以用島上的植物為她清洗。她幾天之內(nèi)還是會很虛弱,不過如果我能采集一些植物,她就會好起來的。

蜜兒:我正在看地圖,我們現(xiàn)在在哪里呢?

艾德里安:根據(jù)昨天晚上我和薩卡的觀察,我覺得是……這邊。

蜜兒:這附近好像有很多島嶼。

小強:真希望我們能有一副望遠鏡。

薩卡:咱們等會兒吧。我希望潮水把我們帶的更近些。我們有足夠的食物和水……就目前來說。

(他們繼續(xù)在海上漂。)

桑杰:我看到陸地了!陸地!

小強:你的眼力真好,桑杰。哪里?那里,啊,我看到了。一座小島!

蜜兒:太好了。天哪,我希望那里有人煙,我希望盡早回到文明社會。

小強:嘿,你……辦事的時候我們都會轉過去的。

蜜兒:那在船邊上辦事還是很丟人啊。這條破船上連手紙都沒有。

薩卡:我猜威廉沒有時間考慮這個事。

桑杰:可憐的威廉……

艾德里安:我們不知道他是不是死了,桑杰。他們可能已經(jīng)把他救活了。色拉費瑪是不會這么輕易放棄一個還有利用價值的人。但是我們得盡可能早地找到他的女兒,至少告訴她,讓她去一個安全的地方。

桑杰:她會相信我們嗎?她又不認識我們。

小強:我們盡力吧。不過現(xiàn)在我們自己也得小心。你們覺得咱們現(xiàn)在離岸足夠近,可以放充氣船下水嗎?考慮到重量,我們不能在上面放太多食物和水。

薩卡:半小時左右吧。否則根據(jù)我的估計,潮水會把咱們帶得更遠。

蜜兒:好,咱們給它充氣吧。

桑杰:要炸掉它?但它是咱們?nèi)u上的唯一途徑啊。

蜜兒:我是說給它充氣,桑杰。

桑杰:哦。英語很容易讓人混淆。

小強:你知道,桑杰,你從來沒給我們說你的英語是怎嗎學得這嗎好的。

桑杰:我的學校是由修女創(chuàng)建的。英國修女。所以我們上課總用英語,不過在操場上我們說印度語。

小強:好。給它充氣吧。薩卡,好像你的肺活量很大……

(過了一會,他們劃著充氣船駛向岸邊。)

桑杰:終于到了!

艾德里安:謝天謝地。劃船可把我累壞了。

蜜兒:天哪,雙腳再次踏上土地感覺真好。我剛才感覺很不舒服。

薩卡:我把食物帶上岸。

蜜兒:你看得到有人住的跡象嗎?

薩卡:恐怕沒有。這嗎小一座島,應該荒無人煙。

蜜兒:太好了!簡直太好了!在大海中央的一座荒島上!這簡直太完美了!

小強:有人會找到我們的。這條航線上應該有其他船只經(jīng)過。

桑杰:充氣船上有一些信號彈。我們看到有人就釋放信號彈。大家都來祈禱吧。

薩卡:現(xiàn)在我們必須想著活命。

蜜兒:艾德里安,我們得照看一下白雪。

艾德里安:我這就動手。我先找些草藥,也看看能不能發(fā)現(xiàn)人的痕跡。

蜜兒:我們得搭個帳篷。我們需要陰涼,還有安全睡覺的地方。這里可能會有野生動物。

薩卡:船上有支槍。我去打獵。獵物可能不大,不過足以填飽我們的肚子了。主要問題是凈水。我們得去找泉水、池塘,等等,只要干凈就行。看動物在哪里飲水,那里的水應該比較安全。

蜜兒:你好像很……確定。你之前做過這些嗎?

薩卡:沒有。

蜜兒:但是你……

薩卡:我這輩子大部分時間都生活在城市。不過有一次我被派到拉合爾(巴基斯坦城市),在酒店里困了兩個星期,那個酒店里的破電視上除了成人頻道和好萊塢的弱智娛樂節(jié)目,就只有《米爾斯極限生存》了。

蜜兒:哦。

薩卡:我槍法不賴,也知道怎樣剝動物的皮和烹調(diào)。多虧了米爾斯。

小強:那這么開始干吧。艾德里安,你去找草藥。蜜兒和我搭帳篷。咱們有帆布,可以用它搭。桑杰,找一些凈水。不要走遠,就在這附近。

(當晚,他們圍著簡易帳篷,在篝火上做飯。)

蜜兒:這是什么肉?

薩卡:一頭小鹿。它很平靜。我覺得它甚至應該沒有見過人。我走近它,然后掐斷了它的脖子。

蜜兒:哦!可憐的小家伙。

小強:小鹿令人傷心,但它卻是一道美食。這些香料味道也很好。

艾德里安:我在找治療白雪的草藥時多采集了些。

桑杰:她說謝謝你。她不喜歡洗胃,但現(xiàn)在感覺好多了。不過她還是很虛弱,多給我些肉和水。

小強:我用容器在你發(fā)現(xiàn)的小溪灌了盡可能多的水。水質(zhì)還挺好。喝起來自然、干凈。

蜜兒:干凈。我還以為這個詞我再也聽不到了呢。

小強:我們可以在小溪里洗衣服。

蜜兒:我會的。你最好不要偷窺。

小強:我保證。

艾德里安:好,我們要睡覺了。誰第一個放哨?

蜜兒:放哨?

艾德里安:我們當中得有人在晚上看有沒有過往船只。我們可以讓火燒整個晚上,不過油輪什么的有可能路過。我們不能錯過。

蜜兒:哦,對。這是個好主意。不過晚上我們怎嗎看得見呢?

艾德里安:船上有燈。

蜜兒:天哪。我真傻,沒有多帶幾條換洗的褲子。誰先放哨呢?一個人兩個小時怎嗎樣?

薩卡:我比你們睡得少。我可以值雙份的班。不過現(xiàn)在,我得承認,我累了。

蜜兒:咱們石頭剪子布看誰輸。

(他們猜拳,結果小強輸了。)

小強:好吧,我兩個小時候后叫艾德里安起來值班。其他人睡覺。好好睡……

(第二天早上,他們進一步探尋小島。)

蜜兒:你知道,如果有浴室、干凈的衣服、好的飯菜和電……這還不失為一次不錯的旅行。

小強:我覺得這是座荒島。天氣很好?；蛟S是一個浪漫的度假之處。

蜜兒:是啊,愉快的假期……被變態(tài)的俄羅斯人追著,也不知道能不能獲救……

小強:我有過更糟糕的家庭旅游。

蜜兒:天哪,你小時候有過什么樣的假期?

小強:我們?nèi)ズＤ细业氖迨遄≡谝黄?。我的堂弟非常淘氣。相信?跟那相比,一個荒島也算是天堂。

蜜兒:真漂亮?？茨切?那些植物,那些鳥,五顏六色的,還有沙子,等等,那是什嗎?

小強:那是什么?

蜜兒:腳印。在那邊,沙灘上。

小強:肯定是薩卡的(腳印)。

蜜兒:薩卡的腳印沒那么小。而且我們當中沒人去那么遠。

小強:我的天,島上不只有我們!但是會是誰呢?

Notes:

1. without a clue

還可以說成“not have a clue”,就是“不知道;毫無頭緒”的意思。

例句:Until I arrived here, I hadn't got a clue what I was going to say to her.

來之前,我都不知道要跟她說什么。

2. just about

常用于口語,意為“almost;very nearly”,即“幾乎;幾近”。

例句:This job is just about done.

這件工作差不多做完了。

That's just about the limit!

這差不多到頭了(已經(jīng)忍無可忍了)。

3. blow up

“Blow up”在此意為“為……充氣”,而它還有“爆炸”的意思,薩卡所理解的就是后者,因此問蜜兒為什么要把充氣船給炸掉。

例句:Can you blow up these balloons?

你能把這些氣球吹起來嗎?

Which bridge did they blow up?

他們炸斷了哪座橋?

4. weight-wise

“Weight-wise”意為“with regard to weight”,或者“ thinking about weight”,其中“wise”是“with regard to”的意思。由于船太小,而小強一行人又比較多,所以不能帶太多東西。

例句:Weight-wise, we're carrying a lot, but not in terms of volume.

從重量上來說,我們帶了很多東西,不過占的地方不大。

5. bloody

“Bloody”在這里是副詞,意為“utterly;absolutely;extremely”。薩卡強調(diào)自己累壞了。

例句:What a bloody waste of time!

太浪費時間了!

6. concentrate on sth

“Concentrate on sth”意為“集中在、專心于”,應與“concentrate sth on sth”區(qū)分開,后者是“集中……在……之上”。

例句:This firm concentrates on the European market.

公司把工作重點集中在歐洲市場。

We must concentrate our efforts on improving education.

我們必須致力于改進教育工作。

7. I'm on it.

“Be on it”是 美國口語,意為“準備就緒;決定動手做”,因此這句話就是“我現(xiàn)在就著手去做?！?/p>

8. have a scout for

“Scout”在這里是名詞,還可以做動詞,如:scout around/about (for sb/sth)。

例句:I've been scouting around town for a better house.

我跑遍了全城想找一個好一點的房子。

We'd better start scouting for a new secretary.

我們最好著手物色一名新秘書。

9. take a double shift

“Shift”意為“輪流值的班(工作時間)”,因此“take a double shift”便是“值雙份的班”。“值夜班”便可以說“take the night shift”,“輪流值班”便是“working in shifts”。

10. turn in

“Turn in”在這里是“上床睡覺” 的 意思,常用于口語。例句:I turned in early last night.我昨晚睡得早?！癟urn in”要與“in turn”區(qū)分開,后者意為“輪流”。如果表示輪流放哨,可以說“You will be on watch in turn.”

11. super-bratty

“Bratty”意為“淘氣的;無禮的;被慣壞的”,同義詞為“brattish”和“impolite”。因此“super-bratty”便是“極其討厭的”。