名人传记

There's only one tollbooth in Jeff City, to the southwest,

杰佛逊市唯一的收费站在西南部

and this man Heinz Sauermagen from Rolla been in illegal possession for near two year,

自斯科菲尔德将军驻扎当地以来 被一个罗拉市名叫海因茨·苏尔马根的人

since your man General Schofield set him up there.

非法占据近两年之久

But President Monroe give that toll gate to my granpap

可那地方由门罗总统授予我的祖父

and Quincy Adams give my pap a letter saying it's our'n for keeps.

昆西·亚当斯也致信过我的父亲 说那里归我们家族所有

Mrs. Jolly got the Show Mr. Lincoln the Quincy Adams letter.

我太太带来了 给林肯先生看看亚当斯总统的信

That's unnecessary, Mrs. Jolly.Just tell me what you want from me.

不必了 乔利夫人 告诉我您的要求好了

Mr. Jolly's emphysema don't care for cigars.

我丈夫有肺气肿 不能闻烟味

Madame. Do you know about the proposed Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution?Yes sir, everybody knows of it.

夫人 您了解 宪法第13号修正案提案吗 是的 先生 所有人都知道

The President favors it.But do you? We do.You know that it abolishes slavery?

总统赞成这项提案 你们呢 我们也赞成 你知道这项法案会废除奴隶制吧

Yes sir. I know it.And is that why you favor it?What I favor is ending the war.

是的 我知道 这是你赞成的原因吗 我赞成的只是停战

Once we do away with slavery, the rebs will quit fighting,

我们一废奴 南军就会停战

since slavery's what they're fighting for.Mr. Lincoln, you always say so.

因为他们就是为维护奴隶制而战的 林肯先生 您总是这样说

With the amendment,slavery's ended and they'll give up,the war can finish then.

修正案一出台 奴隶制就会废除 南方叛军也会投降 战争也会随之结束

If the war finished first, before we end slavery, would,President Lincoln says the war won't stop unless we finish slavery.

假如战争在废奴前就结束 你们还 林肯总统说除非废奴 否则战争不会结束

But if it did. The South is exhausted.If they run out of bullets and men,would you still want your,Who's your representative?

我说假如 南军人困马乏 假如他们弹尽粮绝 你还会让你们的 你们那里的议员是谁

词汇解析

1、propose

提出；建议；提议

Britain is about to propose changes to some institutions.

英国将提议对一些机构进行改革。

It was George who first proposed that we dry clothes in that locker.

是乔治首先提议我们把衣服挂在那个储物柜里晾干的。

打算；计划

It's still far from clear what action the government proposes to take over the affair.

政府打算采取何种行动处理该事件仍然十分不明朗。

And where do you propose building such a huge thing?

那么你打算在哪里建这么一个庞然大物呢？

提出；提名；推荐

A delegate from Siberia proposed a resolution that he stand down as party chairman.

一名来自西伯利亚的代表提议他辞去党主席的职务。

I asked Robin Balfour and Derek Haig to propose and second me.

我请罗宾·鲍尔弗和德里克·黑格提名并支持我。

2、exhaust

使精疲力竭;使疲惫不堪

Don't exhaust him.

不要把他累坏了。

He took to walking long distances in an attempt to physically exhaust himself.

他开始长距离步行，试图耗尽自己的体力。

耗尽;用光

We have exhausted all our material resources.

我们已经耗尽了所有的物资。

They said that food supplies were almost exhausted.

他们说供应的食物几乎快要吃完了。