荧屏情景

第16周 在船上

荧屏情景：

星期五 晕船 片段选自《的士女王》 Taxi 43:45--44:25

Police: I tell you what we do. We'll go back to the station and search the files...
警察：让我来告诉你我们现在怎么办，我们回到警局去查资料。
Isabelle: No, no... No. Hell no. We ain't goin' nowhere. You're comin' back to my house with me to tell my boyfriend where I was. 'Cause I had a man when I went to work today.
伊莎贝尔：不，不，不，我们哪也不去。你跟我回我住的地方，和我男朋友解释我去哪了。我可是有男朋友的人。
Police: Okay. That's the least I can do.
警察：好吧，我至少能做点什么。
Isabelle: Damn straight. The most you could do would be to get my cab back.
伊莎贝尔：坦白说，你最该做的就是把我的车拿回来。
Police: You'll get your cab back when I catch these guy... girls, women. Not before. I'm getting a little seasick. Swallowed it.
警察：直到我把那些女人……女孩抓回来为止，你才能拿回你的车。抓回来之后才可以。我有点晕船，吞下去了。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
the least
（应该做的）最少量，最低程度；
eg. Well, the least you can do, if you won't help me yourself, is to tell me where to go instead.
你自己要是不帮我，好歹也告诉我该上哪儿去呀。
eg. The least they could have given me was half a day to rest.
他们本应该起码给我半天时间休息。
eg. The least his hotel could do is provide a little privacy.
他的酒店至少应该提供一点隐私保护。
注：that's the least that I can do，表示，“这是我最起码能做的；我乐意效劳”；
eg. Why not relax and let me teach you how to windsurf? It's the least I can do.
干吗不轻松一下，让我来教你玩帆板？我乐意为你效劳。
eg. I want to help — it's the least I can do for the girl who saved my brother.
我想要帮忙——这姑娘救了我弟弟一命，这是我最起码能做的。