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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,《返老还童》

A:Your drinks.

甲:你们的酒。

B:I don't mean to be rude...but your hands, is that painful?

乙:我希望不会太冒失了…不过你的手，疼吗？

A:I was born with some form of disease.

甲:我生下来就有病。

B:What kind of disease?

乙:什么病？

A:I was born old.

甲:我生来就很老。

B:I'm sorry.

乙:真遣憾。

A:No need to be. Nothing wrong with old age.

甲:不用遗憾，老又不是错。

B:My wife passed away many years ago.

乙:我妻子多年前就死了。

A:I'm so sorry.

甲:真是十分遗憾。

B:She died in childbirth. To children.

乙:她死于分娩。为了孩子们。

A:To mothers. What line of work are you in, Mr Button?

甲:致母亲们。您是做什么行业的，巴顿先生？

B:Buttons. Button's Buttons. There isn't a button we don't make. Our biggest competition is B.F. Goodrich and his infernal zippers.

乙:纽扣。巴顿纽扣行。没有我们生产不了的纽扣。我们最大的竞争对手是B.F.富善公司，还有他们那讨厌的拉链。

A:Would you gentlemen like anything else?

甲:你们还要来点什么吗？

B:One for the road, Benjamin?

乙:最后再来一杯吗，本杰明？

A:Only if you let me pay for it, Mr. Button.

甲:除非你让我来付这杯酒钱，巴顿先生。

生活口语

Guys, let's call it a day.

伙计们,今天就到这吧。

Have one for the road.

再喝一杯。

重点讲解:

Have another drink before you leave.

Have one for the road.

朋友聚会总是异常热闹，到了结束的时候，很多人都是意犹未尽，要求“临走前再喝一杯”，在口语中，老外常用one for road这个短语来表示“离开某地前最后要做的一件事”，而have可以表示“吃东西”也可以表示“喝东西”，因此Have one for the road就能表示“临走前再喝一杯”。