《小王子》精讲 06那些硬币是哪来的?

Hey, I'm home. I brought Chinese.

宝贝 我回来了 我还带了中餐

Mom? Oh. Hi. Hi.

妈妈 你在这呀 你回来了

Where did you get the pennies?

那些硬币是哪来的

From the old man next door.

隔壁老头给的

What?

什么

Actually, it was the police officer who "gave" them to me.

实际上 是警察叔叔"给的"

What?

什么

What kind of a nut keeps an aeroplane and actually starts it in his backyard?

什么样的疯子会有架飞机而且还敢在后院发动

Honey, are you sure you're OK?

宝贝 你真的没事吗

I have to call insurance agent. Done it.

我得打给保险公司 已经打了

And file a police report. Done. In duplicate¹.

然后填写报案笔录 也写完了 一式两份

Photo documentation? Inside and outside.

拍照取证 屋里屋外都照过了

Doubt it could have been better.

不能更完美了

It's not so bad.

还不算太糟嘛

We'll call a contractor² in the morning and we'll forget the old man even exists. Forgotten.

我们明天一早就给承包商打电话 以后都不会记得他这号人物 已经忘了

"Once upon a time there is a little prince who lived on a planet that was scarcely bigger than himself, and who had need of... A friend?

“很久以前 有一个小王子他所在的那个星球 没比他自己大多少 他很需要...一个朋友”

I thought you could use a friend!

我想你需要朋友吧

1 duplicate   

n.复制品；v.复写，使加倍；adj.复制的，二倍的

参考例句：

• The manager asks the secretary to duplicate the document.经理让秘书复印这份文件。
• This agreement is done in duplicate.本协议书一式两份。

2 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。