《加勒比海盗》1(五)
Jack: I suppose I should be thanking you because in fact if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse same as you. Funny old world, isn't it?
Pirate: Captain, we're coming up on the Interceptor.
Jack: I'm having a thought here, Barbossa. What say we run up a flag of truce? I scurry over to the Interceptor and I negotiate the return of your medallion, aye? What say you to that?
Barbossa: Now you see, Jack, that's exactly the attitude that lost you the Pearl. People are easy to search when they're dead. Lock him in the brig!
Gibbs: Hands aloft to loose t'gallants. With this wind she'll carry every sail we've got.
Elizabeth: What's happening?
Anamaria: The Black Pearl, she's gaining on us.
Elizabeth: This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean.
Anamaria: You can tell them that after they've caught us.
Elizabeth: We're shallow on the draft, right?
Anamaria: Aye?
Elizabeth: Well, then can't we lose them amongst those shoals?
Gibbs: We don't have to outrun them long, just long enough.
Anamaria: Lighten the ship. Stem to stern!
Gibbs: Anything that we can afford to lose... see that it's lost!
Jack: Apparently there's a leak.
Barbossa: Haul on the main brace. Make ready the guns. And run out the sweeps.
Will: We're gonna need that.
Anamaria: It was a good plan up till now.
Will: Gibbs! We have to make a stand. We must fight! Load the guns!
Gibbs: With what?
Will: Anything. Everything! Anything we have left.
Gibbs: Load the guns! Case shot and language! Nails and crushed glass! With a will.
妙语佳句,活学活用
1. Run up
Run up 是一个常见的片语,它可以表示"积累(债务)",例如:She ran up huge bills at the florist. 还可以表示"快速地卖出",例如:I can run up some new curtains for the kitchen.
除此以外,run up 还可以表示"Raise a flag 升起",例如:Let's run up the flag in time for the holiday. 这个用法来源于20世纪的海军。
2. Gain on
意为"to get or come closer to (a person, thing etc that one is chasing) 逼近",例如:Drive faster - the police car is gaining on us.
3. Make a stand
"Hold firm against something or someone 坚决反对/抵抗……,对……采取强硬立场"的意思,例如 The government was determined to make a stand against all forms of terrorism.
4. With a will
意为"Vigorously, energetically",例如:He started working with a will.