斯巴达300勇士 经典英汉互译对白

The Spartans

When the boy was born like all Spartons, he was inspected. If he’d been small or puny or sickly or misshapen. he would have been discarded .From the time he could stand, he was baptized in the fire of combat. Taugh t never to retreat, never to surrender. Taugh t t hat death on the battlefield in service to Sparta was greatest glory he would achieved in his life.

At age 7, as is customary in sparda, the boy was taken from his mother and plunged in to a world of violence. Manufactured by 300 years of warrior society, to create the finest soldiers the world has even known.

The agoge, as is called , forces them to fight ,starves them, forces them to steal, and if necessary, to kill. By rod and lash the boy was punished taugh t to show no pain, no mercy. Constantly tested, tossed into the wild. Left to pit his wits and will against nature’s fury. It w as his Initiation his time in the wild, for he would return to his people a Spartan or not at all.

The wolf begins to circle the boy.

Claws of black steel., fur as dark night.

Eyes glowing red jewels from the pit of hell itself.

The giant wolf sniffing savoring the scent of the meat to come.

It’s not fear that grips him only a heightened sense of him.

The cold air in his lungs

Windswept pines moving against the coming night.

His hand are steady.

His form perfect.

News words and expressions

Sparta ['spɑ:tə] n.斯巴达(古希腊军事重镇)inspect [in'spekt]vt.检查, 检验；视察

Spartan [ˈspɑ:tən]名词n.斯巴达人, 斯巴达公民puny ['pju:ni:]adj. 弱小的,微弱的

misshapen [mis'ʃeipən] adj.奇形怪状的,畸形的discard [dis'kɑ:d]vt. 丢弃, 抛弃；不再使用baptize [bæp'taɪz, 'bæp,taɪz]vt. 给…施洗礼combat ['kɔmbət]n. 战斗, 格斗, 斗争

retreat [ri'tri:t]vi. 撤退; 退却；规避, 退surrender [sə'rendə]vt. & vi. 投降

customary ['kʌstəməri]adj. 习惯上的,合乎习俗的plunge [plʌndʒ] vt. & vi (使)陷入

violence ['vaiələns]n. 暴力, 强暴；猛烈, 剧烈, plunged into 投身于

manufacture [,mænju'fæktʃə]vt. 制造；塑造warrior ['wɔriə]n. 武士, 勇士, 战士

starves [stɑ:v]vt. & vi. (使)挨饿, 饥饿constantly [ˈkɔnstəntlɪ]adv. 不断地;时常地

toss [tɔs]vt. & vi. 扔; 投; 抛；(使)摇荡; 使颠簸pit [pit]vt. 使有麻子; 使有凹陷

toss into pit one’s wits

Initiation .[ɪ,nɪʃi:’eɪʃən]开始,创始, 发起, sniff [snif] vt. & vi.以鼻吸气; 嗅; 闻

savor ['seivə] v.尝到或闻到,尽情享受scent [sent]n. 气味, (动物的)臭迹, 遗臭；

grip [ɡrip]vt. & vi. 紧握,吸引, 引起heighten ['haitən]vt. & vi. (使)变高, (使)加强Windswept ['windswept]adj.风刮的，被风吹扫pine [pain]n. 松树；松木

in service to in one’s lungs

achieve greatest glory create the finest soldiers

a world of force s

b to do sth

show no pain against nature’s fury