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What I'm sorry to say
真对不起
Before we start class, I'm not condoning this behaviour
我们开始上课前,我先声明我不原谅(下面)这种做法
but sometimes you learn from this behaviour and people being nice to you
但有时你们会从中得到教训,人们会对你们友善
Another thing besides a nice set of armour,
除了一套精美盔甲外
you'll see hanging, hanging in my office
你们还能看到我办公室挂着另一件东西
I don't know if any of you have seen those green dinosaurs
我不知道你们是否见过恐龙
that seem clear, gasoline company, which has been long out of business
这是一家已经停产的石油公司,看起来很清晰
Used to have, there are some clear stations?
那儿以前有石油公司,现在还有吗
One in Gladstone
格拉德斯通有一个
Is there really?
真的吗
Well anyway, when I was in high school,
好的,不管怎样,当我上高中时
just after Dinosaurs seize to exist
恰逢恐龙(模型)出现之后
They first started the promotions with these Dinosaurs, and it was actually, it's the first time I taught LLT 180,
他们(石油公司)首先使用恐龙进行宣传 实际上这是我第一次教LLT180
somehow we got into this story and,
从某种角度来讲它与这则故事有关
I was talking about what a bad child I was
我在说孩童时的我多么坏
But actually, we had dropped off our dates one night
但实际上有天晚上我们放弃约会
and my girlfriend had said she really wanted one of these Dinosaurs
我的女友说她很想要一个恐龙
And so we figured, we'll go get one
因而我们计划并准备得到一个
And so, a couple of friends and I went up and,
后来我的一些朋友和我一起去了
now this is exceedingly dumb,
现在觉得这种做法让人很无语
there was a gas station right opposite I grew up on one island, right opposite a Nassal county police substation
我生活的岛对面有个加油站 就在纳塞尔县的警察分局对面
And so, we went traipsing out, it was about two o'clock in the morning,
我们大约凌晨2点溜出来
and we nabbed the dinosaur and, we were going back around the station and we hear, "against the wall!"
并捉到了一个恐龙,然后顺着加油站回去 我们听到"倚着墙"
And go, "gah!", you know
然后我们就嗨了一声(知道被逮住了)
And so, the Sergeant, like these police have been watching us,
警官(或警察)看着我们
and they came up and frisk us and, we weren't in place, the dinosaurs fell on the ground
他们走过来搜身,我们藏的不是地方 恐龙掉在地上
Then the Sergeant started laughing
警官开始笑
And he said, "you idiots "
他说"你们这些傻瓜"
And he said, you know you got into real trouble or something, you know
他还说"你们知道你们碰到麻烦了"之类的话
Then so, he talked to us and let us go
后来他责备了我们然后就放我们走了
So I was talking about this in class and some, some place,
我在课堂上说的这类事
some students found one
有些学生在有些地方做过
So, there's now, and they give it to me, all these years later
因此在那儿他们把它给了我,这么多年过去
So he's hanging in my office
它仍挂在我办公室里
It's kinda reminder about what a bad child I was
这使我记得孩童时的我多么坏
Anyway, we were supposed to learning to be good children
不管怎样,我们应该努力成为好孩子
We're supposed to be like Wart, not like Kay, though I wasn't like Kay,
想让我们像瓦特一样,而不是像凯伊,虽然我不像凯伊
I was just, had fun
我仅仅是个调皮的孩子
It's Christmas night, it's a fairly romantic world we have here
在圣诞夜,我们处在十分浪漫的世界里
In that, the sun is shining, or the nights are clear, the weather is generally good
因为太阳闪耀,夜空朗朗 天气大都很好
But, the only time we saw rain was when rain was necessary
但只有在该下雨的时候我们才会看到雨
so water would be trapped inside, have to be changed into something, you'll see a dictation
我们把水包起来将其变成其它东西 你会得到一个指令
And so, everyone's coming to dinner, unlike the movie,
然后每个人都回来吃饭
we gotta assume here everyone is going to dinner
不像电影那样要假设每个人都回来吃饭
And the view of the times is what, basically,
人们对时代的基本看法是
I don't know if this pen is going to make it through class, I'll be kind to it
我不知道这支钢笔能否撑过这堂课 我会谨慎用它
