地点：狱警克雷格的办公室
人物：狱警克雷格、犯人卢克、女狱警朵恩和拉丁语教师邓禄普
情节：狱警克雷格发现自己班上的一些学生转到了拉丁语班，便询问卢克究竟怎么一回事。
注释：本内容选自英语影视剧作品，个别之处有所改动
【狱警克雷格】：I think we both know why we're here. I'm down[1] five scholars[2] for tomorrow class. You're going to tell me right now why people would suddenly lose interests in Argos catalogues[3] from the 1980s.
Argos is a British catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland
【卢克】：They wouldn't, they couldn't!
【狱警克雷格】：Is it me? Was urinal cakes all a lie?
【卢克】：No, it's not you, it's me. I've always known that there's a hole in my heart where there should be Latin. And Mr Dunlop, he's just an old man who puts it into my hole.
【狱警克雷格】：I thought it was geography.
（注：狱警克雷格和卢克谈话之际，女狱警朵恩推开门走进克雷格的办公室）
【女狱警朵恩】：Sorry to bother you.
【狱警克雷格】：If you're still looking for that swimming costume from your locker, I think we're going to have to assume[4] it's gone forever.
（注：女狱警朵恩对卢克说话）
【女狱警朵恩】：Ok, your visitor's outside.
（注：女狱警朵恩对狱警格雷戈说话）
【女狱警朵恩】：And you asked me to let you know if another student switched to Latin.
【狱警克雷格】：Another one? Who was it?
【女狱警朵恩】：It's Marcel and Daz. Massive Steve, Lewis, Philip, Gregory and Esteban.
（注：狱女警对卢克说话）
【女狱警朵恩】I'll let your visitor in.
（注：女狱警朵恩打开门，拉丁语教师邓禄普走了进来）
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】Ah, Luke! I was meaning to ask you, I nodded off[5] in the cheese course. What did you make of[6] Muscadet[7]?
Muscadet
（注：卢克为了转移克雷格的注意力，唱起了歌谣，而拉丁语教师邓禄普仍旧说个不停）
【卢克】：（唱歌）Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques, Doo-bee-doo[8], doo-bee-doo...
（注：狱警克雷格看到此情景，没好气地向卢克大声吼问）
【狱警克雷格】：What the fuck is wrong with you?
（注：拉丁语教师并不知道狱警克雷格和卢克之间有些矛盾，因此，看到卢克一反常态，不顾克雷格的情绪变化，继续询问卢克）
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：Are you all right, old chap? Maybe somebody overdid it with the Madeira[9]...
Madeira wine
（注：卢克继续唱歌）
【卢克】：（唱歌）Solomon[10] and Tina, Solomon and Tina.
Soloman, King of Israel
（注：狱警克雷格看到卢克继续唱歌，腾地一下从椅子上站起来，右手拿着对讲机，指着卢克训话）
【狱警克拉个】：Say one more word and you're losing three months' visits.
（注：狱警克雷格又指向拉丁语教师邓禄普进行问话）
【狱警克雷格】：You tell me what's going on in this class.
（注：拉丁语教师邓禄普刚要回话，此时狱警克雷格手中的对讲机响了起来 ALARM BLARES[11]）
【来自狱警克雷格对讲机的声音】：Code 114 to West Wing, 30- inmate[12] disturbance[13].
（注：女狱警朵恩匆忙来到克雷格的办公室）
【女狱警朵恩】：You coming? They're really kicking off[14] out there. Apparently there aren't enough transfer request[15] forms to go around[16].
School Transfer Request Form
（注：狱警克雷格听到此话，更是气愤异常，咬牙切齿地向卢克和拉丁语教师邓禄普发话）
【狱警克雷格】：This is not over. Right, maybe I'll pay your little class a visit tomorrow.
【卢克】：I wouldn't want you to miss your own class.
【狱警克雷格】：I will.
【卢克】：Please, don't.
（注：狱警克雷格假笑地说）
【狱警克雷格】：OK. I still will.
（注：狱警克雷格说完话，急忙随狱警朵恩冲出了办公室。卢克急忙关上门，向拉丁语教师邓禄普说话）
【卢克】：Sir, he's trying to shut us down[17]. He's somehow under impression that[18] we're not studying Latin.
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：Then, we shall tell him we're living our lives[19]. We'll not be shackled[20] by him and his little rules.
Chain shackle
Bow shackle（弓形钩环）
A shackled prisoner
【卢克】：We would do that, yes. Or we could crack open[21] that little mock paper[22] you were talking about.
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：I don't follow[23] you.
【卢克】：If Creg doesn't see some pretty solid[24] Latin, I can forget about living my life forever.
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：Then, that's what we shall do! A brilliant plan. But alas[25]... I've left the rotten[26] things in my place in the Lake District.
【卢克】：Well, is there no way you can get them by tomorrow?
【拉丁语教师】：Dear boy, it's hundreds of miles away.
【卢克】：There must be way[27]! I mean, seize the moment you live your life! Don't do it for me, do it for yourself! No! Do it for Agnes.
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：My dental hygienist[28].
Dental hygienist
【卢克】：No, no, your wife.
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：She's called Angie.
【卢克】：Will you do it?
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：Was Virgil an Etruscan?
【卢克】：Well, actually I don't know.
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：Tonight, I will dust down[29] the old MG[30]!
MG Car Logo
（注：卢克听到此话，激动地向前拥抱拉丁语教师邓禄普）
MG sports car
【拉丁语教师邓禄普】：This takes me back to my geography days.
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【down】adj. 悲哀的，沮丧的，情绪低落的 ↩
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【scholar】n. 学者；奖学金获得者；聪颖勤奋的学生 ↩
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【Argos】是一家在英国和爱尔兰运营的英国商品目录式零售商（catalogue retailer）。该零售商一年发布两次商品目录，一月份为春夏版，七月份为秋冬版。发布的产品目录达上千页，包括产品样照、产品简介、价格和产品目录编码。到店内购物的顾客，需填写一份所购商品的订购单，交给柜台并付款后，会拿到一张收据，上面打印有顾客等待取货的地点。不久，工作人员会将从商品库房中收集的所购物品，交到顾客的手中，并在顾客的收据上盖上带有 “收讫” 字样的印章，此后，该收据就无法再次使用。这一零售方式，让店偷们感到非常灰心丧气。 ↩
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【assume】v. 假定；假设；认为 ↩
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【nod off】打盹；打瞌睡 ↩
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【make of】理解；看待 ↩
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【Muscadet】['mʌskədeɪ] n. （法国）麝香干白葡萄酒 ↩
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【Doo-bee-doo】无聊之人填补寂静时制造的声音 ↩
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【Madeira】n. 一种产自葡萄牙马德拉岛的白葡萄酒 ↩
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【Soloman】n. 所罗门：大卫王之子，约公元前970 - 约前930年为古以色列国王。在《圣经》中与《雅歌》、《传道书》、《箴言篇》相联系，而他的智慧在所罗门的审判中有详细阐述。然而，由于不满他的统治，他的儿子罗波安统治下的北方各部落从他的王国中脱离出去 ↩
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【blare】v. 发出响亮刺耳的声音 ↩
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【inmate】n. 同居者：指同居一室的多位居住者中的一位，尤指住在同一机构的人，如监狱和医院 ↩
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【disturbance】n. 干扰，障碍，紊乱，动乱 ↩
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【kick off】（事件、比赛或讨论等）开始；（足球比赛中）开球；踢掉（鞋） ↩
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【transfer request】转学申请；转移请求；传送请求；传输请求。~ form：转学申请表；转移请求表；传送请求表；传输请求表 ↩
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【go around】足够分配；扑过去；兴冲冲开始干；重飞；复飞；流行；四处走动 ↩
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【shut sb down】打败某人 ↩
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【under impression that...】印象中；有...的印象；觉得；以为；认为 ↩
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【live our lives】过我们的生活 ↩
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【shackle】v. 束缚；给（某人）戴镣铐；阻挠；成为...的羁绊。n. 桎梏；脚镣；手铐；束缚（物）；钩环 ↩
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【crack open】啪地一声打开；用力敲开；捶开；砸开 ↩
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【mock】adj. 虚假的，不诚实的，模拟的，模仿的。~ paper：模拟试卷 ↩
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【follow】v. 理解 ↩
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【pretty solid】相当好的；相当结实的；相当可靠的；相当稳定的 ↩
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【but alas】但很可惜。alas：（表示悲伤或遗憾）哎呀，唉 ↩
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【rotten】adj. 非常糟糕的，恶劣的；腐烂的，腐败的，腐朽的；（强调非常生气或沮丧）倒霉的，破烂的 ↩
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【there must be way】一定有办法 ↩
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【hygienist】n. 牙科保健员；牙科洁治员 ↩
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【dust down】掸去灰尘 ↩
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【MG】一款英式跑车 ↩
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