首先我最爱的《纸牌屋》的台词。
●There are two kinds of pain.The sort of pain that makes you strong...or useless pain...The sort of pain that's only suffering.I have no patience for useless things.Moments like this require someone who will act...or do the unpleasant thing,or the necessary thing.There...No more pain.
(痛苦分两种,一种让你变得更强,另一种毫无价值,只徒添折磨。我对没有价值的东西没有耐心,这种时刻,需要有人采取行动...或做一些不好的事...也是必要的事。好了,痛苦结束了。)
●Give and take.Welcome to Washington.
(付出与索取,这就是华盛顿)
●I love that woman.I love her more than sharks love blood.
(我爱那个女人,胜过鲨鱼爱鲜血)
●A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys vitory but rather how he or she endures defeat.Nothing can help us endure dark times better than our faith.
(一个人的特质不取决于他如何享受胜利,而在于这个人如何忍受失败。没有什么比信念更能支撑我们度过艰难时光了)
●Forward! That is the battle cry.Leave ideologies for the Armchair General,does me no good.
(勇往直前这是我的作战口号,纸上谈兵那一套于我无益。)
●Power's a lot like real estate.It's all about location,location, location.The closer you are to the source,the higher your property value.
(权力正如地产,位置是重中之重,你离中心越近,你的财产就越值钱。)
●Such a waste of talent.He chose money over this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes.Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart afterten years.Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries.
(真是浪费啊,为了钱而放弃权利,这个城市里 几乎人人都犯了这个错。金钱是萨拉索塔的巨无霸豪宅,保质期就只有十年,权力是古老的石砌建筑,能屹立数百年。)
●What a martyr craves more than anything a sword to fall on,so you sharpen the blade,hold it at just the right angle,and then 3, 2, 1--
(烈士最渴求的就是壮烈牺牲,所以你磨好兵刃,调整好角度,默数三 二 一。)
●Any pugilist worth his salt knows when someone's on the ropes, that's when you throw a combination to the gut and a left hook to the jaw.
(任何稍有点头脑的拳击手都知道,如果有人已经完全无力回击时.那就是你该朝他肚子打一套组合拳,再朝下巴打一记左勾拳的时候了。)
●Grief demands an answer, but sometimes there isn't one.
(悲痛要求答案 但有时根本就没有)
还有《权力的游戏》的经典台词。
●The more people you love, the weaker you are. (你在乎的人越多,你就越脆弱)
●The man who fears losing has already lost.
(一旦害怕失去,你就不再拥有。)
●Valar morghulis.
(凡人终有一死)
●Every flight begins with a fall.
(每一次飞行都始于坠落。)
●Bran:“Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?”
Ned: “That is the only time a man can be brave.”
(“一个人如果害怕,还能勇敢么?”
“人只有在害怕的时候才会变勇敢啊。”)
●Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.
--Tyrion Lannister
(永远不要忘了你是谁,因为这个世界不会忘记。把你的特点变成你的力量,它就永远不会成为你的弱点。用它武装自己,它就永远不能伤害你。)
●A true man does what he will, not what he must.
(一个真诚的人会做他想做的事,不是他必须做的事。)
●When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.
(你玩权利的游戏,结局要么赢、要么死。没有折中的选择。)
●Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
(死亡一下就把人带到尽头,而活着能有那么多的可能性啊。)
其实背过这些好的句子,对我们英语水平的提高很有帮助的。