小红帽Little Red Riding Hood
小红帽Little Red Riding Hood
大灰狼Big Bad Wolf
Maisy：Thank you, Ms. Truesdale. Now, before everyone leaves, we have new copies of the script up here. Tilda and Francis and I went to the rehearsal yesterday, and we were a little troubled by the ending. Killing the wolf. It says the wrong message to our kids. And we believe that animals should only be euthanized as a last resort.
M：谢了，Truesdale。现在，在大伙儿走之前，我得给大家新的脚本。昨天，我、Tilda和Francis一起去看了彩排，对于结尾——杀死大灰狼，我们感到有些问题。这是在给我们的小孩灌输错误的信息。因为我们认为安乐死才是给予动物的最后手段。
(Lynette laughs)
（Lynette笑出了声）
Maisy: Do you find something amusing?
你觉得有什么好笑的吗？
Lynette: I’m sorry, I thought you were kidding. 不好意思，我以为你是在开玩笑。
Maisy: No. 没有。
Lynette: Oh, okay.
Maisy: So in our version, the wolf is aggres-sive because he has a thorn in his paw. And the woodsman will take out the thorn, and send Mr. Wolf on his way.
所以在我们的版本里，大灰狼之所以具有伤害性，是因为掌上的利爪。伐木工会去掉它的爪子，让大灰狼先生该上哪上哪。
Lynette: I’m sorry, aren’t we doing Little Red Riding Hood?
不好意思，这还是《小红帽》吗？
Maisy: Yes. 是的
Lynette: So then you are aware that the wolf is a bad guy. He eats Little Red’s grandma. If you let him go, he’s just going to chow down on another defenseless old lady.
你知道大灰狼是个坏蛋，它吃掉了小红帽的外婆。如果你放它走，它就会吃掉另一位毫无防备的老奶奶。
Maisy: I’sorry, and you are? 不好意思，你是哪位？
Lynette: I’m Lynette Scavo. My twins just joined. They’re playing oak trees.
我叫Lynette，我家的双胞胎刚刚加入，他们扮演两颗橡树。
Maisy: Oh, of course. Lynette. Let’s see, you are…signed up to take tickets the night of the show, is that right?
噢，当然了。Lynette。让我们看一下。。。你被分配到演出当晚收入场券了，是不是？
Lynette: Yeah. 对呀。
Maisy: Well, with all due respect, let‘s leave the creative suggestions to the mothers who have assumed the heavy lifting, shall we?
那好，让我们还是心怀尊敬，把这些创造性的建议留给那些承担繁重任务的母亲们吧。
Lynette: Sure. Whatever.
当然，怎么都行。
chow down和assume the heavy lifting。chow本意是狗，chow down意为“吃掉”；assume the heavy-lifting意为“承担繁重的工作任务”，都是非常地道的美语表达。
