Part 3 Cast Away

Tom： Wilson？

Wilson： Yes， Tom？

Tom： Do you think we’ll ever get off this island？ Wilson： That’s an excellent question Tom. What do you think？

Tom： ①I haven’t the slightest. That’s why I’m asking you.

Wilson： Well， what makes you think I would know？

Tom： ②Because， without you， we wouldn’t have even had a snowball’s chance in hell of reaching this 1）Godforsaken 2）speck on the map. Wilson： Well， a lot of good that did us…Now we’re stuck， in the middle of nowhere， with no sign of 3）reprieve.

Tom： What was it you said to me again， as our USS 4）Albatross was descending ever deeper into the depths of the unknown？

Wilson： I believe it was somewhere along the lines of “Oh my God！ We’re gonna die！ And your ugly 5）mug is the last thing I’m ever gonna see！”Tom： And that prevailing fear gave you the inner strength to carry on！

Wilson： You had a lot more to do with our survival than you give yourself credit for.

Tom： How so？ You know my memory is still pretty foggy from when we were going down.

Wilson： Well， you stayed surprisingly calm in the face of such chaos. ③Bodies being flung left and right， cries for help， overcrowded lifeboats， 6）projectile pieces of 7）debris， but you barely batted an eye.

Tom： I find it hard to believe that I， of all people， managed to stay so clear， calm and collected.

Wilson： Yeah. ④I was starting to lose it， but you slapped me in the face， told me to get a grip， and wrestled a pair of life vests away from an elderly couple.

Tom： Now that does sound like something I would do. After all， we’re still young and have our whole lives ahead of us.

Wilson： Then， with our vests securely fastened， we leapt into the deep and 8）scoured the ocean surface for anything that was floating.

Tom： I remember！ We found a piece of 9）plywood and pulled ourselves up. We needed to get out of the water to treat our wounds and to avoid 10）hypothermia.

Wilson： There’s a good chance that your spotty memory is the direct cause of being 11）concussed at some point during the 12）ordeal.

Tom： ⑤Stands to reason， considering the rather large， cartoon-like bump on the top of my head.

Wilson： And when you have a concussion， it’s hard to tell the difference between the things that are real and the things that are 13）figments of your imagination.

Tom： What are you trying to say？ Have I been imagining things since we’ve been out here？

Wilson： You’ve had quite a few 14）hallucinations， actually， but I’m afraid to tell you about them. I’m not sure how you’ll react.

Tom： I’m a big boy Wilson， lay it on me. Hit me with the truth！

Wilson： Umm…⑥I don’t know how to break this to you， but here goes—you’re still in shock Tom， and I’m not real. I’m just a 15）deflated volleyball， with a face drawn on it.

Smart Sentences

① I haven’t the slightest. 我毫無頭緒。

not have the slightest： not know anything at all about sth.（對某事毫不知曉）。例如：

They didn’t have the slightest， as far as when they lost Ted.

他們根本不知道泰德是什么時(shí)候不見的。

② Because， without you， we wouldn’t have even had a snowball’s chance in hell of reaching this Godforsaken speck on the map.因?yàn)槿绻皇悄悖覀兏静豢赡軄淼竭@個(gè)荒蕪的小島上，這個(gè)島在地圖上只是個(gè)小點(diǎn)。

a snowball’s chance in hell： sth. impossible， sth. that will never happen（不可能的事）。例如：

With scores like this， you have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting accepted by a good university.

以這樣的成績，你根本不可能考上好大學(xué)。

③ Bodies being flung left and right， cries for help， overcrowded lifeboats， projectile pieces of debris， but you barely batted an eye. 人們被拋向左又被扔向右，哭著呼救，救生艇上人滿為患，雜物碎片滿天飛，但你幾乎連眼睛都不眨一下。

not bat an eye： not show any reaction（連眼睛都不眨一下）。例如：

Mom didn’t bat an eye when I told her I was getting married.

我告訴媽媽我要結(jié)婚的時(shí)候，她沒有任何反應(yīng)。

④ I was starting to lose it， but you slapped me in the face， told me to get a grip， and wrestled a pair of life vests away from an elderly couple. 我開始迷失自己，但你摑了我一記耳光，告訴我要冷靜點(diǎn)，并從一對死難老夫婦的身上扯下兩件救生衣。

get a grip： make an effort to control one’s emotion（控制自己的情緒）。例如：

Come on， get a grip. Things are not that bad.

好了，冷靜點(diǎn)，事情沒那么糟。

⑤ Stands to reason， considering the rather large， cartoon-like bump on the top of my head.想到我頭頂上那如卡通片里的大腫塊，（記憶模糊）也是合情合理的事。

stand to reason： seem reasonable（合情理，是當(dāng)然的，自不待言）。例如：

It stands to reason that the more experience you have， the better you’ll be at solving problems.

你的經(jīng)驗(yàn)越多，你解決問題的能力就越強(qiáng)，這是理所當(dāng)然的事。

⑥ I don’t know how to break this to you， but here goes—you’re still in shock Tom， and I’m not real. 我不知道怎么告訴你，事情是這樣的：你仍處于驚魂未定的狀態(tài)，而我不是真實(shí)的。

break sth. to sb.： tell sb. the bad news kindly so as not to shock them（以婉轉(zhuǎn)的方式透露壞消息）。例如：

John didn’t get the promotion， but I don’t want to be the one to break it to him.

約翰沒能得到晉升，不過我可不想當(dāng)那個(gè)把壞消息告訴他的人。

here goes： used when you are about to say sth. unpleasant（在準(zhǔn)備說不快之事前用）。例如：

—Come on， Sis. What’s the bad news？

好了，姐，究竟是什么壞消息？

—Here goes： I accidentally dropped your iPad and broke it.

事情是這樣，我不小心把你的iPad掉在地上，摔壞了。