VOICEOVER: There was a weird sound and another of those strange animals with the round legs appeared. The young boy and a grownup got out of it, and they seemed very excited.
Xi said, ''Come, sit down. There's enough meat for all of us. '' But the man was rude and greedy. He took the whole animal.
He said, ''You have very bad manners. If you want to eat the whole thing, I'll have to shoot another one for myself. ''
The man shouted at him, but he didn't want anything to do with such an uncouth person, so he ignored him.
Suddenly there was a thunderclap. The animals ran away, and he ran after them. He was very hungry.
Policeman: Do you speak English? You are free to remain silent until you have seen your lawyer. If you speak now, whatever you say will be taken down as evidence against you.
Andrew: Why are you so beautiful?
Mpudi: I got to go to court.
Andrew: What did you do?
Mpudi: No. The cops were here. They say they caught a little Bushman for stock theft. They say all he can speak is xixo xixo xixo. So they want me to interpret.
Voiceover: They brought Xi into a place with several people. He smiled at them in greeting, but nobody smiled back.
Lawyer: Interpreter.
Attorney for plaintiff: You, Xixo, are hereby charged with wrongfully and unlawfully slaughtering one goat on the 21st of September, 1980, in Oniamatokwe. How plead you? Guilty or not guilty?
Voiceover: Mpudi found it difficult to interpret because, in his language there was no word for ''guilty. ''
Finally he asked, ''Did you shoot an animal?'' Xi said, ''Yes, I did, but that man took it. He did not want to share it with me. ''
Lawyer: Well, what does he plead?
Mpudi: Not guilty.
Mpudi:They gave him the death sentence.
Andrew: For killing a goat? No.
Mpudi: Three months in jail, same thing. He gonna die for sure. He never seen a wall in his life. Now, he got walls all around him.
He smirked in acknowledgement of their uncouth greetings, and sat down. 他皮笑肉不笑地接受了他的粗魯?shù)恼泻?，坐了下來?/p>
2. take down: 降下、拆除、記下、寫下、錄下。在這里是“記下”的意思。
來看例句：
He take down the minute in shorthand. 他將會議記錄速記下來。
I forgot to take down his telephone number. 我忘了記下他的電話號碼。
Some girls in the office are trained to take down dictation. 辦公室的一些女孩接受了口述記錄訓練。
3. evidence against ... : 對...不利的證據(jù)。例如：
You have evidence against them? 你有證據(jù)能判他們罪嗎？
The evidence against him was flimsy. 指控他的證據(jù)不足信。
With so much evidence against him he had to acknowledge his error. 在這么多的證據(jù)面前，他不得不承認錯誤。
evidence for ... 指的是“對...有利的證據(jù)”。
片中，警察對Xi說的“You are free to remain silent... If you speak now, whatever you say will be taken down as evidence against you.” 就是在港片中常聽到的那句話：“你有權(quán)保持沉默，但是你所說的一切將作為呈堂證供。”
plead guilty / plead not guilty （承認有罪 / 拒絕認罪），plead for sb. （替某人開脫），plead for mercy（懇求寬?。?，plead for the people（為民請命）
例句：
Plead innocent don't pass him! 不認罪就不放過他！
He plead for the retention of the inn. 他請求保留這座小旅店。
I'm very angry. I plead guilty to that! 我火氣很大，我是罪有應(yīng)得。
6. death sentence: 死刑。sentence... to death（宣判某人死刑）,vacate a death sentence（撤消死刑）,commute a death sentence（將死刑減刑）
來看其他關(guān)于刑罰的英文表達：
life imprisonment （無期徒刑）,shave a sentence to two years（將刑期減為兩年）,reverse a decision / sentence（撤銷判決/宣判）pass sentence on, condemn（判決，判刑），更多刑罰英文表達請點擊這里 http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/58450972.html
