You Mumble的意思|示意

Going back to language, think about what you make sense of when people speak: they mumble, break all the rules of grammar, slur words and so on.

再说回到语言，想想人们说话时你的感觉：他们咕哝、打破所有语法规则、吞音等等。

In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you're nobody unless you can sing---which is unfortunate for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the world.

在帝企鹅伟大的国土---南极洲的内陆上，不会唱歌就等同一无是处----这对于曼宝而言真是一个不幸的事实，因为它正是世界上最糟糕的歌手。

"You always look down and mumble when I talk to you, " they might say. "I feel like you're not interested. " Or: "You're so helpful and polite, even to awful people. Frankly, you're kind of a doormat.

他们可能说：“当我和你说话的时候你总是头朝下嘟哝“，”我感到你不感兴趣’或：”你太有帮助、太礼貌了，对可恶的人们都如此。

When you mumble, people can't hear you clearly.

当你含含糊糊说话时，人们听不清楚。

If I had gone to Dartmouth, I still wouldn't know the second verse to "Dear Old Dartmouth." Face it, none of you do. You all mumble that part.

如果我当年去了达特茅斯，我可能依然不知道达特茅斯校歌的第二段。面对现实吧，你们也都不会那一段歌词。你们刚才全都支吾过去的。

Mumble, boy, where are you?

曼波，孩子，你在哪儿？