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FLOUNDER: Ariel, wait for me!
ARIEL: Flounder, hurry up!
FLOUNDER: You know I can't swim that fast.
ARIEL: There it is. Isn't it fantastic?
FLOUNDER: Yes, sure. It's great. Now, let's get out of here.
ARIEL: You're not getting cold fins now, are you?
FLOUNDER: Who, me? No way. It's just, er... it looks damp in there. Yeah. And I think I may be coming down with something. Yeah, I got this cough.
ARIEL: All right. I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks.
FLOUNDER: OK. Yes, you go. I'll stay and - what? Sharks! Ariel! I can't... I mean, Ariel help!
ARIEL: Oh, Flounder.
FLOUNDER: Ariel, do you really think there might be sharks around here?
ARIEL: Flounder, don't be such a guppy.
FLOUNDER: I'm not a guppy. This is great. I mean, I really love this. Excitement, adventure, danger lurking around every corner - Aaahhh! Ariel!
ARIEL: Oh, are you okay?
FLOUNDER: Yes, sure. No problem, I'm okay.
ARIEL: Flounder, hurry up!
FLOUNDER: You know I can't swim that fast.
ARIEL: There it is. Isn't it fantastic?
FLOUNDER: Yes, sure. It's great. Now, let's get out of here.
ARIEL: You're not getting cold fins now, are you?
FLOUNDER: Who, me? No way. It's just, er... it looks damp in there. Yeah. And I think I may be coming down with something. Yeah, I got this cough.
ARIEL: All right. I'm going inside. You can just stay here and watch for sharks.
FLOUNDER: OK. Yes, you go. I'll stay and - what? Sharks! Ariel! I can't... I mean, Ariel help!
ARIEL: Oh, Flounder.
FLOUNDER: Ariel, do you really think there might be sharks around here?
ARIEL: Flounder, don't be such a guppy.
FLOUNDER: I'm not a guppy. This is great. I mean, I really love this. Excitement, adventure, danger lurking around every corner - Aaahhh! Ariel!
ARIEL: Oh, are you okay?
FLOUNDER: Yes, sure. No problem, I'm okay.
| to hurry up | darse prisa |
| fin | aleta. En este caso se trata de un juego de palabras con la expresión to get cold feet (dar marcha atrás). Como el personaje es un pescado, se reemplaza feet (pies) por fins (aletas). |
| no way | de ninguna manera. Para aprender más, ver Expressions with 'way'. |
| damp | húmedo, mojado |
| yeah | Forma coloquial de yes |
| to come down with something | enfermarse de algo |
| cough | tos |
| guppy | pez tropical pequeño de colores brillantes |
| to lurk | merodear |
TRITON: I just don't know what we're going to do with you, young lady.
ARIEL: Daddy, I'm sorry, I just forgot, I -
TRITON: As a result of your careless behaviour.
SEBASTIAN: Careless and reckless behaviour!
TRITON: ...the entire celebration was...
SEBASTIAN: Well, it was ruined! That's all. Completely destroyed! This concert was to be the pinnacle of my distinguished career. Now, thanks to you I am the laughing stock of the entire kingdom!
ARIEL: Daddy, I'm sorry, I just forgot, I -
TRITON: As a result of your careless behaviour.
SEBASTIAN: Careless and reckless behaviour!
TRITON: ...the entire celebration was...
SEBASTIAN: Well, it was ruined! That's all. Completely destroyed! This concert was to be the pinnacle of my distinguished career. Now, thanks to you I am the laughing stock of the entire kingdom!
| careless | imprudente, negligente, descuidado |
| behaviour | conducta. En inglés americano se escribe behavior. |
| reckless | temerario, imprudente |
| to ruin | arruinar, estropear |
| pinnacle | pináculo |
| to be the laughing stock | Se dice de alguien que hizo algo tonto y que debido a eso no es respetado por la gente. Equivale al español 'ser el hazmereír'. |
SEBASTIAN: OK. So far so good. I don't think the king knows. But it will
not be easy keeping something like this a secret for long.
ARIEL: (tearing petals off a daisy) He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me! I knew it!
SEBASTIAN: Ariel, stop talking crazy!
ARIEL: I gotta see him again tonight! Scuttle knows where he lives.
SEBASTIAN: Ariel, please, will you get your head out of the clouds and back into the water where it belongs?
ARIEL: I'll swim up to his castle. Then Flounder will splash around to get his attention, and then...
SEBASTIAN: Down here is your home! Ariel, listen to me. The human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there.
ARIEL: (tearing petals off a daisy) He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me! I knew it!
SEBASTIAN: Ariel, stop talking crazy!
ARIEL: I gotta see him again tonight! Scuttle knows where he lives.
SEBASTIAN: Ariel, please, will you get your head out of the clouds and back into the water where it belongs?
ARIEL: I'll swim up to his castle. Then Flounder will splash around to get his attention, and then...
SEBASTIAN: Down here is your home! Ariel, listen to me. The human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there.
| OK, okay | Expresión muy frecuente que significa 'correcto, bien'. Para aprender el origen de esta palabra, ver The Story behind the Words. |
| so far so good | por el momento, bien |
| to keep a secret | mantener un secreto |
| for long | por mucho tiempo |
| to tear petals off a daisy | deshojar una margarita |
| gotta | Forma coloquial de have got to (tener que) |
| to belong | pertenecer |
| mess | lío, confusión. To make a mess of something significa hacer algo muy mal. To get into a mess es meterse en un lío. |
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