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Red Queen: Someone has stolen three of my tarts²! Did You steal them?

Frog: No, Your Majesty³.

Red Queen: Did You?

Frog: No, Your Majesty.

Red Queen: Did You steal them?

Frog: No, Your Majesty.

Red Queen: Did you steal my tart¹?

Frog: No, Your Majesty ...

Red Queen: It´s cranberry⁴ juice.

Frog: I was so hungry! I did not mean to ...

Red Queen: Off with his head!

Frog: My family! No, please, please don´t! I have little ones to look after!

Red Queen: Go to his house and collect the little ones. I like frog eggs on toast almost as much as I like caviar.

Fish: Yes, your Majesty

Red Queen: Drink.

Stayne: Majesty.

Red Queen: Ilosovic Stayne. Where have you been lurking⁶?

Stayne: Majesty ... I have found the Oraculum.

Red Queen: That? Looks so ordinary for an Oraculum.

Stayne: Look here. FrAbjous Day.

Red Queen: I´d know that tangled⁷ mess of hair anywhere. Is it Alice?

Stayne: I believe it is.

Red Queen: What is she doing with my darling Jabberwocky?

Stayne: She appears to be slating⁸ it.

Red Queen: She killed my Jabberwocky?

Stayne: Not yet. But it will happen if we don´t stop her.

Red Queen: Find Alice, Stayne. Find her!

Stayne: Find the scent⁹ of human girl and earn your freedom.

Dog: For my wife and pups as well?

Stayne: Everyone will go home.

Horse: Dogs will believe anything.

Cheshire cat: It looks like you ran afoul of  something with wicked claws.

Alice: I must be still dreaming ...

Cheshire cat: What did that to you?

Alice: A "bender" or "bandips" ...

Cheshire cat: A Bandersnatch? Well, I´d better have a look.

Alice: What are you doing?

Cheshire cat:  It needs to by purified by someone with evaporating skills or it will fester and putrify.

Alice: I´d rather you didn´t. I´ll be fine as soon as I wake up.

Cheshire cat: At least let me bind¹⁰ it for you. What do you call yourself?

Alice: Alice.

Cheshire cat: THE Alice?

Alice: There has been some debate about that.

Cheshire cat: I never get involved in politics. You'd best be on your way.

Alice: What way? All I want to do is wake from this dream.

Cheshire cat: Fine. I´ll take you to the Hare and the Hatter, but that´s the end of it.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. tart：甜果馅饼。

Tart做形容词还可以表示味道“酸”或者说话“尖酸刻薄”，比如形容一个人说话尖酸就可以用tart-tongued。

2. Your Majesty：陛下，对国王或女王的尊称。也可以说成是His/Her Majesty。

3. off with his head: 砍掉他的头。Off with在这里表示“除去，除掉”。

4. caviar: 鱼子酱。

5. lurk⁵: 埋伏，潜伏。红桃皇后的意思是“你最近鬼鬼祟祟的干些什么呢？”

6. Oraculum：神谕。

7. Jabberwocky：炸脖龙。

Jabberwocky还可以用来指“无意义的话，无聊的话”。

8. pup：小狗，幼崽。也写作puppy。

sell somebody/buy a pup则用来指“卖给…（或买到）伪劣货”。

9. run afoul of: 相抵触，有冲突。

例如：The paternal¹¹ longing¹² ran afoul of her own desire.（父亲的愿望和她的心愿相冲突。）

10. bandersnatch：一种想象中的猛兽。平时我们还可以用它来表示“行动粗鲁或习惯、态度与他人不同者”。

11. fester：溃烂，化脓。

在用来指情感或思想时，fester用来表示“不快的想法或感情更加苦恼；愈益恶化”。例如：The resentment¹³ festered in his mind.（他心中的愤恨有增无减。）

12. You'd best be on your way：你最好快走吧。

13. Hare and the Hatter：指影片中的“三月兔”和“疯帽匠”。

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