Chicken Run
Scene 1: A group of chickens are planning to escape Tweedy's Farm.
Mrs. Tweedy: Mr. Tweedy, what is that chicken doing outside the fence?
Mr. Tweedy: Ooh! Hehe. I don't know. I...
Mrs. Tweedy: Just deal with it, now!
Mr. Tweedy: (to the chickens) I'll teach you to make a fool out of me! Now let that be a lesson to the lot of ya! No chicken escapes from Tweedy's Farm!!
(In the coop.)
Ginger: Think everyone, think. What haven't we tried yet?
Bunty: We haven't tried not trying to escape.
Babs: Hmmm. That might work.
Ginger: What about Edwina? 1)How many more empty nests will it take?
Bunty: Well, perhaps it wouldn't be empty if she spent more time laying and less time escaping.
Ginger: So laying eggs all your life and then getting 2)plucked, stuffed and roasted is good enough for you, is it?
Babs: It's a living.
Ginger: You know what the problem is? The fences aren't just around the farm. they're up here, in your heads. There's a better place out there. Somewhere beyond that hill, and it has wide open spaces, and lots of trees and grass. Can you imagine that? Cool, green grass...
Hen 1: Who feeds us?
Ginger: We feed ourselves.
Hen 2: Well, where's the farm?
Ginger: There is no farm.
Babs: Then where does the farmer live?
Ginger: There is no farmer, Babs.
Babs: Is he on holiday?
Ginger: He isn't anywhere. Don't you get it? There's no morning egg count, no farmers, no dogs and coops and keys, and no fences.
Bunty: In all my life, I've never heard such a fantastic load of 3)tripe! Oh face the facts, doks. The chances of us getting out of here are a million to one.
Ginger: Then there's still a chance!
Scene 2: While Ginger is in desperation, however, some hope literally falls from the sky in the form of Rocky, an American rooster.
Rocky: Ah! Who are you? Where am I? What's going on? Ouch! What happened to my wing?
Ginger: You took a rather nasty fall.
Mac: And 4)sprained the anterior 5)tendon connecting your 6)radius to your humerus. I gave it a 7)wee bit of a 8)tweak, Jimmy, and wrapped her up.
Rocky: Was that English?
Ginger: She said you sprained your wing. She fixed it.
Babs: And I made the 9)bandage!
Hen 3: I carried you in!
(Chattering.)
Rocky: 10)Whoa. Whoa! Let's 11)back up and start from the top. Where am I?
Ginger: You're right. How rude of us. We're just very excited. This is a chicken farm.
Babs: And we're the chickens.
Rocky: Yeah, with you so far... chicken farm... chickens...
Fowler: I don't like the looks of this one. His eyes are too close together.
Ginger: Father, please!
Fowler: And he's a 12)Yank.
Rocky: Easy 13)Pops, cockfighting's illegal where I come from.
Hen 3: And where is that exactly?
Rocky: Oh, just a little place I call the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Hens: Scotland!
Rocky: No! America!
Chickens: Oh, America!
Fowler: 14)Poppycock! 15)Pushy Americans! Always showing up late for every war. Over-paid, over-sexed, and over here!
Rocky: Hey, what's eating grandpa?
Ginger: Oh don't mind him, Mr.... Mr....
Rocky: The name's Rocky. Rocky the Rhode Island Red. Rhodes for short.
Hen 3: Rocky Rhodes?
Rocky: 16)Catchy, ain't it?
Ginger: (showing him the poster) Mr. Rhodes, is this you?
Rocky: Uh, who wants to know?
Ginger: A group of rather desperate chickens. See if it is you, then you just might be the answer to our prayers.
Rocky: Well then, call me a miracle, doll-face, 'cuz that's me.
Babs: And what brings you to England, Mr. Rhodes?
Rocky: Why? All the beautiful English chicks, of course.
Fowler: Git over!
Rocky: See I'm a traveler by nature. I did that whole 17)barnyard thing for a while, but I couldn't really get into it. Hi, how are ya? 18)Nope, the open road! That's more my style. Yup! Just give me a pack on my back, and point me where the wind blows. In fact, you know what they call me back home? You're gonna love that, the Lone Free Ranger. Yup. Isn't that great?
Ginger: I knew it was possible.
Rocky: Oh, It's possible alright.
Ginger: I knew the answer would come. We're all going to fly over that fence, and Mr. Rhodes is going to show us how. Right?
Rocky: That's....what? Did you say "fly"?
Ginger: You can teach us!
Rocky: No, I can't. Listen, shhh. Did you hear that? That's the open road calling my name, and I was born to answer that call. Bye!
Babs: He must have very good hearing.
(Outside the coop.)
Rocky: Ok, ok. Where's the exit out of this place?
Ginger: Mr. Rhodes! Perhaps I didn't explain our position properly. We lay eggs, 19)day in and day out , and when we can't lay any more, they kill us.
Rocky: It's a cruel world, doll-face. You might as well get used to it.
Ginger: Which part of "they kill us" do you not understand?
Rocky: Hey, I got my own set of problems to worry about. Besides, this bird-cage can't be that hard to bust out of. In fact, watch me.
Ginger: It's not so hard to get one chicken out of here or even two, but this is about all of us.
Rocky: All of you?
Ginger: That's what I've been trying to tell you.
Rocky: Wait a minute, let me get this straight. You want to get every chicken in this place out of here at the same time?!
Ginger: Of course.
Rocky: You're 20) certifiable. You can't 21)pull off a 22)stunt like that. That's suicide.
Ginger: Where there's a will, there's a way.
Rocky: Couldn't agree more. And I will be leaving that way.
Ginger: But Mr. Rhodes, please!
Rocky: Oh, I'm the kind of guy, that likes to roam around.....
Suddenly, Rocky's singing is interrupted by an oncoming truck which sets him into a panic. Ginger notices that the truck is from the circus.
Ginger: So that's it, you're from the 23)circus.
Rocky: Shhh!
Ginger: You're on the run, aren't you?
Rocky: You wanna keep it down? I'm trying to lay low here.
Ginger: I should 24)turn you in right now
Rocky: You wouldn't, would you?
Ginger: Give me one reason why I shouldn't?
Rocky: Because I'm cute?
Ginger: Broaaaaaaak!!
Rocky: Hey! Hey! What kind of crazy chick are you? Do you know what'll happen if he finds me?
Ginger: It's a cruel world.
Rocky: I just decided I don't like you.
Ginger: I just decided I don't care. Now show us how to fly!
Rocky: With this wing?
Ginger: Teach us then!
Rocky: No!
Ginger: Broaaak!
The Tweedys are talking with the circus man at the door.
Mrs. Tweedy: He's valuable you say?
Circus Man: Sure.
Mrs. Tweedy: Get the 25)torch.
They are coming towards the coop.
Rocky: Now you listen here, sister. I'm not going back to that life. I'm a lone free ranger, emphasis on free.
Ginger: And that's what we want - freedom!
Rocky: Ah!
Ginger: Fancy that, they're coming this way.
Rocky: Oh no, no, no, they're on to me.
Ginger: Teach us to fly and we'll hide you
Rocky: And if I don't?
Ginger: Broaa...!
Rocky: Was your father by any chance a 26)vulture!
Ginger: Do we have a deal?
Scene 3: Fowler must share his bed with Rocky though he complains.
Fowler: Absolutely 27)outrageous! Asking a senior officer to share his 28)quarters, and with a 29)non-commissioned yank, 30)no less. Huh! Well, back in my day, I'd never.....
Rocky: You weren't exactly my first choice either. And skootle! Your wing's on my side of the 31)bunk.
Fowler: Your side of the bunk? The whole bunk is my side of the bunk!
Rocky: Just! What's that smell? Is that your breath?
Fowler: It's absolutely outrageous.
Scene 4: Rocky is coaching the chickens to do some warm-up exercises before they fly.
Rocky: So you wanna fly, huh? Well it ain't gonna be easy and it ain't going to happen over night either. You see flying takes three things: hard work, perseverance, and... hard work.
Fowler: You said hard work twice.
Rocky: That's because it takes twice as much work as perseverance.
Fowler: Hog swallop!
Rocky: Now the most important thing is we have to work as a team, which means you do everything I tell you. Right! Let's rock n roll!
Scene 5: The situation goes from bad to worse when the sinister Mrs. Tweedy decides to stop selling eggs and uses the hens as the main ingredient in chicken pot pies.
Mr. Tweedy: What's, what's all this then?
Mrs. Tweedy: This is our future, Mr. Tweedy, no more wasting time with 32)petty egg clutching and 33)minuscule profits.
Mr. Tweedy: No more eggs? But we've always been egg farmers, my father and his father, and all their fathers, there was always...
Mrs. Tweedy: Poor brainless! Nothings! But all that's about to change. This will take Tweedys' Farm out of the dark ages and into full scale automated production. Militia Tweedy will be poor no longer.
Mr. Tweedy: I'll put it together then, shall I?
Scene 6: Rocky risks his own life to save Ginger's. Fowler changes his opinion of Rocky.
Rocky: Alright pops, what did I do now?
Fowler: A very brave and honorable deed, sir. 34)In the light of your action this evening, I 35)dutifully admit that I have misjudged your character. I present you with this medal for bravery. And I salute you! 36)In honor of the occasion, I surrender the bunk entirely. I shall sleep under the stars. I await tomorrow's flying demonstration with great anticipation.
Rocky: You and me both, pops.
Scene 7: Rocky can't fly, but it seems too late for him to tell the truth to the chickens. What should he do? He is hesitating to make his decision on the roof when Ginger comes up.
Rocky: Oh!
Ginger: I'm sorry...
Rocky: Is this your... Oh, I'll get down...
Ginger: No, no, it's just... well, since you're here, there's something I...
Rocky: I'm glad that you are here...
Ginger: I'm sorry.
Rocky: No, you go first...
Ginger: I just wanted to say that I may have been a bit 37)harsh at first, well what I really mean is thank you for saving my life, for saving our lives. You know. I come up here every night and look out at that hill, and just imagine what it must be like on the other side. It's funny, I've never actually felt grass beneath my feet. I'm sorry, here I am 38)rambling on about hills and grass and you had something you wanted to say.
Rocky: Uh, yeah. It's just that, you know life, as I've experienced it, you know, out there along the free range and all that stuff. It's full of disappointments.
Ginger: You mean grass isn't all it's 39)cracked up to be?
Rocky: Grass! Exactly, grass. It's always greener on the other side. And then you get there, and it's brown and 40)prickly. You see what I'm trying to say? What I'm trying to say is... you're welcome.
Ginger: You know, That hill is looking closer tonight than it ever has before.
(Ginger's hand touches Rocky's.)
Rocky: Oh!
Ginger: Well, good night, Rocky.
Rocky: Good night, Ginger.
1) 指下不出蛋的鸡被宰后只剩下空窝。
2) pluck v. 拨毛
3) tripe n. （俚）废话
4) sprain v. 扭伤
5) tendon n. 腱，筋
6) radius n. 半径，范围
7) wee a. 很小的，很少的
8) tweak v. 拧
9) bandage n. 绷带
10) whoa int. 惊叹声
11) back up 回退
12) Yank n. Yankee的缩写，美国佬
13) pop n. （美）对老人的昵称，大爷，大伯
14) poppycock n. （俚语）胡说，废话
15) pushy a. 爱出风头的
16) catchy a. 容易记的
17) barnyard n. 畜棚场
18) nope adv. 不，不是
19) day in and day out 一天天地，连续不断地
20) certifiable a. 可证明的
21) pull off （计划）获得成功
22) stunt n. 噱头，特技表演
23) circus n. 马戏团，杂技团
24) turn in （向警方）交出
25) torch n. 火炬，（英）手电筒
26) vulture n. 乘人之危的劫掠者
27) outrageous a. 无耻的，令人难以容忍的
28) quarters n. 住处，营房
29) non-commissioned 没有经过委任而得到军衔的
30) no less 居然，竟然
31) bunk n. 床位，床铺
32) petty a. 小的，细微的
33) minuscule a. 极小的
34) in the light of 鉴于，根据
35) dutifully adv. 恭敬地，忠实地
36) in honor of 表示敬意
37) harsh a. 苛刻的
38) ramble v. 漫谈
39) be cracked up to be （口语）受到赞扬
40) prickly a. 多刺的