A man went to visit a friend and was amazed to find him playing chess with his dog.

某人去朋友家拜訪，發(fā)現(xiàn)朋友竟然在跟自家的狗下象棋，大為錯愕。

He watched the game in astonishment for a while.

他旁觀了一會兒，當(dāng)時就震驚了。

"I can hardly believe my eyes!" he exclaimed. "That's the smartest dog I've ever seen."

“我簡直不敢相信！”他大叫，“我從沒見過那么聰明的狗！”

"Nah, he's not so smart," the friend replied. "I've beaten him three games out of five."

“哪里聰明了，”朋友回答，“五局中我贏了三局呢！”

分享一段網(wǎng)上的有才翻譯：(其中加入了譯者自己的想象)

我的一個哥們兒去他表哥家串門，一進(jìn)門就見他表哥正在跟其愛犬下棋，不禁有點吃驚，便立在一旁默默觀戰(zhàn)，越看越覺得不可思議。那狗神閑氣定，一副大師派頭，而且還頻出奇招，令他表哥難以應(yīng)對。

這哥們兒不禁叫了起來：“餓滴神?。∧愕倪@條狗真的太聰明了?。　?/p>

“聰明個屁！”他表哥不屑一顧，“五局我都贏了三局了！”

NOTES:

1. in astonishment 驚訝地

我們來看這樣一句話：His mouth dropped to the floor in astonishment. 這就是我們所說的“驚訝得嘴都掉地上了”。

另外，to one's astonishment 表示“使某人驚訝的是……”：
To my astonishment, the man lifted the rock effortlessly. 使我吃驚的是，那漢子毫不費勁地把石塊舉了起來。

用 astonishment 表示驚訝還能怎么說呢？再來舉兩個例子吧：
He was overcome with astonishment. 他驚呆了。
I am all astonishment. 我真感到驚奇。

最后，我們經(jīng)常會說“驚得說不出話來”，這個又該怎么說呢？以下兩種說法都可以：
He was struck dumb with astonishment. 他驚訝得目瞪口呆。
Astonishment held me dumb. 我驚愕得說不出話來。

2. I can hardly/barely believe my eyes! = I can't believe my eyes! = I can't believe what I saw! 我簡直不敢相信自己的眼睛！

同樣，I can't believe my ears! 就表示“我不敢相信自己所聽到的，難以置信”，例：
The cat is babysitting the kids? I can't believe my ears! 貓在照料小孩？真是難以置信！

3. three games out of five 五局中的三局

out of 可以表示“部分”，又如：
This is but one instance out of many. 那不過是眾多例子中的一個。

nine times out of ten 則是一個習(xí)語，表示“十之八九，幾乎總是”，例：
He talks about you nine times out of ten when we have a chitchat. 每次我們閑聊他幾乎都談及你。