VOICEOVER: There was a weird sound and another of those strange animals with the round legs appeared. The young boy and a grownup got out of it, and they seemed very excited.
Xi said, ''Come, sit down. There's enough meat for all of us. '' But the man was rude and greedy. He took the whole animal.
He said, ''You have very bad manners. If you want to eat the whole thing, I'll have to shoot another one for myself. ''
The man shouted at him, but he didn't want anything to do with such an uncouth person, so he ignored him.
Suddenly there was a thunderclap. The animals ran away, and he ran after them. He was very hungry.
Policeman: Do you speak English? You are free to remain silent until you have seen your lawyer. If you speak now, whatever you say will be taken down as evidence against you.
Andrew: Why are you so beautiful?
Mpudi: I got to go to court.
Andrew: What did you do?
Mpudi: No. The cops were here. They say they caught a little Bushman for stock theft. They say all he can speak is xixo xixo xixo. So they want me to interpret.
Voiceover: They brought Xi into a place with several people. He smiled at them in greeting, but nobody smiled back.
Lawyer: Interpreter.
Attorney for plaintiff: You, Xixo, are hereby charged with wrongfully and unlawfully slaughtering one goat on the 21st of September, 1980, in Oniamatokwe. How plead you? Guilty or not guilty?
Voiceover: Mpudi found it difficult to interpret because, in his language there was no word for ''guilty. ''
Finally he asked, ''Did you shoot an animal?'' Xi said, ''Yes, I did, but that man took it. He did not want to share it with me. ''
Lawyer: Well, what does he plead?
Mpudi: Not guilty.
Mpudi:They gave him the death sentence.
Andrew: For killing a goat? No.
Mpudi: Three months in jail, same thing. He gonna die for sure. He never seen a wall in his life. Now, he got walls all around him.
He smirked in acknowledgement of their uncouth greetings, and sat down. 他皮笑肉不笑地接受了他的粗鲁的招呼，坐了下来。
2. take down: 降下、拆除、记下、写下、录下。在这里是“记下”的意思。
来看例句：
He take down the minute in shorthand. 他将会议记录速记下来。
I forgot to take down his telephone number. 我忘了记下他的电话号码。
Some girls in the office are trained to take down dictation. 办公室的一些女孩接受了口述记录训练。
3. evidence against ... : 对...不利的证据。例如：
You have evidence against them? 你有证据能判他们罪吗？
The evidence against him was flimsy. 指控他的证据不足信。
With so much evidence against him he had to acknowledge his error. 在这么多的证据面前，他不得不承认错误。
evidence for ... 指的是“对...有利的证据”。
片中，警察对Xi说的“You are free to remain silent... If you speak now, whatever you say will be taken down as evidence against you.” 就是在港片中常听到的那句话：“你有权保持沉默，但是你所说的一切将作为呈堂证供。”
plead guilty / plead not guilty （承认有罪 / 拒绝认罪），plead for sb. （替某人开脱），plead for mercy（恳求宽恕），plead for the people（为民请命）
例句：
Plead innocent don't pass him! 不认罪就不放过他！
He plead for the retention of the inn. 他请求保留这座小旅店。
I'm very angry. I plead guilty to that! 我火气很大，我是罪有应得。
6. death sentence: 死刑。sentence... to death（宣判某人死刑）,vacate a death sentence（撤消死刑）,commute a death sentence（将死刑减刑）
来看其他关于刑罚的英文表达：
life imprisonment （无期徒刑）,shave a sentence to two years（将刑期减为两年）,reverse a decision / sentence（撤销判决/宣判）pass sentence on, condemn（判决，判刑），更多刑罚英文表达请点击这里 http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/58450972.html
