-
Season 1, Episode 2: Ah, But
Underneath
-
GABRIELLE: if
Mary Alice was having some sort of crisis, we?d
have known.
some sort of:
某种
crisis:
危机
如果
Mary
Alice
有什么不对劲，我们应该会知道的。
She lives 50
feet away,
for God?s
sakes
.
for God?s
sakes:
【天晓得】看在上帝的面上
天晓得，她住的离我们不过
50
英尺。
-
SUSAN: Gabby, the woman
killed herself. Something must?ve been going on.
go on:
发生
Ga
bby
，她结束了自己的生命，肯定有事情发生。
-GABRIELLE:
Every time
I?m
around that man, he tries to grab my ass!
around:
在
……
周围
try to:
设法
grab:
抓握
ass:
屁股
我每次遇见他，他都想摸我的屁股。
-CARLOS: I made
over $$200,000
doing business
with
him last year. If he wants to grab
your ass, you let him.
business
：
生意
do business
with:
与某人做生意
去年我和他做了超过
20
万美元的生意。如果
他想摸你就让他摸吧
-
JOHN: Why aren?t you happy?
你为什么不开心？
-GABRIELLE: Turns out I
wanted all the wrong things.
turn out:
证明是
结果证明我所要的东西都没用。
-
GABRIELLE: What?s that?
这是什么？
-
BREE: It?s a
letter,
addressed
to Mary
Alice.
一封写给
Mary
Alice
的信。
address:
写信给
-SUSAN: Oh Mary
Alice, what did you do?
哦，
Mary
Alice
，你究竟干了什么？
-MARY ALICE: An odd thing
happens when we die. Our senses vanish.
odd:
奇怪
sense:
感觉
vanish:
消失
我们死去以后就会有奇怪的事情发生，我们没有感觉。
Taste, touch,
smell and sound become a distant memory.
distant:
遥远的
memory:
记忆
味觉、触觉、嗅觉和听觉成为遥远的回忆。
But our sight, ah, our sight expands.
And we can
suddenly see the world we?ve
left behind so clearly.
sight:
视野
expand:
扩展
suddenly:
突然
leave behind:
丢在后面
但是我们的视觉，啊，我们的视野开阔了。我们能把被我们扔在身后的这个世界看清楚。
Of course, most
of what?s visible to the dead can also be seen by
the living, if they only
take the time
to look.
visible:
能看见的
the living:
活人，活着的人们，生者
take
the time to:
花时间去做
当然，死人能看见的世界活人也能看清楚，他们只是不愿意花
时间去看而已。
Like my friend Gabrielle. I should?ve
seen how unhappy she was. But I didn?t.
unhappy:
不高兴
就
像我的朋友
Gabrielle
。我过去应该看出来她有多么不
开心，但是我没有。
I only saw her clothes from Paris;
我只看见了她的法国时装，
And her platinum jewellery;
她的白金首饰，
platinum:
白金
jewellery:
珠宝
And her
brand new
diamond watch.
和她崭新的钻石手表。
brand:
崭新的
diamond:
钻石的
-MARY ALICE:
Had I looked closer,
I?d?ve seen that
Gabrielle was a drowning woman,
desperately in search of
a
life raft.
(
虚拟语气）
drowning:
溺水，溺死
desperately:
绝望地
in search of:
寻找
raft:
木筏
如果我看得更仔细，我就会看出
Ga
brielle
是个快溺毙的女人，绝望的在寻找生命的木筏
Luckily for
her, she found one.
幸运的是，她找到了。
Of course, Gabrielle only
saw her young gardener as a way to
infuse her life with
a little
excitement.
gardener:
园丁
infuse with:
注入
excitement:
兴奋，激动
当然，
Gabrielle
只是找到了她年轻的园丁给她的生
活中注入新鲜血液，
But now, she was about to discover just
how exciting her life could get.
be about to:
将要，正打算
discover:
发现
get:
变得
但是现在她想尝试一下究竟她的生活可以有多精彩。
-GABRIELLE:
Damn it! Come on.
该死
!
damn:
该死的
come on:
拜托
-JOHN: Whoa!
哇！
whoa:
惊叹声
-
GABRIELLE: Come on, come
on, hurry! Let?s go, let?s go!
come on:
快点
hurry:
赶快
快点，快点，快点！赶紧！快走！
-
JOHN: Where?re the rest of
my clothes?
我还有衣服呢？
rest:
剩余
-
GABRIELLE: I?ll find them,
just get out!
我会找到的，赶快出去。
get out:
出去
-JOHN: Where?
去哪？
-GABRIELLE: Out the window.
窗户外面。
-JOHN: What?
什么？
-GABRIELLE: Go, go!
快走，快走！
-
GABRIELLE: Hi honey, you?re
home early!
你好，亲爱的，你回来得真早。
-CARLOS: My meeting got
cancelled.
我的会议取消了。
You just took a
shower this morning.
你今天早上不是已经洗过澡了吗？
shower
：洗澡
-GABRIELLE: I,
uh, I just finished a
workout
.
我，呃，我刚刚锻炼完身体。
finish:
完成
workout:
健身
-
CARLOS: Mmm. Where?s John?
John
在哪里
?
-GABRIELLE: John?
-CARLOS:
Yeah.
That?s his
truck
out front.
trunk
树干
truck:
除草机
是啊，外面有他的除草机。
-MARY ALICE:
Gabrielle was panicked.
Gabrielle
惊慌失措。
panicked:
惊慌的
She knew if her husband discovered her
secret, she would feel
the full force
of his wrath
.
force:
力量
wrath:
愤怒
她知道如果他丈夫发现了她的秘密，她将在他的震怒中万劫不
复。
-JOHN: Hey Mr. Solis.
你好，
Solis
先生
-CARLOS: Hey, John, did you take care
of that
ficus
yet?
take care of:
处理
ficus: ['f
?
k
?
s]
热带榕属植物；
[
植
]
无花果属
你好，
John,
那棵树弄好了吗？
-
JOHN: I?ll get
to it
as soon as
I?m done here.
我一忙完这个就去照料。
get to:
到达；
开始
；接触到
as
soon as:
一
…
就
…
-CARLOS:
Alright. We need to talk about the hedges later.
talk about:
谈论
hedge:
篱笆
[h
?
d
?
]
n./v.
用树篱笆围住；避免作正面答复
好吧。我们一会需要聊聊那个篱笆。
hedgehog n.
刺猬
hedge-born adj.
下贱的；生于篱下的
同近义词
basebred , jadish
hedge-writer
穷文人
-MAR
Y ALICE: But she was
quickly reminded that what Carlos couldn?t see,
couldn?t hurt her.
quickly:
快
remind:
想起
hurt:
伤害
但是
她很快来
……Carlos
看不见的地方
……
影响不了她。
-JOHN: Yeah, sure, no
problem.
好的，当然没问题。
-MARY ALICE:
The peaceful
facade
of
Wisteria Lane had recently been shattered.
peaceful:
宁静的
facade: [f
?
's
ɑ
d]
外观模式
recently:
最近
shattered:
破碎的
shatter n./v scatter
最近
Wisteria
Lane
看似平静的生活被打破了。
First by my
suicide, and then by the discovery of a note among
my belongings that
suggested a suspicious reason for my
desperate act.
suicide:
自杀
discovery:
发现
belonging:
所有物
note:
纸条
suggest:
暗示
suspicious:
可疑的
desperate:
绝望的
首
先是我的自杀，然后是发现了遗物中的一个纸条暗示了我自杀的一个可能的原因。
My friends
gathered to discuss its
implications
gather:
聚集
discuss:
讨论
implication:
含义，暗示
我的朋友们聚在一起讨论它暗含的意义。
-SUSAN: I think
we should give it to Paul.
我认为我们应该把它交给<
/p>
Paul
。
-
GABRIELLE: He?s
still mourning, Susan, he?ll probably
freak out
.
mourning:
悲痛
probably:
可能
freak out:
失去理智，大发脾气；崩溃；使处于极度兴奋中
You
freak me out.
Susan
，他仍然沉浸在悲痛
中，他很有失去理智。
-SUSAN: It doesn
?t matter,
she was his wife. He deserves to have all the
facts.
matter:
要紧
deserve:
应得
没有关系，她是他的老婆，他理应知道所有的事实真相。
-BREE: Well, we
could do it gently. We could tell him about it
over coffee and pastry
.
gently:
温柔地
tell sb.
about sth.:
把某事告诉某人
pastry:
点心
hand:
递
我们可以做得巧妙一点，我们可以在闲聊的时候告诉他。
-LYNETTE: That
would be fun.
那会很有意思。
fun:
乐趣
Paul, we have
proof your wife killed herself over
some
deep dark secret
.
Another bear claw
?
proof:
证据
deep:
深的
dark:
暗处的
secret:
秘密
a deep dark
secret
高深莫测的秘密
“P
aul
，我们有证据证明你妻子的自杀是因为一些幕后的秘密。又一个晴天霹雳
/
致命打击
？
”
-GABRIELLE: We
could always call the police.
我们也许可以报警。
call
the police:
报警
-
LYNETTE: Maybe it?s just
some sort of
sick joke
.
some sort of:
某种
sick:
恶心的
joke:
玩笑
sick joke: (
关于死亡、残酷与痛苦等
)
一个残酷的玩笑
/
冷笑
话
也许这只是捉弄人的。
-BREE: Well if
it was a joke, it
was in very poor
taste
.
poor:
低劣的
;
次等的
taste:
欣赏
如果这是个玩笑，那也太没水平了。
-SUSAN: No, this was
serious, I know it was.
不，这应该不是玩笑，我知道的。
serious:
严肃的
We gotta find
out what was going on.
gotta(=have got to):
必须
find out:
找出
我们要去找到事实真相。
-
LYNETTE: Let?s
say we do. There?s a chance we?re not gonna like
what we find.
看看我们该怎么办，有可能真相并不那么令人开心。
-
SUSAN: Well, isn?t it worse
to be in the dark, imagining she did all these
horrible things?
worse:
更坏的
in the dark:
不为人知；在黑暗中
imagine:
想象
horrible:
恐怖的
但是，那也比藏在地下要好呀？我是说，如果她真的做了这些
恐怖的事情。
-
BREE: It?s the
usual question
, isn?t it? (SUSAN looks
up at BREE.)
age-old
question
usual:
常见的
这是个老掉牙的问题，不是吗？
How much do we really wanna
know about our neighbors?
know about:
知道，了解
neighbors:
邻居
我们到底希望多么深入的去了解我们的邻居？
-MARY ALICE: My friends were right to
be concerned.
concerned:
关心的
朋友们的话是值得考虑的，
They knew that
every family has its secrets.
他们知道每个家庭都有自己的秘密。
And
as
my son and
husband could?ve told them, you need to think
carefully before
digging them
up
.
carefully:
小心地
dig
up
（
detect , find out
）
:
发现，揭露出
正如我的儿子和丈夫可能会警戒她们的那样，在你把真相挖掘出来之前一定要想清楚。
After talking
for hours, my friends still hadn?t agreed on what
to do with the note.
agree
on:
商定〔同意〕某事；对
…
取得
一致意见
agree with sth.
talk
about:
谈论
讨论了几个小时之后，朋友们仍然没有对如何处治这个纸条达成一致。
So, they
decided to talk about it in the morning after a
good night?s rest.
decide
to:
决定做
… talk about:
谈论
rest:
休息，睡眠
因此她们决定先好好睡一觉，明天早上再讨论。
But no one
could fall asleep that night.
但是晚上她们谁也没有睡好。
fall asleep:
入睡
They
each kept thinking of my suicide, and
how terribly alone I must?ve felt.
think of:
考虑，想
suicide:
自杀
terribly:
非常地
alone:
孤独
每个人都在想我的事情，在想我肯定是觉得非常的孤独。
You see, lonely
was something my friend?s understood
all too well
.
lonely:
孤独的
all too:
实在太
he knows all
too well.
他非常清楚地知道。
看见了吗，孤独是我的朋友们感受最深的。
-
REX: Its okay, I?m
up
.
好了，我醒了。
Be up:
成直立姿势
;
起床
-BREE: Good. I have a question for you.
好，我有个问题。
-REX: Okay.
问吧。
-BREE: Do you remember when
you proposed?
你还记得你向我求婚时的情景吗？
propose:
求婚
-
REX: For god?s
sake.
看在上帝的份上
……
-BREE: We sat on Skyline Drive and
drank a bottle of apple wine.
Skyline Drive:
国家公园的地平线公路
a
bottle of:
一瓶
wine:
酒
我们驱车沿着海边喝了一瓶苹果香槟
And when we
finished it, you turned to me and you said, if you
marry me, Bree Mason, I
promise to love you for
the
rest of my life
.
turn to:
转向
promise:
发
(swear/vow) the rest of:
其余
当我们喝完的时候，你转向我，对我说
“Bree Mason
，如果你嫁给我，我会今生今世永远爱你
”
。
And even though I
was
engaged to
Ty Grant, and
even though my father didn?t like you, I said yes.
even though:
尽管
be
engaged to:
订婚
be
engaged in
参与；从事于；忙于
尽管我已经和
Ty
Grant
订婚，尽管我爸爸不喜欢你，我还是答应嫁给你。
-REX: That was
a long time ago.
那是很久以前的事了。
a long time ago:
很久以前
-
BREE: You?re
gonna cancel the
meeting
with that divorce lawyer, and
we?re
gonna
find
ourselves a
marriage
counselor.
cancel:
取消
divorce:
离婚
lawyer:
律师
marriage:
婚姻
counselor:
顾问
你要去取消和律师的会面，然后去找一个顾问。
-
REX: Bree, I…
我
…
-BREE: You promised.
你承诺过的。
-REX: Alright.
好的。
alright=all
right:
好
-
BREE: Good, I?m
gonna go make myself some, uh, warm milk.
gonna(=going to):
将要
好，我要去给自己准备一杯热牛奶。
Would you like something to
drink?
你想要点什么饮料吗？
-REX: Anything
but apple wine.
只要不是苹果香槟就行
-MARY ALICE:
Susan awoke that night alone and parched.
awake:
醒来
parch:
使
(
某人
)
< br>极口渴
[p
ɑ
rt
?
t]
parched
adj.
干透的；干枯的；烘烤的口渴的
那天晚上
Susan
独自醒来，饥渴万分。
And
as
she gazed
out her window, she saw the tall drink of water
she needed to
quench her
thirst
.
gaze:
注视
gaze out:
向外注视
drink:
一杯
quench vt.
熄灭，
[
机
]
淬火；解渴；结束；冷浸
vi.
熄灭；平息
thirst:
口渴
当她朝窗外看的时候，她看到了可以解渴的一大杯水。
-
JULIE: Dear Diary, Mike
doesn?t even know I?m alive.
even:
甚至
alive:
活着
“
亲爱的
D
iary
，
Mike
甚至不知道我还存在着
”
。
-SUSAN: Shut up.
闭嘴
-
JULIE: If you wanna date
him, you?re gonna have to ask him out.
date:
约会
ask out:
请
(
某人
)
外出
如果你想和他约会，就要喊他出来。
-
SUSAN: I keep hoping he?ll
ask me out.
我一直希望他采取主动。
-JUL
IE: How?s that going?
结果呢？
-
SUSAN: Shouldn?t you be
making brownies for your nerdy friends?
brownies:
巧克力糕饼
nerdy:
讨厌鬼
adj.
书呆子式的
/n.
令人厌烦的人
近义词
pest n.
害虫；有害之物；讨厌的人
你怎么还不为你的狐朋狗友们准备巧克力蛋糕？
-
JULIE: I can?t find the
measuring cup. Have you seen it?
measuring cup:
量杯
我找不到量杯了，你有看到吗？
-SUSAN: The
measuring cup?
量杯？
-JULIE: Yeah.
是啊。
-SUSAN: Hm. Uh, well,
it?s
gotta be here somewhere. Just keep
looking.
gotta(=have got
to):
必须
我，哦，原来一直放这的，再找找看。
-
CARLOS: I know you?re
awake.
我知道你没睡。
awake:
醒着的
-
GABRIELLE: I know you?re a
jerk.
我知道你是个杂碎。
jerk:
粗蠢之人
-
CARLOS: Dinner with Tanaka
ran long, I?m sorry.
run:
进行
和<
/p>
Tanaka
吃晚饭时间长了点，对不起。
-
GABRIELLE: You know,
Carlos, I didn?t marry you so I could have dinner
by myself 6 nights a week.
dinner:
晚餐
by oneself=on
one
?
s own
单独
Carlos,
你知道，我嫁给你，并不是为了一周有六天都独自吃晚饭。
You know how
bored I was today? I came this close to actually
cleaning the house.
bored:
无聊的
actually:
竟然
come close to:
接近，几乎
你知道今天我有多闷？我闷到居然彻彻底底的打扫了一次房子。
-
CARLOS: Don?t be that way.
I got y
ou a gift.
别这样，我给你买了份礼物。
gift:
礼物
-
GABRIELLE: Nope. No, no,
no, no. you?re not gonna buy your way outta this
one.
outta=out of
不行，不行。你别指望这就把我给打发了。
-
CARLOS: It?s a good gift.
很棒的礼物
-GABRIELLE: Is that white
gold?
是白金的吗？
white gold:
白金
-CARLOS: Yeah.
Put it on. And then make love to me.
put on:
穿上，戴上
make love to:
表示爱情，与
< br>…
做爱
是的，戴上它
……
然后和我做爱。
-
GABRIELLE: I?m not in the
mood. But, we could stay up and talk.
in the mood:
好心情
stay up:
熬夜
我没心情。我们可以不睡觉，聊聊天。
-CARLOS: When a
man buys a woman expensive jewellery, there are
many things he may want in return.
expensive:
昂贵的
jewellery:
首饰
in return:
作为回报
当一个男人给女人买了非常昂贵的首饰，他希望得到很多回报，
For future
reference
, conversation ain?t one of
?em.
但不是聊天。
future:
未来的
reference:
参考
conversation:
谈话
Hey, that was a
joke.
嗨，只是开个玩笑。
-GABRIELLE: Yeah, right.
是，没错。
-
CARLOS: What
the hell?s wrong with you?
你到底吃错什么药了？
hell:
训斥
,
咒骂
(
用以加强语气
)
-GABRIELLE: Let go of me.
放开我。
let go of:
放开；随他去
Let it go of yesterday
让昨天随风
-
CARLOS: You?ve been acting
like a nightmare for
a
month. What?s wrong?
act
like:
表现得像
nightmare:
噩梦
嗨，这一个月来你简直像个恶魔，怎么回事？
-GABRIELLE:
Stop.
住口。
-
CARLOS: I can?t
fix it unless you tell me.
fix:
[
口
]
惩罚
;
收拾
unless:
除非
如果你不告诉我，我是不会放过你的。
-
GABRIELLE: It?s not
exciting anymore, Carlos.
exciting:
令人兴废的
not anymore:
不再
Carlos
，生活不再那么有意思
了。
-CARLOS: So what am I supposed to do?
你想让我怎么做？
be supposed to:
被期望
-
GABRIELLE: I don?t know. Be
the way you used to be, surprise me, take my
breath away.
used to be:
过去经常
surprise:
使感到意外
take one?s breath away:
使大吃一惊
breathtaking adj.
惊人的；惊险的；令人激动的
breath:
呼吸
我不知道，和过去的你一样，给我惊喜，让我出乎意料。
-CARLOS: Okay.
Okay.
好吧。
-MIKE: Hey Susan.
你好，
Susan
。
-SUSAN: Mike!
-
MIKE: What?s wrong?
怎么了？
-
SUSAN: I didn?t realize
anyone was gonna be out here, I just sorta rolled
outt
a bed.
realize:
意识到
gonna(=going to):
将要
sorta:
有点
roll:
卷
outta: out of
我想可能没人会在这，所以只裹了条毛毯。
-
MIKE: I?m sure you look
fine.
你看起来很好。
-SUSAN: Oooh.
哦。
-MIKE: Ooh, Bongo, Bongo! Shh.. Sorry,
uh, he scares easy.
shh:
嘘
,
安静一点
scare:
惊吓
哦，
Bongo
，别叫了。对不起，呃，它很容易被吓倒。
-
SUSAN: No, it?s
fine, I get it.
没，没关系，知道了，
get
it:
理解
-
MIKE: I didn?t
mean to disturb you. I?ll see you later.
mean to:
打算，故意
disturb:
打扰
我没想要打扰你，再见。
-SUSAN:
D
—
do you wanna have dinner
with me?
你想和我一起吃晚饭吗？
-MIKE: Just the
two of us?
就我们俩？
-SUSAN: Heh, well, and
Julie.
呃，还有
Julie
。
heh: (
表示惊异、质问
)
嗨
!
Uh, it?s a thing we do when
somebody new moves into the neighborhood, we
invite them over for a home
-cooked
meal. Sort of a tradition.
neighborhood:
邻里
invite:
邀请
invite
over:
请
(
某人
)
过来
home-cooked
meal:
家常菜
sort
of:
有几分
tradition:
传统
当有新邻居搬来时，我们会邀请他们来家里吃一顿晚餐，是老
传统。
-MIKE: You said you were a
lousy
cook.
我记得你说过你厨艺不精。
lousy:
差劲的
lousy
cliché
s
陈词滥调
;
老生常谈
-SUSAN: Well. I
order takeout.
那么，我叫外卖。
order:
订购
takeout:
外卖
近
takeaway/takeaway service/carryout adj.
外卖的，供顾客带出外吃的
-MIKE: Oh, you invite them over for a
home-cooked meal and you order takeout.
哦，你邀请别人来家里吃饭，然后叫外卖。
-
SUSAN: Yeah, it?s sort of a
new tradition. I?m working out
the
kinks
.
work out:
设计出
,
作出
kinks:
操作指南
这里指
an eccentric idea
是的，这，这是一种新的习俗。我突发奇想。
-
MIKE: I?ll tell you what.
How
about I cook? And you guys come
over to my place.
guy:
人
come over:
过来
这样吧，我来做饭。你们来我家吃饭，怎么样？
-SUSAN: Oh.
Great.
好极了。
-MIKE: Friday night at six?
星期五晚上六点？
-
SUSAN: I?ll be there.
我会准时到的。
-MIKE: Alright.
好的，走吧。
-SUSAN: Bye, Bongo.
再见，
Bongo
。
-SUSAN: Julie? Mike Delfino
just invited us to dinner Friday night.
Julie! Mike
Delfino
刚刚邀请了我们星期五晚上去吃晚饭。
-JULIE: He did?
Cool.
是吗？太酷了。
-
SUSAN: But only I?m going.
但我要一个人去。
Because you?re gonna
come down with
something
semi-serious
that requires
bed-rest and
fluids
.
gonna(=going to):
将要
come down
with:
染上
(
病
)
semi-(
前缀
):
部分的
如：
semi-product
/semiprivate/semi-circle
bed-rest:
卧床休息
fluid:
液体【这里指输液】
因为你得了比较严重的病，需要好好休息和打吊针。
-MARY ALICE:
Julie was glad Susan was
rekindling
her love life.
rekindle:
重新激起
rekindle desire
近：
reignite vt.
重新点燃；再点火
kindle
vt.
点燃；激起；照亮
vi.
发亮；着火；激动起来
Julie
很高兴
Susan
重新开始了她的爱情
生活。
Of course, she was unaware of her
mother?s recent
track record
with fire.
Be
unaware of:
没有意识到
track:
踪迹
record:
记录
当然，她妈妈纵火的劣迹。
-
EDIE: It?s all
gone. Everything my
ex
-
husband?s worked for all
those years. Gone.
ex-
husband:
前夫
都过去了
……
我的前夫这些年的辛苦都白费了。
-
MRS HUBER: Don?t worry
about clothing, I already started a collection
from people in the
neighborhood.
already:
已经
collection:
搜集
neighborhood:
邻里
好了，别担心衣服了，我已经开始去邻里搜集一些衣服了。
-
EDIE: What? I don?t wanna
wear other people?s old crap.
wanna(=want to):
想要
crap:
垃圾
crapshoot
风险很大的事
A crapshoot is
something that depends totally on luck.
crapulous adj.
饮（吃）过量的，暴饮暴食的
wolf
down/gulp/gobble/engorge
狼吐虎咽
什么？我可不想穿别人的旧衣服。
-MRS HUBER: Edie, you can
be homeless or you can be
un
gracious
.
homeless:
无家可归
ungracious:
没有吸引力的
Edie
，你可以无家可归，也可以穿着寒碜。
You really
can?t afford to be both.
如果两样兼备可够你受的。
afford:
负担得起
-EDI
E: That reminds me. My
insurance cheque still hasn?t come yet.
remind:
提醒
insurance:
保险
cheque:
支票
yet:
还
这提醒了我，我的保险支票还没到呢。
Can I stay with
you for a few more weeks?
我能在这多住几个星期吗？
stay with:
在
…
家里作客
-MRS HUBER: Of
course. What kind of Christian would I be if I
denied shelter to a friend in need?
Christian:
基督徒
deny:
拒绝
shelter:
庇护所
in need:
有需要的
当然，如果我帮助处在困境中的朋友，还算什么基督徒呢？
Oh look, here?s
something we can
salvage
,
your measuring cup.
salvage:
抢修
measuring cup:
量杯
哦，看这个，我们可以变废为宝。
We can just
scra
pe off the burnt part and it?ll
look good as new.
scrape
off:
刮掉
摩天大楼
skyscraper
我们将烧坏的部分刮掉，就会和新的一样了。
-
EDIE: That?s not my cup.
Mine was plastic.
那不是我的杯子，我的是塑料制的。
plastic:
塑料的
-MRS HUBER:
Well, how did it get in here?
那它是怎么到这来的？
-
EDIE: I don?t
know.
Who cares?
我不知道。这有什么大不了的？
care:
在意
Now would you
put that down and start looking for jewellery?
put down:
放下
look for:
寻找
jewellery:
首饰
现在你能把那玩意放下，然后开始找珠宝了吗？
-MARY ALICE :
Doctor Albert Goldfine was the most
accomplished
marriage
counselor in the city.
accomplished:
精通的
marriage:
婚姻
counselor:
顾问
Albert
Goldfine
医生是城里最有经验的婚姻顾问。
He had dealt
with problems ranging from substance abuse, to
infidelity, to domestic violence.
deal
with:
处理过
problem:
问题
range
from:
从
…
到
…
substance:
物质
abuse:
滥用
infidelity:
不忠实
fidelity/loyalty
domestic:
家庭的
violence:
暴力
他处理过无数的婚姻，从吸毒、到婚外情、到家庭暴力。
Yes, Dr.
Goldfine thought he had seen it all. And then, he
met the Van De Kamp?s.
是的，
Albert Goldfein
医生以为他了解了婚姻百态，直到他遇见了
Van de
Kamps
。
-
BREE: Hi, I?m Bree, and
this is my husba
nd Rex. And I brought
you some homemade pot pourri.
homemade:
自制的
pot pourri:
扑扑莉
你好，我是
Bree
，这是我丈夫
Rex……
我给你带了一些自制的香花。
-
REX: The answer is yes,
you?re about to make a fortune off us.
be about to:
将要，正打算
fortune:
财产
make a
fortune:
赚大钱
你猜得没错，你又要从我们身上赚大钱了。
-
LYNETTE: Boys, guys, I?m
begging you, sit in your seats.
beg:
请求
家伙们，我非常
……
坐到座位上去。
I?m not gonna tell you
again!
Buckle up
!
我不想再说一遍了，扣上安全带！
buckle up:
扣上安全带
buckle vi.
扣住；变弯曲
n.
皮带扣，带扣
I mean it, so help me, I…Oh
.. crap!
我很认真，拜托，我要
……
，该死
!
该死！
crap:
废话
-OFFICER:
License and registration please.
请出示驾照和登记证。
license:
驾照
registration:
登记
Ma?am, you know why I
pulled
you over
?
夫人，你知道我为什么拦你吗？
pull over:
靠向路边
-LYNETTE: I
have a theory.
愿闻其详。
theory:
看法
-OFFICER: Your kids are jumping up and
down; they should be sitting, wearing a seatbelt.
jump:
跳动
up and down:
上上下下
seatbelt:
安全带
这些小家伙爬上爬下，他们应该坐好，并系上安全带。
-
LYNETTE: I yelled at them.
They never listen to me, it?s very frustrating.
yell at:
对
…
吼叫
frustrating:
使人沮丧的，令人泄气的
我让他们别这样，他们根本不听，真没办法。
-
OFFICER: Well, you?re gonna
hafta find a way to control them. After all,
that?s your job.
hafta<
主美口
>=have
to
你要想办法制住他们。不过，那是你的工作。
-
MARY ALICE: Though he?d
been a policeman for 6 years, officer Hayes had
never found
himself in a
truly dangerous situation.
policeman:
警察
truly:
真实的
dangerous:
危险的
situation:
处境
尽管他
已经干了六年的警察，
Hayes
发现他这次的处境才真正很危
险。
Then again, he had never before told a
woman how to raise her children.
raise:
养育
他以前从没告诉过一个女人，该怎样去管教孩子。
-
LYNETTE: You saying I?m a
bad mother?
你是说我是个失败的母亲？
-
OFFICER: Ma?am, you need to
get back in your car please.
get back:
回到
夫人，请回到车里。
-
LYNETTE: I have no help, my
husband?s always away on business.
on business:
因公
没有人帮我，我丈夫总是在外忙生意。
-
OFFICER: I?m gonna hafta
ask you to step back now.
step back:
退后
我必须警告你立刻回到车上。
-LYNETTE: My
babysitter joined the witness relocation program.
babysitter:
临时保姆
join:
加入
witness:
证人
relocation:
重新定位
program:
项目
我的管家换工作了，
I haven?t slept through the
night in 6 years.
六年来我晚上从没好好睡过觉。
-
OFFICER:
Ma?am..?
女士？
-LYNETTE: And for you to
stand there, and judge me.
而你却站在这儿，对我评头论足。
judge:
评价
-
OFFICER: Okay. I?m not
gonna give you a ticket. I?m just gonna let you
off with a warning.
let
off:
放掉〔过〕
;
免除
warning:
警告
我不给你开罚单了，只是给你个警告。
-LYNETTE: I
accept your apology.
我接受你的道歉。
accept:
接受
apology:
道歉
-OFFICER: Buckle up!
系好安全带！
-JOHN: Mrs. Solis!
Solis
夫人！
-GABRIELLE: Hello Jonathan.
你好，
Jonathan
。
-JOHN: Well, this is my room. Sorry
about the mess.
mess:
混乱
嗯，这是我的房间，很抱歉，这一团糟。
-GABRIELLE:
Oh, well, don?t... …worry about it.
啊，没关系。
worry
about:
担心
-
JOHN: You just
missed my mom. On Friday she coaches my little
sister?s soccer team.
coach:
训练
soccer:
英式足球
我妈妈刚刚来过，星期五她要给我妹妹的足球队担任教练。
-GABRIELLE: Oh,
yes, I heard that.
哦，是的，我听你说过了。
Uh, John, we need to talk
about what happened the other day.
the other day:
前几天
呃
，
John
，我们要谈谈前几天发生的事。
-
JOHN: Mr. Solis isn?t
starting to
catch on
, is he?
Solis
先生开始怀疑你了，是吗？
catch
on:
〈非正〉理解，明白；变得流行
-
GABRIELLE: No, no, he
doesn?t have a clue, God love
him.
clue:
线索
不，没有，上帝保佑，他没什么证据。
It?s just, I
was thinking, that when you come over to garden,
you might actually have to garden.
come over:
过来
garden:
花园
;
从事园艺
actually:
实际上
只是当你去花园时，你应该真的是在干园艺活。
-
JOHN: Great, you?re
breaking up with me. In my own b
edroom.
break up:
分手
好极了，你想和我分手。在我的卧室里。
-
GABRIELLE: No, no, no, I?m
not dumping you.
不，不是，我并没有想抛弃你，
dump:
抛弃；倾销
Lately, you?ve
been the only thing keeping me going.
lately:
近来，最近
这些天来只有你才能让我开心。
It?s just, we
can?t do it at my house anymore.
not
…anymore:
不再
只是我们不能再在我家里做爱了。
-JOHN: Oh, so then, where do you wanna
do it?
那你想在哪做？
-GABRIELLE: Well, uh, what
time does your mom get back from soccer practice?
get back:
回家
practice:
练习
你妈妈从足球比赛回来还有多久？
-JOHN: Mrs. Solis.
Solis
夫人。
-GA
BRIELLE: You
better hurry, we don?t have a lot of time.
hurry:
快点
a lot:
大量
最好快点，我们没那么多时间。
-
BREE: And so,
there?s just the four of us. My oldest son Andrew
is 16, Danielle is 15, and…
这就是我们一家四口，大儿子
Andrew
16
岁，
Danielle
15
岁。
-
DR GOLDFINE: I don?t need
to see pictures.
Bree
，我不需要看这些照片。
Bree, you?ve
spent most of the hour engaging in small talk.
engage in:
忙于
small talk:
闲扯
你大部分时间都在说些鸡毛蒜皮的小事。
-BREE: Oh, have
I?
哦，是吗？
-DR GOLDFINE: Yes. Rex has
been very vocal about
his
issues.
vocal:
声音的
issue:
问题
be vocal about
对
……
进行清楚和完整的表达
是的，
Rex
对他的问题畅所欲言。
Don?t you want to discuss
your feelings about your marriage?
你难道不想谈谈你对婚姻的感受吗？
-
BREE: Um,
Doc…mm…
医生，呃，
um: (
表示迟疑
)
嗯
-REX: This is the thing you need to
know about Bree.
你必须了解
Bree……
know about:
知道，了解
S
he
doesn?t like to talk about her feelings.
她不愿意谈论她的感情。
To be honest
, it?s hard to
know if she has any.
老实说，很难知道她是否还有感情。
to be honest:
实在地
Does she feel
anger, rage, ecstasy? Who knows? She?s always…
pleasant.
anger:
生气
rage:
大怒
ecstasy ['
?
kst
?
si] :
狂喜
pleasant:
舒适的
她有过生气，勃然大怒或者欣喜若狂吗？谁知道？她总是显得
很开心。
And I can?t tell you how annoying that
is.
我无法描述这会让人多么恼火，
annoying:
恼人的
Whatever she feels is so far below the
surface that.. that none can see…
whatever:
不管什么
so far:
迄今为止
below the surface:
深入，实际上
不管她感觉如何，都隐藏在心里，没有人能知道。
she uses all
those domestic things..
我感到她一直在用这些
……
domestic:
家庭的
-DR GOLDFINE:
Bree? Bree.
-BREE: What? I-
I?m sorry.
什么？呃，很抱歉。
-DR GOLDFINE: Would you
like to respond to what Rex just said?
respond to:
响应
你愿意谈谈刚刚
Rex
所说的吗？
-B
REE: Oh, I…
呃，我
…
-DR GOLDFINE: Is there some truth
there? Do you use housework as a way to disengage
emotionally?
truth:
事实
housework:
家务
disengage:
释放
emotionally:
感情上
他说的是真的吗？你用家务活去掩盖你的感情？
-BREE: Of
course not.
当然不是。
-JOHN: This is
great. I got tons of homework tonight.
ton:
吨
homework:
家庭作业
啊，这太棒了。今天晚上我要大干一场了。
It?s so much
easier to concentrate after sex.
做爱之后干什么都容易集中精力。
concentrate:
集中精力
-
GABRIELLE: I?m glad I could
help. Education is very important.
important:
重要
很高兴我能帮上忙。教育很重要。
-JOHN: Oh, I
got something for you.
哦，有样东西要给你。
I was gonna give it to you
the next time I mowed your lawn, but since you?re
here…
mow:
割草
lawn:
草坪
我本来打算下次去除草的时候给你，不过既然你来了。
-
GABRIELLE: Oh, it?s a rose.
噢，是朵玫瑰
-
JOHN: It?s not
just any rose. Look at all t
he petals.
petal:
花瓣
这不是普通的玫瑰，看看所有这些花瓣，
There?s no
flaws, it?s perfect.
都没有瑕疵，它很完美。
flaw:
瑕疵
perfect:
完美
-GABRIELLE: Oh, John.
-JOHN: Just like you.
就像你一样。
-MARY ALICE: The truth hit
her like a
thunderbolt.
事实像雷电一样击中了她。
hit:
击
thunderbolt:
雷电
-JOHN: I spent days looking for this
one. Finally found it.
look
for:
寻找
finally:
终于
我花了好多天去找最完美的一朵。终于找到了。
-MARY ALICE:
For John, this was no longer a meaningless little
affair.
no
longer:
不再
meaningless:
无意义的
affair:
绯闻
对
John
来说，这不再是轻描淡写的风流韵事。
Gabrielle could now clearly
see he was falling in love with her.
fall in love with:
爱上
…
Gabrielle
明显的看出来，他已经爱上了她。
-
GABRIELLE: It?s
just beautiful. I, uh, I gotta go.
它很美，我
……
我得走了
gotta(=have
got to):
必须
-JOHN: Bye..
再见。
-
SUSAN: Hey you. What?re we
ha
ving?
嗨，你好。你抱的是什么？
-MIKE: I talked to Julie,
thanks, and she suggested rib-eye steaks.
talk to:
跟
…
说话
rib:
肋骨
steak:
牛排
呃，我问过
Julie
非常感谢，她建议做肋排，
She said it?s
your favourite.
她说那是你最喜欢吃的。