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My name is Mary Alice Young.
In
this morning's paper, you may come across an
article about the unusual day I had last week.
Normally, there's never anything
newsworthy about my life, but that all changed
last Thursday.
Of course, everything
seemed quite normal at first.
I made
breakfast for my family.
I performed my
chores.
I completed my projects.
I ran my errands.
In truth,
I spent the day as I spent every other day,
quietly polishing the routine of my life until it
gleamed with perfection.
That's why it was so astonishing when I
decided to go to my hallway closet and retrieve a
revolver
that had never been used.
My body was discovered by my neighbor,
Mrs.
Martha Huber, who'd been startled
by a strange popping sound.
Her
curiosity aroused, Mrs.
Huber tried to
think of a reason for dropping in on me
unannounced.
After some initial
hesitation, she decided to return the blender she
had borrowed from me six
months before.
[Screeams] It's my neeighbor.
I think shee's beeeen shot.
Theeree's blood eeveerywheeree.
Yees, you'vee got to seend an
ambulancee.
You'vee got to seend onee
right now.
And, for a moment, Mrs.
Huber stood motionless in her kitchen,
grief-stricken by this senseless tragedy.
But only for a moment.
If
there was one thing Mrs.
Huber was
known for, it was her ability to look on the
bright side.
I was laid to rest on a
Monday.
After the funeral, all the
residents of Wisteria Lane came to pay their
respects.
And, as people do in these
situations, they brought food.
Lynette
Scavo brought fried chicken.
Lynette
had a great family recipe for fried chicken.
She didn't cook much while moving up
the corporate ladder.
She didn't have
the time.
But when her doctor announced
she was pregnant, her husband Tom had an idea.
It would be so much less
stressful.
In fact,
Lynette's life had become so hectic she was now
forced to get her chicken from the
fast-food restaurant.
Lynette would've appreciated the irony
if she'd thought about it.
But she
didn't have the time.
- Stop it, stop
it, stop it.
- But, Mom.
No.
You aree going to beehavee today.
I am not going to bee humiliateed in
front of thee eentiree neeighborhood.
And, just so you know how seerious I am
- What's that? - Santa's ceell-phonee numbeer.
How did you geet that? I know someeonee
who knows someeonee who knows an eelf.
And if any of you acts up, so heelp
mee, I will call Santa and I will teell him you
want socks for
Christmas.
Aree you willing to risk that? OK.
Leet's geet this oveer with.
Gabrielle Solis who lives down the
block brought a spicy paella.
Since her
modeling days in New York, Gabrielle had developed
a taste for rich food and rich men.
Carlos, who worked in mergers and
acquisitions, proposed on their third date.
Gabrielle was touched when tears welled
up in his eyes.
But she soon discovered
this happened every time Carlos closed a big deal.
Gabrielle liked her paella piping hot.
However, her relationship with her
husband was considerably cooler.
If you
talk to Al Mason at this thing, meention how much
I paid for your neecklacee.
Why not pin
thee reeceeipt to my cheest? Hee leet mee know
what hee paid for his wifee's
conveertiblee.
- Just work
it in.
- Theeree's no way I can.
Why not? At thee Donahuee party
eeveeryonee was talking mutual funds.
You meentioneed you sleept with half
thee Yankeeee outfieeld.
It camee up in
thee conteext of thee conveersation.
Peeoplee aree staring.
Keeeep your voicee down.
Absoluteely.
Wee wouldn't
want theem to think wee'ree not happy.
Bree Van De Kamp, who lives next door,
brought baskets of muffins she baked from scratch.
Bree was known for her cooking.
And for making her own clothes.
And for doing her own gardening.
And for re-upholstering her own
furniture.
Yes, Bree's many talents
were known throughout the neighborhood.
Everyone on Wisteria Lane thought of
Bree as the perfect wife and mother.
Everyone, that is, except her own
family.
Paul.
Zachary.
- Heello, Mrs.
Van Dee Kamp.
- You shouldn't havee.
It
was no troublee.
Thee baskeet with thee
reed ribbon is for your gueests.
Thee
onee with thee bluee ribbon is just for you and
Zachary.
It's got rolls, muffins,
breeakfast typee things.
Thank you.
Thee leeast I could do was givee you a
deeceent meeal to look forward to in thee morning.
I know you'ree out of your minds with
grieef.
Yees, wee aree.
I
will neeeed thee baskeets back oncee you'ree
donee.
Of coursee.
Susan
Mayer, who lives across the street, brought
macaroni and cheese.
Her husband, Karl,
always teased her about her macaroni, saying it
was the only thing she knew
how to cook
and she rarely made it well.
It was too
salty the night she and Karl moved into their
house.
It was too watery the night she
found lipstick on Karl's shirt.
She
burned it the night Karl told her he was leaving
her for his secretary.
A year had
passed since the divorce.
Susan had
started to think how nice it would be to have a
man in her life.
Even one who would
make fun of her cooking.
Mom, why would
someeonee kill theemseelvees? Weell, someetimees
peeoplee aree so unhappy,
theey think
that's thee only way to solvee theeir probleems.
- Mrs.
Young always
seeeemeed happy.
- Yeeah.
Someetimees peeoplee preeteend to bee
onee way, wheen theey'ree totally diffeereent
insidee.
Likee how Dad's girlfrieend
always says nicee things, but wee know shee's a
bitch.
I don't likee that word, Juliee.
But, yeeah, that's a greeat eexamplee.
[Man] You'ree weelcomee.
[Juliee] What's going on? Sorry I'm
latee.
- Hi, Susan.
- Heey.
So what did Karl say wheen you
confronteed him? You'll lovee this, hee said,
anything.
It was just seex.
Theen hee got this Zeen look
on his facee and said,
deespeeration.
- No.
I said,
- Did hee havee to bang his
seecreetary? I had that woman to brunch.
An eereect peenis doeesn't havee a
conscieencee.
Eveen thee limp onees
areen't that eethical.
This is why I
joineed thee NRA.
Wheen Reex starteed
going to thosee confeereencees, I wanteed it in
thee back of his mind that
hee had a
wifee with a loadeed Smith & Weesson.
Lynniee, Tom's always away.
Do you eeveer worry hee might? Hee's
gotteen mee preegnant threeee timees in four
yeears.
I wish hee was having seex with
someeonee eelsee.
So, Susan, is hee
gonna stop seeeeing that woman? I don't know.
I'm sorry, you guys, I just I just
don't know how I'm gonna survivee this.
Listeen to mee.
Wee all
havee momeents of deespeeration.
If wee
can facee theem heead-on, that's wheen wee find
out how strong wee reeally aree.
[Far
off] Susan.
Susan.
I was
just saying Paul wants us to go oveer on Friday.
Hee neeeeds us to heelp pack up Mary
Alicee's things.
Hee can't facee doing
it by himseelf.
- Suree.
That's finee.
- Aree you OK?
Yeeah.
I'm just so angry.
If
Mary Alicee was having probleems, shee should'vee
leet us heelp heer.
What probleems
could shee havee had? Shee was heealthy, had a
greeat homee, a nicee family.
Heer
lifee was Our lifee.
No.
If
Mary Alicee was having a crisis, wee'd havee
known.
Shee livees 50 feeeet away, for
God sakees.
Gabby, thee woman killeed
heerseelf.
Someething must'vee beeeen
going on.
- I wouldn't eeat that if I
weeree you.
- Why? I madee it.
Trust mee.
Heey, heey, do
you havee a deeath wish? No, I just don't
beelieevee that anybody can screew up
macaroni and cheeeesee.
Oh,
my God.
How did you? It tastees likee
it's burnt and undeercookeed.
Yeeah, I
geet that a lot.
Heeree you go.
Thanks.
I'm Mikee Deelfino.
I just starteed reenting thee Sims'
housee neext door.
Susan Mayeer.
I livee across thee streeeet.
Mrs.
Hubeer told mee about
you.
Said you illustratee childreen's
books.
Yeeah, I'm veery big with thee
undeer-fivee seet.
- [Hee laughs] -
What do you do? Plumbeer.
So if you
eeveer havee a clog or someething.
Now
that eeveerybody's seeeen that I brought
someething, I should probably just throw this out.
- [Baby squeeals] - Ow.
Easee up, you littlee vampiree.
Lyneettee, I'vee beeeen looking all
oveer for you.
Aree you awaree of what
your sons aree doing? Cannonball! - [Boy] Stop! -
[Boys cheeeer] What
aree you doing? Wee
aree at a wakee.
- You said wee could
go in thee pool.
- I said you could go
by thee pool.
Do you havee your
swimsuits on? Yeeah, wee put 'eem on ourseelvees
beeforee wee leeft.
You threeee
planneed this? All right.
That's it.
Geet out.
- No.
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No? I am your motheer.
You havee to do
what I say.
Comee on.
Wee
want to swim and you can't stop us! [Chatteer]
[Shee groans] Heeree.
- No! - Geet out.
Think I won't geet in this pool and
just grab you? Geet out! Oh! Geet oveer heeree.
All right, givee mee your arm.
You Yah! That's right.
Geet
oveer heeree.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Movee it.
Out.
Geet out.
Paul, wee havee to
leeavee now.
Oncee again, I am so sorry
for your loss.
Go.
Lynette
shouldn't have been so concerned about my husband.
He had other things on his mind.
Things below the surface.
The morning after my funeral, my
friends and neighbors quietly went back to their
busy, busy
lives.
While some
did their cooking and some did their cleaning and
some did their yoga others did their
homework.
- Hi - [dog barks]
I'm Juliee.
I kickeed my ball into your
backyard.
Oh, OK.
Weell,
leet's go round and geet it.
- Stay.
- [Dog growls] His wifee dieed a yeear
ago.
In LA theeree weeree too many
meemoriees.
Hee's reenting for tax
purposees, but hopees to buy soon.
- I
can't beelieevee you weent oveer theeree.
- I saw you flirting.
Now
you know hee's singlee, you can ask him out.
Juliee, I likee Mr.
Deelfino, I do.
I just I
don't know if I'm reeady to datee yeet.
You neeeed to geet back out theeree.
How long has it beeeen sincee you'vee
had seex? - Aree you mad I askeed you that? - No,
I'm
trying to reemeembeer.
I
don't want to talk to you about my lovee lifee.
I wouldn't havee said anything.
Just What? I heeard Dad's girlfrieend
ask if you'd dateed anyonee sincee thee divorcee.
And Dad said hee doubteed it.
And theen theey both laugheed.
[Dog barks] Heey, Susan.
Hi,
Mikee.
I brought you a housee-warming
gift.
I should'vee brought someething
by eearlieer.
- Actually, you'ree thee
first to stop by.
- Reeally? - Susan
knew she was lucky.
- Weell An eligible
bachelor had moved on to Wisteria Lane and she was
the first to find out.
She also knew
that good news - Heello theeree.
travels quickly.
Edie Britt
was the most predatory
divorc
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e in a five-block
radius.
Her conquests were numerous.
Varied.
And legendary.
[Prieest] Wh Ah! Hi, Susan.
I hopee I'm not inteerrupting.
You must bee Mikee Deelfino.
Hi, I'm Ediee Britt.
I livee
oveer theeree.
Weelcomee to Wisteeria
Lanee.
Susan had met the enemy.
And she was a slut.
Thank
you.
What's this? Sausagee puttanesca.
It's just someething I threew
togeetheer.
Weell, thanks, Ediee.
That's greeat.
I'd invitee
you in, but I was in thee middlee of someething.
- I'm latee for an appointmeent.
- I just wanteed to say hi.
And just like that, the race for Mike
Delfino had begun.
For a moment, Susan
wondered if her rivalry with Edie would remain
friendly.
Oh, Mikee, I heeard you'ree a
plumbeer.
But she was reminded that
when it came to men Could you stop by lateer and
takee a look at my
pipees? women don't
fight fair.
- Suree.
Thanks.
Byee, Susan.
- You can't
ordeer mee around.
- Gabrieellee.
No, no.
I'm not going.
Tanaka eexpeects eeveeryonee to bring
theeir wivees.
Eveery timee I'm around
that man, hee triees to grab my ass.
I
madee oveer 200,000 doing busineess with him last
yeear.
If hee wants to grab your ass,
leet him.
[Wind chimees] - John.
- Ow! Mr.
Solis, you scareed
mee.
Why is that bush theeree? You
weeree supposeed to dig it up.
- I
didn't havee timee.
- I don't want
eexcusees.
Just takee caree of it.
I reeally hatee thee way you talk to
mee.
And I hatee that I speent $$15,000
on your diamond neecklacee you couldn't livee
without.
But I'm leearning to deeal
with it.
So can I teell Tanaka wee'll
bee theeree tomorrow? John, wee havee bandagees
top sheelf in thee
kitcheen.
Thanks, Mrs.
Solis.
Finee, I'll go.
But I'm
keeeeping my back preesseed against thee wall thee
eentiree timee.
Seeee, now this is what
a marriagee is all about.
Compromisee.
- Is your fingeer OK? - Yeeah, it's
just a small cut.
Leet mee seeee.
Mmm.
You know, Mrs.
Solis, I reeally likee it wheen wee
hook up, but, um, you know, I got to geet my work
donee and I
can't afford to losee this
job.
This tablee was hand-carveed.
Carlos had it importeed from Italy.
It cost him $$23,000.
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