绝望主妇第一季第二集中英文台词

-NARRATOR: 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。

-NARRATOR: 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;

platinum: 白金jewellery: 珠宝

她的白金首饰，

And her brand new diamond watch.

brand: 崭新的diamond: 钻石的

和她崭新的钻石手表。

-NARRATOR: Had I looked closer, I?d?ve seen that Gabrielle was a drowning woman, desperately in search of a life raft.

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Gabrielle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。

-NARRATOR: 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.

damn: 该死的come on: 拜托

该死!

-JOHN: Whoa!

whoa: 惊叹声

哇！

-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?

rest: 剩余

我还有衣服呢？

-GABRIELLE: I?ll find them, just get out!

get out: 出去

我会找到的，赶快出去。

-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.

cancel: 取消

我的会议取消了。

You just took a shower this morning.

shower：洗澡

你今天早上不是已经洗过澡了吗？

-GABRIELLE: I, uh, I just finished a workout.

finish: 完成workout: 健身

我，呃，我刚刚锻炼完身体。

-CARLOS: Mmm. Where?s John?

John在哪里?

--GABRIELLE: John?

John?

-CARLOS: Yeah. T hat?s his truck out front.

truck: 除草机

是啊，外面有他的除草机。

-NARRATOR: Gabrielle was panicked.

panicked: 惊慌的

Gabrielle惊慌失措。

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: 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.

get to: 开始as soon as: 一…就…

我一忙完这个就去照料。

-CARLOS: Alright. We need to talk about the hedges later. talk about: 谈论hedge: 篱笆

好吧。我们一会需要聊聊那个篱笆。

-NARRATOR: 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。

-NARRATOR: The peaceful fa?ade of Wisteria Lane had recently been shattered.

peaceful: 宁静的fa?ade: 外观模式recently: 最近shattered: 破碎的

最近Wisteria Lane看似生活被打破了。

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

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 about: 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。

-L YNETTE: That would be fun.

fun: 乐趣

那会很有意思。

Paul, we have proof your wife killed herself over some deep dark secret. Another “?”?

proof: 证据deep: 深的dark: 暗处的secret: 秘密“Paul，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？”

-GABRIELLE: We could always call the police.

call the police: 报警

我们也许可以报警。

-L YNETTE: Maybe it?s just some sort of sick joke.

some sort of: 某种sick: 恶心的joke: 玩笑sick joke: 一个残酷的玩笑

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.

serious: 严肃的

不，这应该不是玩笑，我知道的。

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。

-L YNETTE: Let?s say we do. There?s a chance we?re not

gonna like what we find.

gonna(=going to): 将要

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.)

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 neighbours?

wanna(=want to): 想要know about: 知道，了解neighbour: 邻居

我们到底希望多么深入的去了解我们的邻居？

-NARRATOR: 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: 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。

-NARRATOR: 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.

fall asleep: 入睡

但是晚上她们谁也没有睡好，

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

看见了吗，孤独是我的朋友们感受最深的。

-REX: Its okay, I?m up

up: 成直立姿势; 起床

好了，我醒了。

-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? propose: 求婚

你还记得你向我求婚时的情景吗？

-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: 发誓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

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.

a long time ago: 很久以前

那是很久以前的事了。

-BREE: You?re gonna cancel the meeting with that div orce lawyer, and we?re gonna find ourselves a marriage counsellor.

gonna(=going to): 将要cancel: 取消divorce: 离婚lawyer: 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.

alright=all right: 好

好的。

-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

-NARRATOR: Susan awoke that night alone and parched. awake: 醒来parch: 使(某人)极口渴

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: 解渴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Diary，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.

wanna(=want to): 想要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。

-JULIE: 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

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.

awake: 醒着的

我知道你没睡。

-GABRIELLE: I know you?re a jerk.

jerk: 粗蠢之人

我知道你是个杂碎。

-CARLOS: Dinner with Tanaka ran long, I?m sorry.

run: 进行

和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 myself: 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 you a gift.

gift: 礼物

别这样，我给你买了份礼物。

-GABRIELLE: Nope. No, no, n o, no. you?re not gonna buy your way outta this one.

gonna(=going to): 想要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?

white gold: 白金

是白金的吗？

-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…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. future: 未来的reference: 参考conversation: 谈话

但不是聊天。

-CARLOS: 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?

hell: 训斥, 咒骂(用以加强语气)

你到底吃错什么药了？

-GABRIELLE: Let go of me.

let go of: 放开

放开我。

-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?

be supposed to: 被期望

你想让我怎么做？

-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

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！

-MIKE: What?s wrong?

怎么了？

-SUSAN: I didn?t realize anyone was gonna be out here, I just sorta rolled outta 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 f ine.

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.

get it: 理解

没，没关系，知道了，

-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? wanna(=want to): 想要

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.

heh: (表示惊异、质问)嗨!

呃，还有Julie。

Uh, it?s a thing we do when somebody new mov es into the neighbourhood, we invite them over for a home-cooked meal. Sort of a tradition.

neighbourhood: 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.

lousy: 差劲的cook: 厨师

我记得你说过你厨艺不精。

-SUSAN: Well. I order takeout.

order: 订购takeout: 外卖

那么，我叫外卖。

-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 wo rking out the kinks.

work out: 设计出, 作出kinks: 操作指南

是的，这，这是一种新的习俗。我突发奇想。

-MIKE: I?ll tell you what. How …bout 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-: 部分的require: 需要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。

-NARRATOR: Julie was glad Susan was rekindling her love life.

rekindle: 重新激起

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. unaware of: 没有意识到recent: 最近track: 踪迹record: 记录

当然，她她妈妈纵火的劣迹。

-EDIE: It?s all gone. Everything my e x-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 neighbourhood. worry about: 担心clothing: 衣服already: 已经collection: 搜集

neighbourhood: 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

什么？我可不想穿别人的旧衣服。

-MRS HUBER: Edie, you can be homeless or you can be ungracious.

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.

afford: 负担得起

如果两样兼备可够你受的。

-EDIE: 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?

stay with: 在…家里作客

我能在这多住几个星期吗？

-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 scrape off the burnt part and it?ll look good as new.

scrape off: 刮掉

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.

plastic: 塑料的

那不是我的杯子，我的是塑料制的。

-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?

care: 在意

我不知道。这有什么大不了的？

Now would you put that down and start looking for jewellery?

put down: 发下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？

-NARRATOR: Doctor Albert Goldfine was the most accomplished marriage counsellor in the city. accomplished: 精通的marriage: 婚姻counselor: 顾问Albert Goldfein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 husband 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。

-L YNETTE: 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!

gonna(=going to): 将要buckle up: 扣上安全带

我不想再说一遍了，扣上安全带！I mean it, so help me, I…Oh .. crap!

crap: 废话

我很认真，拜托，我要……，该死! 该死！

-OFFICER: License and registration please.

license: 驾照registration: 登记

请出示驾照和登记证。

Ma?am, you know why I pulled you over?

pull over: 靠向路边

夫人，你知道我为什么拦你吗？

-L YNETTE: I have a theory.

theory: 看法

愿闻其详。

-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。-L YNETTE: 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。

-OFFICE R: Well, you?re gonna hafta find a way to control them. After all, that?s your job.

gonna(=going to): 将要hafta<主美口>=have to control: 控制

你要想办法制住他们。不过，那是你的工作。

-NARRATOR: 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。

-L YNETTE: You saying I?m a bad moth er?

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。

-L YNETTE: 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。

-L YNETTE: 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？

-L YNETTE: And for you to stand there, and judge me. judge: 评价

而你却站在这儿，对我评头论足。

-OFFICER: Okay. I?m not gonna give you a ticket. I?m just gonna let you off with a warning.

gonna(=going to): 将要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。

-L YNETTE: I accept your apology.

accept: 接受apology: 道歉

我接受你的道歉。

-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。

-GABRIEL LE: Oh, well, don?t... …worry about it.

worry about: 担心

啊，没关系。

-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?

catch on:〈非正〉理解

Solis先生开始怀疑你了，是吗？

-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 bedroom.

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. dump: 抛弃

不，不是，我并没有想抛弃你，

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?

wanna(=want to): 想要

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。

-GABRIELLE: 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

是的，Rex 对他的问题畅所欲言。

Don?t you want to discu ss your feelings about your marriage?

你难道不想谈谈你对婚姻的感受吗？

-BREE: Um, Doc…mm…

um: (表示迟疑)嗯

医生，呃，

-REX: This is the thing you need to know about Bree. know about: 知道，了解

你必须了解Bree……

She doesn?t like to talk about her feelings.

talk about: 谈论

她不愿意谈论她的感情。

To be honest, it?s hard to know if she has any.

to be honest: 实在地

老实说，很难知道她是否还有感情。

Does she feel anger, rage, ecstasy? Who knows? She?s always… pleasant.

anger: 生气rage: 大怒ecstasy: 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 annoy ing that is.

annoying: 恼人的

我无法描述这会让人多么恼火，

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..

domestic: 家庭的

我感到她一直在用这些……-DR GOLDFINE: Bree? Bree.

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？

-BREE: 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 ea sier to concentrate after sex. concentrate: 集中精力

做爱之后干什么都容易集中精力。

-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 the 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.

flaw: 瑕疵perfect: 完美

都没有瑕疵，它很完美。

-GABRIELLE: Oh, John.

哦，John。

-JOHN: Just like you.

就像你一样。

-NARRATOR: The truth hit her like a thunderbolt.

hit: 击thunderbolt: 雷电

事实像雷电一样击中了她。

-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。

-NARRATOR: 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.

gotta(=have got to): 必须

它很美，我……我得走了

-JOHN: Bye..

再见。

-SUSAN: Hey you. What?re we having?

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.

favorite: 最喜欢的

她说那是你最喜欢吃的。

-SUSAN: Oh yeah, I love my steak.

哦，是的，我喜欢吃排骨。

-EDIE: Hi Mike. Susan.

你好, Mike，Susan。

-SUSAN: Edie.

Edie。

-MIKE: Hey, I?m sorry about your house. How you holdin g up?

hold up: 举起，拿起

嗨，对你房子的事我很遗憾，你拿的什么？

-EDIE: Alright, I guess.

alright=all right: 好

好吧，我猜猜

Oh, is somebody having a party? 有人要开个派对吗？

-MIKE: No, Susan?s just throwing me one of her traditional

welcome-to-the-neighborhood dinners.

traditional: 传统的

不，Susan 邀请我参加她的传统的欢迎新邻居的晚餐，Only I?m cooking. And having it at my house.

由我来做饭。在我家。

-EDIE: Traditional. Hm. I didn?t get one.

哈哈，传统的，嗯？我怎么没有被邀请过？

-SUSAN: Oh, it?s sort of a new tradition.

sort of: 有几分

哦，是新的传统。

-MIKE: Well it won?t be anything fancy, just a little home cooking.

fancy: 精美的，花样的

哦，不会有什么太新奇的，只是在家做些吃的。

-EDIE: Mmm, that sounds so good.

听起来不错。

-NARRATOR: Susan suddenly had an awful feeling in the pit of her stomach.

suddenly: 突然awful: 不舒服的pit: 坑stomach: 胃Susan突然觉得胃里非常不舒服。

-EDIE: I?ve been h aving nothing but fast food lately. lately: 最近

最近我除了快餐还没吃过别的。

-NARRATOR: As if she was watching an accident in slow motion.

accident: 事故slow motion: 慢镜头

好像她正在看一次事故的慢镜头。

She knew it would happen, but was powerless to stop it. powerless: 对某事无能为力的

她知道会发生什么事，却无能为力。

-SUSAN: Edie, would you like to join us for dinner? Edie，你愿意参加我们的晚餐吗？

-EDIE: Oh that?s so sweet. No, I don?t wanna intrude. Three?s a crowd.

wanna(=want to): 想要intrude: 闯入crowd: 一伙哦，太好了。不过我不想打扰。三个人不太好。

-MIKE: No, it?s not like that. I mean, Susan?s bringing Julie.

不是那样的。我是说，Susan会带Julie来。

-SUSAN: It?s not like that. The more the merrier. merrier: 欢乐的

是的，不是那样的，人越多越开心。

-EDIE: Well, this?ll be fun.

那就太好了。

-MIKE: Alright. Tomorrow night. We?ll eat at six.

好吧。明天晚上，六点开始。

-EDIE: Great. Oh, and Susan.

好极了。对了，Susan。

-SUSAN: Yeah.

什么事？

-EDIE: This?ll make up for the dinner that you never threw me.

make up for: 弥补，补偿throw: [俚]开办, 举行

这可以弥补你欠我的那顿晚饭了

-SUSAN: Right.

是的，呵。

-EDIE: Ta!

ta:〈英·非正〉谢谢

谢谢

-MIKE: I haven?t, ah, told her we were havin g steak. steak: 牛排

我是不是该告诉她我们要吃肋排？

She?s not like a vegetarian, is she?

vegetarian: 素食主义者

她应该不会是个素食主义者，是吗？

-SUSAN: Oh, no, no. No, Edie?s definitel y a carnivore. definitely: 确定地carnivore: 肉食动物

哦，不会，不会。不，Edi绝对是个肉食动物。

-L YNE TTE: Here?s, uh, here?s wh at I pulled for Edie. pull: 深表同情, 鼓励(for)

这里是，嗯……这是我为Edie准备的。

I should warn you, most of the clothes in there aren?t that stylish.

warn: 警告stylish: 时髦的

我要告诉你，大部分衣服都不是那么过时。

-MRS HUBER: Oh don?t worry about it, Edie?s a beggar now, which means she can?t be a chooser.

worry about: 担心beggar: 乞丐chooser: 选择者

哦，没关系。Edie现在是个小乞丐，就是说她不能挑三拣四的。

Of course we don?t have to add salt to the wound.

add: 加wound: 伤处

当然我们也没必要，雪上加霜。

-L YNETTE: Listen, I was just getting dinner ready.

get ready: 准备好哦，我要去做晚饭了。

-MRS HUBER: Say no more. I?ll get out of your hair.

no more: 也不，不再get out of: 避免，摆脱，脱离【这里是想尽快结束谈话的托辞】

不用招呼我了，我不耽误你做事了。

-L YNETTE: No, no.

没关系。

-MRS HUBER: By the way, was that you I saw getting pulled over by a policeman?

by the way: 顺便说一下pull over: 靠向路边

对了，那天我看见有个人被警察拦下了，是你吗？

-L YNETTE: Yeah, the boys were acting up in the car, I couldn?t get them to sit down..

act up: 行动倔强, 任性, 捣乱

是啊，小家伙们在汽车里捣乱，我没办法让他们老实呆一会，

-MRS HUBER: Young boys can be so wilful.

wilful任性的

小孩子们就是这样任性。

-L YNETTE: I try everything. I scream, I threaten, I reason, I beg, nothing works.

scream: 尖叫threaten: 威胁reason: 说服，说理beg: 请求，祈求

我什么招都使了。大叫，威胁，讲道理，请求，但都不管用。

I don?t know if it?s because they?re too young and they don?t understand,

or if they?re just getting some perverse joy out of testi ng me!

perverse: 固执的joy: 乐趣test: 考验

我不知道是不是因为他们太小，听不懂我的意思，还是他们不断的挑战我，从中取乐。

-MRS HUBER: My mother used to have the worst time with me in the car,

used to: 过去经常

我妈妈过去也总为我在车里捣乱而头疼不已，

so one time when I was acting up, she stopped and left me on the side of the road, and she drove off.

drive off: 驾车离去

有一次我不听话的时候，她停下车把我扔在路边，然后把车开走了。

-L YNETTE: You?re kidding.

kidding: 开玩笑

你在开玩笑吧。

-MRS HUBER: Oh, she came back immediately.

come back: 回来immediately: 立即

不过，她很快就回来了。

But I never misbehaved in the car again. You should try that.

misbehaved: 行为不端

从那以后我就老实了，你也可以试试。

-L YNETTE: Mrs. Huber, I could never leave my kids by the side of the road.

by the side of: 在…附近

Huber夫人，我不可能把我的孩子丢在路边。

-MRS HUBER: When it comes to discipline, sometimes you must be creative.

come to: 到达; 达成discipline: 纪律creative: 创造性的

在教育孩子守规矩的时候，你要有些创意。

My mother knew that. Smart lady.

我妈妈就懂得这一点，她是个聪明的母亲。

Of course she?s in a home now, and her mind has just turned to mush.

mush: 浓粥turn to: 变成turn to mush:【指人变聪明了】当然，她现在已经不在人世了，但她的想法确实很管用。-L YNETTE: Well, like I said, I should go back and get dinner ready.

go back: 回家，回去get…ready: 使…准备好

我差点忘了，我要回去准备晚饭了。

-MRS HUBER: Oh right. Well. Goodbye.

好吧。再见。

-L YNETTE: Goodbye.

再见。

-MRS HUBER: Susan! Have you been able to find old clothes for Edie?

be able to: 能，会

Susan，你能给Edie找一些旧衣服吗？

She has nothing to wear.

她没的穿了。

-SUSAN: I thought that was a look she was going for. look: 外表go for: 喜欢

我还以为她故意穿成那样呢。

-MRS HUBER: Oh Susan. Edie may be trash, but she?s still a human being.

trash: 垃圾human being: 人类

哦, Susan。Edie也许善乏可陈，但还是人性未泯。-SUSAN: Zach? Is your dad home? I need to talk to him. talk to: 同某人谈话

Zach？你爸爸在家吗？我需要和他谈谈

-SUSAN: Hey Paul.

嗨, Paul

--PAUL: Hey.

嗨

-SUSAN: I hope I?m not interrupting.

interrupt: 打扰

希望我没有打扰到你。

--PAUL: Actually I was getting ready to go somewhere. actually: 事实上get ready to: 准备…

事实上，我是在准备搬家。

-SUSAN: I just wanted to come by and say hello, you know, see how you guys are doing.

come by: 经过

我只是想过来打个招呼，看看你们现在过得怎么样。-PAUL: We?re trying to move on. It?s been pretty tough. move on: 继续前进【这里指搬家】pretty: 相当，颇tough: 棘手的

我们要搬家了，很麻烦的。

-SUSAN: I can only imagine. Not knowing why Mary Alice…

imagine: 想象

我能想到，我是说，不知道Mary Alice为什么……

-PAUL: Why what?

什么为什么？

-SUSAN: Why she did it. Oh! Let me help you.

为什么那么做。让我来帮你。

-PAUL: I got it, I?ve got it.

我自己来，我自己来。

-SUSAN: Sorry if I upset you.

upset: 使苦恼，使心烦

非常抱歉，如果我让你心烦意乱了。

-PAUL: Can I be frank?

frank: 坦白的

我能直说吗？

-SUSAN: Of course.

当然可以。

-PAUL: I don?t care what her reasons were.

care: 在意，关心

我不在乎到底为什么，

Maybe she was depressed, maybe she was bored. maybe: 可能depressed: 消沉的bored: 厌烦的

也许她很消沉，也许她厌倦了生活。

She abandoned her husband and her son. And I?ll never forgive her.

abandon: 抛弃forgive: 原谅

(这些都不重要)但她弃她丈夫和儿子而去。我永远不会原谅她。

-NARRATOR: As I watched Susan, I couldn?t hel p feeling sorry for her.

couldn’t help doing sth.: 忍不住干…feel sorry for: 对……感到抱歉，难过，遗憾

我看着Susan的时候,忍不住为她感到悲哀。

She wanted so much to know why I did it.

她那么的想知道,我为什么……

-NARRATOR: Why I killed myself. It?s not enough to want the truth.

enough: 足够的truth: 真相，事实

为什么要自杀,但光是想知道还不够，

You must know where to look for it.

look for: 寻找

你必须清楚在哪儿能够找到事实，

And the truth is elusive, because it knows where to hide. elusive: 难懂的hide: 隐藏

但事实并不是那么显而易见的,因为它清楚该隐藏在哪。

-MRS HUBER: Hello Julie, I talked to your mom about donating some clothes for Edie.

talk to: 同某人谈话donate: 捐

你好，Julie，我跟你妈妈说过,给Edie捐一些衣服。

-JULIE: She?s at Mrs. Van De Kamp?s, but I?ll see if she left some stuff upstairs.

stuff: 东西upstairs: 楼上

她在Van de Kamp夫人那里, 我去楼上看看她有没有什么可捐的。

-MRS HUBER: Oh Julie. I-I was just, um, just admiring your new measuring cup.

admire: 羡慕measuring cup: 量杯

我，我，呃，只是在看看你的新量杯。

-JULIE: Yeah, we lost ours.

是啊，旧的丢了。

-MRS. HUBER: Really.

是吗？

-JULIE: So I couldn?t find the clothes, I?m sorry.

我找不到衣服,很抱歉。

-MRS HUBER: That?s okay. 没关系。

-JULIE: If you want me to keep looking.

look: 寻找

如果你希望我再找找。

-MRS HUBER: No, you?ve done more than enough. Truly. 不用了，你已经给我帮了很多忙了。真的。

-DR GOLDFINE: Bree, Rex just called, he won?t be able to meet you here today.

be able to: 能，会

Bree，Rex刚打来电话，他今天不能来这和你见面了。Apparently, there was an emergency at the hospital. apparently: 显然emergency: 急救hospital: 医院

显然是医院有急救任务。

-BREE: Oh. Well, I wish he had called me.

哦，好的。我倒希望他给我打电话。

-DR GOLDFINE: He suggested maybe you?d like to meet with me by yourself?

suggest: 建议，提议maybe: 可能meet with: 和…会面

他建议说，也许你愿意单独和我谈谈。

You?ve been very quiet in our joint sessions.

quiet: 安静的joint: 共同的session: 对话

你在我们的会面过程中一直聊得很少。

-BREE: What? Oh, oh, oh no, thank you.

什么？哦，不用，谢谢你。

I have some things that I, I need to do today.

我，我今天有些事要处理。

-DR GOLDFINE: Are you sure?

你，你确定？

-BREE: Uh, yeah, I?m sure.

呃，是的，确定。

-DR GOLDFINE: Okay.

好吧。

-BREE: Dr. Goldfine. There is something you can do for me.

Goldfine医生，有件事我想你能帮我。

-DR GOLDFINE: What?s that?

什么事？

-BREE: Take off your coat.

take off: 脱掉

脱下外套。

-GABRIELLE: So now you?re taking Julie on your dinner date with Mike?

所以现在你打算带Julie一起去和Mike吃晚餐？

-SUSAN: Yeah, well, if Edie?s gonna be there, I?m gonna need emotional support.

gonna(=going to): 将要emotional: 情感上support: 支持

是的，我想，如果Edie也在哪儿，我需要情感上的支持者。

-GABRIELLE: I can?t believe she wormed her way in. worm: 使...虫一般慢慢向前，慢慢钻营worm in: 潜入简直不敢相信她也想插一竿子。

How did you let her do that?

你居然会允许她那样做？

-SUSAN: I don?t know, I was gonna take her out at the knees, but it all happened so fast.

gonna(=going to): 将要take out: 把…带出去knee: 膝盖happen: 发生fast: 快

我不知道，我正盘算怎么把她打发走，但一切发生得太快了。

-GABRIELLE: Well, you know what you need to do.

好吧，你知道该怎么做。

You need to get there early, spend a little time with Mike before little barracuda gets there.

spend: 花费barracuda: 奸诈而贪婪的人

你要早点去，赶在那个小娼妇之前和Mike多呆一会。-SUSAN: That?s a good idea. Edie will get there at 5:45, which means her breasts will arrive at 5:30, so I should shoot for 5.

mean: 意味着breast: 胸arrive at: 达到shoot: 闩门【这里指离开去他家】

好主意。Edie应该5：45到那儿，也就是说她5：30可能就到了，而我在5：00就应该到那儿。

-GABRIELLE: Attagirl. I?m just gonna take these upstairs. attagirl: 好啊upstairs: 楼上

你算得真准，我正要把这些东西拿到楼上去。

-SUSAN: I?m gonna keep my one little bag and go home. 我正准备提着我的小包包回家。

-GABRIELLE: Okay.

好。

-SUSAN: That is a beautiful rose. Where did you get it?

非常漂亮的玫瑰，哪儿弄到的？

-GABRIELLE: Oh, John gave it to me.

哦，John送给我的。

-SUSAN: John? Your gardener, he gave you a rose? John？你的园丁？他送你玫瑰花？

-GABRIELLE: Yes, I am having some new bushes planted outside, and he gave me that as a colour palette.

bush: 灌木outside: 外部palette: 画板

是的，我在外面新开辟了一块园地，他送花给我做些点缀。

-SUSAN: Oh. Okay. Sure is beautiful, isn?t it?

确实非常漂亮，不是吗？

-GABRIELLE: Yes it is.

是的。

-DR GOLDFINE: I?m sure Freud would not approve of this.

approve of: 赞成

我肯定弗洛伊德肯定不赞成这样。

-BREE: Oh, who cares what he thinks?

care: 在乎

哦，谁会在乎他怎么想？

I took psychology in college, we learned all about Freud.

A miserable human being.

psychology: 心理学learn about: 获得，学得miserable: 可悲的human being: 人类

我大学修的是心理学，我们完全了解弗洛伊德。一个悲惨的人。

-DR GOLDFINE: What makes you say that?

你为什么这么说？

-BREE: Well, think about it. He grew up in the late 1800?s, there were no appliances back then.

think about: 考虑，想grow up: 成长，长大appliance: 设备

他生活在19世纪晚期的环境中，那时候没什么设备可利用。

His mother had to do everything by hand, just backbreaking work from sunup to sundown.

by hand: 用手地，亲自地backbreaking: 极累人的sunup: 日出sundown: 日落

他妈妈只好亲手打理所有的事情，从早到晚辛勤劳作。Not to mention the countless other sacrifices she probably had to make to take care of her family.

mention: 提及countless: 无数的sacrifice: 牺牲probably: 可能的take care of: 照料

更不用说为了家庭，她可能做出了无数的牺牲。

And what does he do?

他做什么了？

He grows up and becomes famous, peddling a theory that the problems of most adults can be traced back to something awful their mother has done.

famous: 著名的peddling: 兜售theory: 理论adult: 成人

trace: 追踪trace back to: 追溯到awful: 可怕的

他长大了，提出了一个沽名钓誉的理论，说什么大部分成人的问题。可以追溯到他妈妈所做的一些不好的事情。

She must have felt so betrayed.

betray: 背叛

她肯定感到自己被背叛的。

He saw how hard she worked; he saw what she did for him. 他知道她工作辛苦；也知道她为他所做的一切。

Did he even ever think to say, thank you? I doubt it. doubt: 怀疑

他想过要说声谢谢吗？我表示怀疑。

There you go.

给你。

-DR GOLDFINE: Just so you know, many of Freud?s theories have been discredited.

discredited: 不足信的

正如你知道的那样，很多弗洛伊德的理论都是名不副实的。

-BREE: Good.

很好。

-L YNETTE: Boys, I am not gonna tell you again, sit. I mean it, I am serious.

gonna(=going to): 将要serious: 认真的

小家伙们，我不会再重复了坐下，我是认真的。

You guys are gonna be in so much trouble if you don?t sit back in those seats

trouble: 麻烦sit back: 向后靠着坐

你们这些臭屁，捅了这么多漏子，如果你们再不回到座位上（我真的生气了）。

-NARRATOR: For the first time, Lynette could see this was not the innocent play of children.

innocent: 没有恶意的play: 游戏，玩耍

这是第一次Lynette感觉到孩子们不是在闹着玩。

She was being challenged. So she decided it was time to get creative.

chanllenge: 挑战it is time to: 是时候…

而是在向她发出挑战。她决定是时候来点创意了。

-L YNETTE: Out. Can?t behave, you heard me, can?t ride. You, out. Move it.

behave: 守规矩

下车，你们不乖。我警告过你们，你们不能坐在车上了。你，下车。

-SCA VO KIDS: Where she?s going? I don?t know. Where?s she going?

妈妈要去哪儿？我不知道。妈妈要去哪儿？

-L YNETTE: Okay. Mommy?s a genius!

genius: 天才

妈妈是个天才。

Five, six, alright. Uh. Oh! Uhh. I?ll be right back, Mommy?ll be right back.

alright=all right: 好right: 立即，马上

5, 6 …好了。我现在就开回去。

-L YNETTE: Boys? Boys? Boys?? If you?re hiding, you?ve gotta stop now cause Mommy doesn?t think it?s funny! hide: 藏gotta(=have got to): 必须cause: 因为funny: 有趣

孩子们？如果你们躲起来了，现在该出来了，因为妈妈不觉得这很好玩。

-L YNETTE: Oh! Excuse me, I?m sorry, I?m looking for my boys. Three boys with red hair, have you seen …em? look for: 寻找

哦，对不起。很抱歉，我正在找我的孩子们，三个红头发的男孩，你看到他们了吗？

-LADY: Yeah, I also saw you drive away and leave …em. drive away: 把车开走

是的，我还看见你把他们扔在路边然后开走了。

-L YNETTE: I know, I was just trying to scare them into behaving.

scare: 惊吓

我知道，我只是想吓唬一下他们，让他们变乖一点。Did you see where they went?

你看见他们去哪儿了吗？

-LADY: Yeah, yeah, they?re in my kitchen.

kitchen: 厨房

是的，看见了。他们在我的厨房里。

-LADY: Listen, uh, it seems to me that you have some anger management issues.

anger: 愤怒management: 管理issue: 问题

听着，呃，我觉得你的管理方式好像有点问题。

-L YNETTE: I have 4 kids under the age of six, I absolutely have anger management issues.

absolutely: 绝对地

我有4个六岁以下的孩子，我当然要采用发怒式的管理方式。

-LADY: Yeah, well I think you need to talk to somebody,

because abandoning your children…

talk to: 同某人谈话abandon: 抛弃

是的，我觉得你需要找个人聊聊，因为抛弃你的孩子们是……

-L YNETTE: I-I-I didn?t abandon them, I came back!

come back: 回来

嗨，我、我不是抛弃他们，我又回来了。

-LADY: Yeah, I?m just saying, it?s not normal.

normal: 正常

我只是说这很不正常。

-L YNETTE: Well, my kids aren?t normal, and now I don?t have time for this, lady, so. Boys! Get out here.

是我的孩子们很不正常，现在我没时间讨论这个，夫人，那么……孩子们，出来。

-LADY: No, I don?t think they should go anywhere until you calm down.

anywhere: 任何地方calm down: 冷静

不行，你不平静下来他们哪儿也不能去。

-L YNETTE: Oh. Get in the car.

回到车里

-PARKER: She?s got cookies!

cookies: 饼干

她给我们吃饼干！

-L YNETTE: Well, bring …em, we?re leaving.

好，带上饼干，我们走了。

-LADY: Oh, no, no, no. Stay put.

stay put: 留在原处

哦，不行，不行，呆在里面。

-L YNETTE: Oh, I don?t think so. Oh!

我不这么想，啊！

-LADY: Listen, lady, you and I are gonna talk.

gonna(=going to): 将要

听着，女士，你和我得好好谈谈。

-PARKER: Leave my mommy alone!

leave alone: 不理, 不管〔惹〕, 不烦扰, 不干涉

放开我妈妈。

-L YNETTE: Let go of me! What?s the matter with you? Run, boys, run!

let go of: 放开

放开我！你怎么回事？快跑，孩子们，快跑！

-PORTER: Come on!

加油！

crap: 胡说

该死，啊！-LADY: You get back here!

get back: 回来

你们回来。

-L YNETTE: Boys, you?re gonna need to put on your…

put on: 戴上

孩子们，你们赶紧系上……

-LADY: Get back, or I?m gonna call Social Services!

你们赶快给我回来，要不然我就给社会服务机构打电话了。

-GABRIELLE: Oh, my god. Carlos, what have you done? 哦，天啊。Carlos，你疯了吗？

-CARLOS: I saw it when I drove by the dealership. dealership: 商品特许经销商

我路过车行的时候看见的。

I thought, Gabrielle would look so beautiful in this.

我在想：Gabrielle坐在车里看起来肯定会很潇洒。

-GABRIELLE: Carlos!

Carlos!

-CARLOS: Cost me an arm and a leg. It?s got GPS navigation, 200-watt stereo system, rear parking sensors. cost: 花费navigation: 导航stereo system: 立体声音响

rear: 后面的parking sensors: 倒车雷达

我花了大价钱买的。GPS导航系统，200瓦的音响，倒车雷达……

-GABRIELLE: God, it?s beautiful!

哦，天啊，帅呆了！

-CARLOS: So, did I take your breath away?

take your breath away: 使大吃一惊

我让你出乎意料了吗？

-GABRIELLE: Absolutely!

绝对！

-CARLOS: Is it the best gift you?ve ever gotten?

这是你收到的最好了礼物吗？

-NARRATOR: Gabrielle could see what this gesture had cost Carlos, so she responded the only way she knew how. gesture: 表示respond: 回应

Gabrielle能看出来Carlos花了很大心思，她只能用她所知道的唯一的方式来报答他。

-NARRATOR: She had a feeling the truth would?ve been lost on her husband anyway.

truth: 真理lose on: 吃亏，输掉anyway: 不管怎样

她有一种感觉，不管怎么样，真理都掌握在她丈夫手里。After all, it?s the rare man who understands the value of a

single, perfect rose.

after all: 毕竟rare: 罕见的value: 价值single: 单一的毕竟，很少有人能懂得珍惜一支玫瑰的价值。

-MIKE: Susan.

Susan.

-SUSAN: I hope you don?t mind, I thought I?d come by early and help you set up.

mind: 介意come by: 来串门，来访set up: 准备，安排

希望你不要介意，我早点过来看看能不能帮上忙？

-MIKE: Oh, um.

哦，嗯。

-EDIE: Hey, Susan. Don?t worry, Mike and I have got everything under control.

under control: 处于控制之下

嗨，Susan。别担心，Mike和我把这里打点的很好。

-SUSAN: Oh.

哦。

-MIKE: Bongo! I don?t know why he barks at you.

bark: 吠叫bark at: （狗）向……叫

Bongo！我不明白它为什么总朝着你叫唤。

-EDIE: Oh, I wouldn?t take it personally. Dogs are very sensitive.

personally: 亲自地sensitive: 敏感的

我不会介意的，狗都是很敏感的。

What?s up, Bongo, huh? You never know what freaks them out, huh?

freak out: 使心烦意乱huh: 嘿(表示疑问、惊讶或异议) 怎么了? Bongo，嗯？你永远都不会知道是什么惹恼了它们。

-NARRATOR: In the distance, Susan thought she heard a bell ring.

in the distance: 远远的

远远的，Susan觉得好像听到一声丧钟。

-EDIE: Oh, is it a strange noise, huh? What is it? A weird smell? What is it?

strange: 奇怪的noise: 响声weird: 奇怪的

哦，是什么响动还是别的？一种奇怪的味道？

-NARRATOR: Round one had started.

第一声钟响了。

-REX: Look, all I?m saying is that th is whole it-takes-two-to-mess-up-a-marriage theory is bull.

bull: 狗屁

听着，我想说的就是“一个巴掌拍不响”这个理论是狗屁。

The problems that we have are because of her.

because of: 因为…

问题都出在她身上。

-BREE: That is not true, Rex.

不是这样的，Rex。

-REX: Alright, fine. What have I been doing for the past 20 years that?s been so awful?

awful: 糟糕的，可怕地

好吧，二十年来我做了什么不好的事情？

You?re not saying anything because I?ve been a great husband and it kills you to admit that.

admit: 承认

你什么都不说是因为我是一个完美的丈夫，承认这一点会要你命。

-DR GOLDFINE: Rex, I?m curious. Do you e ver acknowledge the benefits of living with Bree?

curious: 好奇acknowledge: 确认benefit: 好处Rex，我很好奇……你从没有意识过和Bree生活在一起的好处吗？

-REX: Huh?

嗯？

-DR GOLDFINE: By your own admission, your home is always clean, your clothes are always freshly pressed, sounds like a wonderful cook.

admission: 承认freshly: 清新pressed: 平整wonderful: 极好的

你自己也承认过你的家里总是很干净，你的衣服总是熨的很平整，每天都有丰盛的饭菜。

Despite her flaws, do you ever remember to say thank you?

despite: 不管flaw: 缺点

先撇开她的缺点不谈，你有没有要说过一声谢谢？

-REX: Thank you?

谢谢？

-DR GOLDFINE: Yes.

是啊。

-MIKE: Bongo, Bongo, get down, down.

get down: 下来

Bongo! Bongo，下去。

-EDIE: Go on, uh-uh, go on.

go on: 走开，下去

走开，呃，下去。

-MIKE: Down. I?m sorry, I?m sorry. So, um, who?s the guy

who lives across from Mrs. Huber again?

不好意思。呃，住在Huber夫人对面的那个人是谁呀？-S USAN: Mm, that?s Mr. Mullin. And just so you know, if he invites you in, you have to meet all of his pets.

invite: 邀请invite in: 请(某人)进入(房间、房屋等) pet: 宠物

呃，是Mullen先生。都知道，如果他邀请你去他家，他会让你和他的所有宠物都打个招呼。

-MIKE: That?s okay, I love animals.

没问题，我喜欢动物。

-SUSAN: He?s a taxidermist.

taxidermist: (动物标本)剥制师

他专门搜集动物标本。

-MIKE: Oh. Okay, thanks for the warning.

warning: 提醒

谢谢你的提醒。

-EDIE: Isn?t Mr. Mullin?s brother your divorce attorney? divorce: 离婚attorney: 律师

Mullen先生的哥哥是你的离婚律师吗？

-SUSAN: Uh, yes, yes he was.

呃，是的，是他。

-EDIE: Can I say something? In my heart, I still believe you and Carl are gonna get back together.

in one’s heart: 在某人内心深处gonna(=going to): 将要get back: 回来

我能说点什么吗？从内心深处，我依然坚信你和Carl 还会回到一起的。

-MIKE: Really?

真的？

-EDIE: Oh, yeah. I?ve never seen two people more in love. 哦，是的，我，我从没看见像你们这么相爱的一对了。

I mean, she?s never gonna find that kind of chemistry with another man. Never!

chemistry: 化学反应

我是说，她再也没遇到过能和她产生化学反应的男人了，永远不会了。

-NARRATOR: It was everything Susan could do to keep a smile on her face.

现在Susan 所能做的就是保持住微笑了。

Round two was under way, and she was already taking a beating.

round: 一局under way: 已经开始并进行着beating: 打败

第二声丧钟响了，她已经败了第一回合。-JULIE: You know what, Mrs. Britt, do you know who I always liked?

Britt夫人，你知道吗? 你知道我一起很喜欢谁吗?

-NARRATOR: What Edie hadn?t counted on was Susan had someone else in her corner.

count on: 依赖，指望

Edie没有料到Susan还有一个同盟军。

-JULIE: Mr. Rothwell. Your 4th husband.

Authwell先生，你的第四任丈夫。

-EDIE: Oh, he was my 2nd husband. I?ve only been married twice.

哦，他是第二任，我只结过两次婚。

-JULIE: Twic e? You weren?t married to the guy with all the tattoos that they took away in handcuffs?

tattoo: 纹身take away: 把…带走; 使离开handcuff: 手铐

两次？你没有嫁给那个全身纹身，最后被铐走的那个家伙吗？

-SUSAN: No, Julie, she wasn?t married to Xavier.

没有，Julie，她没有嫁给Javier。

That was just one of her special friends.

special: 特殊的

那只是和她有特殊关系的朋友之一。

I think we should change the subject, you know, unless you wanna keep talking about it.

subject: 话题unless: 除非wanna(=want to): 想要talk about: 谈论

我想我们该换个，除非你想一直谈论这个。

-EDIE: Oh!

哦！

-MIKE: Bongo, get down.

Bongo, 下来。

-EDIE: Oh wait, wait. Let me show you something. Bongo, Bongo, come!

等等，我给你们看点精彩的，Bongo。

While you were in there tossing the salad, I taught him something.

toss: 掷

你们在准备沙拉的时候，我教了它几招。

Up! Oh, what a good boy!

上面，多么好的一个男孩啊!

-NARRATOR: Susan was furious at Edie for using a dog to ingratiate herself with its owner.

furious: 狂怒的furious at: 因……而愤怒ingratiate:

讨好owner: 主人

Susan 觉得很生气,Edie利用一只狗去博取他主人的欢心

She was also furious with Mike for not seeing through this blatant manoeuvre.

furious with: 生某人气see through: 看穿blatant: 明显的manoeuvre: 伎俩

她还生气Mike没有识破她拙劣的伎俩, 但是更多……-SUSAN: So, you know what? I am gonna go get dessert. dessert: 甜点

这样吧，我去拿点甜点。

-NARRATOR: But mostly, she was furious at herself for not having thought of it first.

mostly: 大部分，主要地think of: 想到，考虑到

她在生自己的气,为什么没有提前考虑到这些。

-EDIE: You are such a smart boy!

你那么聪明！

-MIKE: I can barely get him to sit.

barely: 仅仅

我连驯服他坐下都很难。

-EDIE: You are a good dog. Yes you are!

你是一只很棒的狗。最棒的，是的

-MIKE: I?ve never seen him walk on two legs. Look at that!

哈哈，我从没见过它用两条腿走路。

-EDIE: Well, he knows who to come to, doesn?t he? He knows who to come to.

它知道该和谁亲，不是吗？它知道该跟谁亲热。

-SUSAN: Here?s your dessert.

甜点来了。

-EDIE: Thank you. Mmm, Mike, this looks yummy. yummy: 好吃的

谢谢，嗯，看起来非常好吃。

-MIKE: Oh, look at that. Looks like Bongo?s finally warming up to Susan.

finally: 终于warm up to: 对...较感兴趣

哦，快看。看起来好像Bongo喜欢上Susan了。

-SUSAN: Ooh, we just got off on the wrong foot, we?re really best buddies now.

get off on the wrong foot:一开头就很[不]顺利buddy: 好朋友

是的，我们刚刚解除了误会，现在是最后的朋友了。Oh, what a good boy! Bongo, are you okay?

哦，多棒的狗狗。Bongo, 你没事吧? -EDIE: What?s wrong with him?

它怎么了？

-MIKE: I don?t know, I?ve never heard him make that sound.

我不知道，我从没听过它发出那样的声音

Hey, you okay, fella?

fella: 伙计

嗨，老朋友，你还好吗？

-JULIE: Mom?

妈妈？

-MIKE: Call the vet, the numbers on the fridge, tell him I?ll be right there.

vet: 兽医fridge: 电冰箱

给兽医打电话，电话在电冰箱上，告诉他我马上到。-EDIE: Okay, don?t you worry …bout a thing, I?ll stay here and get everything cleaned up.

worry about: 担心clean up: 打扫，清理

好的，你不用担心，我留在这，把这打扫干净。

-MIKE: Thanks, Edie.

谢谢你，Edie。

-SUSAN: Is there anything I can do?

我有什么能帮上忙吗？

-MIKE: No.

不用。

-SUSAN: Hey.

嗨。

-MIKE: Hey.

嗨。

-SUSAN: How?s Bongo doing?

Bongo怎么样了？

-MIKE: I?m, uh, just waiting to see if they?ll have to operate.

operate: 做手术

呃，我等在这看看是否要做手术。

-SUSAN: Oh, god. Uh, I… stopped and I got this, uh. I am just so sorry for this.

哦，天那，我，我停下来买了这个……我感到非常非常抱歉。

-MIKE: I?m really sorry that I snapped at you, I was just so worried.

snap: 怒声说snap at: 对…厉声说worried: 担心的

我真的很抱歉刚才对你发火，我只是……

-S USAN: Oh no, it?s okay.

哦，不用，没关系。

-VET: Good news, we won?t have to do surgery.

好消息，不用做手术了。

-SUSAN: Oh, that?s great.

哦，好极了。

-VET: Uh, we?ve given Bongo something to help pass the earring.

pass: 排泄, 通(便)

我们给它吃点东西，帮它把耳环弄出来。

When he does, would you like us to retrieve it for ya? retrieve: 取回ya: young adult 年轻人

弄出来之后你需要我们把耳环还给你吗？

-SUSAN: Uh, I?m gonna say no.

不用了。

-VET: Okay, you should be able to take him home within an hour.

be able to: 能够within: 在内

好的，一个小时左右你就能带它回家。

-SUSAN: Wow. You must be so relieved.

wow: (表示惊讶、羡慕等)〈非正〉哇relieved: 松一口气

你一定觉得如释重负

-MIKE: I?m sorry, I was just really worried.

对不起，我只是真的很担心。

-SUSAN: Well, it was your dog, I get it.

get it: 理解

当然，那是你的狗，我能理解。

-MIKE: Actually, he was my wife?s dog, and, uh, actually: 事实上

事实上，那是我妻子的狗，呃……

one of the last things she said to me in the hospital before she died was to be sure I looked after him, and, um, I promised her I would.

look after: 照顾

她在医院里临死前跟我说的最后一件事就是让我保证要好好照顾他，呣，我答应她我会的。

-NARRATOR: And just like that, Susan could suddenly see something she?d never seen before.

suddenly: 突然

就在那时，Susan突然看见了一点，她以前从未看到过的东西。

-MIKE: He, um, meant so much to her.

它，呃，对她来说非常重要。

-NARRATOR: Mike Delfino was still in love with his late wife.

in love: 相爱late: 已故的

Mike Delfino仍然爱着他已故的妻子。

-MIKE: And if, uh, something had happened, I would?ve felt like I had failed her.

fail: 辜负

如果，呃，如果它有什么不测，我感到好像让她失望了，I know that sounds stupid.

我知道这听起来很愚蠢，但是我……

-NARRATOR: And she knew right then, that neither she nor Edie would be laying claim to his heart anytime soon. claim: 说明lay claim to: 声称…的权力soon: 很快，不久

她立即明白了，她和Edie谁也不能很快占据他的心。-SUSAN: No it doesn?t. Not at all.

not at all: 一点也不

不，没有，一点也不。

-NARRATOR: So, she decided, for now, she could settle for just being his friend.

decide: 决定settle for: 满足于

所以她决定，从现在起她仅仅做他的朋友就好了。

-SUSAN: This is for you. No, for Bongo. You give it to him.

这个给你，是送给Bongo的。

-NARRATOR: Yes, as I look back at the world I left behind, it?s all so clear to me.

look back: 回顾leave behind: 丢在后面

是的。当我回头看看身后这个世界时，我看得如此的清晰。

The beauty that waits to be unveiled, the mysteries that long to be uncovered.

unveiled: 揭露mystery: 神秘long to: 极想做uncovered: 暴露的

有那么多有待发现的美丽和那么多有待揭幕的神秘。But, people so rarely stop to take a look. They just keep moving.

rarely: 很少take a look: 注视，看

但人们很少会停下来看上一眼，他们只是不停的往前走。

It?s a shame, really. There?s so much to see.

shame: 遗憾

这真的很遗憾，有那么多值得一看的东西。