绝望主妇第一季第七集中英字幕+学习笔记

Chapter 7

Mary Alice: Previously on Desperate Housewives

previously: 以前【previously on后加剧名，表示为对剧情的“前情提要”。】desperate: 绝望的，不顾一切的housewife: 家庭主妇

前情回顾。

-Mr. Shaw: What is it hired me to do?

hire: 出钱雇佣某人做（某事）

你雇佣我来干什么？

-Paul: Someone sent that to my wife. I need to know who.

send: 送，寄

有人给我太太寄了这张纸条，我想知道是谁。

-Mary Alice: Some secrets were discovered.

secret: 秘密discover: 发现，发觉

有些秘密被发现了。

-Zach: After Mom died, I started remembering what happened to Dana.

die: 死亡start doing: 开始干…happen to: 发生

我妈妈死后，我开始回忆起发生在Dana身上的事。

-Julie: Dana?

谁是Dana？

-Nurse: What are you doing?

你在这干什么？

-Mary Alice: Some secrets were uncovered.

uncover: 揭开，揭露

有些秘密揭开了。

-Carlos: Could be anyone she's having an affair with.

have an affair with:（与某人）有不正当的男女关系

有可能是这些人中的某一个和她有一腿。

-Mama Solis:Don't worry. I'm not letting her out of my sight.

out of one’s sight: 看不见，在视野之外【这里指“我不会让她远离我的视线之外”。】sight: 视野

没关系，我会一直监视她。

-Mary Alice: And some secrets...

还有一些秘密…

-Lynette:Jordana Geist gets her work done.

get: 使得，使

Jordana Geist能完成所有的工作。

How do you cram it all in?

cram: 把…塞入，填入；强行灌输，(特指考试前)临时抱佛脚地死记硬背

你的秘诀是什么？【这里可理解为“你怎么把它全塞进去的，也就是怎么做的，请告诉我方法，秘诀？”】

-Mary Alice: ...were shared.

share: 分享，共有

…被共享了。

-Lynette:That's ADD medication?

ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder 的缩写:注意力缺陷障碍，又称多动症attention: 注意

deficit: 缺乏，不足disorder: (身体或精神健康、身心、机能的)紊乱，失调；病medication 药物，药

这是ADD药物？

-Mary Alice: Competition. It means different things to different people. In suburbia, it means keeping up with the Joneses.

competition: 竞争mean: 意味着different: 不同的suburbia: 郊区keeping up with the Joneses: (在社会地位和物质生活方面)与左邻右舍攀比，互相攀比，不落后于邻居keep up with: 跟上，不落人之后Joneses: (生活水平和社会地位较高的)爱炫富的邻居

竞争，意义因人而异。在Suburbia竞争意味着赶上Joneses的步伐。

On Wisteria Lane, that means keeping up with Bree Van De Kamp.

而在Wisteria Lane，竞争意味着可以和Bree Van De Kamp一较高下。

Everyone knew Bree had the nicest lawn in the neighborhood.

lawn: 草地，草坪neighborhood: 四邻，街坊

每个人都知道在这个社区里Bree的草坪是最美丽的。

And no one begrudged her this. No one, that is, except Martha Huber, whose own lawn paled in comparison.

begrudge: 嫉妒，羡慕；对（某事）抱怨【这里可理解为“挑战”】except: 除…外pale: 失色，相形见绌in comparison: 相比之下comparison: 比较，对照

没有人敢挑战这个地位没有人, 那是指除了Martha Huber，相比而言她的手艺要逊色许多。

No matter how carefully she trimmed... or how lovingly she watered… or how generously she fertilized…

no matter: 不管，不顾carefully: 小心地，谨慎地trim: 修剪lovingly: 注意细节地，热心周到地water: 浇水generously: 慷慨地，大方地fertilize: 施肥

不管她多么精心的打理…多么仔细的浇水…多么慷慨的施肥…

the grass was always greener on the other side of the fence.

grass: 草地，草坪always: 一直，总是on the other side of: 在…的另一边【另外，on the other side是“另一方面，再说”的意思】fence: 栅栏

栅栏那边的草总比这么要更绿。

-Mrs. Huber: Hello, Victor, how are you today? Out jogging again?

out: 在外面jog: 慢跑

你好，Victor。今天怎么样？又在慢跑？

-Victor: I can't catch my breath.

catch one’s breath: 缓口气，歇口气breath: 呼吸

我喘不上气了。

-Mrs. Huber: Would you like a slurp from my hose? Victor? Victor? Don't worry, I'm going to get an ambulance!

slurp: 出声的吃（或喝）hose: 水龙头worry: 担心ambulance: 救护车

需要我给你浇点水吗？Victor? Victor？别担心，我去叫救护车。

-Mary Alice : Then one day, Mrs. Huber finally got the chance to mow down the competition. finally: 最后，终于chance: 机会mow down: 割倒(庄稼、牧草等)；摧毁【后面我们知道了Mrs. Huber为了破坏Bree家的草坪，故意把Victor放到Bree的草坪上，看来她是想用Victor 的身躯和救护人员的脚印来弄倒Bree的草坪，扭转竞争形势。】

这一天Huber终于找到扭转竞争形势的机会了。

-Mrs. Huber: Help! Somebody help!

help: 救命

救命!有人帮忙吗!

-Bree: What happened?

happen: 发生

哦，发生什么事了？

-Mrs. Huber: He collapsed on your hydrangeas! Call 911!

collapse: 倒塌, 塌下【这里可理解为“摔倒在什么地方”。】hydrangeas: 八仙花911: 美国紧急救援电话

他在你们家的草坪上晕倒了，快打911！

-Mary Alice: Yes. Mrs. Huber understood the first rule of competition. In order to win, you have to want it more...

understand: 了解rule: 规则in order to: 为了…want it more【可以理解为“不择手段”eg: Want it more than anything.追求若渴。】

是的，Huber懂得竞争的要诀，如果你想赢，就要不择手段。

When I was alive, my friends and I came together once a month for a meeting of the Wisteria Lane Book Club.

alive: 活着的together: 一起meeting: 聚会club: 俱乐部

我活着的时候，我和我的朋友每月聚会一次，这是Stere Alan的读书俱乐部。

We found the problems of literary characters so absorbing...

literary: 文学的character: 人物，角色absorbing: 吸引人的

我们发现文学人物的问题如此吸引人。

the way they dealt with adversity... ...conducted illicit affairs...

deal with: 处理adversity: 逆境，不幸conduct: 控制，管理illicit: 非法的，不正当的affair: 事，事情; 不正当的恋爱事件, 男女间的暧昧关系【还记得前面Carlos怀疑Gabrielle 与其他男人有染时是怎么说的吗？】

她们如何面对困境…如何处理非法恋情...

endured domestic dramas... ...and planned romantic conquests.

endure: 忍受，承受domestic: 家庭的drama: 戏剧性事件，戏剧性场面【这里指戏剧性的

家庭问题】plan: 计划，设计romantic: 浪漫的conquest: 征服；爱情或恩宠的赢得【eg: make a conquest of博得…的欢心】

忍受家庭内部矛盾…策划浪漫的追求方式。

But since my death, my friends had lost their interest in fiction.

death: 死亡since: 自从…之后lose interest in: 失去兴趣fiction: 小说

我死后，我的朋友们对小说失去了兴趣。

-Woman: So, what did everybody think?

你们觉得怎么样？

-Mary Alice: Their own problems had become absorbing enough.

absorbing: 吸引人的enough: 足够的

他们自己的问题已经够吸引人了。

-Lynette: I thought the character of Madame Bovary was ... very inspirational.

character: 人物，角色inspirational: 鼓舞人心的,

我觉得Madame Bovary【包法利夫人，福楼拜的代表长篇小说《包法利夫人》的主人翁，最后她因欠下巨额债务和对爱情产生绝望而服砒霜自杀。】这个人物形象很鼓舞人心。

-Woman: Inspirational? She poisons herself with arsenic.

poison: 放毒，下毒arsenic: 砒霜

鼓舞人心？她服砒霜自尽。

-Lynette: Really?

真的?

-Woman: You didn't read until the end?

end: 结局，结尾

你没有读完？

-Lynette: I stopped after page 50.

page: 页

我读到50页。

-Woman: Am I the only one who read the book?

我是唯一读完这本书的人？

-Susan: I saw the movie. It was really good.

我看了电影，非常棒。

-Woman: Ladies! I'm sorry, but what is the point of having a book club if we don't read the book? point: 目的，意图

女士们, 对不起, 但是…如果我们都不读书，那要一个读书俱乐部干什么？

-Bree: More wine? So, uh, Reba, Emma and Laurie. Why don't you girls come to the kitchen and help me with the snacks?

wine: 葡萄酒kitchen: 厨房help sb. with sth.: 帮助某人做某事snack: 点心

再来点酒？那么, 哦, Reba, Emma和Laurie，你们能到厨房帮我点忙吗？

-Woman: Sure. I will be right in.

sure: 当然right: 立即，马上

当然可以，我马上就过来。

-Bree: God, I couldn't wait to get rid of them! So, Lynette said that you found Zack.

couldn’t wait to do sth.: 等不及做某事wait: 等待get rid of: 摆脱

上帝, 我迫不及待得要打发走她们。听着Lynette，说你找到Zach了。

-Susan: He’s at a rehabilitation center. Julie snuck in and actually talked to him.

rehabilitation center : 康复中心rehabilitation: (恢复残疾人正常生活的)康复sneak: 偷偷摸摸做【sneak in: 偷偷溜进；sneak out: 偷偷溜出】talk to sb.: 找某人谈话

他在一个康复中心，Julie溜进去和他说上话了。

-Lynette: Did he say anything about his mother's suicide?

suicide: 自杀

他说了关于他妈妈自杀的事了吗？

-Susan: There wasn't enough time. He did say one thing that was kind of mysterious.

enough: 足够kind of: 有点mysterious: 神秘的，诡秘的

时间很紧，他没有说什么神秘的事情。

He said something happened to someone named Dana, and that he could never ever talk about it.

happen to: 发生talk about: 谈论

他说事情和一个叫Dana的人有关，然后就没机会说了。

-Gabrielle: Who the hell's Dana?

hell: <俚语>【表示惊奇、烦恼、厌恶、恼怒、失望等】见鬼，该死，混蛋

该死的Dana是谁？

-Lynette: That's the mystery part.

mystery: 神秘part: 部分

这是最神秘的部分。

-Susan: I figure Dana has something to do with what Mary Alice was trying to hide.

figure: 认为，料想have sth. to do with: 与…有关try to: 设法（尽力，试图）hide: 隐瞒；向…守秘密

我觉得Dana和Mary Alice竭力隐藏的某些东西有关。

-Lynette: So somebody found out Mary Alice’s secret...

find out: 发现

有人发现了Mary Alice的秘密…

-Bree: ...and sent the note.

send: 送，寄note: 纸条，便条

然后寄给她这张纸条。

-Gabrielle: So who the hell is that?

那个人到底是谁？

-Mr. Shaw: The stationery is Parcher No.17 100% cotton. It is made by Cyprus Office Products. stationery: 信纸cotton: 棉make: 制造product: 制品

信纸是17号仿羊皮纸，100%棉的，它是由Cypress Office公司生产的。

In stores in twelve cities, including yours.

store:供应，供给city: 城市including: 包括，包含

他们在12个城市有专卖店，包括你居住的城市。

We traced that postmark back to your local post office.

trace back to: 追查到，追究到trace: 跟踪，追踪postmark: 邮戳local:本地的，当地的post

office: 邮局

我拿着邮戳去问了当地的邮局。

-Paul: Meaning?

mean: 意味着

然后呢？

-Mr. Shaw: Meaning that the blackmailer is probably someone you know. A neighbor, milkman, pool boy, soccer mom...

blackmailer: 勒索者，敲诈者probably: 可能neighbor: 邻居milkman: 送牛奶的人

pool boy: 救生员pool:（花园中的）小池；池塘

soccer mom: 足球妈咪【字面上意思是“足球母亲”，其实是整天开着车，带着孩子去踢足球，然后自己在烈日下等待孩子的辛苦妈妈，是美国典型的普通妈妈的一个缩写。】

然后发现威胁者很可能是你认识的邻居、送牛奶的、救生员、足球妈咪…

-Paul: Soccer mom?

足球妈妈？

-Mr. Shaw: Mr. Young, sometimes evil drives a mini van.

sometimes: 有时evil: 邪恶drive: 开车，驾驶mini: 极小的，微型的van: 卡车

Young先生, 有时候邪恶会开着小卡车驾到。【意思是“邪恶有时让你难以察觉，就像你不会认为一个足球妈妈会做坏事一样”。】

I had this gig once, tracking down this PTA mom, was hell-bent on landing her daughter a spot on the parade float.

gig: 【原意是旋转物，乘轻便双轮马车，其实这里是a person of odd or grotesque，奇形怪状的人(或物、图案等)，这里可理解为“我曾经就遇到过这样的人”。】once: 曾经track down: 跟踪追捕

PTA: Parent-Teacher Association 家庭教师协会hell-bent:【口语】决意的，不顾一切的【hell-bent on doing: 决意，拼命的做某事。eg: He seems hell-bent on drinking himself to death.他拼命的喝酒，似乎连性命都不要了。】land: 使登陆；使…陷入，使…处于spot: 地点;【口语】处境，（尤指）困难parade: 游行float:（游行中用的）彩车，花车

我有过这样的经历，我曾经追捕一个孩子的母亲，她拼命的把女儿往地上扔，在游行的花车上。

Fed anti-freeze to half the homecoming committee.

Fed:〈美俚〉联邦调查局人员anti-freeze: 抗冻【freeze有冻结，结冰的意思，anti一般作为前缀，表示“对立的，相反的”的意思，例如antibiotic就是抗生素的意思。freeze也有“站

住不动，突然停止”的意思,这里做“封锁”理解。】

homecoming: 校友返校节的committee: 委员会；【古语】受托人，监护人

联邦调查局封锁了一半来到学校的的监护人。

-Paul: Did you catch her?

catch: 抓住，逮住

你抓到她了吗？

-Mr. Shaw: Mr. Young, the people who hired me didn't hire me to catch her.

hire: 雇用

我的雇主并没有雇我去抓住她。

-Tom: Wow, honey, look, this place looks spotless!

spotless: 没有污点的，没有瑕疵的，无可挑剔的

哇呜，亲爱的…这儿看起来完美无瑕。

-Lynette: Thanks.

谢谢。

-Tom: Listen, I have come up with this killer idea for the Spotless Scrub campaign.

come up with: 想出，提出killer:【这里的killer并不是我们熟悉的“杀手”的意思，而是美国口语中“极好的，有趣的”的意思。】scrub: 擦洗campaign: （专为某一目的）的活动

嗨，听着，关于我们的新品无污擦，我想到了一个极好的主意。

-Lynette: Great! You wanna run it by me?

wanna=want to:〈美俚〉想要,希望run:【run常见的意思是“奔跑；经营“等，而这里是“替人跑腿（传信）”之意。】

好极了，需要我帮你吗？

-Tom: No. I'm good. But, thanks.

不用，我可以的。谢谢。

-Lynette: Okay.

好吧。

-Tom: Well, that's the thing. You know how whenever I pitch in the boardroom at work,

that’s the thing【可理解为“是这么回事，问题是”。】whenever: 任何时候pitch:【pitch 的原意是“投，掷”，这里理解为“向某人提出建议”。】

boardroom: 会议室【l另外，board有“董事会”的意思。】

不过，问题是只要我在会上提出我的建议

how Kennesey always tears my ideas down in front of the partners?

tear down: 逐条驳斥(或驳倒)(论点等) tear: 撕开，撕裂in front of: 在...面前partner: 同事Hennessy总是在同事跟前反驳我。

-Lynette: Yeah?

嗯？

-Tom: I invited the partners and their wives over so I could pitch to them here.

invite: 邀请over: 过来

我邀请了我的同事和他们的妻子，这样我就能在家和他们沟通我的想法。

And I thought we could make a formal dinner for six. We could sit, we could...

make dinner: 做晚餐formal: 正式的

我想也许我们在六点钟能有个正式的晚宴，这样我们能坐在一起，可以…

-Lynette: And when exactly would this formal dinner take place?

exactly: 准确地，精确地take place: 发生；举行

这个正式晚宴要在什么时候举办？

-Tom: Uh ... day after tomorrow!

呃，后天。

-Lynette: Tom!

Tom！

-Tom: Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know I know it's short notice.

short notice: 临时通知short: 急速的，短时间内完成的notice: 通知

哦,我知道，我知道，我知道这太突然，我只是…

-Lynette: You think? How am I supposed to pull off a formal dinner with no warning?

be supposed to: 应该，被期望pull off:（努力或艰苦地）完成warning: 通知

你认为？我怎么可以在毫无准备的情况下举办一个正式的晚宴？

-Tom: I don't know. Bree Van de Kamp does this kind of thing all the time...

all the time: 一直，总是

我不知道，Bree Van De Kamp 总是能做到这一点。

-Lynette: What did you say?

你刚说什么？

-Tom: Well, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. That's - you know what, forget it.

mean: 原意是…like that: 那样地，类似地forget: 忘记

哇呜，对不起，我不是那个意思，我是说，这样的，算了。

I'll call and I'll cancel. Don't worry about it.

cancel: 取消worry about: 担心

我打电话取消掉别为这事担心了

-Lynette: No, no. Let’s, let's do it.

不，不，我们可以举办的。

-Tom: Really?

真的？

-Lynette: Yeah, it’s good for your career. I'll pull it off.

be good for: 对…有益career: 事业

是的，这对你的事业有好处，我来筹备。

-Tom: Yes. Honey, thank you so much. You know, what I promise. I land you this account, and I'm gonna buy you something awful pretty.

honey: 宝贝，甜心promise: 承诺，向…保证land you this account【可以理解为“我一定会给你弄到一些好处的”，land: 【口语】捞到, 弄到, 获得account: 利益，好处。】gonna=(going to) :将要awful:【口语】很，十分pretty: 漂亮的

哦，亲爱的，太谢谢你了，知道吗？我欠你个人情，我保证我会给你买一些极其漂亮的东西。-Mary Alice: Luckily for Tom, Lynette had a recipe for success...unfortunately for her, she was missing the secret ingredient.

luckily: 幸运地recipe: 秘诀unfortunately: 不幸的是miss: 失掉ingredient: 成分，配方

对Tom来说幸运的是，Lynette 有一个成功的秘诀，不幸的是，她忘记了秘诀的配方。

-John: Yeah?

你好？

-Gabrielle: It's me. Don't turn around, my mother-in-law can see you. turn around:（使）转身mother-in-law: 婆婆

是我，别回头，我婆婆能看见你。

-John: I hate that she's always watching us.

hate: 讨厌，恨watch: 注意；监视

我讨厌她总是监视我们。

-Gabrielle: So meet me at the motel in an hour? John?

motel: 汽车旅馆

一小时内我们在汽车旅馆见？John？

-John: Uh, I've got plans.

plan: 计划，安排

呃，我有安排了。

-Gabrielle: So cancel?

cancel: 取消

你要取消？

-John: They're with Danielle. We're going to the movies.

我要和Danielle去看电影。

-Gabrielle: That sounds like a date.

sound like: 听起来像date: 约会

听起来像是去约会。

-John: Yeah.

是的。

-Gabrielle: Well, I have a problem with you seeing other girls.

have a problem (in) doing sth.: 做某事有困难

看见你和别的女孩在一起我很不习惯。

-John: Well, I have a problem with you having a husband. I guess we'll both have to learn to deal. guess: 想，认为have to: 必须deal: 处理，应付

我看见你有一个丈夫也很不习惯，我想我们都得学会去适应。

Don't even try to make it up to me by talking dirty. Hello?

even: 甚至make up to:【口语】巴结，献媚；弥补talk dirty: 说脏话，说下流的话dirty: 下流的, 淫秽的

想都别想用一些下流的话来补偿我。喂？

-Principal Stark: Mr. and Mrs. Van de Kamp. So, your son decided to entertain some of his friends yesterday by shoving a freshman’s head into a locker.

decide:决定entertain: 给…娱乐shove: 推，猛推freshman: 大一新生locker: 寄物柜

Van De Kamp先生和Van De Kamp夫人，昨天你的儿子想取悦他的朋友，把一个大一新生的头撞到柜子上。

-Bree: This was the Johnson boy?

是Johnson家的孩子吗？

-Principal Stark: Yes. He broke the boy’s nose. Because of our no tolerance policy, your son may face expulsion.

break: 打破，打坏no tolerance policy【即zero-tolerance policy零容忍政策，即不容忍，不留商量的余地，这也是美国为了降低青少年的犯罪率而采取的政策。tolerance: 容忍policy: 政策，原则】face: 面对expulsion: 开除

是的，你儿子打坏了他的鼻子，本着严惩的原则，你儿子将要被开除。

-Rex: You're going to ruin his whole future over a little rough housing?

ruin: 破坏，毁掉future: 未来over: 关于，因为rough house: 打闹玩笑的（室内大战的）rough: 粗暴的，粗野的

你们要因为他的这个小小的破坏行为而去毁掉他的前程？

-Bree: Rex, this was practically assault.

practically: 几乎，简直assault: 攻击

Rex, 这叫攻击。

-Rex: Mrs. Stark, what Andrew did was clearly wrong, but in his defense, his mother and I are going through severe marital problems.

clearly: 明显地，无疑地in defense:保护【这里理解为“为某人说话”，defense: 防卫，

抵御】go through: 经历（痛苦，苦难等）severe:严重的marital: 婚姻的problem: 问题Stark夫人，很明显Andrew所作所为是非常不好的，但我要为他说两句，她的妈妈和我正在面临严重的婚姻问题。

-Bree: Is that relevant?

relevant: 有关的

这两个有什么关系？

-Rex: Our marriage is disintegrating. Of course Andrew is acting out. He has every right to be angry.

marriage: 婚姻disintegrate: 破裂，分裂of course: 当然act out: 【心理学】(将受压抑的情绪)无意识地表现出来，用行动来表现(或发泄)(受挫的心理、压抑的情绪等)行动

every:所有（或一切）可能的，充分的；完全的right: 权利【has every right to sth.: 完全有权利做某事】

我们的婚姻正走向破裂，所以Andrew的行为有些反常，他有理由生气。

-Bree: If Andrew is angry about you moving out of the house, then perhaps he should shove your head into a locker!

angry about: 因…生气move out : 搬出perhaps: 大概，或许

如果Andrew是因为你搬出家而气愤，那也许他应该把你的头撞到柜子上。

-Rex: All I'm saying, is that we need to take some of the responsibility here.

take responsibility: 承担责任

我只是想这件事，我们也需要承担责任。

-Bree: And so does Andrew! Blaming his actions on our problems which are not so serious does not help him.

blame on: 把…归咎于，归责于action: 行为serious: 严重的

Andrew也有责任，把他的行为归咎于我们的问题，况且我们的问题并不严重，并不能帮助他。

-Rex: Our problems are serious!

我们的问题很严重。

-Bree: Mrs. Stark, you handle this however you see fit.

handle: 处理，应付fit: 合适的

Stark夫人,你们觉得合适的时候再来讨论这个问题吧。

-Rex: Bree, I've gone to an attorney. You're gonna to be served with divorce papers later today.

attorney: 律师serve with: 提供divorce paper : 离婚协议书【divorce papers的意思是“离婚文件”】

Bree, 我找了律师，今天晚些时候你就会接到离婚文件。

-Bree: You went to an attorney?

你找了律师？

-Rex: Yeah! And a good one too!

是的，而且是个非常棒的律师。

-Bree: Well he better be good, because when I'm finished with you, you won't have a cent to your name!

finish: 结束cent: 分，一分钱硬币to one’s name: 在...名下

他最好能强点，因为如果咱俩完了的话，你别想在你名下有一分钱。

-Rex: Bring it on!

bring on: 呈现…,使发生【此处可以理解为“就让这件事发生吧”eg: If choice is chaos, bring it on.如果选择意味着混乱的话，那就让它混乱吧。】

都拿走吧。

-Principal Stark: Perhaps detention is the way to go.

perhaps: 可能detention: 拘留，扣押

也许我们可以拘留他。

-Julie: Mom, you're getting too dressed up.

get: 使得dress up: 打扮

妈妈，你打扮得有些过火了。

-Susan: I know, but I wanna look really sexy.

wanna: (=want to) 想要sexy: 性感的

我知道，我想看起来性感一点。

-Julie: I told Mike I expect him to have you home by eleven.

expect: 期望，希望

我告诉Mike 我希望他十一点之前送你回家。

-Susan: Hmm. How about midnight?

how about: 怎么样（如何）midnight: 午夜

嗯，十二点怎么样？

-Julie: All right, but no later. You know how I worry. So, you, uh, got protection?

later: 较晚的protection: 保护措施【这里指避孕措施】

好吧，不能再晚了，你知道我担心什么。你，有保护措施吗？

-Susan: Oh my god. We are so not having this conversation.

conversation: 交谈

哦，上帝，我们不能谈这些。

-Julie: We are because I enjoy being an only child.

only child: 独生子only: 唯一的，独一无二的

可以，因为我喜欢做你的独生子。

-Susan: Are you finished?

你说完了吗？

-Julie: Almost. You know, I always assumed I would have sex for the first time before you would have it again.

almost: 几乎，差不多assume: 设想have sex:〈美俚〉发生性行为for the first time: 第一次快了，我总是在想我也许会在你的第二次性爱之前献出我的初夜。

-Susan: Okay, you can leave now.

好了，你现在可以走了。

-Mike: What do you think? Trying too hard? Well, what do you know, it’s 80 degrees outside and you're wearing fur.

hard: 辛苦的，努力的degree: (温度、压力等的)度outside: 在外面fur: 毛皮衣服

耶，你觉得怎么样？太正式？是的，你想说什么？外面有80度，你却穿着毛料。

-Kendra: Hey, Mike.

你好，Mike。

-Susan: Hey, Edie!

你好, Edie。

-Edie: Wow! Get a load of you! You look so pretty. I hardly recognize you.

get a load of:【美国俚语】注意，仔细看（常用于表示惊讶或羡慕）pretty: 漂亮的hardly: 几乎，差点儿recognize: 认出，辨认出

哇呜，你的盛装艳裹，看起来很漂亮。我差点没认出来你。

-Susan: Oh this? Well, I have a date. Right now. With Mike. We kissed. FYI. Oh, love that jacket. Good choice.

date: 约会right now: 现在，目前kiss: 接吻FYI: for your information的缩写，仅供参考jacket: 外套choice: 选择

哦，这件？我和Mike有个约会，现在我们有过接吻了。仅供参考。哦，我喜欢这件外套，很好的选择。

-Mike: Um, look, Susan, I'm really sorry, but I've got to cancel. I had an unexpected house guest.

I've got to: 我必须cancel: 取消unexpected:没有意料到的，意外的guest: 客人

Susan，真的很抱歉，我必须取消约会，我有个不速之客。

-Kendra: Coming through! Oh, sorry. Hi, I'm Kendra.

come through:（电话）接通，（电报）收到

接通了,哦，打扰了,你好，我是Kendra。

-Susan: Susan.

我是Susan。

-Kendra: I'm gonna run to the car and get my stuff.

stuff: 东西，物品

我要去车上拿我的行李。

-Mike: I know how this looks, but there is nothing between us. Kendra is just an old friend.

我知道这看起来容易让人误会，但我们之间没什么，Kendra只是一个老朋友。

-Susan: Old friend?

老朋友？

-Mike: Yeah, you know...

是的，你知道…

-Susan: Yeah. Yeah. No, actually no, I don't know. So, by old friend, do you mean college pal, bowling buddy, saved you from drowning?

actually: 事实上pal: 朋友bowling: 保龄球buddy: 同伴，伙伴save from: 从…中救出drowning: 溺水

是的，我知道,不，事实上，我不知道. 老朋友，你是说大学同学，保龄球玩伴,在你溺水时救你的人？

-Mike: It’s hard to explain.

explain: 解释

这很难解释。

-Susan: Could you give it a shot?

give it a shot: 试图做某事，试一试【这里指让他试图解释一下】shot: 试图; 设法

你能说清楚一点吗？

-Kendra: Mike, I'm going to go upstairs and take a shower.

upstairs: 楼上shower: 洗澡

Mike，我要上楼去洗个澡。

-Mike: I promise. I'll make this up to you. And you look ... amazing.

promise: 承诺make up: 弥补【这里可以理解为“以后再跟你解释”，还记得前面John对Gabrielle说的try to make it up to me by talking dirty是什么意思吗？】amazing: 令人惊异的我保证以后会向你解释，还有，你看起来美得惊人。

-Kendra: Mike, where are the towels？

towel: 毛巾

Mike，毛巾在哪？

-Susan: Thanks.

谢谢。

-Edie: Hey, how was your big date?

嗨！你的约会怎么样？

-Susan: Mike had to reschedule.

have to: 不得不，必须reschedule: 改变时间

Mike要另外安排时间。

-Edie: Oh. Because of the hot girl? With the suitcase? Over there? Gosh, how devastating for you. FYI.

hot: 火爆的suitcase: 手提箱gosh: (God 的变体, 表示惊呀或用于发誓)(by)gosh 天哪, 啊呀! devastating: 毁灭性的

是因为那个提着箱子的惹火女郎？哦，那对你打击太大了。仅供参考。

-Paul: Look, I just want to move this place fast. I'll do whatever we have to do.

whatever: 不管什么

我想尽快搬出这个地方，我会尽力而为。

-Edie: Well that’s good to know. You do realize that you're going to have to disclose the fact that your wife killed herself in the house.

realize: 意识到disclose: 揭开，揭露fact: 事实

哦，那就好了，你确实意识到你必须公开你妻子在这间屋子自杀的事实？

-Paul: I am?

是吗？

-Edie: Oh, yeah. Legal crap. You know, people get really freaked out by suicides.

legal: 法律的crap:【粗】屎、胡言、蹩脚货、垃圾freak out: (使)焦虑不安suicide: 自杀哦，是的，法律的烂规定，人们对自杀还是很害怕的…

You can't blame them. Hell, I get the willies just standing here.

blame: 责怪willies:【复数】【美国俚语【（the willies）精神紧张；极度的紧张不安just: 仅仅，只是

不能怪他们，我站在这就觉得毛骨悚然。

-Paul: Is there any way to get around it?

way: 方法，办法get around: 规避

有办法不公开吗？

-Edie: Off the record? You could say that she shot herself in the living room, and then crawled out back to die.

off the record:【美国英语】不得发表的, 不可正式记录的shot: 开枪living room: 客厅crawl: 爬，爬行

修改记录？是的，你可以说她在客厅开枪，然后爬出去才死的。

Well, I'm just saying! Oh, I've gotta go. I'll call you tomorrow.

gotta: 【俚】(=(have) got to)必须

我只是这么说说而已，哦，我得走了，我明天给你打电话。

-Paul: Edie, wait.

Edie, 等等。

-Mary Alice: Paul had always known Edie Brit was capable of doing anything to close a deal. capable of: 能做…close a deal: 达成协议，完成交易close: 关闭，结束deal: 交易

Paul 知道为了达成交易，Edie可以不择手段。

But now he realized she was capable of so much more.

realize: 意识到

但是现在他意识到，她能做的还不止这些。

-Gabrielle: Hey, Danielle.

嗨, Danielle。

-Danielle: Hey, Mrs. Solis.

嗨，Mrs. Solis。

-Gabrielle: Oh, Danielle, remember when you said you wanted to be a model?

remember: 记得model: 模特

哦, Danielle…记得你说过你想当一个模特？

-Danielle: You remember that? That was, like, last summer!

你还记得？好像是去年夏天我说的.

-Gabrielle: Well, as it turns out, Pershing Modeling Academy has an opening for their summer program. Would you like me to sponsor you?

turn out: 出现opening: 开端program: 计划sponsor: 资助

是的，Pershing模特学校夏季的培训开始了，你愿意让我资助你吗？