打工姐妹花第一季 第50期:天生的推销员

 　　Let me see what you're drawing Johnny.

　　强尼 让我看看你在画什么

　　A rat with a civil war hat.

　　一只戴着内战帽子的老鼠

　　Is that your comment on how politicians view soldiers?

　　你这是在嘲讽政客是如何看待士兵的吗

　　No it's an actual rat I saw wearing a hat.

　　不 我真的看见一只戴着帽子的老鼠

　　See when you tend bar till 4:00 A.M.

　　在酒吧忙活到凌晨四点

　　you see a lot of weird¹ stuff.

　　可以看到很多诡异的事情

　　And when you waitress till 2:00

　　当你在餐厅忙活到凌晨两点

　　you see a loser drawing a rat on a napkin.

　　你会看见一个窝囊废在餐巾上画老鼠

　　Now sign it please.

　　签个名吧

　　You realize my art won't be worth anything till I'm dead?

　　你知道我的作品在我死之前都会一文不值吧

　　Why do you think I keep inviting² you here to eat week after week?

　　不然我老请你来吃饭是为了什么呢

　　Question...

　　提问

　　how does it feel to be the owner

　　作为餐巾画作的拥有者

　　of an original piece of napkin art worth roughly...

　　该如何看待画作比餐巾本身

　　less than the worth of the napkin?

　　还不值钱这件事

　　Well I got to get back to work.

　　我得回去干活了

　　Okay bye.

　　好的 再见

　　Pick up... table ten.

　　上菜 十号桌

　　I watch you over there.

　　你的所作所为我都看见了

　　Much sexual tension with deadbeat bartender.

　　跟游手好闲的酒保偷来暗去

　　He's not just a bartender. He's a street artist.

　　他不光是个酒吧 他是街头艺术家

　　And all I did was bite a piece of celery.

　　而且我不过是咬了一口他的芹菜

　　When I think of all the times I asked you to bite my celery...

　　我求你咬我那根"芹菜"多久了啊

　　And nothing.

　　你倒是咬呀

　　Okay my side work's done and my tables are all caught up.

　　好了 我的工作干完了 客人也都结账了

　　So tell me did you give Peach the card?

　　快告诉我 你把名片给了琵琪吗

　　No I didn't. Why?

　　没 我没给 为什么

　　It was like my mouth wouldn't let me do it.

　　我的嘴巴不让我这么做

　　That's crazy.

　　这太扯了吧

　　What's so hard about going up to Peach

　　跟琵琪开口提这事是有多难

　　and saying "good afternoon Peach."

　　就直接说"下午好 琵琪

　　"Exciting news... I started a cupcake business."

　　好消息 我开了家小蛋糕店

　　"Here's our card."

　　这是我们的名片

　　"Please pass them out to all your friends

　　劳烦跟你所有的朋友宣传宣传

　　and help us launch our exciting new business venture."

　　新店开张 就当帮我们站稳脚跟吧

　　"Thank you."

　　谢谢"

　　That sounds needy³

　　听起来好"求人关注"

　　like when someone asks you to come to their one woman show.

　　就像被邀请去听别人的自我剖析

　　"Somebody date raped⁴ me

　　"我被人迷奸了

　　and I didn't think I'd live through it

　　我还以为我过不去这关

　　but I did and now I'm stronger

　　但我成功度过 内心也变得更强大了"

　　and uh still needy."

　　求人关注的心也没变

　　There is nothing needy about having a quality product

　　把优质的产品推荐给更多的人

　　and wanting it out there.

　　一点都不死皮赖脸

　　Look at Earl... he has a CD on display.

　　你看厄尔 他也在卖自己的CD啊

　　Yeah but he's cool about it.

　　是啊 但人家是姜太公钓鱼

　　He doesn't get all late night infomercial

　　不像那种深夜电视推销节目

　　and shove them down people's throats.

　　死命推销逼人购买

　　Earl?

　　厄尔

　　How many CDs have you sold at the diner?

　　你在这家餐厅卖出了多少张CD

　　Well in this current economy...

　　现在世道不好...

　　It's been pretty light.

　　销量微薄啊

　　May I? Mm hmm.

　　让我试试 请便

　　Hi.

　　你们好呀

　　You guys look like music lovers.

　　一看你们就是热爱音乐的人

　　This is the best saxophone CD you will ever hear...

　　这将会是你们听过最好听的萨克斯专辑哦

　　recorded by our cashier Earl Samson.

　　由我们的收银员卡尔·萨姆森倾情奉献

　　He's played with all the greats...

　　他跟很多名人合作过呢

　　Coltrane,Hancock, even Bacharach

　　考尔特兰尼、汉考、巴克拉克

　　His music career derailed due to a heroin⁵ addiction⁶

　　虽然他因沉迷吸毒而断送了自己的事业

　　but now he's clean and sober

　　但他现在已经洗心革面

　　and at 83 still following his dream.

　　八十三的高龄 依旧努力追求自己的梦想

　　Only $9.95 a copy. Who'd like one?

　　一张只要九块九毛五 谁想来一张

　　Thank you!

　　谢谢你们

　　Earl four CDs.

　　厄尔 四张CD

　　Is any of that true?

　　她说的话有真的吗

　　Nope. She even made up my damn last name.

　　没 她连我的姓都是瞎掰的

　　That girl can sell.

　　这妞是天生的推销员呀

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

3 needy   

adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的

参考例句：

• Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。

4 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

5 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

6 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。