打工姐妹花第一季 第211期:厄尔的报税日(2)

 　　I have a stamp right here, Earl. There, see? Order versus¹ chaos².

　　我马上就能拿出邮票，厄尔。看见没，秩序对比混乱

　　Also known as OCD versus "Oh, here's a CD I forgot I had."

　　也是OCD对比"噢，我都忘了我有这张CD"

　　Would you prefer a flower, flag, or a love stamp?

　　邮票要什么图案，花，旗帜或心形

　　Ladies, I don't care which, I just wanna get these taxes in the mail before the deadline.

　　姑娘们，哪个都行，我只想在截止日期前把报税单寄出去

　　Earl, you do your own taxes?

　　厄尔，你自己报税吗？

　　I surely do. Proud to say I haven't missed a year since 1950

　　当然。我可以很自豪地说，从1950年开始从不间断

　　when I had my first job as Frank³ Sinatra's ball boy.

　　那时候我第一份工作是法兰克·辛纳屈的球童

　　打工姐妹花第一季

　　Ball boy? Was he a good tennis player?

　　球童，他还是个网球好手吗

　　No, darling, he didn't play tennis. The job was washing his balls.

　　不，亲爱的，他不玩网球。那工作就是给他清洗蛋蛋

　　And that was good work for those times.

　　在那个年代，这可是一份好工作啊

　　Do you mind if I look over your 1040 to see if I can increase your return?

　　我可以看一下你的1040表吗，看看能不能多帮你报点退税

　　Do you, Wharton, do you.

　　请便，沃顿高材生，请便

　　Well, at first glance, I see you short-changed yourself on some deductions⁴. There's 500 right there.

　　一眼看过去，我发现你忽略了几个税额扣除项目。这里就有500块

　　Why don't you sign this now, and I'll save you what I can and then drop it in the mail tomorrow?

　　你何不直接签个名字，我回去看看怎么弄，然后明天再帮你寄出去

　　Max, look at this. Blonde ambition here just saved me $500.

　　麦克斯，瞧瞧。野心金发妹刚帮我省500块呢

　　Really? That's pretty cool. Oh! There's another 100. No way, that's awesome⁵.

　　真的吗，挺不错啊。这里还有100块。靠，厉害死了

　　Ding, ding, ding. It's like I won the slots without being surrounded by those pissed off ladies with emphysema.

　　叮，叮，叮。就像我玩老虎机赢钱，身边却没有围满嫉妒到气得肺气肿的女人

1 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

2 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

3 frank   

adj.坦白的，直率的，真诚的

参考例句：

• A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
• She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。

4 deductions   

扣除( deduction的名词复数 )； 结论； 扣除的量； 推演

参考例句：

• Many of the older officers trusted agents sightings more than cryptanalysts'deductions. 许多年纪比较大的军官往往相信特务的发现，而不怎么相信密码分析员的推断。
• You know how you rush at things,jump to conclusions without proper deductions. 你知道你处理问题是多么仓促，毫无合适的演绎就仓促下结论。

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.