艾伦脱口秀第147期:有机会大展身手

 　　Trying, I think, to clear the path to the oval.I think that's Mellie' long term goal. 我在试图为我入驻白宫清扫障碍 我觉得那是麦莉的长期目标

　　Do you think, I mean, do you know,You don't know what's happening? 你觉得 我是说 你知道吗 你根本不知道发生了什么事

　　I don't know what's happening that week.'Cause you don't know week to week. 下周剧情是什么我都不知道 直到一周前你们都是不知道的

　　No. We are trying to keep everything very close to the vest,And we are happy with that. 'Cause she is a genius. 对 我们尽量把事情做得小心谨慎 我们对此很高兴 因为她是个天才

　　But, yeah, I think it feels like Mellie is planting little seeds, 我觉得就好像麦莉种下了一颗种子

　　And kind of getting things that she has been very frustrated¹ in an ornamental² role. 然后终于有所收获了 她感到十分沮丧 自己是个花瓶的角色

　　So, I think she is gonna hopefully have a change to flourish. 我觉得她很希望能得到机会大展身手

　　I am sure she will fail miserably³, because you know,Mellie's things aren't always going so well. 但是肯定会输得一塌糊涂 因为 你知道的 麦莉的剧情发展得都不是很好

　　You straightened up real fast,'cause you were drinking for a while. 你很快就振作起来了 有一阵你酗酒

　　And then you just clean up, like just do, just quit like that. 然后你就彻底戒掉了 干净利落

　　That's just a shower, that's not neceesorily, not drinking.I see, I see, you're still drinking out on the balcony. 那只是个小打击 并不重要 又不是酗酒 我懂 我懂 你还是会在阳台上喝酒

　　And so, you and Portia's character, Lizzie,Seem like you are in cahoots to do something also, right? 你和波西亚演的角色 利兹 看起来你们两个在共同谋划些什么 对吧

　　How wonderful is it? You get to see her all the time. 多么美妙啊 你经常能见到她

　　But now we get to go to work to see the Portia,She is the best grown in the world. 但是现在我们能在拍戏时见到波西亚 她是世界上最棒的人

　　Yes. - We are super protective of our little family. 对啊  -我们都对自己的家庭有着超强的保护欲

　　We are very welcoming group,but, like, it's a nice bunch of people 我们是特别受欢迎的组合 但是就像在一堆友好的人里面

　　And you are like one sort of mean-spirited person away from it And all kind of fallen away. 你是那个格格不入的小心眼的人 然后大家慢慢疏远

1 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ornamental   

adj.装饰的；作装饰用的；n.装饰品；观赏植物

参考例句：

• The stream was dammed up to form ornamental lakes.溪流用水坝拦挡起来,形成了装饰性的湖泊。
• The ornamental ironwork lends a touch of elegance to the house.铁艺饰件为房子略添雅致。

3 miserably   

adv.痛苦地；悲惨地；糟糕地；极度地

参考例句：

• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。
• It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp. 外面下着毛毛细雨，天气又冷又湿，令人难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》