《复仇》第2集 第9期:为谎言付费

 Where is he now? 他现在在哪儿

Dr. Thomas, a word. 托马斯医生  借一步说话

Of course. Let's, uh, step into my office. 没问题  我们  办公室里说

Oh, this won't take long. 用不了几分钟

I just got off the phone with our family lawyer. 我刚和我们的家庭律师通完电话

He said you testified to Charlotte's mental incompetence¹. 他说你曾证明过夏洛特精神不健全

Your sister is a very sick girl. 你妹妹病得很严重

No, what's sickening is 不  严重的是

how far you and my father went to pull this scam. 你和我父亲玩这场骗局的龌龊程度

Not that you're a stranger to abuse of power. 局外人滥用职权  这项还是轻的

Now whatever he's paying you for your lies, 不管他为你的谎言付给你多少钱

Believe me, it won't offset² the lawsuit³ I'll slap on you 相信我  绝对赔不起我让你惹上的官司

unless you get on the phone to judge Morris 除非你和莫里斯法官通个电话

and recant that evaluation⁴ immediately. 立即撤销评估结果

I will call him now. 我现在就打给他

Grab your things. We're leaving. 拿好东西 我们走

They're releasing me? - No, I am. 他们要放了我吗  -不  我放了你

It turns out, dad was keeping you in here 原来是爸爸把你关在这儿

in order to get his hands on your inheritance. 为了染指你的那份遗产

I knew it. You stopped him? 我知道  你阻止他了吗

I found out too late, 我发现得太晚了

but I promise, i'm gonna get it all back for you, every penny. 但我保证  我会帮你全要回来  分毫不差

Now come on. Let's get you out of here. 好了  我带你出去

I'm not going anywhere with you. - What? 我不会和你去任何地方  -什么

Isn't it convenient, you come in here acting⁵ like the hero, 太巧合了吧  在爸爸偷走所有钱之后

but only after dad stole everything? 你才来这儿一番英雄做派

 

1 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

2 offset   

n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿

参考例句：

• Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
• He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

3 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

4 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。