《复仇》第1集第8期:打包憎恨

 Beautiful. 真优美

Emily. 艾米莉

It's a shame you still feel the need to drop by unannounced. 真惭愧让你觉得你还需要不打招呼就过来

Had you called beforehand¹, I would have invited you to dinner. 如果你提前打个电话  我会请你过来吃晚饭

I had the most marvelous² salad of asparagus 我吃了最不可思议的芦笋沙拉

I picked fresh from the garden this morning. 那芦笋是我今早在花园里新鲜采摘的

Well, I'm sorry I missed it. 很遗憾我错过了

Well, I should box some for you... 我应该给你打包一些

along with any animosity you and I may have shown each other. 顺带把你和我对彼此的憎恨一起打包

Let's allow the past to remain so, shall we? 过去的事就让它过去吧  好吗

That's actually why I'm here. 我正是为此而来

I haven't received your RSVP for tomorrow. 我还没有收到你的回函

I'm sure you know that we're unveiling your husband's portrait, 你肯定知道我们明天要揭幕你老公的画像

and I worry that your absence will 如果你缺席的话

send the wrong message. 我害怕会引起误会

Oh, well, I have little concern of what people think of me at the moment. 此时此刻我不太关心大家怎么看我

Well, then this probably won't matter to you either, but... 那么你可能也不会在乎我接下来要说的

I wanted to let you know I ran into Ashley. 我本来想告诉你我遇到阿什莉了

She told me you were having an affair. 她说你有外遇了

And she's so desperate, 她绝望至极

she thought she'd blackmail³ me to protect your secret. 以为可以敲诈我为你保密

And you came to warn me. 你还特意来提醒我

 

1 beforehand   

adj.事先，预先，提前地，超前地

参考例句：

• If I'd known this beforehand,I would not have gone back.早知如此，我就不回去了。
• They proposed to make arrangement beforehand.他们提议事先做好安排。

2 marvelous   

adj.奇迹般的，惊人的，了不起的

参考例句：

• It'seems to me a most marvelous book.这本书我觉得奥妙之至。
• I congratulate you on this marvelous opportunity.恭喜你获得这样一个极好的机会。

3 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。