《复仇》第7集第3期:单身派对

 Has the venue¹ even been announced? 婚礼地点宣布了吗

- Who's making the cake? - We are not a very showy couple. -谁来做蛋糕  -我们不大爱秀

Is it we? Or is you? 是"我们"  还是只是你

I am damn good at doing my research, 我调查得细致入微

and you're a mystery. 不得不说你可真是个谜

You need to be more like Daniel. 你得向丹尼尔学习

That publisher's profile is exactly the kind 这出版商的形象可是我最喜欢的

of rebound² story I love. 破镜重圆故事素材了

Hurt a girl... tortured soul... 伤害了一个女孩  饱受煎熬

redemption. 救赎

And I just hired Sara at the Stowaway³. 我雇佣了莎拉来偷渡者酒吧

Really? 真的吗

We ran into her. It's a long story. 我们碰上她了  说来话长

One I need to hear. 你该给我说说

If I am to guide your father back into America's hearts, 如果我要引导你父亲重新走进美国人的心里

I run the narrative⁴ on this family from here on out. 从现在起  就由我来讲述这个家庭的故事

I see you couldn't even extend the courtesy of waiting, 看来你甚至都不愿意等我一会儿啊

- Ms. Preston. - "Bizzy," Please. -普雷斯通女士  -请叫我比兹

- Bizzy. - It's such a pleasure, Victoria. -比兹  -真是荣幸  维多利亚

And I figured I might as well get a jump on the kids 我想我不如先和孩子们谈谈

so as not to waste your time. 免得浪费了你的时间

While I applaud your gumption⁵, Bizzy, 我很欣赏你的精明强干  比兹

I feel this independence day party I'm throwing, 但我觉得我要举办的独立日派对

along with Emily's wedding shower, 以及艾米莉的单身女子派对

should prove sufficient for the society papers. 对社会报刊来说应该足够了

 

1 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

2 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

3 stowaway   

n.（藏于轮船，飞机中的）偷乘者

参考例句：

• The stowaway masqueraded as a crew member.偷渡者假扮成乘务员。
• The crew discovered the stowaway about two days into their voyage.船员在开船约两天后发现了那名偷乘者。

4 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

5 gumption   

n.才干

参考例句：

• With his gumption he will make a success of himself.凭他的才干，他将大有作为。
• Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year.无疑，有经营头脑的人在一年的任何时节都应该能够卖掉好书。