《绝望的主妇》精讲145

You said you were gonna dump him.

你说你会甩了他。

I was.

没错

But I think Chuck wrote the letter.

可我觉得那封信是查克写的

The "I know what you did" Letter?

就是那封恐吓信？

What makes you think that?

你怎么会这么想?

I spoke¹ to Paul Young, and,,,

我和保罗?杨聊过了，然后……

Whoa, whoa. Why would you talk to paul?

你怎么会和保罗说话?

To find out who else knew about Mary Alice's letter,

为了查清还有谁看过玛丽?艾莉丝的信

and he said that when he confessed to killing² Martha Huber, Chuck was there.

然后他说他供认杀死玛莎?胡博的时候, 查克在场

Okay, but why would Chuck blackmail³ you?

就算这样,查克又为什么要恐吓你?

He's already got the milk and the cow.

他想要的都得手啦。

No offense⁴. Just what else could he want?

别介意，只是他还会有什么企图

Maybe he wants to control me.

也许他想掌控我

Maybe he wants money. I don't know.

也许是想勒索我,我也不知道

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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。

4 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。