《绝望的主妇》精讲149

"To kill a mockingbird."

《杀死一只知更鸟》

I started reading it last night. It was so good.

我昨晚开始读的，这书很不错

I couldn't wait to talk to you about it.

我迫不及待想跟你讨论

Yeah, well, I'm kinda beautifying the city at the moment.

是吧，这会儿我正忙着美化城市呢

Don't you get a lunch?

你不吃午饭吗？

Look, Carlos, Mike found out we were spending time together, and he's a little weird¹ about it,

卡洛斯，麦克看见我们昨晚一起了，他有点起疑

so I don't think we should be having any intimate² lunches.

所以我们最好不要一起吃什么亲密午餐了

Why is he weird? I mean, nothing's going on.

他为何起疑？我们又没发生什么事

No, of course not, but somehow...

没有，当然没有

us meeting in the middle of the night and me lying about it was kind of a red flag for him.

但怎么说我们是半夜见面的，而且我还说谎了，对他来说可是危险信号

Okay.

好吧

Well, if lunch is too intimate. How about I help with the beautifying

如果吃午饭太亲密了的话，331我帮你一起美化城市怎么样？

I guess there's no harm in that.

我想这个无妨。

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 intimate   

adj.亲密的，密切的；个人的，私人的；v.暗示、提示、宣布、通知

参考例句：

• The two of them were as intimate as sisters.她们俩处得好像亲姐妹一样。
• I can't tell them my intimate thoughts.我不能告诉他们我内心深处的想法。