《绝望的主妇》精讲219

Uh, Susan around?

呃 Susan在吗?

Uh, she's at her painting¹ class.

呃 她去上美术课了

Okay².I'll stop by later³.

好吧。我晚些再来

I don't think that's a good idea.

我觉得那样不好

You need to say something to me, Mike?

你想跟我说什么吗 Mike?

Yeah, I do. If things were different,

是，我想。如果不是这样

If it had⁴ been me that killed⁵ somebody⁶, and your wife⁷ walked in,

如果是我杀了人,而你妻子看到了

I'd have gone to the cops⁸ and turned myself⁹ in. I wouldn't have dragged¹⁰ Gaby into it.

我会去向警察自首,我不会把Gaby牵连进来

There's a lot I would've done differently about that night, if I could¹¹.

如果我可以的话那晚我也会做很多不一样的决定

Yeah, well, you can't.

对，哦，可你不行

But here's what you can do. You can leave Susan alone¹².

可是有件事你可以.你可以离Susan远点

Just let her find a way to deal¹³ with what you put her through.

让她找个方式接受你带给她的一切

It just really helps to talk to her.

只是跟她交谈确实帮了我很大忙

But it doesn't help her.

但却帮不了她

1 painting   

n.油画；水彩画

参考例句：

• I know something about painting.我懂一点绘画。
• I painted a water painting.我画了一幅水彩画。

2 Okay   

(=okey，O.K.)adj./adv.好，行，不错；n.同意

参考例句：

• The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以，可我仍愿读原著。
• Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧？

3 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。

4 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

5 killed   

adj.被杀死的，断开的v.杀死( kill的过去式和过去分词 )；使停止[结束，失败]；破坏，减弱，抵消；使痛苦，使受折磨

参考例句：

• The family was killed in an air raid. 这家人在一次空袭中遇难。
• Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush. 两名士兵遭到恐怖分子伏击而死亡。

6 somebody   

n.重要人物；pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• Somebody is using the computer.有人在用电脑。
• He seems to be somebody.他似乎是个重要人物。

7 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

8 cops   

n.堆，顶；警察( cop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• As usual, the cops get the baddies in the end. 跟平常一样，警察最后把坏人都抓起来了。
• Somebody call the cops! 去个人报警啊！

9 myself   

pron.我自己

参考例句：

• Should I do it myself?我应该自己做吗？
• I woke up to find myself in the hospital.我醒来发现自己在医院里。

10 dragged   

牵引的

参考例句：

• I dragged the chair over to the window. 我把椅子拖到了窗口那边。
• She felt she was being dragged into a whirlpool of emotion. 她觉得自己被卷入了感情的旋涡。

11 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

12 alone   

adj.单独的，孤独的；adv.单独地，独自地；仅仅

参考例句：

• He often makes a round trip to the hospital alone.他经常一个人往返医院。
• It is dangerous for a girl to go out alone at night.一个女孩夜里单独外出是危险的。

13 deal   

n.交易，协定，份量；v.(dealt,dealt[delt])处理，应付，分配

参考例句：

• Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.可得当心，她很难对付。
• Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道，还治其人之身。