《绝望的主妇》精讲279

That night, while most of Wisteria Lane dreamt the night away,

夜幕降临了，当Wisteria Lane的大部分人都入睡了，

Lynette was in the middle of her own personal nightmare.

Lynette独自一人处在无尽的恶梦中。

Determined¹ her boys would not miss their fairy tale debut²,

为了她的孩子不要错过童话演出，

Lynette stayed up 18 hours straight, sewing.

她已经连续缝了16个小时了。

But she began to fear her story would not have a happy ending.

她已经感觉到她的童话不会有一个美好的结局。

Luckily for Lynette, she had a magic potion handy.

幸运的是Lynette发现了一个神奇的秘方。

And once she had taken it...the magic kept working....

她吃了药之后魔力继续…

...and working...

再继续…

...and working.

再继续…

It wasn't until noon that Lynette finally took a break.

Lynette终于可以休息一会了。

And the reality of what she had done began to sink in.

她所做事情的负面效果显现出来了。

My, what big eyes you have.

天啊，我的大眼袋。

1 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。