《绝望的主妇》精讲369

Bonjour.

早上好。

Oh hi, I didn’t know that the cooking lesson was gonna be a group activity.

我不知道烹调课成了个集体活动。

Well, the more the merrier, right?

人越多越好，不是吗？

As long as nobody makes fun of my lousy crepes.

只要没有人笑话我穿的皱皱巴巴的就行。

How come I’m the only one wearing the apron¹?

怎么只有我一个穿着围裙？

I know it seems like we’re ganging² up on you, but you’re moving so fast we thought a sort of intervention³ was necessary.

看上去就像我们在集体针对你。但是你们进展那么快，我们觉得有一点...我们因该干涉一下了。

I know it’s tough to hear. None of us wanted to do this.

你听了可能会难过。我们也不想这样做。

I appreciate what you guys are trying to do, I really do.

我非常感激你们所做的努力，真的。

Um, I’m not gonna change my mind.

但我不会改变主意的。

In my life, I’ve been hurt a lot, Karl, and uh,

在我的一生中，很多人伤害了我。Karl还有...

well it’s just taught me to be cynical⁴, and to expect the absolute⁵ worst from people, and I don’t want to live like that anymore,

我变得很厌恶现实了。等着人们对我做最坏的事。我不想再那样生活了。

and when Mike asked me to move in with him,I was just happy, just ridiculously happy.

当Mike让我和他住在一起时...我很高兴。傻乎乎的只知道高兴。

I mean, I still am and I want to go with that feeling.

我现在都很高兴。我希望我一直能这样。

I love him and I love him!

我爱他，我爱他。

So I’m gonna expect the best from Mike, and I know that he is gonna deliver that in return. Okay?

我期待Mike能带给我最美妙的感觉。我知道他也会这么做的。

OK, That’s was so beautiful!

亲爱的...太完美了。

This is the worst intervention I have ever been to.

我想介入别人家事从来没有这么失败过。

1 apron   

n.围裙；工作裙

参考例句：

• We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
• She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。

2 ganging   

n.机械连接；成群

参考例句：

• She feels that everyone's ganging up against her. 她感到所有的人都结成伙来对付她。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rick was unhappy because the other boys were ganging up on him. 里克很不高兴，因为其他的男孩子都合伙反对他。 来自辞典例句

3 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

4 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

5 absolute   

adj.十足的；绝对的；不受任何限制的

参考例句：

• The first year of the course was an absolute doddle.第一年的课程简单极了。
• I look upon this as an absolute necessity.我认为这是绝对必要。