《绝望的主妇》精讲379

It was an accepted fact among the residents of Wisteria Lane that Ida Greenberg liked her liquor.

Wisteria Lane上人人都知道，Ida Greenburge爱酒成性，

People had seen her drunk at sewing bees...

针织会的时候她是醉得…

the department of motor vehicles...

交管署门前她是醉得…

and the first Methodist church.

甚至第一次去美以美教堂的时候也是醉得…

Ida had tried to quit drinking many times,

Ida曾多次想要戒酒，

but she couldn't.

但她做不到。

Then one night in a moment of despair, she challenged god to quench¹ her never-ending thirst.

就在这天晚上，绝望的她望天挑战上帝，让他遏止她对酒精的渴望。

Luckily For Ida, god was listening.

Ida真是幸运，上帝听到了她的祈求

Zach, listen to me.

Zach 你听我说

No!

不要

Not so tough now, are you?

现在看你还怎么逞能？

Uh! Ow! Oh! Bongo, no!

Bango 别!

Bongo! Bongo!

Bongo…

It was at that moment it occurred to Ida, god may work in mysterious ways,but he isn't particularly subtle.

就在那一刻Ida终于认识到, 上帝行事可以很神秘但也可以非常直接

1 quench   

vt.熄灭，扑灭；压制

参考例句：

• The firemen were unable to quench the fire.消防人员无法扑灭这场大火。
• Having a bottle of soft drink is not enough to quench my thirst.喝一瓶汽水不够解渴。