《绝望的主妇》精讲386

So it looks like Mary Alice killed Zach's birth mother in order to keep her from taking Zach away.

Mary Alice为了不让Zach被带走，杀了他的生母。

Oh, my god. I mean, I knew Mary Alice had killed herself over something big, but wow.

天哪我是说，我知道Mary Alice一定是因为一件很严重的事而自杀，但没想到。

Can you imagine living with that guilt¹?

你能想像如何带着那种罪恶感生活么？

Isn't it bizarre that Paul and Mary Alice had this secret all those years,

这不是很奇异么，Paul和Mary Alice这些年来一直带着这个秘密生活，

and we didn't even know about it?

我们竟一点没有察觉。

No, not really.

不，我不觉得。

I mean, what do we actually know about our neighbors?

我是说，我们到底了解我们的邻居多少？

I mean, we can tell if they keep their lawns nice

我们能看到他们的草坪修剪得很好

or they take their trash cans in,

能知道他们把垃圾桶拿进房子

but when they do those things, we stop asking questions.

但只要他们做这些事, 我们就不再多问了。

Bcause if people are good neighbors...

因为只要他们是个好邻居…

We don't really care what happens behind closed doors.

我们就不会去在乎门后面发生着什么。

It had been one year since my suicide...

我自杀后已经过去一年了…

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

值得思索啊，不是么？

And a lot had changed on Wisteria Lane.

Wisteria Lane上发生了很多改变。

There were new flowers, new houses, and new neighbors—

新的花儿，新的房子，还有新的邻居…

the kind anyone would want living right next door.

人人心中理想的那种好邻居住进了隔壁

1 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。