《绝望的主妇》精讲399

Hey, Susan. What's going on?

嗨，Susan。怎么了?

It's Karl's weekend to have Julie, and they're always back by six.

周末Julie都和Karl过,他们总是6点回来的。

That's our custody¹ agreement, back by six, and it's after six.

这是我们的监护协议6点回来，现在已经过了6点了

It's, like, six-fifteen.

刚6点15。

Well, see? There you go.

是啊，你看?晚了吧。

I'm sure they just forgot.

他们肯定只是忘了。

Well, I have a court order. It's out of my hands.

这是法庭要求。我没办法。

Yeah, it'd still be nice if you gave him a grace period.

是啊，但你要是能赦免这么一次不是很好么。

Oh, I'm being nice. I could have him arrested. I mean, don't get me wrong.

我已经很好了。就差拘捕他了。我是说，别误会我。

I am all for Julie spending time with Karl. He is still her dad, and she loves him.

我愿意Julie和Karl在一起。他毕竟是他父亲，而且她爱他。

But?

但是...

But he's with Edie. I mean, she’s not exactly the maternal² type.

但是他跟Edie在一起，她可不是很母性的类型。

I wouldn't be a good mother if I wasn't concerned.

我要不担心我就不是个好母亲。

I mean, who knows what passes for a kid-friendly, good time in there? Drugs? Porn? Smoking?

谁知道他们在里边怎么度过亲子时光呢？嗑药？A片？抽烟？

Doesn't sound like they're having an orgy inthere. Well, obviously, they saw us coming.

听起来里面不像是在放肆狂欢。很明显，他们知道咱们要来。

1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。