《绝望的主妇》精讲485

Painting in the rain? Is that smart?

下雨了还在刷漆？可不是好主意？

Well, let me see. Painting in the rain orletting the whole world think I'm a whore? I don't know.

不在雨天刷漆难道要让整个世界的人都认为我是个婊子？

What do you think?

你怎么看啊？

Heard you ran into my wife.

听说你碰到我妻子了。

Yep.

是的。

So?

那么？

So, you are hereby released¹ of any further obligation² to be my dad.

那么你从此无须承担为父之责了。

Okay. Just so you know, I'm not actually proud of what I've done. You know, my hobbies.

好吧。不过对于我过去那些事，那些喜好，我一点也不感到自豪。

Good for you. Bye.

太好了。再见。

I have done things I'm proud of.

不过我做过自豪的事。

I could give you five examplesright now. Okay, maybe three.

我可以给你举五个例子。好吧， 三个。

You don't have to do this.

你不用这么做。

I was a volunteer fireman. I, uh, put out fires, I got kittensout of trees, the

whole nine yards.

我自愿当消防队员。我灭过火 ，从树上救下过小猫，反正消防队员该做的都做了。

Sweet.

真好。

About twenty years ago, I started a foundation³ to protect wild horses. I probably saved hundreds of them.

20年前 ，我建立了一个拯救野马的基金会，应该挽救了不少马匹了。

Really?

真的？

I'm full of surprises.

我这人还是能干点出其不意的事的。

Okay, one more.

好吧，还有最后一件事。

I wasn't exactly thrilled⁴ when you walked back into my life.

当你闯入我的生活时，我一开始并不觉得高兴。

Now that I've met you, well, you gave me a third thing to be proud of.

但自从见到你，你给了我最为自豪的第三件事。

That was a good one.

说的好。

That's why I saved it for last. I have to spend some time working on my marriage.

所以我才留到最后说。我得先解决一下我的婚姻问题。

When that's all sorted out, maybe we could continue withthe catching⁵ up?

等那忙完了，也许我们能继续叙叙旧？

I'll wait for your call.

我等你电话。

1 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

2 obligation   

n.（法律、道德上的）义务，责任

参考例句：

• Every player is under an obligation to keep the rules.每个选手都必须遵守这些规则。
• It is the obligation of citizens to perform military service.服兵役是每个公民的义务。

3 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。

4 thrilled   

adj.非常兴奋的；极为激动的vt.“thrill”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He was thrilled at the prospect of seeing them again. 他一想到將要再次见到他们便欣喜若狂。
• They were thrilled to discover a perfectly preserved specimen of Roman pottery. 他们因发现了一件保存完好的罗马时代陶器而欣喜若狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。