《绝望的主妇》精讲547

It was a tradition at Leonardo's Bar and Grill¹, an hour before closing time,

Leonardo烧烤酒吧有这么一个传统，打烊前的一个小时，

a waiter would sing a selection of ridiculously depressing Italian arias².

一位服务员要唱一系列的悲情的意大利咏叹调。

It was also a tradition that the only customers who would actually listen were the ones already depressed³ to begin with.

而真正在听的却是那些本来就哀伤的顾客。

Tony? Do you have to rush off? I thoughtmaybe we could just chat for a minute.

Tony? 别急着走，我想和你聊聊。

So, I haven't seen you in a while.

好久不见你了。

Well, I didn't wanna come here because I was afraid it would drudge⁴ up memories of my husband.

我之所以没来是因为我担心这里会让我想起我的丈夫。

This was our place. Rex passed away recently. He was, um, murdered by our pharmacist.

你也知道，这是我们俩常来的地方。Rex最近去世了。他是被我们的药剂师杀死的。

Wow. I hope you changed pharmacists.

希望你换了药剂师。

I didn't have to. He committed suicide.

那倒不必了，他畏罪自杀了。

Look, you've had a little too much wine tonight. How about I call you a cab?

您今晚喝了不少酒了，要不要我给您叫出租车？

Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm okay.

不，不，不，我没事。

Your car would be safe in our lot, and you can pick it up tomorrow. Please.

您的车可以停放在我们停车场里，你明天再来取也不迟啊，行吗？

Well, okay. Tony? How many more arias is he going to sing?

好吧。Tony?还要唱几首咏叹调？

Five.

5首。

Oh. In that case, why don't you bring me another bottle of the Pinot Grigio? And please hurry.

哦，既然这样。你就帮我再拿一瓶灰皮诺干白酒吧。请务必快点。

1 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

2 arias   

n.咏叹调( aria的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage? 你能听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗？ 来自辞典例句
• The actions are large and colour, there are arias and recitatives. 动作夸张而华美，有唱段也有宣叙部。 来自辞典例句

3 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

4 drudge   

n.劳碌的人；v.做苦工，操劳

参考例句：

• I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
• I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。