《绝望的主妇》精讲550

Carlos, what are you doing?

Carlos 你在干吗？

Hello, Gabriela.

你好，Gabriela.

Oh. Hi, mom.

哦。你好，妈妈。

I just told Carlos I just had to take a shower.

我刚和Carlos说我非要洗个澡不可。

The man next to me on the plane weighed three hundred pounds and he sweated¹ all over me. Ugh, it was so gross².

飞机上坐我隔壁的男的重三百磅，一流汗全跑到我身上了。呃，真恶心啊。

No, I'm just surprised you're here. It's Valentine's Day.

你来这我真没想到。今天是情人节呀。

Don't you and Mr. Hedgefund have plans? I know Carlos and I do.

你和你的“对冲基金”先生难道没什么活动吗？Carlos和我已经安排好了

No, I left Charles.

没活动，我和Charles分手了。

What? He was worth, like, six million dollars.

什么？他的身价有，大概，600万美元哪。

Money is not everything, Gabriella.

钱不是万能的，Gabriela。

For some people, but we're talking about you now, mother.

对于有些人来说，的确如此。可我们说的不是别人，是母亲大人你啊。

You know, I can't believe this, I mean, I just went through a terrible breakup and the least you could do is pretend³ to care.

我真不敢相信，我刚刚和男友分手，你就不能假装很关心我的样子啊。

Well, of course we feel awful about it, don't we, Gabrielle?

当然，我们都很难过。不是吗，Gabrielle?

Yeah, we're just sick about it.

是啊，我们都觉得很讨厌。

Well, don't worry about me. Hmm. Hmm. I'll be okay.

不用为我担心，我会没事的。

In fact, I bought myself a little gift to take my mind off my problems.

其实为了让自己开心点，我还特地奖赏了自己。

Really? What did you buy?

是嘛？买了什么？

New boobs!

超大胸部！

No peeking⁴, Carlos.

可不要偷看哦，Carlos。

Okay, mom, put these away!

好了，妈妈，快挡起来！

My plastic surgeon⁵ gave me a great deal. Aren't they fun? Bye, Carlos.

我的整形师给我做的。是不是很大啊？再见，Carlos。

What? I think she's charming⁶.

怎么了？我觉得她美丽十足。

Okay, you can think she's charming. But don't forget for one second that she is a monster⁷.

行，你可以这么想。但千万别忘了，她是个让人极度生厌的人。

1 sweated   

adj.低工资的，使用血汗劳工的v.（使）出汗( sweat的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）流汗；（使）发汗；焖

参考例句：

• He sweated away at his work with all his heart. 他全心全意、勤勤恳恳地埋头工作。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor sweated his patient. 医生使他的病人发汗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 gross   

adj.全部的，粗俗的，肥胖的；vt.获得...总收入

参考例句：

• The gross weight of the box of chocolates is 500 grams.那盒巧克力的全部重量是500克。
• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。

3 pretend   

vt.假装，假托，装扮；vi.假装，装作

参考例句：

• So you don't need to pretend,do you?所以你不必装假了，对吧？
• Many people pretend that they understand modern art.许多人装着自己懂得现代艺术。

4 peeking   

v.很快地看( peek的现在分词 )；偷看；窥视；微露出

参考例句：

• I couldn't resist peeking in the drawer. 我不由得偷看了一下抽屉里面。
• They caught him peeking in through the keyhole. 他们发现他从钥匙孔里向里窥视。 来自辞典例句

5 surgeon   

n.外科医生，军医，船上的医生

参考例句：

• His injuries were not such as to need a surgeon.他的伤还不是那种需要外科医生治的伤。
• The surgeon is now operating.外科医生正在做手术。

6 charming   

adj.迷人的，可爱的

参考例句：

• She looked small and gentle and altogether charming.她看起来小巧文雅,十分迷人。
• She has charming manners.她具有媚人的风姿。

7 monster   

n.怪物；极残酷的人；巨人(兽等)；adj.巨大的

参考例句：

• The whale is a monster!这头鲸鱼是个怪物！
• The monster hears a noise.那个妖怪听见了噪音。