《美少女的谎言》第4季第26期:做个表里不一的人

It was kind of a weird¹ question for a college essay.

对申请大学的文章来说这是个奇怪的问题

"Discuss one situation in

讨论一件你判断

which you were right and wish you hadn't been."

为正确的事情 可如果你是错的会更好

I could name ten.

我能提出十例

Well, your high school experience

你的高中生活

hasn't been exactly typical.

不是最典型的

You hated it. No. No.

你不喜欢 不不

I thought it was very well written,

我认为写得非常好

I thought it was very moving, I just...

我认为很动人 只是

question whether this is something

怀疑这是否是你

you'd want to share with an admissions committee.

想要和招生委员会分享的内容

Why?

为什么

I think colleges now

我认为现在的大学

more than ever are concerned with emotional stability,

比以往更关心情绪稳定性

and choosing what to reveal

应该选择揭示什么

and what to keep under wraps--

应该保密什么

What should I keep under wraps?

我应该保密什么

A friend of mine was murdered.

我的一个朋友被谋杀了

I was bullied². I did have a mental breakdown³.

我被恐吓 我确实精神崩溃过

Right, but nobody's asking for full disclosure.

但没人要求你大曝光

I think submitting this as-is

我认为这样交上去

would be a huge mistake.

可能会是个严重的错误

Look, Spencer,

斯宾塞

If you throw this all out there,

如果你把这些全部丢出去

your many attractive qualities might be overshadowed.

你的许多吸引人的特征也许会黯然失色

Honesty may not be the best policy.

诚实也许不是上策

So you want me to pretend to be somebody that I'm not.

所以你要我装一个表里不一的人

No. But you are more than this.

不 但你真人比文章里写的更好

Yeah, but I wouldn't be if it weren't for that.

但如果没这些 我就不是这样

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。