《童话镇》第114期:室友

 Oh good lord no. 天呐 当然不是

I meant in my class where I teach. 我说的 是我在教课的班级

You'll meet them tomorrow. They're coming to the hospital 明天你就能见到他们了 他们会去医院

as part of the volunteer outreach program. 这是志愿者拓展活动的一部分

Oh yeah that is a great program. 这个活动不错

I mean obviously I don't want 15 kids of my own. 显然 我不想要15个孩子

I I mean not that I don't want kids. I do. 不是不想要孩子 我想要

I want kids marriage true love. 我想要孩子 婚姻和真爱

I want it all but that of course is... 我都想要 不过当然...

wildly inappropriate for me to discuss on a first date. 第一次约会就讨论这些很不合适

Ruby¹? 鲁比

Yes Mary Margaret? 什么事 玛丽·玛格丽特

Check please. 结账吧

Hey. You okay? 你还好吧

Oh in the world of tight spots I've been in 我现在已经焦头乱额

crashing in my car doesn't even rank in the top ten. 在车上睡觉根本不值一提

You're sleeping here? 你在车里过夜吗

Till I find a place. 在我找到住的地方之前

You decided² to stay. 你决定留下了

For Henry. 为了亨利

Yeah. I guess. 算是吧

This town doesn't seem to have many vacancies³. 镇子上好像没有多少空房

None actually. 实际上一间都没有

Is that normal? 这正常吗

Must be the curse. 一定是诅咒搞的鬼

Why are you out so late? 你怎么这么晚还在外面

Well I'm a teacher not a nun⁴. 我是个老师 又不是修女

I had a date. 我去约会了

From the looks of things it went well. 好像 进行得挺顺利

As well as they ever do. 每次都是这样

Tell me he at least paid. 告诉我至少是他买单

Guess if true love was easy we'd all have it. 假如真爱如此容易 我们早都拥有了

You know if things get cramped⁵ 这样吧 如果实在找不到住的地方

I do have a spare room. 我家还有个空房间

Thanks. 谢谢

I'm not... really the roommate type. 我不太适合当室友

It's just not my thing. 那不是我的风格

 

1 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 vacancies   

n.空房间( vacancy的名词复数 )；空虚；空白；空缺

参考例句：

• job vacancies 职位空缺
• The sign outside the motel said \"No Vacancies\". 汽车旅馆外的招牌显示“客满”。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 nun   

n.修女，尼姑

参考例句：

• I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。
• She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。

5 cramped   

a.狭窄的

参考例句：

• The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
• working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作