不能说的秘密

 　　What's your secret that could literally¹ ruin your life if it came out?

　　你有什么秘密如果泄露了就会完全毁掉你的生活？

　　获得100好评的答案

　　At the outset, I would want to mention that I am a Stanford CS undergrad working for an extremely well-known tech company in NYC, earning around $100k. Here's a sneak² peek³ into my dark side which absolutely no one knows about.

　　首先我要提一下，我是斯坦福大学计算机专业本科生，在纽约一家知名的科技公司工作，薪水10万美元左右。在这里我揭秘了完全没有人知晓的我的阴暗面。

　　不能说的秘密

　　I have a habit of shoplifting, so much so that I became really good at it. I know that I can easily afford to purchase the stuff that I steal, but shoplifting just gives me this "high" that is indescribable.. I stole B&W C5 from the Apple Store, and randomly⁴ steal stuff from other stores.

　　我有入店行窃的习惯，偷得多了我就变得很擅长这个。我明知我完全买得起我偷的东西，但是入店行窃给我一种难以形容的快感。我在苹果专卖店偷过B&W C5耳机，也随机在其它商店偷过东西。

　　I got caught for shoplifting 2 weeks ago, and had to pay the civil demand fee of $150, after which I've almost stopped shoplifting. The $150 penalty was probably 20% of the total worth of stuff that I've stolen over the months.

　　两周前我因为入店行窃被逮捕了，还得支付150美元的民事诉讼费，在那之后我几乎要戒掉行窃习惯了。150美元的罚款占了我数月以来所盗之物的总额的20%。

　　I have no friends at all, just a girlfriend.. Having no friends makes me quite lonely and unhappy in spite of people thinking that I'm "living the life". I really try making friends, but unfortunately I fuck up each and every time because of my big mouth, and generally people think that I'm not a fun person to hang out with, when in fact the truth is the opposite once I open up to people.

　　我根本就没有朋友，只有一个女朋友，这让我很孤独、很难过，虽然大家只是觉得我“生来如此”。实际上，我一直在试着交朋友，但是很遗憾，我每一次都会因为我的口无遮拦而搞砸，而且大部分人都觉得跟我一起出去玩很没意思，可是实际上只要我和大家混熟之后就完全不会这样了。

　　I have a huge inferiority complex and don't believe in myself. Heck I'm 22 and I'm making 100k at a top tech company but I still feel that I'm shit. Nobody really cares about me. I don't blame them though.. Nobody really knows me I guess.

　　我有很强烈的自卑感，也无法信任自己。我今年22岁，在一家顶尖的科技公司工作，年薪10万，但我还是该死地觉得自己就是人渣。没有人真正在乎我，但是我却没法责怪他们……我猜根本就没有人了解我。

　　获得52好评的答案

　　Two and a half years ago I was in dire⁵ financial straits, so I sold my home to keep my struggling business afloat. I neglected to tell the owners that they have an 800 sq. ft. bunker on the property that I built about seven years ago. The bunker that I've called home since I sold it. The entrance to it is well-hidden, but I still come and go very early/very late in the day.

　　两年半前，我的经济状况非常糟糕，所以我卖了房子让我岌岌可危的公司不至于破产。我没有告诉买家这片地产上有800平方英尺的仓库，那是我大概在七年前建的。在我卖了房子之后，这个仓库就被我当做了家。尽管仓库的入口非常隐蔽，但我还是每天早出晚归。

　　I'm a single man who keeps to himself. I'm now in a situation where I could move somewhere else, but I love this hidden paradise so much.

　　我是个不与人交际的单身男人，尽管我现在的情况是可以搬到其他地方，但我还是很喜爱这个隐蔽的天堂。

　　获得59好评的答案

　　That I am gay in a place where being gay, for all intents and purposes, is illegal.

　　我是个同性恋，可是在我所处之地，不论从哪一点看，同性恋都是违法的。

 

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

2 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

3 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。

4 randomly   

adv.随便地，未加计划地

参考例句：

• Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
• Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句

5 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。