《丑女贝蒂》精讲 151我不同意

Maybe we should just hear him out.

也许我们该听他说完

Mom, the "Wit and Whimsy¹" column has been in "Mode" for 60 years.

妈 《智慧和奇想在》专栏已经在风尚60年了

I'm not gonna cut it off just for make room for ads.

我不会就这么把它砍掉

I'm sorry. I have to draw the line.

抱歉 我必须保留

Well, maybe you can draw that line somewhere else.

也许你可以在别的地方保留

I'm putting a lot of money in the company.

我可在这公司投了很多钱

Of course I do.

我知道

You rarely waste an opportunity to remind us of that fact.

你没少提醒这事

All I'm saying is,

我想说的是

it would be nice to see a little return on my investment.

最好是能看到我的投资哪怕有一点点回报

You can understand that, can't you, son?

你能理解的 对吗 小伙

Don't call me "son."

别叫我小伙

Right.

好

You've both made your opinions very clear.

你们的观点都很明确了

Maybe we should all just think this over for a bit.

也许我们都该好好考虑一下

Fine. let's do that.

好 就这么办

1 whimsy   

n.古怪，异想天开

参考例句：

• They are like oracular messages,but witty-jaunty at times-and sometimes trembling on the edge of whimsy.它们都像神谕，但很机智，有时极其轻快，有时又濒于怪诞。
• He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.他有个想飞上月球的怪念头。