《穿普拉达的女王》精讲 11 女魔头变身“巫婆”

The girls' recital¹ was absolutely wonderful.

她们的独奏太精彩了

They played Rachmaninoff. Everyone loved it. Everyone except me…

选了拉科曼尼诺夫的作品。所有人都说好，除了我

because, sadly, I was not there.

因为，不幸地，我不在场

Miranda, I'm so sorry.

马琳达，我很抱歉

Do you know why I hired you?

你知道我为什么雇你？

I always hire the same girl… stylish², slender, of course…worships the magazine.

我总是雇类似的女孩子，时髦，苗条，当然还有崇拜这本杂志

But so often, they turn out to be…I don't know… disappointing and, um… stupid.

但总是，她们变得，我不知道~ 让人失望~~~变得愚蠢

So you, with that impressive resume…and the big speech about your so-called work ethic…

而你，有漂亮的简历，还有夸夸其谈地说自己是工作狂

I, um… I thought you would be different.

我~~~我以为你会不一样

I said to myself, go ahead.Take a chance. Hire the smart, fat girl.

我对自己说，去吧，抓住机会，雇一个聪明的胖女孩

I had hope. My God. I live on it.

我有过希望。天呢，希望是我的动力

Anyway, you ended up disappointing me more than, um…

总之，你却比任何其他蠢女孩

more than any of the other silly girls.

都要来得更让人失望

Um, I really did everything I could think of.

我真的做了我能做的

Uh…That's all.

就这样

Excuse me! Where do you think you're going?

站住！你要去哪儿？

1 recital   

n.朗诵，独奏会，独唱会

参考例句：

• She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
• I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内，他们完全被我吸引了。

2 stylish   

adj.流行的，时髦的；漂亮的，气派的

参考例句：

• He's a stylish dresser.他是个穿着很有格调的人。
• What stylish women are wearing in Paris will be worn by women all over the world.巴黎女性时装往往会引导世界时装潮流。