《绝望的主妇》精讲125

保罗密谋带贝斯去木屋度假，伺机杀害妻子，出发前侦探前来询问在布瑞家发现的手枪的来历，侦探看出保罗看到枪时下意识的反应，不禁生疑。保罗回屋告诉贝斯度假计划取消了。

Paul: What are you doing?

Beth: Leaving a note for the gardener. If he has any more problems with those sprinklers, I want him to know that we'll be at the cabin.

Paul: Oh. Good idea. Beth,I think we should bring some extra blankets. It might get cold. Would you mind grabbing¹ a couple?

Beth: Not at all.

Paul: Detectives. Everything okay?

Detective A: I'm sure your wife told you a gun was recently discovered at bree van de kamp's house.

Paul:Yes,apparently it was the same caliber² that I was shot with.

Detective A: Bree seems to think your wife planted it there, hoping to implicate³ some of her friends in your shooting.

Paul: What an imagination she has.

Detective A: So you've never seen this before? Mr. Young?

Paul: yes.

Detective B: You seemed to have quite a reaction there.

Paul: I'm not comfortable around firearms,that's all.

Detective B:Well,just to be clear,you do not believe this belongs to your wife.

Paul: Detectives,I know for a fact this is not beth's gun. Good day.

Beth: Should we take two blankets or three?

Paul: Forget the blankets. The trip's off.

Paul: What? Why?

Paul: I got a call. There's a problem with the cabin.

Paul: Oh,shoot. And I was so looking forward to it.

Paul: Trust me,beth. I think you dodged⁴ a bullet here.

保罗：你在干嘛？

贝斯：给花匠留张纸条，如果他不会用洒水器，他就能知道怎样能联系上我们。

保罗：恩，好主意。贝斯，我们还是多带几条毯子吧，天可能会转冷。你可以去拿一下吗？

贝斯：这就去。

保罗：侦探们，一切都还好吗？

侦探A：我想你妻子肯定告诉过你，在布瑞.范.德.开普家发现了一支枪吧？

保罗：是的，她说那枪和我中的枪是一样的。

侦探A：布瑞认为是你妻子把枪放在她家的，想栽赃别人。

保罗：布瑞想象力也太丰富了。

侦探A：那你以前没见过这把枪吗？杨先生？

保罗：恩。

侦探B：你脸色不太对啊！

保罗：我只是不习惯看到枪支。

侦探B：那我们明确一下，你确定这枪不是你妻子的？

保罗：侦探们，我非常确定，你们走好。

贝斯：是要拿两条毯子还是三条啊？

保罗：别拿了，咱不去了。

贝斯：啥，为什么啊？

保罗：有人电话我了，说小屋有点问题，住不了了。

贝斯：真烦人，人家还很期待呢！相信我贝斯，这是好事，你是躲过了一劫。

1 grabbing   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的现在分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• The plane was grabbing for altitude. 这架飞机在抢占高度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He sprang to his feet, grabbing his keys off the coffee table. 他一跃而起，从茶几上一把抓起自己的钥匙。 来自辞典例句

2 caliber   

n.能力；水准

参考例句：

• They ought to win with players of such high caliber.他们选手的能力这样高,应该获胜。
• We are always trying to improve the caliber of our schools.我们一直在想方设法提高我们学校的水平。

3 implicate   

vt.使牵连其中，涉嫌

参考例句：

• He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate Stu.他在笔记本中没发现任何涉及斯图的东西。
• I do not want to implicate you in my problem of the job.我工作上的问题不想把你也牵扯进来。

4 dodged   

v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时，他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》