《绝望的主妇》精讲234

SUSAN: Hi.

嗨。

MIKE: Hey, Susan

嗨，Susan。

SUSAN: Are you busy?

你忙么？

MIKE: No, not at all, what's up?

不，一点也不，怎么了？

SUSAN: Well, I., I just was wondering, if, um, if there was any chance that, um, you would uh... I just... wanted to ask if...

呃，我……我只是，想知道，呃……有没有机会你，呃…… 我……我只想问问你是否……

SUSAN: Edie. What are you...?

Edie，你怎么……？

EDIE: I was making ambrosia¹, and I made too much so I thought I'd bring some over to Mike. What's going on?

我做些可口的食物，做了很多,所以拿点过来给 mike。怎么了？

MIKE: Uh, Susan was just about to ask me something.

呃，Susan 说有点事情要问我。

SUSAN: Uh... I have a clog².

噢……我的水管堵了。

MIKE: Excuse me?

什么？

SUSAN: And you're a plumber³. Right?

你会修水管，不是么？

MIKE: Yeah

是啊。

SUSAN: The clog's in the pipe.

我家的水管堵了。

MIKE: Yeah, that's usually where they are.

是啊，总是这样。

SUSAN: Well, I've got one.

呃，没错。

MIKE: Well, let me get my tools.

等等，我拿点工具。

SUSAN: Now? You wanna come over now? You have company.

现在？你现在过来么？你有客人。

EDIE: I don't mind.

我不介意。

MIKE: Just give me 2 minutes. I'll be right over.

等我两分钟，我马上过去。

SUSAN: That's it, just stuff the hair down

把这些……头发全塞进去。

JULIE: I stuffed it; it's not enough to clog it.

我塞了，但是不够。

SUSAN: Here, here, look. Put in this peanut butter. And this cooking oil. And these olives!

好吧，那用这个，把这个花生酱倒进去，还有食用油，还有橄榄叶。

JULIE: Mom, Mom I'm telling you it's not working.

妈，这不行。

SUSAN: Uh, oh god. That's him. How am I gonna stuff up the sink...

哦，天啊，他来了。怎样才能把它？

MIKE: Well. Here's your problem. Looks like somebody stuffed a bunch of popsicle sticks down there.

嗯，这是你的问题。看起来好像有人把冰棒棍子扔了进来。

SUSAN: I've told Julie a million times not to play in the kitchen. Kids, y'know?

我跟julie说了很多次要她别在厨房里玩，孩子，知道么？

1 ambrosia   

n.神的食物；蜂食

参考例句：

• Later Aphrodite herself brought ambrosia.后来阿芙洛狄特亲自带了仙肴。
• People almost everywhere are buying it as if it were the biggest glass of ambrosia in the world for a nickel.几乎所有地方的人们都在买它，就好像它是世界上能用五分钱买到的最大瓶的美味。

2 clog   

vt.塞满，阻塞；n.[常pl.]木屐

参考例句：

• In cotton and wool processing,short length fibers may clog sewers.在棉毛生产中，短纤维可能堵塞下水管道。
• These streets often clog during the rush hour.这几条大街在交通高峰时间常常发生交通堵塞。

3 plumber   

n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。