《绝望的主妇》精讲239

SUSAN: I can't believe it. This can't be happening. Mike can't like Edie better than me, he just can't!

我真不敢相信。怎么可能…… Mike 怎么会喜欢 Edie，不可能。

JULIE: I don't know what's going on. Maybe they're just... having dinner.

你还不知道到底怎样，也许他们只是共进晚餐。

JULIE: You're right. They're doing it.

你说的对，或许只是这样。

SUSAN: Edie? Hello..?

Edie？

SUSAN: Anybody home? I need to borrow sugar?

嗨？有人在家么？我想借点糖。

EDIE: Oh! Oh my god!

喔！上帝！

NARRATOR: And just like that, the possibility that Susan had clung¹ onto, the maybe of Mike Delfino was gone forever. And despite the precariousness² of the situation, Susan took a moment to mourn her loss.

就像这样, Susan坚信的一点可能性，Mike Delfino，完全没有了。而且尽管她的情绪有点不稳定，Susan坐了一会来哀悼她失去的。

SUSAN: Oh... Oh! Oh!

噢！噢！

NARRATOR: It didn't take long for Susan to realize, this was just not her night.

Susan很快发现这个夜晚不属于她。

EDIE: Is somebody out there? Oh my god, there's smoke!

有人在么？哦，上帝！那烟！

EDIE: Oh my god. Oh...

哦，上帝。

MRS. HUBER: ...candles unattended in the den³. Paramedics say she was lucky, she could've been killed!

……蜡烛烧了起来。救护人员说她很幸运，她差点被烧死了。

LYNETTE: She was having sex with some guy when the fire started.

她赤裸裸的跑了出来，起火的时候她正和人做爱。

GABRIELLE: What happened to him?

那人怎样了？

LYNETTE: He got smoke inhalation, he's at the hospital.

他吸了不少烟，现在在医院。

SUSAN: Oh..

哦。

BREE: Susan, are you alright? You look awful

Susan，你还好吧，你脸色很差。

SUSAN: I'm fine. I'm fine. I just feel really bad for Edie.

我没事，没事，我……我只是……为Edie感到难过。

GABRIELLE: Oh, don't worry about Edie. She's a strong lady.

哦，宝贝，不用担心Edie。她是个很强的女人。

LYNETTE: Absolutely. She'll get through this. She'll find a way to survive.

绝对的，她会渡过这些的，她能渡过的。

BREE: We all do.

我们都会。

GABRIELLE: Come on.

走吧。

1 Clung   

v.附着于( cling的过去式和过去分词 )；抓紧或抱住；坚持；依恋，依附于

参考例句：

• The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign. 首相不顾有人要求他辞职，死赖在他的职位上不下台。
• She clung to the hope that her son was not dead. 她抱定儿子并没有死的希望不放。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 precariousness   

参考例句：

• The precariousness is further increased by self-experiences in the aforementioned marginal situation. 在上述边际情况下自身经验会更进一步增加这种不确定感。 来自互联网
• These reports have revealed to the insurgents the precariousness of their position. 这些报导使叛乱士兵知道了他们的危险境地。 来自互联网

3 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。