《绝望的主妇》精讲244

GABRIELLE: Is that white gold?

是白金的吗？

CARLOS: Yeah. Put it on. And then make love to me.

是的，戴上它……然后和我做爱。

GABRIELLE: I'm not in the mood. But, we could stay up and talk.

我没心情。我们可以不睡觉，聊聊天。

CARLOS: When a man buys a woman expensive jewellery, there are many things he may want in return. For future reference¹, conversation ain't one of 'em.

当一个男人给女人买了非常昂贵的首饰，他希望得到很多回报，但不是聊天。

CARLOS: Hey, that was a joke.

嗨，只是开个玩笑。

GABRIELLE: Yeah, right.

是，没错。

CARLOS: What the hell's wrong with you?

你到底吃错什么药了？

GABRIELLE: Let go of me.

放开我。

CARLOS: You've been acting² like a nightmare³ for a month. What's wrong?

嗨，这一个月来你简直像个恶魔，怎么回事？

GABRIELLE: Stop.

住口。

CARLOS: I can't fix it unless you tell me.

如果你不告诉我，我是不会放过你的。

GABRIELLE: It's not exciting anymore, Carlos.

Carlos，生活不再那么有意思了。

CARLOS: So what am I supposed to do?

你想让我怎么做？

GABRIELLE: I don't know. Be the way you used to be, surprise me, take my breath away.

我不知道，和过去的你一样，给我惊喜，让我出乎意料。

CARLOS: Okay. Okay.

好吧。

MIKE: Hey Susan.

你好，Susan。

SUSAN: Mike!

Mike！

MIKE: What's wrong?

怎么了？

SUSAN: I didn't realize anyone was gonna be out here, I just sorta rolled outta bed.

我想可能没人会在这，所以只裹了条毛毯。

MIKE: I'm sure you look fine.

你看起来很好。

SUSAN: Oooh.

哦。

MIKE: Ooh, Bongo, Bongo! Shh.. Sorry, uh, he scares easy.

哦，Bongo，别叫了。对不起，呃，它很容易被吓倒。

SUSAN: No, it's fine, I get it.

没，没关系，知道了，

MIKE: I didn't mean to disturb you. I'll see you later.

我没想要打扰你，再见。

SUSAN: D—do you wanna have dinner with me?

你想和我一起吃晚饭吗？

1 reference   

n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅

参考例句：

• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
• I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 nightmare   

n.恶梦，可怕的事物，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
• I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦，失眠了。