《绝望的主妇》精讲265

Hey.

嗨。

Hi!

嗨！

Kids ready?

孩子们准备好了吗？

Almost. Thanks again for driving them to the bus.

差不多了，他们呆会将被送到车站。

Happy to do it. I miss them.

很好，我想念他们。

Did you hear there was a break in at Mrs. Fome’s the other night?

你听到一天晚上有人闯进From夫人家的事吗？

Yeah. I heard they didn’t take anything.

听说了，好像什么也没拿走。

Well that doesn’t make it any less frightening.

这并不说明没什么危险。

I mean, he could have been a sexual¹ predator².

可能是想性侵犯。

What? And he ended up at Mrs. Fome’s?

想侵犯From夫人？

Boy, that would have been a lose-lose situation.

那也太没有品位了吧。

Oh, Rex! That’s not the point.

Rex，这并不是关键所在。

The point is I don’t feel safe here, and I was wondering if you would spend the night.

关键是我觉得不安全，我希望你晚上能留下。

You’re in the NRA, you own like four guns!

你干什么都能得A你是全能的！

If somebody broke in I’d expect you to protect me.

要是有人闯入，你肯定会冲入保护我的。

Rex, the truth is, with the kids gone

Rex，你们都走了，

I’ll be all by myself in this house for the first time in seventeen years.

只留下我一个人在家，17年来这是第一次。

Honey, I know it’s hard to hear, but the marriage counseling³ may not work out.

亲爱的，我知道这听起来很难受但婚姻顾问现在已经不管用了。

You need to get used to being alone.

你应该学会习惯一个人生活。

You’re right. That was hard to hear.

好吧，听起来确实很难过。

What are you doing?

你干什么？

That is for the kids’ trip.

这是给孩子旅行时吃的。

Oh, come on! I’m staying in a motel⁴! I haven’t had a decent⁵ meal in weeks.

别这样，我一直住在汽车旅馆吃得糟糕极了

Honey, the marriage counseling might not work out,

亲爱的，婚姻顾问现在已经不管用了，

you need to get used to bad cooking.

你需要习惯你糟糕的厨艺。

1 sexual   

adj.性的，两性的，性别的

参考例句：

• He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
• It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。

2 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。

3 counseling   

n.咨询服务

参考例句：

• A multimillionaire media magnate has shocked his employees with his candor by telling them all that he's putting his business affairs on hold to enter an alcoholism-counseling program. 一位身份数百万的媒体大亨，坦诚地告诉他全体员工他将暂时搁置他的事业以便参加戒酒班，令员工大为惊愕。
• She will need medical help and counseling to overcome the tragedy. 她将需要医疗帮助和心理咨询来平复这场悲剧。

4 motel   

n.汽车游客旅馆

参考例句：

• Late that night he landed at a motel.那晚他到了一家汽车旅馆。
• The motel manager showed the guests to their room.汽车旅馆经理把旅客领到他们房间。

5 decent   

adj.象样的，不错的，体面的，正派的，恰当的

参考例句：

• We want to raise our children to be decent men and women.我们盼望把孩子们培养成优秀人才。
• There isn't even a decent table in this room.这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。