《绝望的主妇》精讲511

All right. Bail¹ cleared. You are free to go. Your car‘s at the impound lot.

好了。你获保释。可以走了。你的车暂时扣押。

And you can pick it up in the morning.

早上再来取。

Well, how am I supposed to get home? I don't have any money.

那我怎么回家? 我身无分文。

Call a friend.

叫朋友。

I have been through enough humiliation² for one day.

我今天受够了羞辱。

I hope you have a better suggestion than that.

我希望你有更好的建议。

Okay, well, let me think, um, walk.

好吧，那我想想...走回去。

Oh, for goodness sakes!

哦，真是的!

Bree? Is everything okay?

Bree? 还好吧?

Oh, oh, I'm, I'm fine. I just, um, had a flat tire.

哦，没事。只是车胎没气了。

It's your lucky day. I'm a whiz at changing tires. Hop³ in.

今天算你走运。换车胎是我的强项。进来吧。

You know, thank you, but I think it's actually something more mechanical.

谢谢你的好意，不过，应该不只是换车胎这么简单。

My car has been making just a terrible noise.

我的车甚至发出奇怪声响。

Well, I have auto⁴ club. Come on.

没问题的，我参加了一个汽车俱乐部。来吧。

Actually, my car has been impounded by the police.

实际上，我的车被警察扣押了。

1 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 humiliation   

n.羞辱

参考例句：

• He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
• He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

3 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

4 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。