《绝望的主妇》精讲602

Hey, Mrs. Scavo. That's a sweet ride.

你好, Scavo太太。您的车真不错。

Yeah, you think so? Why don't you come over here for a second? I'd like to pick your brain.

你是这样认为的？为什么不过来一会儿呢?我想了解一下你的想法。

You're the demographic that my client¹ is interested in so you'd actually be doing me a favor if you drove it around for a couple hours and told me what you thought.

我的客户对你所在的人群感兴趣，因此你会帮我一个大忙，如果你开着它在转上几个小时，并告诉我你的想法。

Do you mind?

你介意吗?

Are you kidding me?

您不是在开玩笑吧?

I can't believe you are old enough to drive. I still remember when you were ten years old.

难以置信, 你都到了能驾车的年龄了。我仍记得你10岁的时候。

I paid you a dollar to rake² our leaves.

你为我家耙落叶，我付你1美元。

Yeah. Yeah, you were pretty cheap. Is this set up for mp3?

是的。是啊，你才给那么一点儿。这是mp3装置吗?

Uh, all the bells and whistles. But listen, I really wanted to tell you how sorry I am.

哦，是所有铃声和汽笛的。听我说...我想向你表达我的歉意。

Your lawyer came to see me. I'm going to be deposed³. It's going to be hard for me...

你的律师找过我了。我将去作证。对我来说很难办。

Yeah. Yeah, I know. You just have to remember she's a different person when she drinks.

是的。我知道。你不要忘了，她只要一喝酒，就与平时判若两人。

She must be. It's hard for me to imagine the Bree I know capable⁴ of hurting you.

没错。我很难想象出，一个忍心打伤你的Bree。

Yeah. Do you have the keys?

是的。你有钥匙吗?

Oh. Sure. Anyway, I just I feel so guilty that this all went on in your house, right under our nose.

当然有。总之，我，我很内疚，为了你们家发生的事，发生在你身边的事。

So if there is anything I can do to help you...

如果我能帮上你什么忙...

Well, can you get a discount on these?

那么, 这车你可以给我打个折么?

Um, actually, yeah. One of the perks⁵.

嗯...那好吧。如果这能使你振作起来的话。

Even so, it's a little out of the price range of a high school student.

即便如此, 对于高中生来说，它也超出了可以负担得起的范围。

Well, if you tell my lawyer the truth,I don't think money's gonna be a problem.

那么, 如果你对律师说出事实，钱就不再是问题了。

1 client   

n.委托人，当事人，顾客

参考例句：

• She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。

2 rake   

n.耙；斜度；vi.耙；核查；vt.耙；扫射

参考例句：

• In the autumn I rake up the dead leaves.秋天我把死叶耙拢。
• Rake up the trash on the ground.把地上的废料耙在一起。

3 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 capable   

adj.有能力的，有才能的

参考例句：

• The new woman secretary was extremely clever and capable.这位新来的女秘书很是精明强干。
• Jim is capable at sports.吉姆擅长运动。

5 perks   

额外津贴，附带福利，外快( perk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance. 公司给予的额外待遇包括一辆汽车和免费健康保险。
• Are there any perks that go with your job? 你的工作有什么津贴吗？