看绯闻女孩学英语 152

Gossip Girl: Long ago, when European royals grew bored with palace balls,

很久以前，当欧洲皇室厌倦了宫廷舞会，

they took a page from the peons and added some pageantry.

他们就从男仆中挑出一名，再增加几分华丽

couture and canap are just another Saturday night until you add a mask,

女装和餐前点心不过只是每个周六晚的例行公事，直到你可以戴上面具。

but preparing for a ball is an event in itself,

但是为舞会做准备，本身就是件大事。

which is why queens invented handmaidens.

所以女皇创造了女仆这一职业。

Jenny: So the dresses should be delivered and I’ll take the small stuff with me.

这件礼服麻烦送一下，这些小配件我拿走。

Glasses: Which one's yours?

哪件是你的?

Jenny: oh, no. I’m just helping¹ Blair, but I mean, you know, we'll see.

噢，不是，我只是帮Blair。但是谁知道以后会怎样。

Glasses: Well, here's hoping. we'll put it on Blair's tab.

用这个祝福你，我们会把这个算在Blair的帐单上，

Jenny: Oh, no, no, no.

噢,不行,不行.

Glasses: The girls at that party are my best customers.

参加那个派对的女孩子都是我最好的顾客，

why not show off my latest wares²? Just return it after the ball.

何不帮我宣传一下最新商品呢? 等到舞会结束还回来就是了。

 

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 wares   

n. 货物, 商品

参考例句：

• They sold their wares at half-price. 他们的货品是半价出售的。
• The peddler was crying up his wares. 小贩极力夸耀自己的货物。