看绯闻女孩学英语 172

Dan: Serena, wait.

Serena，等等。

Serena: What are you really doing here, Dan?

你到底为什么来这儿? Dan。

Dan: What am I doing here? I ran across the city. I rented a tuxedo¹.

我为什么来? 我跑了大半个城租了件晚礼服。

I stole this mask from some drunken kid, only to look like Robin².

从一个喝醉的家伙手里偷了这个面具，就为了看起来像罗宾汉。

I conned³ my way in here, all to see you. I care.

我想尽一切办法进来这里，为了见你，我在乎。

Serena: Well, you didn't seem to care this morning when you were with another girl and lied to me.

今早你似乎没那么在乎，当你和别的女孩儿一起却骗了我。

Dan: What? whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.I didn't well... I did. Yeah. I did, but I can explain.

什么? 喔喔喔喔...... 我没有...... 好吧，我是有。我是有，但我可以解释的。

Serena: Go ahead. Give it your best shot.

说吧，拿出看家本事来。

Dan: I was with my friend Vanessa. We're very close, and she moved away to Vermont last year and now she's back.

我是和我朋友Vanessa在一起，我们关系很好，但去年她去了佛蒙特，现在她回来了。

Serena: Okay, so why'd you lie and say it was Jenny?

好，那你为什么要撒谎说是Jenny?

Dan: Because I’m an idiot. I don't know why I... look, Vanessa and I...

因为我是个白痴。我不知道为什么我......你瞧，Vanessa和我......

our relationship is a little complicated, or it was, before I met you.

我们的关系有点复杂。曾经是这样，在我见到你之前，

And honestly, I didn't want anything to get in the way of you inviting⁴ me to this... stupid party.

说实话，我不想有任何事阻挡你邀请我来参加这个愚蠢的派对。

Serena: Well, I was gonna invite you.

我本来是要请你的。

Dan: Really? So not into, uh, pompous⁵ ass⁶ the fourth?

真的吗？所以不喜欢那个自大鬼四世?

Serena: You're saying you're not into old friend Vanessa?

你是说你并不喜欢那位老相识Vanessa?

Dan: That is exactly what I’m saying.

我就是这个意思。

Gossip girl: Oh, yes, the other part we love about a masquerade?

噢，是的，化装舞会让我们热衷的另一个部分

When the mask finally comes off and the truth is revealed to all。

当面具终于摘下真相就大白于天下。

1 tuxedo   

n.礼服，无尾礼服

参考例句：

• Well,you have your own tuxedo.噢，你有自己的燕尾服。
• Have I told you how amazing you look in this tuxedo?我告诉过你穿这件燕尾服看起来很棒吗？

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 conned   

adj.被骗了v.指挥操舵( conn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Lynn felt women had been conned. 林恩觉得女人们受骗了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was so plausible that he conned everybody. 他那么会花言巧语，以至于骗过了所有的人。 来自辞典例句

4 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

5 pompous   

adj.傲慢的，自大的；夸大的；豪华的

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.他有点自大，自视甚高。
• He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance. 他的外表虽傲慢，其实是个好人。

6 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。