看绯闻女孩学英语 173

Dan: I’m sorry. Vanessa. Vanessa. Hey. This is a surprise.

抱歉，Vanessa ,Vanessa 嘿,真是个惊喜。

Vanessa: Funny. I could say the same thing.

有趣，我也想这么说。

Dan: What…what are you doing here?

你来这儿干吗?

Vanessa: I’m writing an American history paper.Wait. that was supposed to be you.When did we start lying to each other?

我在写美国历史论文。等下，那是你才对。什么时候开始我们对彼此撒谎了?

Dan: I merely¹ refrained² from sharing the truth,

我只是不想说事实而已，

which would have sounded a lot more like a lie than what I told you.

因为那听起来会比我告诉你的更像是骗人。

Vanessa: Humphrey.

Humphrey。

Dan: I’m I didn't understand that either, I admit. But what was I going to say?

我也不知道是什么意思，我承认。那我该说什么呢?

That I was renting a tuxedo³ to attend a masked ball without a mask or an invitation to go get a girl who not only has a mask and an invitation, but another date?

我租了一件礼服参加一个化装舞会，既没面具也没请柬。为了找一个不只有面具和请柬的女孩，还有个约会对象。

Vanessa: At least it's honest.

至少这是实话

Dan: You…you hate this world.

你讨厌这种生活。

Vanessa: So do you, or so I thought.

你也是啊，或者我认为的而已。

Dan: All right, what's going on exactly? Did you follow me here to prove that I was lying?

好了，这到底是怎么回事?你跟着我来这儿为了证明我撒谎?

Vanessa: Yes, Dan, that's why I’m here. I stalked⁴ you because I am just so obsessed⁵ with you.Wait. Don't stop there.

是啊，Dan 我就是为了这个而来的，我跟踪你因为我太为你着迷了。等下，还没完。

You're the whole reason I came back to New York, ‘cause I just couldn't stop thinking about you.

我就是为了你回来纽约的，我总是没完没了地想你。

Dan: All right, I get the point. You can lay off the sarcasm⁶.

好了，说重点，这些讽刺的话可以省省。

Vanessa: How about I lay off the whole evening? Bye.

今晚都到此为止吧? 拜。

Dan: Wait, wait, wait, stop. Hold on. listen. I’m…I’m sorry. I’m sorry that I lied about writing a term paper.

等等，等下，别走。等一下，听我说，抱歉。抱歉我骗你说我在写论文。

Vanessa: You said you love me.

你说你爱我的。

1 merely   

adv.仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• Your scheme is merely a castle in the air.你的计划只不过是空中楼阁。
• You merely caused a crash by cutting in on me like that!你那样超我的车，差一点就撞车了！

2 refrained   

抑制，克制，戒除( refrain的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The boy refrained from tears. 男孩忍住没哭。
• However, reviewing courts have refrained from requiring agencies to follow precedent mechanically. 然而，负责审查的法院抑制它们自己不去要求机关机械地遵守先例。

3 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？

4 stalked   

有高茎的

参考例句：

• She refused to accept that she was wrong and stalked furiously out of the room. 她拒绝承认她错了，气愤地大步走出房间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The surely insolence of the waiters drove him into a rage,and he flung his serviette to the floor and stalked out of the restaurant. 侍者们粗暴无礼的行为使得他怒不可遏，他将餐巾扔到地上，昂然走出餐厅。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

6 sarcasm   

n.讥讽，讽刺，嘲弄，反话 （adj.sarcastic）

参考例句：

• His sarcasm hurt her feelings.他的讽刺伤害了她的感情。
• She was given to using bitter sarcasm.她惯于用尖酸刻薄语言挖苦人。