《凯莉日记》第6期: 凯莉, 准备好了吗?

It's covered in nail¹ polish².

沾上指甲油了

Oh--oh, my god.

天啊

It's ruined. Why did you do that?

没法用了 你为什么要这么做

I didn't mean to. The bottle must have broke.

我不是故意的 肯定是瓶子坏了

You wanted to destroy it.

是你想毁了它

No. I wanted something of mom, and you got everything.

不是 我只是想要个妈妈的东西 什么都是你的

No, I didn't.

我没有

You got the purse. Your 16th birthday. The start of high school. I got nothing.

你有这个包 十六岁生日 高中入学都有妈妈陪伴 而我一无所有

I never thought of myself as the lucky one,

我从没觉得自己幸运

but I had precious³ extra years with our mom that Dora would never have.

但我确实与妈妈共处了更多时光而朵拉无法拥有

You're okay, Dorrit. You're okay. Mom loved you. So much.

你没事的 多莉特 你没事的 妈妈爱你 很爱很爱

I don't need your pity.

我不需要你同情我

I'm just trying to

我只是想

You think because you always acted like such a goody-goody around mom that you can boss me around? Well, screw⁴ you.

你以为你总是在妈妈身边当个乖乖女就能对我发号施令了吗 去你的吧

You're pissed at me? I should be angry at you. You ruined mom's purse.

你竟然还生我的气 该生气的是我吧 你毁了妈妈的包

You know what? I'm glad I did. Now you can't have it, either.

知道吗 我真高兴我那么做了 现在你也不能拥有它了

I realized I had a choice.

我发现自己可以做一个选择

I could blame Dorrit, or I could let go of my anger and still find a way to hold on to my mother and to the purse.

我可以责怪多莉特 或者消除自己的怒火 找到一个继续让妈妈陪伴我让这个包陪伴我的方法

Carrie, we leave for the city in five minutes! You ready?

凯莉 我们五分钟后出发 准备好了吗

You bet⁵ I was.

当然准备好了

1 nail   

n.钉子，指甲；vt.用钉钉牢，使固定，使集中于，揭露

参考例句：

• He drove a nail into the wall.他把钉子钉在墙上。
• In order to hang the picture,he had to hammer a nail.为了挂那幅画，他必须钉枚钉子。

2 polish   

vt.修正；文饰；（涂蜡等）打光滑；使（人、举止、仪表等）变得优雅；n.擦亮剂；擦亮，磨光；优美，优雅，精良；adj.使完美，使优美，使精炼；vi.得到改进，变得完美

参考例句：

• I'm going to New York,so I must polish up my English.我要去纽约，因此我必须提高英语水平。
• The wood won't polish.这种木材无法磨光。

3 precious   

adj.宝贵的，珍贵的，过于精致的，珍爱的

参考例句：

• Each life is precious.生命都是宝贵的。
• Spring rain is as precious as oil.春雨贵如油。

4 screw   

n.螺丝(钉)；vt.用螺钉固定；拧，拧紧

参考例句：

• Let's screw the two pipes together end to end.咱们把这两根管子接起来拧紧。
• Can you screw up this handle for me?你能帮我把这个把手拧紧吗？

5 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。