《天才少女》精讲 41弗兰克的养父

Don't gloat

别得意

Wouldn't dream of it

想都不敢想

Walk you to your car?

送你去车上

We've been so preoccupied¹ I'm almost ashamed to ask

刚才忙着打官司 我不好意思问

How's Walter?

沃尔特还好吗

You wouldn't believe it if I told you

说了恐怕你也不信

Why?

怎么了

Well, your stepfather is in Montana

你的继父在蒙大拿

He bought a ranch²

他买了个农场

Bullshit

扯淡

Exactly. A man whose idea of roughing it is being too far from the ice machine at the RitzCarlton

可不是嘛 他认为只要远离丽思卡尔顿酒店的制冰机 那就是返璞归真

now owns a 1000 acres of grass and dung

他现在拥有着1000英亩的草地和牛粪

Walter Price is a cowboy

沃特尔普莱斯成了个牛仔

Walter Price puts on a Brooks³ Brothers suit to take out the garbage

沃尔特穿着布克兄弟西装去倒垃圾

He has a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and a horse that doesn't know dressage

他有顶牛仔帽和一双牛仔靴和一匹不会马术的马

Is there some logical reason for this?

他为什么这么做呢

Midlife crisis apparently

可能是中年危机吧

He's 70

他都70岁了

I know

可不是嘛

Must have been on time delay or something

肯定是延迟了吧

I guess I should be happy

我应该高兴才是

it wasn't a 25yearold cocktail waitress

毕竟他不是有了小三

But then again

但话说回来

an affair you can explain to friends in a minute

如果是婚外情 我三言两语就能向朋友解释清

For this you put on a pot of coffee

但这事 要花很长时间才能让别人听明白

1 preoccupied   

adj.全神贯注的，入神的；被抢先占有的；心事重重的v.占据（某人）思想，使对…全神贯注，使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)

参考例句：

• He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. 他只顾想着心事，没注意到有什么不对。
• The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind. 去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ranch   

n.大牧场，大农场

参考例句：

• He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
• The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。

3 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》