《穿普拉达的女王》精讲 36 “一笑泯恩仇”

Miranda Priestly's office.

马琳达.皮斯利办公室

Hey, Emily, it's Andy. Don't hang up. I have a favor¹ to ask you.

嘿，艾米莉，我是安迪， 别挂，我想请你帮个小忙

You have a favor to ask of me?

你想请我帮个小忙？

Yeah. The thing is, I have all these clothes from Paris…

是啊，是这样的，我这里有一些巴黎来的衣服~~~

and I don't have any place to wear them…

我现在根本没机会穿~~~~

so I was wondering if you could take them off my hands.

所以我在想你可不可以，帮我处理这些衣服

Well, I don't know. It's a huge imposition.

这个，这不知道。这真有点强人所难

And I'll have to get them taken in. I mean, they'll drown² me.

我还得把衣服拿去改小，你那些大号衣服能淹死我

But I suppose I could help you out. I will have Roy pick them up this afternoon.

不过也许可以帮帮你，我会让罗伊下午过去拿

Thanks, Em. I appreciate³ it. Good luck.

谢谢，感激不尽，祝你好运

You have some very large shoes to fill.

你有堆大鞋穿了

I hope you know that.

希望你能有听明白。

1 favor   

n.好感；赞同；好事；vt.赞同，喜爱；有利于

参考例句：

• She is out of favor with her employer.她失去了雇主的欢心。
• The new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.那位新老师很受家长的欢迎。

2 drown   

vt.淹没，淹死；使沉湎，使迷恋

参考例句：

• The loud cheers drown out his shouts.欢呼声盖过了他的喊叫声。
• Don't play by the river in case you fall in and drown!不要在河边玩耍，以免你掉到河里淹死。

3 appreciate   

vt.欣赏，感激，赏识；vt.领会，充分意识；vi.增值

参考例句：

• I really appreciate the danger of this job.我真的认识到了这份工作的危险。
• I appreciate your help very much.我非常感谢你的帮助。