打工姐妹花第二季 第56期:卡洛琳的鞋子

 　　I can't believe you masking taped the shoe to your leg. 真不敢相信你用胶带把鞋和脚包在一起。

　　I know but these are Christian¹ Louboutins 我知道，但这双可是名牌鞋

　　and even all busted² up like this they still have the classic red bottoms. 即使被包得面目全非，经典的红鞋底还是能显而易见。

　　You know what else has red bottoms? Baboons³. 你知道什么还是红的吗？狒狒屁股。

　　Walk around with a couple of them on your feet and I'm impressed. 如果你能脚踏两只狒狒，再下一定钦佩不已。

　　Well, at least now you can't see those stupid bows. Who put bows on their shoes? 至少现在看不见那些白痴蝴蝶结了。谁会在鞋子上装蝴蝶结啊？

　　What's the gift? Your stinky feet? 内装什么礼物啊，你的臭脚吗？

　　You don't think I hate the bows? 你以为我喜欢这些蝴蝶结啊？

　　I bought these as an impulse purchase over a year ago. 我一年前纯粹是一时冲动才买这双鞋。

　　I didn't know I'd be shackled⁴ with them for eternity⁵. 鬼知道我要套着它们一辈子啊。

　　Oh, Caroline. I never noticed you had a club foot. 卡洛琳。我从来没注意你有一只畸形足。

　　I would have set you up with my brother. 不然我就帮你跟我兄弟牵红线了。

　　I broke my shoe in the diner. 我在餐馆把鞋子弄坏了

　　Oh, I can help. I always carry my gym shoes in my bag. 我来帮你吧。我总是随身装着我的运动鞋。

　　I'm sorry they're so conservative but the weight room is a real meat rack. 抱歉，款式有点过于保守，不过举重房里基佬真的很多嘛。

　　Sophie, that's so sweet of you. But I still have one pair of my own shoes to wear. 苏菲，你真好。但我还有一双备用的鞋子可以穿。

　　Oh, well take them just in case. 你拿着吧，有备无患嘛。

　　You should take them. You'll make $20 just walking to work. 你最好还是拿着吧。没准上班路上，能挣个20块"站街费"呢。

　　And some of your mail got mixed in with mine. 你的信跟我的混在一起了。

　　This is like the third time that mail lady did that. 那个邮差大姐已经搞错三次了。

　　All right. Nighty night. 好啦，晚安咯。

1 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

2 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

3 baboons   

n.狒狒( baboon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Baboons could break branches and leaders. 狒狒会折断侧枝和顶梢。 来自辞典例句
• And as nonprimates, they provoke fewer ethical and safety-related concerns than chimps or baboons. 而且作为非灵长类，就不会产生像用黑猩猩或狒狒那样的伦理和安全方面的顾虑。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命

4 shackled   

给（某人）带上手铐或脚镣( shackle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The hostage had been shackled to a radiator. 当时人质被铐在暖气片上。
• He was shackled and in darkness of torment. 他被困在黑暗中备受煎熬。

5 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。