《复仇》 第125期:把泰勒当儿子

 Hey, ma. 你好  妈

Daniel, I'm so glad you could come. 丹尼尔  你能来我真高兴

And I see that you brought Emily. 你把艾米莉也带来了

Victoria, I hope you don't mind. 维多利亚  希望你不会介意

Daniel told me everything, 丹尼尔都告诉我了

And we just really wanted to come and show our support. 我们真的想来对你表示支持

I'm sure you must be devastated¹. 你一定伤心欲绝

Devastated is not the word I would use. 伤心欲绝倒还不至于

And quite frankly², 老实说

my marriage³ is the last thing I want ttalkboutight now. 我现在最不想谈的事情  就是我的婚姻

Well, why don't we talk about Tyler? 那我们来聊聊泰勒吧

Don't you think it's weird⁴ he's still living in the pool house 我去艾米莉家住了  他却还住在咱家

even though I'm staying at Emily's? 你不觉得不妥吗

Quite the opposite. 正好相反

With you gone, I rather like having him there. 你不在家  我倒挺希望他能留下

Tyler seems almost like family to me. 我把泰勒当自家人一样看待

Okay, but he's not and he never will be. 他才不是  而且永远也别想

I'd rather have someone in the house than no one at all. 无论如何  都比家中空无一人好

Unless of course you're telling me 除非你想告诉我

that you're planning on moving back home. 你要搬回家住了

Uh, no. Mm. Well, then... 不 那么...

As far as I'm concerned⁵, he stays. 在我看来  他还是继续住着吧

 

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

3 marriage   

n.婚姻，密切结合，结婚，婚礼，合并

参考例句：

• They have a happy marriage.他们的婚姻很美满。
• She is uninterested in marriage.她对结婚不感兴趣。

4 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

5 concerned   

adj.有关（方面），被牵连的；担心的，烦恼的；关心政治的，关心社会的vt.涉及；关心；参与，卷入；使担忧vi.有关，利害关系；顾虑；装置

参考例句：

• We are chiefly concerned with improving educational standards. 我们主要关心的是提高教育水平。
• Concerned parents held a meeting. 忧心忡忡的家长们开了一次会。