《复仇》 第172期:结婚的动机

 Ashley, are you out there? Yes. 阿什莉  你在外面吗 在

Is Emily coming to the reading? 艾米莉会来参加读书会吗

Yeah, I think she just arrived. 会的  我想她应该刚到

Good. 很好

I need you to do something for me. 我需要你帮我做点事

I don't see the guest of honor. Do you? 我没看到那位特邀嘉宾  你呢

Maybe he accidentally strangled himself 也许他一个不小心用阔领带

with an ascot. 把自己勒死了

Emily, walk with me? Sure. 艾米莉  陪我走走吧 好的

Is everything okay? 没事吧

Mason didn't cancel on you, did he? 梅森没放你鸽子吧

No, he's just running late. This is about Daniel. 没有  他只是迟到了  是丹尼尔的事

Did he tell you how 他告诉你

Conrad altered the terms of his trust? 康拉德修改了他信托基金的条款吗

No. Why would he discuss that with me? 没有  他为什么要告诉我

More importantly, why would he discuss that with you? 更重要的是  他怎么告诉你了

Well, he didn't. 他没告诉我

My ears just happened to be in the right place at the right time. 我只是正正巧巧听到了

The amendment¹ makes it so the only way 修正条款规定  丹尼尔在30岁之前

Daniel can fully² access his trust before he turns 30 能自由支配他信托基金的唯一方法

is to get married. 就是结婚、

Why are you telling me this? 为什么要跟我说这个

Because you're my friend. 因为你是我的朋友

If I were you, I would want to know whether or not 如果我是你  在男友成为未婚夫前

my boyfriend's motives³ were pure before he became my fiance. 我会想要知道  他的动机是否纯粹

 

1 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。