《复仇》 第226期:说谎的承诺

 There you are. 你回来了

Daniel.What are you doing? 丹尼尔 你在做什么

Waiting for you. 等你

Were you able to get ahold of Charlotte? 你找到夏洛特了吗

She's with Declan. 她和德克兰在一起

She didn't want to talk. She sounded drunk. 她不想多说  听起来像喝醉了

Oh, I'm so sorry. 我很遗憾

Your grandfather. 你的祖父

Third one tonight. 今晚第三个了

Daniel, he's grooming¹ you 丹尼尔  他要培养你

to become the next C.E.O. of Grayson Global. 成为格雷森国际下一任执行总裁

That is huge. 这可是件大事

I don't even want to go to the engagement² party tomorrow night 我甚至都不想去明晚的订婚派对

let alone take over the family business. 更别提接手家族生意了

It's a really big deal. You should at least just sit down 可这的确是大事  你至少应该坐下来

and hear what he has to say. 听听他想说什么

But can't we just cancel the damn³ party? 但我们就不能取消这该死的派对吗

Trust me, nothing would make me happier. 相信我  取消派对我反倒更开心

But hundreds of people are traveling 但是上百号人千里迢迢赶来

hundreds of miles to be here. 参加这个派对

You're right. 你说得对

Just promise me one more time... 再向我承诺一次

No secrets of any kind, ever. 永远不要对我撒谎

You've seen what they've done to my family. 你也知道谎言给我家造成了怎样的后果

Let's go to bed. It's late. 睡觉吧  很晚了

I'm right behind you. 马上来

All right. 好的

 

1 grooming   

n. 修饰, 美容，（动物）梳理毛发

参考例句：

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
• We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。

2 engagement   

n.订婚，婚约，约定，约会

参考例句：

• I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.星期一我不能见你，因为我有约在先。
• It was my mother's very own engagement ring.这正是我母亲自己的订婚戒指。

3 damn   

int.该死，他妈的；vt.指责，贬斥，诅咒

参考例句：

• Damn this useless typewriter!这台破打字机真该死！
• I knew damn well what he was going to say.我非常清楚他要说什么。