《复仇》 第230期:姓氏决定了责任

 Hello, grandpa. 你好  爷爷

Thanks for coming. Sit. 谢谢你过来  坐吧

How's your sister doing? 你妹妹还好吗

I bet her heart's in a million pieces right about now. 我想她现在肯定心都碎了

Have you spoken with her? 你有跟她谈谈吗

Not yet, no. 还没有

But Declan made an appointment for her to go see someone. 但德克兰帮她联系了一个倾诉对象

Someone? 倾诉对象

Yeah, a therapist over in Bridgehampton. 对  汉普顿的一个心理医生

Oh, good for her. 那样对她挺好

So listen, I've got a job for you. 听着  我要交给你一项任务

See all of these names? 看到这些名字了吗

These are the investors¹ chirping² the loudest 这些是对证券交易委员会投资的谣言

about that rumored³ S.E.C. investigation⁴ 以及你父亲的婚姻不睦

and your father's marital⁵ woes⁶. 反应最激烈的投资者

See the name at the top of the list? 看到名单最前面的那个名字了吗

Satoshi Takeda. 武田聪

The good news is that he's here for your engagement party. 好消息是  他来参加你的订婚宴了

And he has requested a private meeting with you this afternoon. 并提出下午和你私下见面

So you're job is to convince him 你的任务就是打消他

to keep his money put. 撤资的念头

You have a problem with that? 你觉得这难办吗

Your name's Grayson, Daniel. 你可是格雷森家的人  丹尼尔

The name makes the decision for you. 你的姓氏决定了你的责任

 

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 chirping   

鸟叫，虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The birds,chirping relentlessly,woke us up at daybreak. 破晓时鸟儿不断吱吱地叫，把我们吵醒了。
• The birds are chirping merrily. 鸟儿在欢快地鸣叫着。

3 rumored   

adj.传说的，谣传的v.传闻( rumor的过去式和过去分词 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• It is rumored that he cheats on his wife. 据传他对他老婆不忠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede. 传说那个白人军官是个瑞典人。 来自辞典例句

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

6 woes   

困境( woe的名词复数 )； 悲伤； 我好苦哇； 某人就要倒霉

参考例句：

• Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
• She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。