《复仇》 第287期:东山再起

 Did you honestly think you could make your comeback 你真的觉得这样背叛我之后

by betraying me? 还能东山再起吗

Victoria, dear, 维多利亚  亲爱的

all I did was report the truth. 我只是报道事实而已

Once upon a time, that was the only thing I cared about. 曾几何时  那是我唯一关心的事情

Old habits, as they say. 俗话说  旧习难改

How callous¹ can you be? 你怎么能这么冷酷无情

You were supposed to help my son. 你本应帮助我的儿子

Please, I saw right through you. 拜托  我已经看透你了

Trying to frame an innocent man for the crimes of a Grayson? 为了让格雷森家族逃脱罪责而陷害无辜

My, my, history loves to repeat itself. 老天啊  历史总是重蹈覆辙

I, however, do not. 但我不会一错再错

I'm through spreading your lies. 我不会再帮你散布谎言了

You will do exactly as I tell you to do. 你必须按我说的做

You will print a full retraction² 你必须发表声明  撤回报道

or I swear to god, Mason, I-- 否则我对天发誓  梅森

You'll what, 你会怎样

not invite me to the parties you've stopped throwing, 不让我参加你那些早已停办的宴会

not introduce me to the celebrities³ who've stopped calling? 不给我介绍那些已和你断了来往的名流

Your empire is crumbling⁴, my queen. 你的帝国已经风雨飘摇  我的女王陛下

News choppers are circling Grayson manor⁵ 小报记者像苍蝇似的

like so many buzzards 围着格雷森家的宅邸

waiting for an old goat to die. 等着见证名门的没落

It's a long way up from the bottom. 格雷森家离没落还远着呢

Surely your memory isn't that deficient⁶. 我敢肯定你还记得以前的事情

On the contrary, it's practically photographic. 没错  一切历历在目

I know it was you who burned down my house. 我知道是你烧了我的房子

Don't bother denying it. 别不承认了

I found what's left of my interview tapes 我在你的抽屉里发现了

in your possession. 我剩余的采访录像带

 

1 callous   

adj.无情的，冷淡的，硬结的，起老茧的

参考例句：

• He is callous about the safety of his workers.他对他工人的安全毫不关心。
• She was selfish,arrogant and often callous.她自私傲慢，而且往往冷酷无情。

2 retraction   

n.撤消；收回

参考例句：

• He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him.他要求完全收回针对他的言论。
• The newspaper published a retraction of the erroneous report.那家报纸声明撤回那篇错误的报道。

3 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

4 crumbling   

adj.摇摇欲坠的

参考例句：

• an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
• The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。

5 manor   

n.庄园，领地

参考例句：

• The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.建造这幢庄园的人就是它现在主人的一个直系祖先。
• I am not lord of the manor,but its lady.我并非此地的领主，而是这儿的女主人。

6 deficient   

adj.不足的，不充份的，有缺陷的

参考例句：

• The crops are suffering from deficient rain.庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
• I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision.我向来缺乏自信和果断。