《复仇》 第342期:邻居情缘

 Hello. Happy New Year. 你好  新年快乐

Thank you, sir. 谢谢你  先生

Lydia. 莉迪亚

Oh, Michael. 迈克尔

It is so good to see you both. 真高兴见到你们俩

We wouldn't have come by a day early like this, 我们本不该像这样提早一天来拜访

but we were kind of, uh, in the neighborhood. 但我们正好在附近办事

House shopping. 我们打算购房

Michael promised to buy a place in Southampton. 迈克尔答应我  在南汉普顿买套房子

Unfortunately, all the beachfront properties get snatched up 但不幸的是  海滨别墅一旦挂牌待售

the second they hit the market. 就会立即被人买走

One day, this bubble is gonna burst. 总有一天  这场泡沫经济会破裂

Oh, well, let it. 随它去吧

There's been a veritable invasion of riffraff around here 自从政府削减利率后

ever since the feds flattened¹ the rates. 总有一些乌合之众想要入住此地

What he means 他的意思是

is that we'd be thrilled to have you as neighbors. 能和你们做邻居  我们激动万分

The closer the better. 越近越好

Be careful what you wish for. 小心愿望成真哦

We did put an offer on 我们确实申请求购

David Clarke's old beach house next door. 大卫·克拉克在隔壁的旧海滨小屋

Yes, but, uh, 是的  但是...

after the government seized the property, 政府没收他的财产后

they auctioned² it off to some dummy³ corporation. 就将房子拍卖给了某家傀儡公司

I mean, you'd think with the history of that house, 鉴于那栋房子的历史  可以想象

they would be happy to unload it. 他们会多高兴能摆脱这个房产

But apparently⁴, they're not entertaining any offers. 但显然那家公司对我们的开价不感兴趣

No. 是的

Oh, well, that's unfortunate. 那还真不走运

Would you please take the Davises bags 请带着戴维斯夫妇的行李

and situate them in an oceanfront room? 领他们到海景房间休息

 

1 flattened   

[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的

参考例句：

• She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
• I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。

2 auctioned   

v.拍卖( auction的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was sad to see all grandmother's lovely things being auctioned off. 眼看着祖母那些可爱的东西全都被拍卖掉，心里真不好受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 dummy   

n.假的东西；(哄婴儿的)橡皮奶头

参考例句：

• The police suspect that the device is not a real bomb but a dummy.警方怀疑那个装置不是真炸弹，只是一个假货。
• The boys played soldier with dummy swords made of wood.男孩们用木头做的假木剑玩打仗游戏。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。