《复仇》 第343期:最美味的汉堡

 Hey, hold the tonic¹. 你好  不爱汤力水的美女

Thought you were just passing through. 还以为你是过路客呢

Thought I'd stay a little longer than expected. 也许我会比预期多待段时间

How are the burgers here? 这里的汉堡味道如何

Can't say. I don't eat meat. 不知道  我不吃肉

People who do say they're the best in Montauk. 人们都说这是蒙托克最美味的汉堡

Hey, boss, um... 老板...

You think I can get tomorrow night off? 明天晚上我能请假吗

I lined up a gig with a catering² service 我得到一份在格雷森家的跨年晚宴

for the Graysons' New Year's thing. 做餐饮服务的活

I need you here. 我要你留在这里

Well, I figured that with the way 我觉得是你

that business has been going, you... 经营酒吧的方式有些问题

were gonna start cutting shifts³. 你取消了换班制度

You want the catering job, take it. 要是你想做餐饮服务  那就去吧

But just don't come back here. 但别想着还能回来干活

Turned you down? 他拒绝你了吗

I'm gonna go broke if I keep working at this place, 如果我一直在这里工作会崩溃的

and we need cash if we're going to Europe this summer. 如果我们想今年夏天去欧洲  就需要钱

I'm sorry, Ky. 我很抱歉  凯儿

It's not like this is some small setback⁴. 这并不是什么小逆境

Dad had to sell the house. 我爸快要把房子卖了

I'm not mad at him. I'm mad at Montauk. 我没生他的气  而是厌倦了蒙托克

I feel like I'm gonna be stuck here my whole life. 我感觉自己的一生都会被困在这里

There are worse places. 世上还有比这更糟的地方

 

1 tonic   

n./adj.滋补品，补药，强身的，健体的

参考例句：

• It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.这将作为老年人滋补品在市场上销售。
• Sea air is Nature's best tonic for mind and body.海上的空气是大自然赋予的对人们身心的最佳补品。

2 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

3 shifts   

n.转换( shift的名词复数 )；切换键；（汽车等的）变速；更换v.改变( shift的第三人称单数 )；去掉；摆脱掉；换挡

参考例句：

• The action of the novel shifts from Paris to London. 小说情节从巴黎移到了伦敦。
• I work split shifts in a busy restaurant. 我在一家繁忙的餐馆上间隔班。

4 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。