《复仇》 第354期:买房子

 Mr. Porter¹? 波特先生

Yeah. 嗯

I'm Nolan Ross. 我叫诺兰·罗斯

I'm the guy who bought your house 我就是那个买了你家房子

and all the houses around your house. 还有附近产业的人

Oh, congratulations. 恭喜

Well, when I asked my business manager 当我跟我经纪人说

to look for property... 找房子时

I didn't realize he'd be displacing² so many families. 我没想到他会为此影响到这么多家庭

Yeah, well, that's life. 这就是生活

Uh, what I'm trying to say is, 我想说

it's not too late for me to pull out of escrow. 你现在想退出第三方托管还来得及

Well, nobody's asking you to do that. 没人求你这么做

It's not a problem. 没问题的

Well, not for you, maybe. 对你而言  也许是

But see, I can't afford to keep that place. 但我没钱保住这个房子

I mean, look, my wife walked out 几年前  我妻子丢下

on me and my boys years ago. 我和孩子们走了

She shows up last month asking for a divorce³ 上个月她突然出现  提出离婚

and half of everything I own. 并索要我一半的财产

Not even a mention of a hello to her own children. 她甚至都没跟孩子们道个好

I'm sorry. 我很抱歉

So it's either the house or the bar. 所以酒吧和房子  我只能保住一个

Now if--if you pull out of the deal, 如果你现在退出协议

 

1 porter   

n.搬运工人；守门人，门房

参考例句：

• The hotel porter will help you.旅馆的门童可以帮你的忙。
• The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.我和脚夫微笑着你看着我，我看着你。

2 displacing   

移动( displace的现在分词 )； 替换； 移走； 撤职

参考例句：

• The face of Big Brother swam into his mind, displacing that of O'Brien. 他的脑海里浮现出老大哥的脸，代替了奥勃良的脸。 来自英汉文学
• Leukemias typically fill up the marrow with abnormal cells, displacing normal hematopoiesis. 典型的白血病有很多不正常的细胞充满骨髓，取代正常的造血功能。

3 divorce   

n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离

参考例句：

• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。