《复仇》 第357期:密友成为邻居

 Could I have a sit? 我能坐这吗

Of course¹, neighbor². 当然可以  邻居

About that... 关于这事

I have a confession³ to make. 我要坦白

Conrad was⁴ able⁶ to broker⁷ the deal⁸ 康拉德之所以能搭线

with that owner¹⁰ for you... 促成你买房的事

Because we are the owners¹¹. 是因为我们就是屋主

I lied to you, and I'm sorry. 我骗了你  对不起

It has nothing to do 这与我把你作为朋友看待

with how I feel about you as⁵ a friend 抑或我们之间的友情

or our friendship¹². 毫无关系

It was a place that I held for reasons¹³ of my own⁹. 我买下那房子有我自己的理由

And I can't really make you understand it, but... 我不奢求你能理解  但是...

That house was, um... 那房子是...

The only thing of David I had¹⁴ left. 我仅有的属于大卫的东西

It's not hard to understand at all. 我完全理解你

Take the house, Lydia. 买下房子吧  莉迪亚

Make it your own. 在那安家吧

Nothing would¹⁵ make me happier than 最让我开心的就是

to have my closest friend be my closest neighbor. 密友成为我的近邻

 

1 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

2 neighbor   

n.邻居；v.邻接，毗邻而居，友好

参考例句：

• He has a very good neighbor.他有一个好邻居。
• My new neighbor moved in last weekend.我的新邻居上周才搬来。

3 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

4 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

5 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

6 able   

adj.能...的，有才能的，能干的，能够的

参考例句：

• How good and able he is!瞧他多能干啊！
• He is able to do this job well.他有能力做好这件工作。

7 broker   

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

参考例句：

• He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
• I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

8 deal   

n.交易，协定，份量；v.(dealt,dealt[delt])处理，应付，分配

参考例句：

• Be careful. She is very difficult to deal with.可得当心，她很难对付。
• Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道，还治其人之身。

9 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

10 owner   

n.拥有者；所有者

参考例句：

• They decided to give it back to its owner.他们决定把它归还原主。
• Do you know the name of the owner?你知道主人的名字吗？

11 owners   

n.物主，所有人( owner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Home owners are being encouraged to insulate their homes to save energy. 当局鼓励房主给住房加隔热装置以节约能源。
• The stolen goods were all restored to their owners. 被偷窃的东西都归还给原主了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 friendship   

n.友谊，交友关系，友情，友爱

参考例句：

• That is my idea about friendship.这是我关于友谊的看法。
• Let's drink to the friendship of our two peoples.让我们为两国人民的友谊干杯。

13 reasons   

n.理由( reason的名词复数 )；原因；理性；理智v.推理，思考( reason的第三人称单数 )；争辩

参考例句：

• She put forward some cogent reasons for abandoning the plan. 她为放弃这个计划提出了一些具有说服力的理由。
• He offered a grab bag of reasons for his decision. 他为自己所作的决定提出了各种理由。

14 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

15 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？