《复仇》第10集 第4期:重塑形象

 I just got off the phone with Patricia Barnes. 我刚和帕翠莎·巴恩斯打完电话

She and her husband are going to be spending the weekend with us. 她和她丈夫打算和我们共度周末

Patricia and Judge Barnes? 帕翠莎和巴恩斯法官

The man's weeks away from a supreme¹ court confirmation². 还有几周他就要拿到最高法院的确认了

You'd think our home would be 大家还以为

the last place he'd want to be seen. 我们家是他最不想见的地方呢

Oh, but not Patricia. 帕翠莎不这么认为

I just bought us the head table 我刚为我们买下了

at her annual liberty project benefit. 她年度自由项目慈善晚宴的贵宾桌席位

And why, pray tell, would you want to do that? 那请问  你为什么要这样做

Because her organization is dedicated³ 因为她的团队致力于

to helping⁴ the falsely convicted appeal their unjust verdicts. 帮助被误判有罪的人重新上诉

And as a man wrongly accused of a crime yourself, 你作为一个被误判有罪的人

this benefit is the perfect venue⁵ 这次慈善晚宴是你

for you to begin rehabilitating⁶ your image. 重塑形象的绝佳机会

Well, if they sold stock in irony⁷, 如果股票价格是讽刺

I would be richer than the sultan of brunei. 我就会比文莱苏丹更有钱了

When Daniel inevitably⁸ falters⁹ as the head of Grayson Global, 格雷森国际集团总经理丹尼尔失败之时

the board is sure to 董事会肯定会

welcome you back with open arms. 热烈欢迎你的归来

Well, the question remains¹⁰, 问题仍在于

how do we convince Daniel to abdicate¹¹? 我们要怎么说服丹尼尔放弃

We don't. 不必

Emily Thorne does. 艾米莉·索恩会的

"Dear Mr. Clarke, "亲爱的克拉克先生

as Dr. King once said, 正如马丁·路德·金所说

'Injustice¹² anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' '一处不公  处处不公'

and I'm afraid you've suffered a grave injustice." 恐怕你正受到极大的不公"

 

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

6 rehabilitating   

改造（罪犯等）( rehabilitate的现在分词 )； 使恢复正常生活； 使恢复原状； 修复

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• She was more concerned about protecting the public than rehabilitating the criminal. 她比较关心保护百姓，而不大关心改造罪犯。

7 irony   

n.反语，冷嘲；具有讽刺意味的事，嘲弄

参考例句：

• She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
• In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。

8 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

9 falters   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的第三人称单数 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He never falters in his determination. 他的决心从不动摇。
• The plan never falters; the design never changes. It is all ordered. 大自然从不步履蹒跚，从不三心二意，一切都是有条不紊。

10 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

11 abdicate   

v.让位，辞职，放弃

参考例句：

• The reason I wnat to abdicate is to try something different.我辞职是因为我想尝试些不一样的东西。
• Yuan Shikai forced emperor to abdicate and hand over power to him.袁世凯逼迫皇帝逊位，把政权交给了他。

12 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。