《绝望的主妇》精讲66

贝西：她们邀请我和她们一起打牌，她们真是友好。

保罗：在这条街上，千万别把好管闲事跟友好混为一谈，她们想揭露丑事。

Paul: What did those women want?

Beth: They invited me to play cards with them. But they were just being friendly.

Paul: On this street, never confuse being nosy¹ with being friendly. They were digging² for dirt.

Beth: So...Do you not want me to go?

Paul: No, no. You will go. Give them all sorts of meaningless information. And hopefully, they'll start to think of you as a friend.

Beth: But... if you don't like them, why do you want me to be friends with them?

Paul: In time, it will be useful.

保罗：这些女人想干吗？

贝西：她们邀请我和她们一起打牌，她们真是友好。

保罗：在这条街上，千万别把好管闲事跟友好混为一谈，她们想揭露丑事。

贝西：那么，你不愿意我去吗？

保罗：不，不，你当然得去。大可以告诉她们无关紧要的信息，但愿她们会把你当作朋友。

贝西：不过，如果你不喜欢她们，为什么还希望我和她们交朋友？

保罗：总有一天会有用的。

1 nosy   

adj.鼻子大的，好管闲事的，爱追问的；n.大鼻者

参考例句：

• Our nosy neighbours are always looking in through our windows.好管闲事的邻居总是从我们的窗口望进来。
• My landlord is so nosy.He comes by twice a month to inspect my apartment.我的房东很烦人，他每个月都要到我公寓视察两次。

2 digging   

n.挖掘v.挖，掘( dig的现在分词 )；（如用铲、锨或推土机等）挖掘；挖得；寻找

参考例句：

• They were digging up worms to use for bait. 他们正在挖蚯蚓作鱼饵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade. 在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。 来自《简明英汉词典》