《绝望的主妇》精讲272

Mrs. Van Der Kamp.

Van De Kamp夫人。

Hi Zach. I just wanted to see if everything was alright.

你好，Zack ，我想来看看你们是否还好？

Everything’s fine.

没什么问题。

Are you sure?

你确定？

Yes.

是的。

Oh, well, okay. I’ll see you tomorrow then.

那好吧，明天见。

I’m sure that you will.

我没什么事。

People by their very nature are always on the lookout¹ for intruders….

人本能的都在寻找入侵者…

… Trying to prevent those on the outside from getting in.

阻止别人从外面闯入。

But there will always be those who force their way into our lives….

但总有些人强行闯入我们的生活…

….Just as there will be those that we invite in.

正如那些被我们邀请进入我们生活圈的人一样。

But the most troubling of all will be the ones that stand on the outside looking in.

但最另人头疼的是那些站在外面向里面偷窥的人。

The ones we never truly get to know.

一些你根本无法真正去了解的人。

1 lookout   

n.注意，前途，瞭望台

参考例句：

• You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
• It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。