《绝望的主妇》精讲284

Mr. and Mrs. Van de Kamp. So, your son decided¹ to entertain some of his friends yesterday by shoving a freshman’s head into a locker².

Van De Kamp先生和Van De Kamp夫人，昨天你的儿子想取悦他的朋友，把一个大一新生的头撞到柜子上。

This was the Johnson boy?

是Johnson家的孩子吗？

Yes. He broke the boy’s nose. Because of our no tolerance³ policy, your son may face expulsion.

是的，你儿子打坏了他的鼻子，本着严惩的原则，你儿子将要被开除。

You're going to ruin his whole future over a little rough housing?

你们要因为他的这个小小的破坏行为而去毁掉他的前程？

Rex, this was practically assault.

Rex, 这叫攻击。

Mrs. Stark⁴, what Andrew did was clearly wrong, but in his defense⁵, his mother and I are going through severe marital⁶ problems.

Stark夫人，很明显Andrew所作所为是非常不好的，但我要为他说两句，她的妈妈和我正在面临严重的婚姻问题。

Is that relevant?

这两个有什么关系？

Our marriage is disintegrating⁷. Of course Andrew is acting⁸ out. He has every right to be angry.

我们的婚姻正走向破裂，所以Andrew的行为有些反常，他有理由生气。

If Andrew is angry about you moving out of the house, then perhaps he should shove your head into a locker!

如果Andrew是因为你搬出家而气愤，那也许他应该把你的头撞到柜子上。

All I'm saying, is that we need to take some of the responsibility here.

我只是想这件事，我们也需要承担责任。

And so does Andrew! Blaming his actions on our problems which are not so serious does not help him.

Andrew也有责任，把他的行为归咎于我们的问题，况且我们的问题并不严重，并不能帮助他。

Our problems are serious!

我们的问题很严重。

Mrs. Stark, you handle this however you see fit.

Stark夫人,你们觉得合适的时候再来讨论这个问题吧。

Bree, I've gone to an attorney. You're gonna to be served with divorce papers later today.

Bree, 我找了律师，今天晚些时候你就会接到离婚文件。

You went to an attorney?

你找了律师？

Yeah! And a good one too!

是的，而且是个非常棒的律师。

Well he better be good, because when I'm finished with you, you won't have a cent to your name!

他最好能强点，因为如果咱俩完了的话，你别想在你名下有一分钱。

Bring it on!

都拿走吧。

Perhaps detention⁹ is the way to go.

也许我们可以拘留他。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

3 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

4 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

7 disintegrating   

v.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• As a poetic version of a disintegrating world, this one pleased him. 作为世界崩溃论在文学上的表现，他非常喜欢这个学说。 来自辞典例句
• Soil animals increase the speed of litter breakdown by disintegrating tissue. 土壤动物通过分解组织，加速落叶层降解的速度。 来自辞典例句

8 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

9 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。