《绝望的主妇》精讲336

Bree Van De Kamp believed in old-fashioned values.

Bree Van De Kamp相信老式的价值观

Things like respect for God, the importance of family, and love of country.

对比如上帝的尊敬，对家庭的重视，与对祖国的热爱

In fact, Bree believed so strongly in her values, it was always a shock whenever she was confronted¹ with those who didn't.

事实上，Bree太过执著于自己的价值观，以至于每当她面对与她价值观相异的人，她总是会感到震惊。

It's not mine.

那不是我的

You promised the cheating had stopped, Rex. You promised.

你保证不再背叛我了，Rex，你保证过了。

Could we not yell² at each other? I'm feeling really lousy today.

我们可以不要冲着对方嚷嚷吗？我今天感觉很不好。

I want you out of the house!

我要你离开这幢房子！

Bree, look at me. It's not mine.

Bree，看着我。这不是我的。

Well, then, whose is it? It didn't just magically appear in my laundry basket.

好吧，那么，这是谁的？它不可能像变魔术一样突然出现在我的洗衣篮里吧。

Well, I'm not the only guy in this house that uses that hamper³.

似乎，在这个家里我不是唯一一个用这东西的人。

No.

不

Sorry.

抱歉。

Andrew is still a child.

Andrew还是个孩子。

He's sixteen. It's not unheard of.

他16岁了，这不是什么稀罕事。

Honey, you have to talk to him.

亲爱的，你必须和他谈谈。

And tell him what?

跟他说什么？

Tell him that we found his condom and that he is forbidden from - y'know.

跟他说我们找到了他的避孕套，告诉他禁止那个……

I can absolutely tell him that we think he's too young, but I don't think it's gonna do any good.

我完全可以告诉他我们觉得他还太小，但我不认为这会有什么效果。

Well, then the least we can do is go searchhis room and if we find any more of these, we'll confiscate⁴ them.

那么，我们至少可以搜搜他的房间，如果发现还有这东西，就全部没收。

And that will accomplish what?

那样的话又能怎样呢？

Well, if we take away his condoms, maybe—

如果我们拿走他的避孕套，也许——

He's a teenage boy. We could take awayhis penis. He'd still try to have sex.

他是个十几岁的男孩了，我们就算把他的“小兄弟”拿走他仍然会试着去做爱。

Well, we can't put it back in his room. I mean that would be like we're condoning⁵ him having pre-marital sex.

但我们不能把这个放回他的房间。我的意思是，那好像是我们在默许他发生未成熟性关系。

Bree, let me put this another way. Do you want to become a grandmother?

Bree，让我换个角度来说吧。你想成为奶奶吗？

Yes, Bree believed in old-fashioned values, but she also believed it was better to be safe than sorry.

是的，Bree信奉老式的价值观，但她同样相信，与其事后后悔，不如事前安全。

1 confronted   

面对( confront的过去式和过去分词 )； 使面对； 使对质； 处理

参考例句：

• When we confronted him, he denied everything. 我们与他当面对质时，他什么都不承认。
• The writer confronted his pile of work with determination. 那作家下决心面对成堆的工作。

2 yell   

vi./n.号叫，叫喊

参考例句：

• This gave them a chance to yell.这给了他们大声喊叫的机会。
• When his schoolmate made the last goal,the boy gave out with an untrammeled yell.那个男孩在他的同学踢进最后一球时不禁纵声欢呼。

3 hamper   

vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子

参考例句：

• There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
• The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

4 confiscate   

v.没收(私人财产)，把…充公

参考例句：

• The police have the right to confiscate any forbidden objects they find.如发现违禁货物，警方有权查扣。
• Did the teacher confiscate your toy?老师没收你的玩具了吗？

5 condoning   

v.容忍，宽恕，原谅( condone的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I'm not condoning what he did, all right? 我并不是宽恕他的所作所为，好吗？ 来自电影对白
• Communist Party conservatives abhor the idea of condoning explicIt'sex. 党内的保守势力痛恨对赤裸性爱内容的宽容。 来自互联网