《绝望的主妇》精讲364

So help me, if you don’t back me up on this I will loose it.

快帮帮我, 这件事如果你不站在我这边我会输的。

Yes, shouldn’t have spanked² Porterbut, its not like she hurt him

没错, Bree不应该打Bree的屁股，但是她并没有伤害他啊。

That is not the point, you don’t spank¹ other people’s children.

这不是重点，她不应该打别人家小孩的屁股。

He was misbehaving, she had to do something. B-but make no mistake, she definitely crossed the line.

他调皮了，她必须干点什么。但... 但是她的确过分了一点。

Yeah, you’re damned right she did. She could have tried something else, like a time out or she could have simply threatened to spank him.

当然, 她是过分了。她试试别的方法啊，比如“暂停休息”，或者她可以威胁说要打他。

Yeah, because that works outso well when we do it.

是啊, 因为这种方法我们很受用。

It does work. It does work most of the time.

的确有用，大部分时间都有用的。

It used to work. They’ve figured out that it’s an empty threat, they-they’re on to us.

过去是有用的。小孩慢慢地知道我们只是在吓唬他们，然后他们会想到应对措施。

My mom used to beat the hell out of my sisters and me. And I won’t do it. I willnot become my mother.

我妈以前会狠狠地打我和我妹妹，我是不会这样的。我不会变成我妈那样。

Fine. But the boys are getting older and smarter. And eventually, believe me, eventually they’re gonna figure out that they outnumber us and then…

好的，但是男孩们会长大, 变得越来越聪明。而最后... 相信我，最后他们会知道他们在数量上胜出我们，然后...

We’re screwed.

我们就惨了。

Exactly

没错。

1 spank   

v.打，拍打(在屁股上)

参考例句：

• Be careful.If you don't work hard,I'll spank your bottom.你再不好好学习，小心被打屁股。
• He does it very often.I really get mad.I can't help spank him sometimes.他经常这样做。我很气愤。有时候我忍不住打他的屁股。

2 spanked   

v.用手掌打( spank的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• We spanked along in his new car. 我们坐在他的新车里兜风。 来自辞典例句
• The nurse spanked the naughty child. 保育员打了一下那个淘气的孩子的屁股。 来自辞典例句