《绝望的主妇》精讲367

Hey.

嘿。

Hey Lynette what are you doing here? What’s this?

Lynette，你来这里做什么，这是什么？

You told me Duggan’s coming back to work today, I thought I’d do something special for him.

你告诉我说Duggan今天回来工作，我想我要为他做点什么。

Uh huh, and this wouldn’t have anything to do with you checking up on me and Annabel?

绝对不是为了过来监视一下我和Annabel的。

What?

什么?

Yesterday you brought my pictures of the kids.

昨天你带来了孩子们的照片。

The day before that you brought me soup.

前天，你给我带香皂。

Lynette, honey, it's gotta stop.

Lynette，亲爱的...不能这么做了。

Tom, I don’t care about you working with Annabel.

Tom...我不介意你和Annabel一起工作。

I told you that.

我跟你说过了。

This is for Duggan. He had a heart attack. I don’t care about Annabel.

这是给Duggan的，他刚得了心脏病。我一点也不介意Annabel。

Hey, Lynette.

Lynette。

Huh. Speak of the devil¹. And I mean that.

说起魔鬼。我就是那个意思。

Well, you’re becoming a regular fixture² around here, aren’t ya?

你都快成了这里的常驻代表了. 是吧？

Oh, yeah. I wanted to do something nice for Duggan.

我只想为Duggan做点什么事。

I suppose filling his blood stream with butter fat might be considered nice.

我猜在他的血管里塞满脂肪是个不错的主意。

Actually, it’s fruit juice sweetened. Can I cut you? A piece?

这是果糖的。要不要我切你？切给你一块。

Everyone, I need to see you right now.

各位，请都过来一下。

Okay listen up. I just spoke³ with Tim Duggan’s wife. and it looks like he’s not gonna be returning to work after all.

听着，我刚和Duggan的太太见了一面。看来他不会再回来工作了。

Seems that he had a relapse lastnight which unfortunately puts us in a very tight⁴ spot.

昨晚他的心脏病重新复发。这让我们就比较紧张了。

We’re gonna work together as a team and do what we need to do,

我们团队必须团结起来做好本份工作。

so Jerry you're taking the Holister account⁵, Suzanne, you're covering Paradise⁶ Springs, and Annabel, I want you to take the lead on the Traveler’s Hotel chain.

Jerry，你来做表单会计。Suzanne，你来做法拉利春季系列。Annabel, 我要你负责连锁旅行酒店。

You’re leaving for Hawaii in three days.

三天后你出发去夏威夷。

I can’t handle traveler’s by myself, especially not if they're moving into the print.

我一个人没法出差。事情都还没有定的时候更不能我一个去。

Dan:Well, choose someone to take with you.

选个人和你一起去。

Oh, okay. Um, I choose Tom.

好的。我选...Tom。

1 devil   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.召鬼容易驱鬼难。
• Susie,you're a determined little devil.苏茜，你真是个坚决的小家伙。

2 fixture   

n.固定设备；预定日期；比赛时间；定期存款

参考例句：

• Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
• The cordless kettle may now be a fixture in most kitchens.无绳电热水壶现在可能是多数厨房的固定设备。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 tight   

adj.紧的；难解的；紧密的

参考例句：

• Time is going to be tight,so you'd better hurry.时间很紧，你最好抓紧一点。
• The box is so tight that I can't open it.这个盒子太紧，我打不开。

5 account   

n.叙述；帐目；帐户

参考例句：

• She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。

6 paradise   

n.伊甸乐园，天堂

参考例句：

• My house had a small backyard,the paradise of children.我那幢房子有一个小后院，那是孩子们玩耍的乐园。
• On a hot day a dip in the sea is sheer paradise.热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。