《绝望的主妇》精讲395

Mommy, Mommy, thank god, you're home!

妈咪妈咪，终于把你盼回来了。

Hey, sweet pea. Why? What's wrong?

嘿，宝贝。怎么了，出什么事了？

Daddy found a rat.

爸爸发现了一只老鼠。

Oh, did he now?

哇，这下麻烦大了。

Honey?I'm home.

宝贝？我回来了。

Hey, babe.

嘿，宝贝。

Hey.

Hi。

Hi, how was your day?

Hi,你今天过的怎么样？

It was good, but, more importantly, how was yours?

很好，但更重要的是——你过得如何？

Parker told you about the rat, huh?

Park跟你说了老鼠的事情是吧？

Yep.

是啊。

Oh, my god, it was so disgusting.

见鬼了,真是恶心。

I came down the steps, and there it was, sitting on the counter eating a leftover¹ grilled² cheese sandwich.

我才下楼，就看见那只老鼠，它坐在柜台上，吃着一块剩下的奶酪三明治。

The sandwiches from yesterday?

昨天我们吃的那些三明治？

Okay, yes, the house has been too messy. Obviously, my system has some kinks in it.

是的，没错，我知道这房子。的确显得非常乱，我的系统出了点问题。

But check it out. I got my act together.

但是，你看看。我现在全都搞定了。

Wow. So, um, I, I take it you took the rat outside?

哇，那么，我帮你把老鼠拿出去吧?

Oh, no, I smashed it with a shovel³.

哦，不用了，我用铲子把它砸扁了。

You killed it?

你杀了它？

Not with the first blow. Whew. Disgusting.

我只是打了它一下而已。唔，真恶心。

Hey. Little guy. I just wanted to say I'm really sorry about what happened with the shovel. 嘿，小家伙。我对于发生的一切感到十分抱歉。尤其是那铲子。

Neither one of us saw that coming.

其实我并不想那样的。

I know it's not much consolation⁴, but you really helped my marriage.

我知道这么说好像起不到什么安慰作用，但是你确实挽救了我的婚姻。

That's a lot for a little rat to accomplish in one lifetime.

你真是生的伟大，死的光荣啊！

Well, it's getting late, so, hats off to ya!

好像也挺晚了，那么...入土安息吧！

1 leftover   

n.剩货，残留物，剩饭；adj.残余的

参考例句：

• These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
• Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。

2 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

3 shovel   

n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出

参考例句：

• He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
• He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。

4 consolation   

n.安慰，慰问

参考例句：

• The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
• This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。