《绝望的主妇》精讲401

 

Hey, Nina.

嗨，Nina。

Mm-hmm?

唔？

Uh, about tomorrow morning...

关于明天早上...

Mm-hmm?

唔？

You know how the first hour of the morning meeting is always so slow?

你知道清晨会议的头一个小时总是进行的很慢。

Because I've got this thing...

我有点事...

Good god¹, this is not about your kids again, is it?

上帝，不是又关于你得孩子吧？

I know, I promised I wouldn't do this,

我知道，我保证过我不会这样，

but Parker really needs me to be there on his first day of kindergarten².

但Parker第一天幼儿园真的需要我在。

He's so freaked out I can't be there.

我不能去让他发慌了。

I'm sorry. How is this my problem?

不好意思，这跟我有什么关系?

Because we can't escape³ the fact that I have kids.

因为我们不能忽略我有孩子的事实.

I love my job, but to be fair, there's gotta be some balance⁴.

我爱我的工作,但公平点说,这可以有一个平衡的。

Okay, how about the people that don't have the kids?

好吧，那那些没有孩子的人呢?

Did you ever consider that they might need a little more balance in their lives, hmm?

你有考虑过他们生活中是不是也需要一点平衡呢？

Like, maybe they want to go see a matinee or perhaps they want to come in a little late after a big crazy night out or maybe they just want to get a hair cut,

比如，也许他们想去看演出，或者他们玩了一夜想晚点上班，或者他们只是想剪个头发，

which I, myself, have not been able to do for two months.

我本人两个月都没有剪头了。

So, no, this is about fairness⁵ to the people who are childless by choice, okay?

所以，抱歉，我要对没有孩子的人公平，好么？

Okay. Good point. And I'm sorry about yourhair. I can see why you're upset.

好吧。有道理。我为你的头发感到抱歉。难怪你这么不高兴。

1 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。

2 kindergarten   

n.幼儿园 adj.幼儿园的；启蒙阶段的

参考例句：

• What did you do at kindergarten today?你今天在幼儿园做了什么？
• Who was your best friend in kindergarten?在幼儿园谁是你最好的朋友？

3 escape   

vi.逃跑，逃避；逃过..的注意；逸出；n.逃跑

参考例句：

• We had to break the door out to escape from the fire.我们不得不把门砸开以逃避火灾。
• He didn't allow any word to escape his lips.他守口如瓶。

4 balance   

n.秤，天平，平衡，[商]收支差额，结余，余额；资产平稳表；v.平衡，称，权衡，对比，结算；vt.称，权衡，比较，使平衡，结算，抵消

参考例句：

• You must learn to keep your balance in skating.在溜冰时你得学会保持平衡。
• I found it hard to keep my balance on the icy path.我觉得在冰滑小道上走路要保持身体平衡是相当困难的。

5 fairness   

n.公平，正直，美好，明亮，清晰，适当，顺利性

参考例句：

• Their reputation for fairness is a matter for pride.他们公正的名声令他们引以为豪。
• Her sunburnt skin accentuates the fairness of her hair.她那晒黑了的皮肤突出了她的一头金发。