《绝望的主妇》精讲418

The world is filled with good fathers.

世间好爸爸到处都有

How do we recognize them?

可我们又如何找到他们呢？

They’re the ones who are missed so terribly that everything falls apart in their absence.

他们不在身边时我们会感到绝望崩溃。

They’re the ones who love us, long before we’ve even arrived.

他们在孩子还未出生前就深爱着我们

They’re the ones who come looking for us when we can’t find our way home.

他们在我们迷失回家的路时还在寻找我们

Hey, what’s wrong?

怎么了？

Because of me,

因为我，

my son’s imaginary¹ friend got crushed² by a garbage truck.

儿子的假象朋友被卡车“压死”了

I am the worst person in the world.

我真是世上最差的妈妈。

Yes, the world is filled with good fathers.

的确。世间好爸爸到处都有...

Honey, he is gonna get over this in no time. Trust me.

亲爱的，他很快会忘了这事的，相信我。

And one day, when he is all grown up,

等有一天Parker长大了，

you and Parker are gonna laugh hysterically³ about this.

你们俩会拿这事开玩笑的。

You really think so? Really?

真的？

And the best are the ones who make the women in their lives…

而最好的父亲就是那些能让生命中的女人…

I promise.

我保证。

…feel like good mothers.

觉得自己是最好的母亲的人。

1 imaginary   

adj.想象中的，假想的，虚构的，幻想的；虚数的

参考例句：

• All the characters in this book are imaginary.此书中的所有人物都是虚构的。
• The boy's fears were only imaginary.这小孩的恐惧只是一种想象。

2 crushed   

a.压碎的，倒碎的

参考例句：

• The car was completely crushed under the truck. 小轿车被卡车压得完全变形了。
• The box was crushed when the car ran over it. 汽车辗过箱子时把它给压碎了。

3 hysterically   

ad. 歇斯底里地

参考例句：

• The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。
• She sobbed hysterically, and her thin body was shaken. 她歇斯底里地抽泣着，她瘦弱的身体哭得直颤抖。