《绝望的主妇》精讲584

On page six is an example of the new print ad. Check it out.

第6页是新的样板广告，翻过去看一下。

I'm thirsty.

我渴了。

Oh, shh, honey, everyone's working. I'm sorry. This'll just take a sec.

哦，宝贝，所有人都在工作。不好意思，一会儿就好。

Is it just me or is that bizarre?

还是真有怪事？

It's bizarre. Totally bizarre.

真怪，太奇异了。

We got to make her stop this.

我们得让她停止这么做。

Hey, don't get me wrong, I find that as bizarre as you guys do,

嘿，嘿，别怪我我跟你们一样也发现了这怪事，

but right now this firm needs Veronica more than she needs us.

但是眼下公司需要Veronica，多过她需要我们。

Telling a mother how to raise her kids is an act of war. We will lose her.

告诉一个母亲该怎么带孩子，是挑起战争的行为，我们会失去她。

The kid is five. It's disgusting!

这个孩子5岁让人生厌！

Yeah, well we'll just ask her to keep the blinds always drawn¹ when she nurses.

是的，我们可以让她喂孩子时把百叶窗一直关着。

We still know what's going on in there. It's a distraction². And god forbid a client sees her.

我们仍然可以知道她在做什么，这让人分心。上天也会禁止这样做。

Okay, so who's going to tell her?

好吧，谁来跟她说？

You're a woman. It's easier for you to talk to her about milk and boobs and stuff.

你是个女人。对你来说更容易和她说奶、胸之类的。

No! No, uh, please. Don't make me do it. Why don't you have Jerry tell her?

不! 不，嗯，请别让我来做，你干吗不让Jerry告诉她？

I made a pass at her yesterday. It'd be weird³.

我昨天挑逗过她，那会很怪异的。

You could do it without offending her. Come on, Lynette. Take one for the team.

你可以在不冒犯她的情况下做这件事去吧，Lynette，为了大家。

Okay, but for the record, the team is made up of wimps⁴.

好吧，但实话，说这一组的人都是懦夫。

Well, the team's aware of that and accepts your loathing⁵.

小组已经明白这点，也接受你对我们的讨厌。

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

4 wimps   

n.懦弱的人，无用的人( wimp的名词复数 )v.懦弱的人，无用的人( wimp的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• No. Seatbelts are for wimps. Besides, I'm a great driver. 不。只有懦夫才系安全带。我驾车很在行。 来自互联网
• Good news for wimps (a weak person), then. 这对于那些白面小生来说可是个好消息。 来自互联网

5 loathing   

n.厌恶，憎恨v.憎恨，厌恶( loathe的现在分词)；极不喜欢

参考例句：

• She looked at her attacker with fear and loathing . 她盯着襲擊她的歹徒，既害怕又憎恨。
• They looked upon the creature with a loathing undisguised. 他们流露出明显的厌恶看那动物。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》