《绝望的主妇》精讲591

At that precise moment, as Dr. Hanson Mills was cutting yet another umbilical cord,

与此同时，在Hanson mills医生在剪脐带的时候，

other ties were being severed¹ all over town.

其他的联系也在被切断。

Like the one between a child and the mother who didn't want him to grow up so quickly...

母子之间的亲情联系，一个不想孩子这么快就长大的慈母，

...or the one between a case offine wine and the housewife

或是一箱好酒和一位主妇之间的关系，

who hadn't wanted to admit that she had a problem...

一位不愿承认自己有问题的的家庭主妇，

...or the one between a woman and the boyfriend who couldn't forgive her betrayal.

或是一个女人和男友之间的联系，一个无法原谅女友背叛的男友。

The choice to separate from what we love is painful...

选择和我们的所爱分离是痛苦的，

Hey. How's my girl today? How are both of my girls?

我的姑娘，这天过得怎么样？我的两个姑娘今天过得怎么样？

The only thing worse...

唯一更糟糕的是，

We're doing good. We're doing real good.

我们不错，我们真的不错。

...is when someone we've trusted makes the choice for us.

有时候我们信任的人，替我们做了这样的选择。

1 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》