《美少女的谎言》第7期:希望带来痛苦

 Hey, what do you think? 你觉得如何

You have an eye for design. I absolutely love it. 你在设计方面一向很有眼光 我非常喜欢

Thank you. 谢谢你

Honestly,when mom said you were converting the barn to loft¹, 说实话 当妈妈说你把谷仓改成了阁楼

I couldn’t see it, but it’s beautiful. 我简直没法想象 不过这真的很漂亮

Job well done. 干得好

I’m glad you like it. 我很高兴你能喜欢

And I totally appreciate your letting us move in. 而且我非常感谢你让我们搬进来

What? 什么

Ren and I are staying in the barn 任跟我要重新装饰我们城里的房子

While we redo my place in the city. 这段期间 我们会呆在这谷仓里

I’m moving in for junior year, Melissa. 可我高三要搬过来住的 梅丽莎

That’s the deal that I made with mom and dad. 这是我早就跟爸妈说好的

I got the grades, I did the intership, 我好好学习 参加实习

I gave up my summer because I wanted this. 我放弃了暑假就是因为我想得到它

Well,you’ll just have to wait. 别激动 你只需要等等

Why can’t you stay in my room? 你们为什么不能住我的房间

We’re a couple,Spencer. 我们是夫妻 斯宾塞

We need our own space, and mom and dad agree. 我们需要自己的空间 爸妈也同意了

But they promised me. 但他们先答应我的

Is everything okay? 一切都好吗

I’m Ren. 我是任

I was hoping you’d be happy for me. 我希望你能为我感到高兴

Well, you know what they say about hope. 你知道人们是怎么看待希望的吧

Breeds eternal misery². 希望会带来无尽的痛苦

 

1 loft   

n.阁楼，顶楼

参考例句：

• We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
• By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。

2 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。