《美少女的谎言》第13期:不可告人的秘密

 Whose idea was this, again? 谁出的这主意来着

Emily’s mom. 艾米莉的妈妈

The shed was me. 去小屋是我提议的

My mom just said we should do something for us. 我妈只是建议我们做些事情来重建友谊

Well, couldn’t we do something without mosquitoes? 难道不能做些远离蚊子的事吗

They’re not mosquitoes, they’re gnats¹. 那不是蚊子 是蠓虫

Whatever! They’re small and annoying. 管它是什么呢 反正它们又小又讨厌

and they’re flying up my nose. 还一个劲儿往我鼻子里钻

Well, they’re attracted to your perfume, 你的香水太诱人了

and your hair product and your lip gloss². 护发用品 还有唇彩也是

So, what are you saying, I attract flies? 你什么意思 我对苍蝇有吸引力吗

Gnats. 是蠓虫

Why do I feel like this is the wrong way? 我怎么觉得走错路了

No,this is it. 没走错 就是这条路

I remember that tree. 我还记得那棵树

It’s the halfway³ point. 这正好是中点标志

There’s 136 steps left to the shed. 离小屋还有136步

Have you been out here since…Alison? 艾莉森出事以后你来过这吗

Me? No. 我吗 当然没有

No way. 怎么可能

But you remember that tree. 可是你还记得那棵树

You guys, it’s not that weird⁴. 姑娘们 别大惊小怪的

I mean, we came out here in eighth grade, like ,every day… 再怎么说 咱初二的时候几乎天天来啊

even after. 那之后也没少来

I think this is totally the wrong place to do this, 我觉得这真不是重建友谊的好地方

whatever you call it…shrine⁵. 随你管这叫什么 比如圣地

It’s not a shrine. 这不是圣地

It’s just a place to remember Alison. 这只是一个怀念艾莉森的地方

What’s wrong with that? 有什么不妥的吗

Doing it way out here 在这么隐蔽的地方活动

makes it look like we have something to hide. 显得我们好像有什么不可告人的小秘密

You’re worried what other people think? 你居然在担心别人怎么想

Well, aren’t you? 你不担心吗

Do you really want to give that creepy detective 你真想给那个变态侦探

more reasons to question us? 更多审问我们的借口吗

 

1 gnats   

n.叮人小虫( gnat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He decided that he might fire at all gnats. 他决定索性把鸡毛蒜皮都摊出来。 来自辞典例句
• The air seemed to grow thick with fine white gnats. 空气似乎由于许多白色的小虫子而变得浑浊不堪。 来自辞典例句

2 gloss   

n.光泽，光滑；虚饰；注释；vt.加光泽于；掩饰

参考例句：

• John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点，但是没有用。
• She rubbed up the silver plates to a high gloss.她把银盘擦得很亮。

3 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

4 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。

5 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。