《美少女的谎言》第19期:一起约会

 Do you use this? 你用这东西吗

As a paperweight. 拿来压纸的

Mostly it's to remind myself 大多时候还是用来提醒我

that there was literature before laptops¹. 文学在笔记本发明之前就存在

What do you think? 你觉得怎么样

It's nice. 很棒

Yeah, I like it. Thanks for asking me. 我很喜欢  谢谢邀请

You're welcome. 客气了

How are things at home? 家里情况怎么样

Fine. 不错

Um... My mom and dad are having a date night. 今晚我妈和我爸一起约会

Mm. Well, maybe they're working things out. 或许他们正商量着怎么解决那事

They can have all the alone time in the world, 他们现在可以过二人世界

But she's... 但是她

She's gonna be miserable² when she finds out. 她如果知道事实真相一定会很伤心

Aria³, 艾瑞亚

has it ever occurred⁴ to you 你有没有想过

that maybe your mom knows more about this than you think? 也许你妈妈比你想象中知道得多

No. She doesn't know. That's the worst part. 不  她压根不知道  这才是最糟的

Well, almost the worst part. 好吧  差不多是最糟的了

Well, it's possible that your parents have come 你的父母很有可能早已

to some sort of understanding that you don't know about. 对你所不知道的事达成了一种协议

No, it's not possible. 不可能

What do you mean, an "understanding"? 你说'协议'是什么意思

Okay, um... 这么说吧

When I was 12, my parents broke up, 我12岁的时候  父母离婚了

and it threw my brother and me for a loop⁵. 而且把我和我哥哥都蒙在鼓里

I found out later they'd both been cheating. 后来我发现他们在撒谎

They worked through their infidelity, 他们对彼此不忠

it was just something else that killed the marriage. 他们离婚是另有其因的

But that's your family, not mine. 但那是你的家庭  不是我的

What are you trying to tell me? 你到底想说什么

I'm just saying 我只是想说

that even though your dad put you in this position, 即使你爸爸把你弄到这般地步

it's not your problem to fix. 也不是你能解决的问题

I'm not trying to fix it. I'm trying to deal with it. 我没有在解决它  我在处理它

But they are the ones that should be dealing⁶ with this. 但他们才是要处理这个问题的人

What you can't see now is that your parents 你现在还不能理解

need to figure it out for themselves, like adults. 这事需要你父母自己解决  像大人一样

Like adults?  Right. 像大人一样  是的

 

1 laptops   

便携式电脑( laptop的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Thousands of children worldwide are already playing and learning with XO laptops. 世界各地上千学童已经透过XO手提电脑嬉戏[和]学习了。
• The recall of the latest laptops costs Dell several million dollars. 由于召回其最新的笔记本电脑产品，戴尔公司损失了好几百万美元。

2 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

3 aria   

n.独唱曲，咏叹调

参考例句：

• This song takes off from a famous aria.这首歌仿效一首著名的咏叹调。
• The opera was marred by an awkward aria.整部歌剧毁在咏叹调部分的不够熟练。

4 occurred   

v.发生(occur 的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions. 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
• These changes have occurred over a long time span. 这些变化经过了很长一段时间才形成。

5 loop   

n.圈，环(状物)；回路，循环；v.(使)成环

参考例句：

• Loop the curtains up.把窗帘卷起来。
• He bends a wire into a loop.他将铁线弯成圆圈。

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。