《丑女贝蒂》精讲 53这不是亡羊补牢的时候了

Wilhelmina:Betty's neighbor stole the book. This must be my lucky day.

Betty的邻居偷了样刊。今天肯定是我的幸运日。

Amanda:Vampira told me to let you know they're still waiting for your notes from the book.

Vampira让我告诉你，他们还在等你对那本书提出自己的看法。

Daniel:Uh, uh, just tell them I'm—— I'm still going over it. I, uh, I ran out of post-its, okay?

呃，呃，告诉他们我——我还在整理。我，呃，我的便条用完了，好么？

Yeah. Oh, and, uh, call Betty again. Find out where the hell¹ she—

哦，再给Betty打个电话。问问她究竟——

Okay! I'm not seeing the book in your hands. Why is that?

太好了！怎么没见你拿书？怎么回事？

Betty:Because Gina Gambarro has it.

因为被Gina Gambarro拿走了。

Daniel:Gambarro? Gambarro. Is that a-a new designer²?

Gambarro？Gambarro。是那个新来的设计师？

Betty:No, it's an old slut. She broke into my house, and she took it, and now she's holding it in ransom—

不，是个老婊子，她闯进了我家偷走了书，现在她以此勒索——

Daniel:What? W-w-wait. You told me you had the book. You said you were looking at it.

什么？等——等等。你说书在你手上的，你说你正在看。

Betty:Yeah, I lied...or I twisted³ the truth to try to buy some time and fix it.

是啊，我撒谎了…或者说我是歪曲事实，省情度势想争取点时间来解决它。

Daniel:Betty, you don't lie to me, ever. We're on the same team.

Betty，你怎么可以对我撒谎。我们是一条船上的。

I mean, we cannot afford to have those unretouched Natalie proofs out there in any way, shape or form, and I-I cannot tell you how royally⁴ it screwed⁵ with her and this entire⁶ magazine could be.

无论如何，不能让Natalie的原始照片样张以任何形式流传出去，否则不管对她还是对整个杂志后果都不堪设想。

Betty:Because there are pictures of what she actually looks like?

就因为里面有张她真实样貌的照片？

Daniel:Exactly. How much does this Gina want?

没错。Gina想要多少钱？

Betty:$4,000.00 .Daniel, I-I will pay you back with interest, or you can take it out of my check for the next five years. I'm so sorry.

4000美元。Daniel，我会连本带利一起还你，或者在我未来五年的工资里扣。我真的很抱歉。

Daniel:Okay, stop, uh... we're gonna deal with this later.

好了，别说了…这个我们稍候再说。

Get my checkbook out of my top drawer and meet me downstairs. We're going to Queens⁷.

从最上面的抽屉里拿支票本给我，我在楼下等你。咱们到皇后区去。

Betty:Daniel, they're all waiting for you.

Daniel，他们都在等你。

Daniel: Oh, right.

哦，对。

1 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

2 designer   

n.设计者，制图者

参考例句：

• Carolyne is a fashion designer.卡罗琳是一名时装设计师。
• He was a set designer.他是一个布景设计者。

3 twisted   

adj.（感情、欲望等）反常的，变态的v.扭，搓，缠绕( twist的过去式和过去分词 )；歪曲；转动；扭转

参考例句：

• After the crash the car was a mass of twisted metal. 那辆车撞成了一堆扭曲的废铁。
• The rope had twisted itself around the wheel, stopping the motor. 绳子把轮子缠住，电动机就不转了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 royally   

adv.像王族，庄严地

参考例句：

• They banqueted her royally when she became the director of the company. 当她就任这家公司的经理时，他们为她举行了盛大宴会。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Salt was an important item on the table of royally. 盐在皇家的餐桌上是一个重要的部分。 来自互联网

5 screwed   

adj.用螺丝拧紧的，螺丝状的，喝醉的v.用螺丝拧紧( screw的过去式和过去分词 )；拧上去；（和某人）性交；诈骗（钱财等）

参考例句：

• an extremely screwed-up kid 一个十分神经质的孩子
• He screwed up his face at the nasty smell. 闻到这令人作呕的气味，他皱眉蹙额。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 entire   

adj.全部的，完整的，同性质的，纯正的，全面的

参考例句：

• The entire world consists of matter.整个世界都是由物质组成的。
• I've wasted an entire day on this.在这上面我已经浪费了一整天的时间。

7 queens   

n.女王( queen的名词复数 )；王后；女人（尤指妇人）；皇后

参考例句：

• the kings and queens of England 英格兰国王和王后
• She is the most famous of all American movie queens. 她是全美最著名的影后。 来自《简明英汉词典》