《丑女贝蒂》精讲 122我永远是你们中的一员

（D=Daniel W=Wilhelmina N=Nico L=Lexie C1=Cal C2=Clair）

D: Hey, Lexie.

嗨 Lexie

I'm gonna pop down to the cafeteria have lunch with my friend , Natalie.

我要和我朋友 Natalie去餐厅吃饭

L: I'm on the phone. What was it, you were saying?

我正打电话呢 你刚才说什么

D: Okay. Uh,anyway, I'll be back in an hour or so, okay?

好吧 我过一个小时左右回来 好吧

Sorry. My new boss——yabbering on about something.

不好意思 我的新老板 不知道在说什么

N: Mother, would you please take off your sunglasses? It's embarrassing.

老妈 你能把墨镜摘了吗 太丢人了

W: I can't believe you dragged me down here.

真不敢相信你竟然把我拽到这种地方

What kind of sad people eat in cafeterias?

得多可悲的人才会在餐厅里吃饭啊

C 1: Hello, hello! Wilhelmina.

Wilhelmina. 你好啊 你好啊

Well, well. Scooch over there a second, would you please? Thank you.

嗯 嗯 往那边挪一点好吗 谢谢

W: Well, Cal, Claire. What a nice surprise！This is my daughter, Nicol.

喔 Cal Claire真巧啊 这是我女儿Nicol

C 2: Hello, Nicol. It's nice to meet you, dear.

你好 妮可 很高兴认识你 亲爱的

C 1: Surprised to see you down here,Wilhelmina.

没想到会在这看到你 Wilhelmina

What are you eating among the commoners?

你是来体验平民生活的吗

W: You're too funny. I would bust¹ a rib² if I hadn't had them all removed.

你太幽默了 和这群人在一起我坐立难安

C 1: Uh, could we talk business for just a minute?

我们能谈一下工作的事吗

C 2: We like the New York issue but we are a little concerned about sales.

我们喜欢你的纽约专题 不过我们有点担心销量

Now Cal has an idea. So try to keep an open mind about this.

现在Cal 有个想法 听听这个主意

W: Get on with it, you old bag.

接着扯 你这个死老太太

C 1: Well, uh, every book or movie I see these days is about Vampires⁴.

最近市面上的书和电影都是有关吸血鬼的

It's just... it's a total cash cow.

它是 这绝对是个摇钱树

Now what if we put a vampire³ on the cover of Mode.

现在如果我们让吸血鬼登上风尚的封面

C 2: You've got to be kidding me.

您在开玩笑吧

So the New York theme becomes gothic Gotham.

把纽约专题变成哥特专题

Keep the fashion but give our cover girl some fangs⁵. Worst idea ever.

还是要时尚 不过给封面女孩加上獠牙 史上最差想法

Oh, wait. It's my turn to talk.

哦 等一下 该我发言了

W: I love it!

我爱死这个主意了

C 1: You do?

你喜欢

C 2 :Oh, Cal and I thought we might get some push back from you on this.

哦 Cal 和我都以为这个想法你会不太同意

W: I know a great idea when I hear one.

有些想法我一听就知道是好主意

Wilhelmina Slater is and will always be a team player.

我可永远是这个团队的一份子

1 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

2 rib   

n.肋骨，肋状物

参考例句：

• He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
• He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。

3 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

4 vampires   

n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 )；吸血蝠；高利贷者；（舞台上的）活板门

参考例句：

• The most effective weapon against the vampires is avampire itself. 对付吸血鬼最有效的武器就是吸血鬼自己。 来自电影对白
• If vampires existed, don`t you think we would`ve found them by now? 如果真有吸血鬼，那我们怎么还没有找到他们呢？ 来自电影对白

5 fangs   

n.（尤指狗和狼的）长而尖的牙( fang的名词复数 )；（蛇的）毒牙；罐座

参考例句：

• The dog fleshed his fangs in the deer's leg. 狗用尖牙咬住了鹿腿。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Dogs came lunging forward with their fangs bared. 狗龇牙咧嘴地扑过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》