《丑女贝蒂》精讲 138你骄傲的公众形象

Why the hell was pasty-face hugging me and mumbling¹ something about Tibet?

为什么糨糊脸要拥抱我 说些关于西藏的东西

Oh, um, that might...be because you're being honored at the annual "Style Cares" charity event. Why?

那个可能是因为你被授予年度时尚慈善奖 为什么

Uh, because you...mm... you give a lot of money to orphans² in Tibet.

因为你向西藏的孤儿捐助了一大笔钱

When? Over the past five years. How?

什么时候 过去五年间 怎么捐的

Uh, through a tax-deductible charitable foundation set up by your accountant and someone.

通过一个由你的会计师和什么人建立的免税慈善基金

Who? Me. But I only did it because your accountant told me to.

谁 是我 但是我这么做是你的会计师要求的

But the good news, you don't have to traipse across town to some tired old ballroom³ for event

好消息是 你不需要穿过整个城市去一个破旧的礼堂参加颁奖典礼

because the honoree always hosts the event in their own home.

因为获奖人会在自己家中举办典礼

so that more money can go to the orphans.

就可以有更多的钱可以捐给孤儿们

When, exactly, were you going to tell me about all of this?

你是打算什么时候再告诉我这些

The day before the event. So you'd have less time to hit me.

典礼前一天 那样你就没有时间打我了

Think of the tiny baby orphans...and your public image.

想一想可怜的孤儿小宝宝 还有你的公众形象

I suppose you made a good point about my public image

我想关于我的公众形象你说得没错

But who the hell would get excited about a charity event?

但是谁会为慈善典礼而感到兴奋

1 mumbling   

含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I could hear him mumbling to himself. 我听到他在喃喃自语。
• He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg. 宴会结束时，他仍在咕哝着医院里的事。说着说着，他在一块冰上滑倒，跌断了左腿。

2 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

3 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。