《丑女贝蒂》精讲 209我要做编辑

Hey, Amanda.Uh, I just wanted to check in,

嘿 Amanda 我只是想确认一下

You know ,make sure we're cool. Totally. Good.

你知道的 确认我们没事 完全没事 很好

Okay,this is really weird¹.

好吧 这真的很诡异

You're asking me about my feelings,

你在问我的感受

and I haven't had one clingy impulse² since we did it.

自从我们那样过开始我一点粘你的冲动都没了

So we were there for each other, and now we're good.

于是 我们只是互相安慰了一把而现在我们也没事

Yeah.I guess we actually did this right.

我想我们实际这么做是对了

"Mode³" magazine. How can I help you?

时尚杂志 有什么我能帮到您的吗

The Bahamas proofs just came in,

巴哈马的样片刚送来

And not that you care about other people's opinions.

不是说你在意别人的意见

But the entire staff is buzzing⁴ about how great they are.

但所有工作人员都在议论这些拍得有多好

Oh,champagne. I thought that you'd be more heartbroken?

哦 香槟 我还以为你会更伤心

Connor is alive. That is reason enough for me.

Connor还活着 这个理由对我来说就足够了

And since everyone thinks I got him arrested,

既然所有人都认为是我让他被捕的

I can write my own ticket at "Mode,"

我回时尚绝对是不成问题了

which means⁵ you still have your job.

这也意味着你的工作也保住了

And you got your boy shorts in a wad for nothing.

而你也可以安心地躺在床上睡大觉了

Well...There's something I need to tell you.

可我有件事要告诉你

I've accepted a job from Daniel as his assistant.

我在Daniel那接受了一项工作做他的助理

So quit.

那辞掉好了

Thing is I don't want to.

问题是我不想

I know it's not a job as an editor,

我知道那工作不是当编辑

but somehow I think Daniel will actually try to make it happen for me.

但不知怎的 我觉得Daniel实际上会试着为我实现它

1 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。

2 impulse   

n.（一时的）冲动，冲力，脉冲，神经冲动

参考例句：

• She wrote that letter on impulse.她一时冲动写了这封信。
• I don't know how to resist my impulse.我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。

3 mode   

n.方式，样式，模式，风格，时兴；[音乐]调式

参考例句：

• Wearing jeans is out of mode at present.现在穿牛仔裤过时了。
• His mode of doing business is offensive to me.他干事情的方式叫我很不喜欢。

4 buzzing   

adj.嗡嗡响的v.发出嗡嗡声( buzz的现在分词 )；（发出）充满兴奋的谈话声[闲话，谣言]；忙乱，急行；用蜂鸣器（发信号）

参考例句：

• The computer made a buzzing noise that she found off-putting. 计算机发出的嗡嗡声让她心烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Bees are humming [buzzing] around from flower to flower. 蜜蜂在花丛中嗡嗡地飞来飞去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。