《绝望的主妇》精讲21

[00:00.50]Three days after my funeral,

[00:02.21]Lynette replaced her grief¹ with a much more useful emotion --

[00:06.43]indignation.

[00:07.93]Tom, this is my fifth message, and you still haven't called me back.

[00:11.81]Well, you must be having a lot of fun on your business trip. I can only imagine.

[00:17.10]Well, guess what -- the kids and I want to have some fun, too,

[00:19.40]so unless you call me back by noon,

[00:21.23]we are getting on a plane and joining you.

[00:22.90]Mom!

[00:23.61]Not now, honey. Mommy's threatening daddy.

[00:26.70]Mom. No, I -- where are your brothers?

[00:30.53]- Noodles. - My favorite.

[00:38.92]Lynette Scavo?

[00:40.50]Crap.

[00:41.42]Natalie Klein. I don't believe it.

[00:44.92]Lynette. How long has it been?

[00:47.51]Years.

[00:49.64]Uh, how are you? How's the firm?

[00:51.30]Good. Everyone misses you.

[00:54.60]Yeah. We all say if you hadn't quit,

[00:56.43]you'd be running the place by now.

[00:58.10]Yeah, well...

[01:01.23]So... how's domestic² life?

[01:05.40]Don't you just love being a mom?

[01:08.53]And there it was -- the question that Lynette always dreaded³.

[01:12.32]Well, to be honest...

[01:14.70]for those who asked it, only one answer was acceptable⁴,

[01:18.21]so Lynette responded as she always did.

[01:20.71]She lied.

[01:22.00]It's the best job I've ever had.

1 grief   

n.悲伤，悲痛，悲伤的事，悲痛的缘由

参考例句：

• Don't allow yourself to sink into grief,it can do no good.不要使自己陷入悲哀之中，这样一点好处也没有。
• After her mother died,she abandoned herself to grief.母亲死后，她沉浸于悲痛之中。

2 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。

3 dreaded   

adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
• He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》

4 acceptable   

adj.可接受的，合意的，受欢迎的

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.这座城市的空气污染程度曾高达可接受标准的四倍。