《绝望的主妇》精讲38

[00:01.00]The peaceful facade¹ of Wisteria Lane had recently been shattered,

[00:06.29]first by my suicide...

[00:09.80]and then by the discovery of...

[00:13.01]a note among my belongings² that suggested a suspicious reason for my desperate act.

[00:18.81]My friends gathered to discuss its implications.

[00:21.89]I think we should give it to Paul.

[00:23.60]He's still mourning, Susan. He'll probably freak out.

[00:26.69]It doesn't matter. She was his wife. He deserves to have all the facts.

[00:30.11]Well, we could do it gently.

[00:32.11]We could tell him about it over coffee and pastry³.

[00:34.70]That would be fun.

[00:35.91]"Paul, we have proof your wife killed herself

[00:37.70]over some deep, dark secret. Another bear claw?"

[00:40.00]We could always call the police.

[00:43.08]Maybe it's just some sort of sick joke.

[00:44.88]Well, if it was a joke, it was in very poor taste.

[00:47.21]No, this was serious. I know it was.

[00:50.01]We got to find out what was going on.

[00:52.09]Let's say we do. There's a chance we're not going to like what we find.

[00:55.30]Well, isn't it worse to be in the dark?

[00:57.39]I mean, imagining she did all these horrible things.

[01:00.10]It's the age-old question, isn't it?

[01:02.60]How much do we really want to know about our neighbors?

1 facade   

n.(建筑物的)正面，临街正面；外表

参考例句：

• The entrance facade consists of a large full height glass door.入口正面有一大型全高度玻璃门。
• If you look carefully,you can see through Bob's facade.如果你仔细观察，你就能看穿鲍勃的外表。

2 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

3 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。