《绝望的主妇》精讲90

李：我不想让你知道这事的，但是鲍勃一直都对卡洛斯很有好感。

加比：什么，我也不想让鲍勃知道这事，但是卡洛斯是个彻底的异性恋。

Lee:Hey! I was in the neighborhood and thought, you know who I haven't seen lately? Gaby.

Gaby: Okay.I'd love to catch up,but it's 11:00, and I was about to go to...

Lee: So how are things? Love the highlights. You totally make those shoes work.

Gaby: They're slippers¹.

Lee:Uh-huh. Uh-huh. So that was fun. Hey, talked to Bob lately? Anything new going on with Bob?

Gaby: I don't think so.

Lee:Don't cover for him. He's seeing someone.

Gaby: What makes you say that?

Lee:Jason told Hunter who told Sergio who told me that Bob has been seen out three times with some hunky latino.

Gaby: No, no, no. Bob's not seeing anyone.

Lee:Oh, fine. Then I will go tell Hunter to tell Sergio to tell Jason that he's a liar².

Gaby: No. No, no, no, no. The hunky latino is Carlos. He and Bob have been hanging out.

Lee:What?

Gaby: Yeah. So you have nothing to worry about.

Lee:No, no. That--that means we both have something to worry about.

Gaby: Huh?

Lee:Look, I hate to break it to you, but Bob's always had a major crush on Carlos.

Gaby: What? I hate to break it to Bob, but Carlos is as straight as they come.

Lee:So was Bob's college roommate and his thesis advisor³ and his basketball coach!

Gaby: Oh, that's why he likes basketball.

Lee:Bob's college nickname was "Flipper⁴", and it wasn't because of his dolphin tattoo⁶.

Gaby: Okay, this is crazy. Bob isn't going to "Flip⁵" Carlos.

Lee:Okay, let me-- let me tell you his game. First, he takes them out drinking. Then he gets them really hammered. Then, when their defenses are down, he flips⁷ 'em. Well, I mean, not literally⁸. Yeah, actually, sometimes literally.

Gaby: Um, Lee, I think I know my husband. He's not passing up these chimichangas for a plate of franks and beans.

Lee:Okay, I don't--I don't know what that means, but you just ruined mexican food for me. Oh, my god. I can't let Bob see me like this.

Gaby:Well, use the back door.

1 slippers   

n. 拖鞋

参考例句：

• a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
• He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋，倒在床上。

2 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

3 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

4 flipper   

n. 鳍状肢，潜水用橡皮制鳍状肢

参考例句：

• The seal's flipper is homologous with the human arm. 海豹的鳍肢与人类的手臂同源。
• It's almost like a flipper action as she kicks down. 她向下踢腿时有鱼鳍的效果。

5 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

6 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

7 flips   

轻弹( flip的第三人称单数 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• Larry flips on the TV while he is on vacation in Budapest. 赖瑞在布达佩斯渡假时，打开电视收看节目。
• He flips through a book before making a decision. 他在决定买下一本书前总要先草草翻阅一下。

8 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。