《绝望的主妇》精讲99

加比：带她去哪？逃亡吗？还是四处躲藏？你这是要害格雷斯，但在这里她就能要啥有啥，就像胡安妮塔一样。

卡门：这样她就能刁蛮任性，旁若无人了？就像胡安妮塔一样。

Gaby: Hey, Carmen.What's with the map?

Carmen: I just spoke¹ to hector.

Gaby: Oh,my god. How is he? Where is he?

Carmen:Staying with his cousins in sabinas... Mexico. Grace² and I will be leaving for texas in two days.

Gaby: What? So soon?

Carmen:Gaby,we discussed this. We're staying with people we know for a few weeks until hector crosses the border and joins us.

Gaby: And then what?

Carmen:I guess we'll try to get jobs,find a place to live.

Gaby: Where? What jobs? You have a daughter you're dragging into all this.

Carmen:Grace is a strong girl.

Gaby: Yes,I know,but is this what's best for her? Okay,look,I'm just...Putting it out there. Let grace stay here with us. Just until you and hector get settled³.

Carmen:That could take months.

Gaby: I don't mind. That way she can at least stay in school. She'll be safe,be with family.

Carmen:Hector and I are all the family she needs. She comes with me.

Gaby: Carmen,I don't mean to make you mad. It's just I...I have a say in this,too. I'm her birth mother!

Carmen: And I'm juanita's! Does that mean I should take her with me?

Gaby: Take her where?To run? To hide? That's the life you're making grace live! But here,she can have anything she wants,just like juanita!

Carmen: Oh,so she can become a spoiled girl who never thinks of others, just like juanita.

Gaby: Hey,there is nothing wrong with my kid.

Carmen:No,you're right. It's not her fault she's being raised by a bad mother. And if a life of running and hiding keeps that from happening to grace,then that's what I'll do.

加比：卡门，对着地图在看什么？

卡门：我刚刚和赫克托通电话了。

加比：天呐，他怎样了？人在哪里？

卡门：住在墨西哥萨维纳斯的表弟那里，格雷斯和我后天就出发去德州。

加比：什么？这么快？

卡门：加比，我们已经说好了，我们会找个相熟的待个几周。等赫克托过境和我们团聚。

加比：然后呢？

卡门：应该是找工作，找地方住了。

加比：去哪里？找什么工作 ？你要拖着个女儿到处奔波呢？

卡门：格雷斯是个坚强的女孩。

加比：我知道，但这样对她来说好吗？这样吧，我就直说了，把格雷斯留下来给我们吧！直到你和赫克托稳定为止。

卡门：那可能得花上好几个月。

加比：我没关系，她这样至少还能去上学，会很安全，又有家人陪伴。

卡门：赫克托和我才是她要的家庭，她得跟我走。

加比：卡门，我不是要你生气 只是我...我有权发表意见，毕竟我是她生母。

卡门：我也是胡安妮塔的亲妈，所以我要带着她走。

加比：带她去哪？逃亡吗？还是四处躲藏？你这是要害格雷斯，但在这里她就能要啥有啥，就像胡安妮塔一样。

卡门：这样她就能刁蛮任性，旁若无人了？就像胡安妮塔一样。

加比：我的孩子很好。

卡门：说得没错，遇上坏妈妈，不是孩子的错。如果东躲西藏的生活，可以让格雷斯远离你，逃亡我也认了。

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 grace   

n.优雅，雅致，魅力，恩惠，慈悲

参考例句：

• She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽。
• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。

3 settled   

a.固定的；稳定的

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled without acrimony. 没有唇枪舌剑，这场纠纷就解决了。
• a settled way of life 安定的生活方式