《绝望的主妇》精讲100

加比：只是假设，这个女儿能被其他家庭收养吗？如果有人匿名检举了这位母亲。

鲍伯：是的，只要收养人不是举报人，因为从“假设来说"，她会不得好死的。

Gaby: Hey,There's my favorite lawyer. As it happens,I need some good legal advice.

Bob: You mean free legal advice.

Gaby: Well,yeah.Free is good. So let's say hypothetically I know a woman who's in this country illegally.

Bob: You mean carmen.

Gaby: She's not the only illegal I know. Half of carlos' family scaled a fence at some point. Now,let's say this woman's daughter is an american citizen.

Bob: You mean grace?

Gaby: Hello! Still hypothetically. Now,could the daughter stay here with another family if,say,somebody anonymously¹ reported the mother to immigration?

Bob: Yeah,as long as it's not the somebody who called immigration,because hypothetically, she'd be burning in hell.

Gaby: Oh,come on. Carmen wants to drag grace all over guadala-somewhere while hector figures out a way to sneak² back into the country.

Bob: Gaby,you can't do this. They're a family.

Gaby: Just tell me-is it legal or not for me to keep her?

Bob: Yes,technically,it's legal. But just because something's legal doesn't make it right.

Gaby: Okay,jeez! You don't have to jump down my throat. Like I said,it was just... Hypothetical.

加比：我最最亲爱的律师，碰巧我要些好的法律咨询。

鲍伯：你是说免费法律咨询。

加比：对，不要钱就好。让我们来假设一下，我认识这的一个黑户。

鲍伯：你是说卡门吗？

加比：她又不是我认识的唯一黑户，在某种程度上，卡洛斯家有一半是越界了的。现在，若她女儿是美国合法居民。

鲍伯：你是说格雷斯吗？

加比：都只是假设，这个女儿能被其他家庭收养吗？如果有人匿名检举了这位母亲。

鲍伯：是的，只要收养人不是举报人，因为从“假设来说"，她会不得好死的。

加比：别这样。卡门想拖着格雷斯在瓜达拉哈拉那种地方到处逃，而赫克托在想着咋溜回美国。

鲍伯：加比，你不能这样做，他们是一家人。

加比：只要回答，我收留她合法吗？

鲍伯：法律意义上合法，但合法的事不一定就是对是。

加比：哎呀呀，说话别这么冲嘛，如我所述，那只是假设。

1 anonymously   

ad.用匿名的方式

参考例句：

• The manuscripts were submitted anonymously. 原稿是匿名送交的。
• Methods A self-administered questionnaire was used to survey 536 teachers anonymously. 方法采用自编“中小学教师职业压力问卷”对536名中小学教师进行无记名调查。

2 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。