《绝望的主妇》精讲158

That doesn't look too suspicious.

这看上去没什么可疑的

I'm sorry. Just every time I check the mail, I'm afraid it's gonna be another one of those letters.

抱歉。不过每次我检查邮箱，都怕里面又出现另一张纸条

It's been three weeks.

都三周了

Maybe we're out of the woods.

可能我们已经走出迷雾森林了呢

Please don't say "Woods."

拜托别说"森林"

I'm just saying, if someone was trying to blackmail¹ us, they're not very good at it,

我只是说:如果有人想恐吓我们，他们真不在行

since they haven't asked for money or anything.

因为他们没要钱 也没要别的

Well, what happened to them? Did they just disappear?

那他们是怎么了?索性消失吗?

If we're lucky.

说不定我们走运

Now that Chuck the cop is out of your life,

现在那个查克警官也走了

Susan's acting² normal,

苏珊也正常了

I think we're in the clear.

我们应该安然无事了

1 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。