《绝望的主妇》精讲227

JULIE: Hey, what's going on?

嗨，怎么了？

SUSAN: Sorry I'm late.

抱歉我来迟了。

GABRIELLE: Hi ,Susan!

嗨，Susan！

LYNETTE: Hey.

嘿！

MARY ALICE: So? What did Carl say when you confronted him?

嗨，那么，当你反对的时候，Carl怎么说？

SUSAN: You'll love this, he said it doesn't mean anything, it was just sex.

你会喜欢这个的,他说“这不代表什么，只是性。

BREE: Oh yes, page one of the philanderer's handbook.

哦是的，这是那些花花公子手册上第一页所写的。

SUSAN: Yeah, and then he got this Zen look on his face, and he said, you know Susan, most men live lives of quiet desperation.

是的,然后他摆出一脸无辜的表情，说：“你知道的，Susan，大部分男人都在平静的绝望中过着他们的生活。”

LYNETTE: Please tell me you punched him.

请告诉我说你踹了他。

SUSAN: No, I said, really? And what do most women lead, lives of noisy fulfillment?

没有，我说，“是么，那么大部分女人每天所过的吵吵闹闹的日子又是什么呢？”

GABRIELLE: Hmm.

嗯。

MARY ALICE: Good for you.

嗯，说得好。

SUSAN: I mean, of all people, did he have to bang his secretary? I had that woman over for brunch¹

我不明白，那么多人，干嘛和他的秘书搞在一起？大概她的早餐做得比我好。

GABRIELLE: It's like my grandmother always said, an erect² penis doesn't have a conscience.

就像我祖母说的男人勃起的时候毫无道德可言。

LYNETTE: Even the limp ones aren't that ethical³

就算没勃起的时候也是没什么道德的。

BREE: This is half the reason I joined the NRA. Well, when Rex started going to those medical conferences, I wanted at the back of his mind that he had a loving wife at home, with a loaded Smith and Wesson.

这是半个我加入NRA的原因。嗯，当Rex开始参加这些医学会议时，我希望他记得还有个爱他的妻子在家里等他，还有一群孩子。

MARY ALICE: Lynnie? Tom's always away on business. Do you ever worry he might..?

Lynnie，Tom总是在外面公干,难道你不担心么？

LYNETTE: Oh, please, the man's gotten me pregnant three times in four years. I wish he was having sex with someone else.

哦，拜托，这个男人让我在4年内怀了3次孕。我希望他去和别人做爱。

BREE: So Susan, is he going to stop seeing that woman?

那么, Susan,他决定不再见那个女人了么？

SUSAN: I don't know. I'm sorry you guys, I just... I just don't know how I'm going to survive this.

我不知道。我很抱歉,我只是……我只是不知道该如何渡过这一切。

MARY ALICE: Listen to me. We all have moments of desperation. But if we can face them head on, that's how we find out just how strong we really are.

听我说，我们都有过绝望的时候。但是当我们勇于面对这些并继续前进, 我们就会发现自己是多么坚强。

1 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

2 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

3 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。