《绝望的主妇》精讲245

SUSAN: D—do you wanna have dinner with me?

你想和我一起吃晚饭吗？

MIKE: Just the two of us?

就我们俩？

SUSAN: Heh, well, and Julie. Uh, it's a thing we do when somebody new moves into the neighbourhood, we invite them over for a homecooked meal. Sort of a tradition.

呃，还有Julie。当有新邻居搬来时，我们会邀请他们来家里吃一顿晚餐，是老传统。

MIKE: You said you were a lousy cook.

我记得你说过你厨艺不精。

SUSAN: Well. I order takeout.

那么，我叫外卖。

MIKE: Oh, you invite them over for a homecooked meal and you order takeout.

哦，你邀请别人来家里吃饭，然后叫外卖。

SUSAN: Yeah, it's sort of a new tradition. I'm working out the kinks.

是的，这，这是一种新的习俗。我突发奇想。

MIKE: I'll tell you what. How'bout I cook? And you guys come over to my place.

这样吧，我来做饭。你们来我家吃饭，怎么样？

SUSAN: Oh. Great.

好极了。

MIKE: Friday night at six?

星期五晚上六点？

SUSAN: I'll be there.

我会准时到的。

MIKE: Alright.

好的，走吧。

SUSAN: Bye, Bongo.

再见，Bongo。

SUSAN: Julie? Mike Delfino just invited us to dinner Friday night.

Julie! Mike Delfino刚刚邀请了我们星期五晚上去吃晚饭。

JULIE: He did? Cool.

是吗？太酷了。

SUSAN: But only I'm going. Because you're gonna come down with something semiserious that requires bedrest and fluids¹.

但我要一个人去。因为你得了比较严重的病，需要好好休息和打吊针。

NARRATOR: Julie was glad Susan was rekindling² her love life. Of course, she was unaware³ of her mother's recent track record with fire.

Julie 很高兴Susan重新开始了她的爱情生活。当然，她她妈妈纵火的劣迹。

EDIE: It's all gone. Everything my exhusband's worked for all those years. Gone.

都过去了……我的前夫这些年的辛苦都白费了。

MRS HUBER: Don't worry about clothing, I already started a collection from people in the neighbourhood.

好了，别担心衣服了，我已经开始去邻里搜集一些衣服了。

EDIE: What? I don't wanna wear other people's old crap.

什么？我可不想穿别人的旧衣服。

MRS HUBER: Edie, you can be homeless or you can be ungracious. You really can't afford to be both.

Edie，你可以无家可归，也可以穿着寒碜。如果两样兼备可够你受的。

EDIE: That reminds me. My insurance cheque still hasn't come yet. Can I stay with you for a few more weeks?

这提醒了我，我的保险支票还没到呢。我能在这多住几个星期吗？

MRS HUBER: Of course. What kind of Christian⁴ would I be if I denied shelter to a friend in need? Oh look, here's something we can salvage⁵, your measuring cup. We can just scrape⁶ off the burnt part and it'll look good as new.

当然，如果我帮助处在困境中的朋友，还算什么基督徒呢？哦，看这个，我们可以变废为宝。我们将烧坏的部分刮掉，就会和新的一样了。

EDIE: That's not my cup. Mine was plastic.

那不是我的杯子，我的是塑料制的。

MRS HUBER: Well, how did it get in here?

那它是怎么到这来的？

EDIE: I don't know. Who cares? Now would you put that down and start looking for jewellery?

我不知道。这有什么大不了的？现在你能把那玩意放下，然后开始找珠宝了吗？

1 fluids   

n.液体，流体( fluid的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He is taking cold fluids. 他正在喝冷饮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You can contract Aids if your bodily fluids come into contact with the bodily fluids of someone else who is infected with HIV. 如果你的体液与染有HIV者的体液接触，你就会染上艾滋病。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rekindling   

v.使再燃( rekindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• There might be a rekindling of the kind of nationalistic fervour of yesteryear. 过去的国家主义狂热可能再次被点燃。 来自互联网
• Bryant and O'Neal on the floor at the same time, rekindling memories both good and bad. 科比和奥尼尔在地板上在同一时间，死灰复燃的回忆有好有坏。 来自互联网

3 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

5 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

6 scrape   

v.勉强维持；刮擦；n.刮，擦；刮擦声；困境

参考例句：

• We don't have much money but we scrape along somehow.虽然我们没多少钱，但是还可以过得下去。
• The high mountains seem to scrape the sky.峻岭摩天。