《绝望的主妇》精讲251

Susan: I'm coming!

来了!

Susan: Karl, what are you doing here? I asked you to come tomorrow.

Karl，你在这干什么? 我让你明天来。

Karl: You said you wanted to talk. It sounded important.

你说你想谈谈，听上去很重要的样子。

Susan: Tomorrow. I'm in a towel.

明天! 我全身只裹着条浴巾。

Karl: We were married 14 years. I know what's under there. Come on.

我们结婚14年了。我知道那下面有些什么，说吧。

Susan: I'm not really ready for this. I was going to have a whole speech prepared.

我还没准备好。我本来是打算把想说的东西整个准备好的。

Karl: Brandi and I have plans tomorrow. I suggest you wing it.

Brandi和我明天有计划了。我建议你还是即兴发挥吧。

Susan: um, okay. Here's the thing, Karl — I was thinking about what happened in the driveway yesterday, and... II just don't want to —

嗯，好吧。是这样的， Karl……我在想昨天在车道上发生的事情。我……我只是不想……

I don't want to live like that. I don't want to be that kind of person, and I just thought if the two of us, you know, if we had a nice, calm —

我不想那样子生活。我不想做那样的人，而且我想如果我们两个，你知道，如果我们能有一个愉快，冷静……

Susan: I need an apology, Karl.

我要你道歉，Karl。

Karl: A what?

什么?

Susan: An apology for the way you ended our marriage. You never took any responsibility¹ for your behavior.

要你为这样终止我们婚姻而道歉。你对于你的行为从来没有负责过。

Karl: I don't know what to say, Susan. The heart wants what it wants.

我不知道该说什么，Susan。一切顺从心意。

Susan: What does that mean?

什么意思?

Karl: I fell in love.

我爱上别人了。

Susan: While you were married to someone else.

在你已经和其他人结婚的时候。

Karl: The heart wants what it wants.

一切顺从心意。

Susan: Yeah, well, my heart wants to hurt you, but I can control myself.

是啊，我心里想伤害你，但我能控制自己。

Karl: II don't want to go back to that ugly place, really, and if you do, I suggest that you get some help.

我 我真的不想再回到那种不愉快的境地。如果你想的话，我建议你寻求一些帮助。

Susan: You know what? I don't need an apology. I don't need anything from you.

你知道么？我不需要一个道歉。我不想从你那儿得到任何东西。

Karl: You're humiliating yourself.

你在羞辱你自己。

Susan: No, you're the one who's been humiliated², Karl. Why don't you see that? You walked out on your family.

不，被羞辱的人是你，Karl。为什么你不明白呢? 你抛下了自己的妻女。

People think you're scum, not me, so worry about yourself. I'm okay with me. I can walk down the street and hold my head high.

人们会认为你是渣子，而不是我。所以担心担心你自己吧，我可很好。我能昂首挺胸地走在街上。

1 responsibility   

n.责任，职责

参考例句：

• The safety of the ship is the captain's responsibility.确保船的安全是船长的责任。
• The matter is outside my area of the responsibility.此事超出我的责任范围。

2 humiliated   

感到羞愧的

参考例句：

• Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当，父母也失体面。
• He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻，丢尽了面子。