《绝望的主妇》精讲269

I can’t believe Zach said that. What else did he tell you?

简直不敢相信Zack告诉你这些，他还说什么了？

Nothing. That’s it. Just that Mary Alice killed herself because of something he had done.

就那些。他还说Mary Alice自杀是因为他干了什么事。

You couldn’t get any more out of him?

你没多问一点？

Oh, I tried. But he was so nervous he actually started shaking and then he just left.

我试了，但他变得很紧张他开始颤抖，然后就离开了。

Okay, this is getting really weird¹. I think we should go to the police.

这变得越来越怪异了，我们应该找警察。

And tell them what? We don’t even have the note anymore, we gave it to Paul.

我们应该报警知道吗？我们没有那张纸条了，我们把它给了Paul。

Then you’re going to have to get Zach to tell you something, so we have more to goon.

所以要想有所突破，就要让Zack说得更多一点。

Girls you don’t understand. This poor kid is scared out of his mind.

姑娘们，你们不知道，那个可怜的孩子已经吓得魂不附体了。

Oh, for god’s sake² Bree, you’re a woman. Manipulate³ him. It’s what we do!

上帝让女人去影响男人，会有办法的。

But how?

但是怎么做？

I don’t know. How do you usually manipulate Rex?

我不知道你平时是怎么对付Rex的？

Hello Zachary. Are you free for dinner tonight?

你好，Zackary今晚有空一起吃晚饭吗？

Sure.

可以。

Oh, good, because last night you put me in such a holiday mood⁴,

因为昨晚你让我有了节日的心情，

so I’m going to make roast⁵ turkey and canned yams and egg nog.

我做了火鸡，土豆还有蛋酒。

Have you ever had real old fashioned egg nog?

你尝过那种传统的蛋酒吗？

No, I don’t think so.

没有尝过。

Oh! You are going to love it! It has quite a kick.

你肯定会喜欢的，它非常好喝。

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 sake   

n.缘故，理由

参考例句：

• He loves poetry for beauty's sake.他因为爱美而喜欢诗歌。
• We can't risk big things for the sake of small ones.我们不能因小失大。

3 manipulate   

vt.操纵，控制，影响，（熟练地）使用

参考例句：

• Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools.原始人很快就学会了使用工具。
• Do you know how to manipulate a computer?你知道如何使用计算机吗？

4 mood   

n.心情，情绪，心地，兴致

参考例句：

• You must change your mood.你一定要改变你的情绪才行。
• She was in a bad mood yesterday.她昨天心情不好。

5 roast   

v.烤，炙，烘；n.烤肉；adj.烤(烘)过的

参考例句：

• There's a piece of roast beef.这儿有一块烤牛肉.
• Put the meat into the oven to roast.把肉放到炉子里去烤。