《绝望的主妇》精讲498

Hey, neighbor.

嗨，邻居。

Oh, hey, Carlos. Hi.

哦，嗨，Carlos。嗨！

I just wanted to thank you for patching¹ things up with Gaby.

我是来谢谢你平息了跟Gaby之间的事。

Well, sure, no problem.

哦，应该的。

It's been really tough on her. Everybody finding² out about the affair.

她很顽固，大家都知道外遇了。

Yeah, I can imagine.

是的，我能想象。

I don't mind telling you, it's, uh, it'sbeen pretty tough on us the past couple months.

不介意告诉你，恩，过去的几个月对我们来说并不好过。

Oh, well, I'm not surprised, and I really, really hope you can work it out.

哦，我猜到了。我非常希望你们能度过。

Yeah, we're trying. You know...

是的，我在努力，你知道…

Yeah?

恩？

Gaby had an interesting suggestion.

Gaby提了个有趣的建议。

Oh?

哦？

She told me that I should go out and have an affair of my own.

她让我出去找人搞一次外遇。

She thinks it's the only way I'll be able to get over what she did to me

这是唯一的办法，然后我们扯平。

and that it just might help our marriage.

这可能会有助于我们的婚姻。

Why are you telling me this?

你为什么对我说这个？

I guess I just, uh, wanted to know if you had any thoughts on the subject?

我想我，恩，我想知道你是否对这个提议有兴趣？

I don't. I really don't.

我，没有，我真的没有。

Well, if you ever do, let me know. By the way...

好的，如果你有的话，告诉我顺便问一下。

Mm-hmm?

恩~？

That was one hell³ of a kiss you gave me. You can't fake⁴ chemistry like that.

你给我的那个吻太爽了，那种感觉绝不是你能装出来的。

1 patching   

n.（炉衬，泥芯，砂型）修补，（路面）补坑，搪衬v.补( patch的现在分词 )；修理；调停；解决

参考例句：

• My bicycle had a puncture and needed patching up. 我的自行车胎扎了个洞，需要修补。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She succeeded in patching the broken vase together. 她成功地把打破的花瓶拼凑好了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

3 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

4 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。