《美女上错身》精讲 36

You know I loathe¹ sweet grass.

你知道我讨厌白菖蒲

Aw, but it is so cleansing².

但是有净化功效

Sage³ is cleansing.

鼠尾草才有净化功效

Sweet grass is a Rastafarian street vendor⁴.

白菖蒲是塔法里教的街头小贩用的

Maybe we should get this moving

或许我们应该在消防局的人出现以前

before the fire marshal shows up.

赶紧谈正事

We appreciate you both coming in.

我们十分感谢你们二位的到来

We're only here as a courtesy.

我们来这里只是出于礼貌

My client's done nothing wrong.

我的客户没做错什么

She's killing⁵ the business!

她在毁掉家族生意

I mean, she might as well take a can of gas and torch the joint⁶.

她的行为就像是用一罐燃气点燃店铺

Don't be so dramatic.

别说得和唱戏的一样

You're the one doing that... thing with your voice.

你才唱戏呢 不用自己的声音说话

This is how I talk.

我就是这么说话的

Ow! What the hell?! That's how you talk!

哎哟 搞什么啊 这才是你说话的声音

And dressing⁷ like Anne Boleyn? Give me a break.

穿得像安妮·博林一样 得了吧你

And what's with those scarves, sis?

那围巾是怎么回事 姐姐

You trying to hide an extra chin?

你想遮掩掉双下巴吗

You want to borrow one? We can play Isadora Duncan.

你想借吗 我们可以扮演伊莎多拉·邓肯

Ladies, let's focus, please.

女士们 让我们回到主题 好吧

We're prepared to file an injunction to close you down...

我们准备申请禁制令 让你们店关闭

unless you change the name of your store

除非你改变店名

and relocate to no closer than five miles away.

并且搬到5英里以外的地方

Not a chance.

没门儿

You know, just because

就因为你是年长的那个

you're the oldest and think you're entitled...

就认为你有特权

but I'm the one who studied with Madame Weitzman in Prague.

我才是在布拉格跟韦茨曼太太学习的那个人

She was a drunk who ran a youth hostel⁸.

她是个开青年旅社的酒鬼

I think we all need a cooling-off period.

我觉得我们都需要时间冷静一下

How about we take a break and reconvene later?

休息一会 晚会儿再讨论 如何

Reconvene? What happened to jumping in and saving the day?

再讨论 不是说全力投入 一天搞定吗

I guess the universe hasn't told me what to say yet.

我想老天还没告诉我要怎么说

You are killing the business!

你在毁掉家族生意

Your heart chakra needs a triple bypass.

你的心轮需要三倍支脉

You have such anger. No wonder you've been married six times.

你脾气这么臭 怪不得结了六次婚

Ooh, said the single woman... with eight cats.

养着八只猫的单身女人有什么资格说我

1 loathe   

v.厌恶，嫌恶

参考例句：

• I loathe the smell of burning rubber.我厌恶燃着的橡胶散发的气味。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

2 cleansing   

n. 净化(垃圾) adj. 清洁用的 动词cleanse的现在分词

参考例句：

• medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤药物清洗棉
• Soap is not the only cleansing agent. 肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂。

3 sage   

n.圣人，哲人；adj.贤明的，明智的

参考例句：

• I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
• The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。

4 vendor   

n.卖主；小贩

参考例句：

• She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
• He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

8 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。