《绝望的主妇》精讲96（在线收听）

贝斯：爸爸在我很小的时候就离开了，从那之后，妈妈说，我们没有任何值得感恩的东西。

Beth: I love the stuffing.

Paul: Are you sure? Not too dry?

Beth: No. It's yummy. Hmm. Did you use pecans?

Paul: Yes. It's my mother's recipe. It's probably a lot different from the stuffing you had as a kid.

Beth: Actually,mama and I didn't really celebrate Thanksgiving.

Paul: What?

Beth: Daddy left when I was very young. After that, mama said we didn't have anything to be thankful for.

Paul: So you never had people over?

Beth: No. It was always just...Mama and me.

Paul: That's too bad.

Beth: When I was 12, I did ask mama if I could have a friend from school to eat with us. Danny Sullivan. I didn't tell her I'd invited a boy until Thanksgiving morning.

Paul: Well, what happened?

Beth: She started screaming at me...saying boys were only after one thing. When he showed up and knocked on the door, she wouldn't let me answer it. We just... sat there and ate while he knocked and... knocked. Finally, it stopped.

Paul: Your mother sounds like a very unhappy woman.

Beth: I didn't notice it so much when I was a child. But now I'm starting to realize just how...damaged she is.

Paul: Is that why you never introduced us?

Beth: I just never thought you two would have much in common.

Paul: I can think of one thing. We both love you.

Beth: You know, I think it's good I waited this long to have a real Thanksgiving.

Paul: Why's that?

Beth: Because now I actually have something to be thankful for.

贝斯：我很喜欢你做的馅料。

保罗：真的吗？不会太干吗？

贝斯：不，很好吃。你用了核桃。

保罗：是啊，是按照我母亲的食谱，可能跟你小时候吃过的馅料不太一样。

贝斯：实际上，妈妈和我没怎么庆祝过感恩节。

保罗：什么？

贝斯：爸爸在我很小的时候就离开了，从那之后，妈妈说，我们没有任何值得感恩的东西。

保罗：你们从没有邀请别人来家。

贝斯：没有，一直都只是妈妈和我。

保罗：那太糟糕了。

贝斯：我12岁的时候，倒是有问过妈妈能不能邀请一位同学来一块吃饭，丹尼·沙利文，我开始没告诉她我邀请的是个男孩，到感恩节早上才说。

保罗：然后呢？

贝斯：她朝我大吼大叫，说男孩都是别有用心的。当他过来敲门的时候，她不让我开门，我们就那么坐在那吃饭。而他一直敲门，一直敲，最后，终于停了。

保罗：你母亲听起来好像不是太开心啊。

贝斯：我小时候没注意过这么多，而现在我才开始意识到，她有多扭曲。

保罗：所以你才没让我去拜访她？

贝斯：我只是觉得你们俩可能不会有太多共同语言。

保罗：我能想到一点，我们都很爱你。

贝斯：我等了这么长时间，才过了一个真正的感恩节，这是件好事。

保罗：为什么这么说？

贝斯：因为现在我才有了值得感恩的东西。