绝望的主妇第一季第15集直播回放-Part02
Desperate Housewives S01E15 – Part02
相关知识点请参见以下讲义：
Here’s the deal：（条件、提议是这样的，这么跟您说吧；目前的状况是，事情是这样的）
1、Formal business deal：This is the plan, scheme, or proposition.
E.G.1：Well, here’s the deal. Since the ice queen isn’t doing anything to memorialize her sister, I have decided to carry Martha’s ashes up to Torch Lake and scatter them myself. （DH S01E12）
参考翻译：提议是这样的，既然那个冰山女王不打算以任何形式纪念她妹妹，我决定自己把玛莎的骨灰撒到火炬湖里去。
E.G.2：Here’s the deal. I said that. But it was just an excuse. I mean, the truth is, I wasn’t that into her. （DH S01E15）
参考翻译：这么跟您说吧：我是说过（想要和她发生性关系），但这只是个借口，我是说，事实是：我不是那么喜欢她。
2、This is the situation, here’s what’s happening.
E.G.1：But here’s the deal. I need to know that this isn’t a maybe. I want a promise that we will have children. （DH S02E13）
参考翻译：但是情况是这样的–我想确认这个结果不是“也许”，我要你答应我，我们一定会生个孩子。
E.G.2：My wife has something to tell you. So, here’s the deal. Um, there was a little miscommunication, and as it turns out, we don’t need you. （DH S02E15）
参考翻译：我妻子有话对你说，情况是这样的：我丈夫误解了我的意思 所以…我们其实不需要你。
Don’t get me wrong：said when you think someone might not understand what you say, or be upset by it （别误会我了、别理解错了）
E.G.1：Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good guy. I like him. But I’m betting you two don’t have what we had together. （DH S01E11）
E.G.2：Don’t worry, I’m not gonna date him. It doesn’t matter anymore. Well, don’t get me wrong. I still have every intention of sleeping with him. （DH S01E16）
Going steady：if two people are going steady, they are having a long, fairly serious romantic relationship （正式确立恋爱关系、步入正轨）
Be firm with someone：showing in the way that you behave or speak that you are the person in control and that you are not likely to change your answer, belief etc. （毅然决然跟某人摊牌）
In this context, Bree’s suggesting John to act decisively so as to terminate the relationship with her daughter once and for all.
Better still：used when you are adding a new idea that you think is better than a good one already mentioned. （最好还是…更好的是; 更甚者）
E.G.1：I know my daughter. She’s very determined. Unless you’re really firm with her, she’ll think there’s hope. — Ok. I’ll be firm. — Better still, be brutal. （DH S01E15）
参考翻译：我了解我的女儿，她很执着，除非你真的对她很决绝，不然她还会抱有幻想的。– 好吧 我会很坚决的。–最好是残酷一些。
E.G.2：Knock yourself out. Or better still, knock someone else out. （MF S04E09）
参考翻译：放开了玩，或者更好一些，拳击场上把别人放倒吧。
Indulge[ɪn’dʌldʒ]：to allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you. （放纵、纵容）
E.G.1：Every morning as she went to take out her trash, Lynette Scavo would indulge in a little daydream. （DH S01E19）
参考翻译：每天早上出去倒垃圾的时候，勒奈特·斯加沃都会沉浸在一个小小的白日梦中。
E.G.2：Look, I know it’s tough, but indulge me, okay? （DH S08E19）
参考翻译：听着，我知道这很难，但就随了我吧 好吗？
Sweet tooth：If you have a sweet tooth, you like eating sweet foods, especially sweets and chocolate. （喜好甜食、甜口）
Waistline[‘weɪstlaɪn]：an imaginary line going round the narrowest part of your waist （腰围）
Busybody：a meddling or prying person. (爱管闲事的人)
E.G.1：So, who’s the woman they think you killed? — Martha Huber. Local busybody. （DH S01E15）
参考翻译：他们觉得你杀掉的那个女人是谁？–玛莎·胡博，本地好事的老女人。
E.G.2：There are roles that people are destined to play–The perfect homemaker to bring the snacks, The financial wizard to keep the books…And the busybody to share the gossip. （DH S08E05）
参考翻译：人们注定要扮演起某些角色——烹制点心的完美主妇，精心管账的财务专员，和传播八卦的多事之人。
Random[ˈrændəm]：（随便的、非蓄意的、胡乱的；随机的、碰巧的、偶然的）
1、Made, done, happening, or chosen without method or conscious decision.
E.G.1：I thought her murder was random. Nothing random about her jewelry ending up in your garage. （DH S01E15）
参考翻译：我觉得她不是被蓄意谋杀的，她的首饰出现在你的车库里，这可不是碰巧。
E.G.2：We were just talking about you. Random chitchat, nothing specific. （DH S04E17）
参考翻译：我们刚才正在讨论你。–随便闲聊，没什么特别的。
2、Of or relating to an event in which all out comes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of substance.
E.G.3：It must’ve been some other random maniac with a grudge against rick who burned down his restaurant. （DH S04E13）
参考翻译：肯定是哪个是与Rick结怨的疯子烧了他的餐馆。
E.G.4：You run into some random classmate from high school, and he’s gonna end up saving your life? （DH S07E14）
参考翻译：你碰巧遇到了一个高中同学，而他将要拯救你的生命。
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