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看绝望的主妇学英语 Desperate housewives 第五季 1集: You're Gonna Love Tomorrow
-Mary Alice: Five years ago, Susan Delfino gave birth to a son.
give birth to: 生孩子
五年前Susan Delfino产下一子。
in delivery room A of Fairview Memorial Hospital.
delivery room: 产房 delivery: 分娩
就在美景镇纪念医院的A产房。
Moments later, Lila Dash gave birth to a daughter in delivery room "B".
moment: 片刻
几分钟后Lila Dash在B产房生下一女。
Around 10:00 the next morning,
around: 大概，大约
第二天早晨十点左右。
as the two new mothers were leaving the hospital, they nearly ran into each other.
leave: 离开 nearly: 几乎，差不多 run into: 撞到
出院的时两位新妈妈差点撞到一起。
Of course, they never knew this.
of course: 当然 never: 从不，从未
当然她们对此一无所知。
In fact, Susan and Lila would have been surprised to know how often their paths would cross over the years.
in fact: 事实上 surprise: 惊讶 path: (思想、生活、行为等的)道路 cross: 相遇，错过 over the years: 经过多个年月
实际上，Susan和Lila若知道这几年她们的生活轨迹...会经常重合，她们必然会很惊讶。
They almost met at the local coffee shop...
almost: 差不多，几乎 meet: 遇见 local: 本地的，当地的 coffee shop: 咖啡馆
她们在当地咖啡馆几乎相遇...
and another time at their veterinarian's office...
another time: 另外的时间 veterinarian: 兽医 office: 办公室
有次在兽医那相逢...
and again in the bleachers of the Fairview Flyers.
bleacher: 露天看台
有次在美景镇飞行器表演的露台上。
But despite these close calls, Susan and Lila never met...
despite: 尽管 close call:【美国口语】侥幸脱险，死里逃生【马上我们就会看到她两撞到了一起，所以可以说她们以前未相遇是死里逃生】
尽管多次擦肩 Susan和Lila却从未真正相逢...
until one Tuesday, when Susan decided to take her husband
decide: 决定 husband: 丈夫
直到一个星期二，Susan打算带老公。
to a fancy restaurant for their anniversary...
fancy: 精美的 anniversary: 结婚周年纪念日
去一家高档餐厅庆祝结婚周年纪念日。
at the same time, Lila decided to take her daughter to buy some ice cream.
at the same time: 同时 ice cream: 冰淇淋
同时 Lila带她女儿去买冰淇淋。
That was the night that, Susan Delfino and Lila dash
就是那个夜晚Susan Delfino和Lila Dash。
finally ran into each other.
finally: 最后，最终 run into: 遇到 each other: 互相
终于真正地“撞”在一起。
-Susan: Mike!
Mike！
-Mary Alice: It will happen to all of us eventually.
happen: 发生 eventually: 最终
终有一天我们都会如此。
The moment will come, when we ask ourselves...
某一刻时扪心自问...
Where did the time go?
光阴似箭，何去何从？
How did the children I once cradled... grow up so very quickly?
cradle: 放在摇篮内 grow up: 长大
襁褓中的孩子...是怎么在眨眼间长大的？
How did the life I dreamt of... turn into a career I never expected?
dream of: 梦想 turn into: 变成，成为 career: 事业 expect: 预料
曾经的梦想生活... 怎么成了未曾预料的事业？
And how did that woman I saw each day in the mirror... become someone I don't even recognize?
mirror: 镜子 become: 变成，变得 someone: 某人 someone: recognize: 辨认
每天在镜中出现的妙龄贵妇...如今却芳容尽逝，难以辨认？
-Gabrielle: Juanita, this dress is awfully tight.
dress: 连衣裙，套裙 awfully: 极端地 tight: 紧身
Juanita，这裙子太小了。
I don't think you can get into it.
get into it: 穿进去
你穿不了。
-Juanita: No, it's pretty. I can do it.
pretty: 漂亮的
不，它很漂亮，我能穿的。
-Server: How's that one fit?
fit: (如服装对穿着者)合身
那件如何？
-Gabrielle: Oh, I think we're going to need the next size up.
the next size up【再大一号的，the next: 下一个 size: 号，码，the next size down: 再小一号的】
我想要大一号的。
-Server: Uh, there is no next size up.
没有大一号的。
They don't make princess dresses for girls over 7.
princess dress: 公主裙
他们不做7岁以上女孩的公主裙。
-Gabrielle: She's only four and a half.
a half: 一半的
她才四岁半。
Look, my daughter was invited to a princess party,
invite: 邀请 party: 聚会，派对
我女儿要参加小公主舞会。
so I can't let her be theonly girl there without a princess dress.
我不能任她沦为唯一一个没有公主衫的小女孩。
-Server: Did you try the costume section?
costume: 剧装 section: 部门
你去戏服那里看过没？
I bet they'd have a Mrs. Shrek dress that would fit her.
bet: 确信 fit: 适合
有一件怪物史莱克的太太的连衣裙挺适合你女儿的。
-Gabrielle: Juanita, take off the dress! We're going.
take off: 脱掉
Juanita 把脱 掉裙子! 我们要走了。
-Juanita: No! I can do it.
I can do it: 我办得到
不! 我可以穿的。
-Server: Look, I feel for you.
feel for: 同情
我对你深表同情。
My niece also has a weight problem.
niece: 侄女【nephew: 侄子】 weight: 体重
我侄女同样也有体重困扰。
-Gabrielle: My daughter does not have a weight problem.
我女儿才没有体重困扰。
She has a little baby fat, that's all.
baby fat: 婴儿肥 that's all: 仅此而已
只不过有点婴儿肥而已。
In fact, the only problem she has is, this store being completely unprepared
completely: 完全地 unprepared: 没有准备的
事实上，她面临的问题是，这个小店竟然没有
for a perfectly, average 4-year-old girl.
perfectly: 非常，十分 average: 普通的，平常的
正常四岁女孩的服装。
Just ring it up.
ring up: 把…记入现金进出记录机
这裙子我要了。
-Photographer: no, no, no!
不对！不对！不对！
-Bree: Oh, for god sakes. What's wrong now?
for god sakes: 看在上帝的份上
拜托，这次又怎么了？
-Photographer: Once again, the concept is, sweetie, you're taking the pie out of the oven, your face aglow with surprise.
sweetie: 【口语】亲爱的人 concept: 概念；思维的产物 take out of: 拿出 oven: 烤箱 aglow with:(烧)得发红 aglow: 发红的 surprise: 惊奇
你又来了，亲爱的，我们拍的是当你从烤箱里拿出派的时候，你红光满面，惊喜连连。
-Bree: Why am I surprised?
我干嘛要惊喜？
-Photographer: Because it turned out so perfectly.
turn out: 证明是，原来是
因为它如此完美。
-Bree: Well, that's no surprise. My pies are always perfect.
pie: 派 perfect: 完美
这有什么可惊喜的，我做的派一向完美无瑕。
-Photographer: All right. It's your best pie ever. You've topped yourself.
ever:【常用于表示比较的从句中】曾，曾经，以往任何时候 top: 胜过，超越
好吧，这是你做的最好的派，你登峰造极了。
-Bree: And I know this before I've tasted it?
taste: 品尝
在我尝之前我就知道了？
-Photographer: Sweetie, just make whatever face you want.
face: 表情 whatever: 无论什么样的
宝贝，随你做怎样的表情吧。
I just think you'll sell more cookbooks if you don't look like you just made love to ice cube.
cookbook: 烹饪书 look like: 看起来像 make love to: 表示爱情 ice cube: 近似立方形的冰块 cube: 立方体【make love to ice cube这种表达既形象又有趣，不妨记下来】
我认为你若不这么冷冰冰的话，你的书会更畅销。
-Bree: Andrew, dear, I'm going to take a little break.
take a break: 休息
Andrew我要休息片刻。
Would you please tell this gentleman that if he calls me "sweetie" one more time, 劳烦你转告这位先生倘若他再叫我"亲爱的"的话。
I'm gonna grab his camera and take a picture of his colon?
gonna: <美> 将要(=going to) take a picture of: 给...照张相 colon: 结肠
我会夺走他的相机拍下他的结肠。
-Andrew: You got that, right?
get:明白
你听到了吧？
-Bree: Katherine, hi. What are you doing here?
嗨，Katherine，你在这干嘛？
-Katherine: The waiters need to be paid, and you took the key to the cashbox... again.
need: 需要 pay: 给以报酬 waiter: 服务生 key: 钥匙 cashbox: 钱箱
得给服务生发工资了。你拿走了钱箱的钥匙...又一次。
-Bree: Sorry. Paid for what?
不好意思，付什么工资？
-Katherine: The Armenian wedding? Lunch for 300?
Armenian: 亚美尼亚
那个亚美尼亚婚礼? 300人的午餐？
It was right after the breakfast for the garden club which you also missed.
right after: 就在...之后 garden: 花园 club: 俱乐部 miss: 错过
就在花园俱乐部的早餐之后，当然你错过了。
-Bree: Look, I'm sorry. I didn't know a photo shoot would take this long.
photo shoot: 摄影 shoot: 拍摄 take: 花费 this:达到这样的程度，这么【这里的the的词性是副词(adv.)，而不是我们常用的代词(prep.) long: (距离、时间等)长的
很抱歉，我未料到拍摄拖了这么久。
I mean, who knew it'd be this hard to pose for a book cover?
pose: 摆姿势 book cover: 图书封面
我是指，谁又知道为书的封面摆个姿势有这么困难呢？
-Katherine: Oh, you'll be fine.
你会没事的。
If there's one thing you're really good at, it's posing as a chef.
be good at: 擅长 chef: 厨师
你最擅长的就是摆出一副大厨的姿态。
-Bree: Okay, Katherine.
好吧，Katherine。
I know this book has been monopolizing my time, and you feel overworked and undervalued.
monopolize: 垄断 overwork: 过度操劳的，工作过度的 undervalue: 低估价值
我知道这书占尽我的时间，你觉得自己很累很不值。
But I do appreciate you. In fact, I have a gift for you.
do:用于加强主要动词的语气 appreciate: 感激 gift: 礼物
但我确实很感激你，我为你准备了一个礼物。
It's the galleys of my new book. Read page 2.
galleys: 排版毛胚
这是我新书的抢先版，读一下第二页。
-Katherine: For Katherine Mayfair--a wonderful cook and an even better friend."
wonderful:【口语】极好的，绝妙的【一般赞许用语】 cook: 厨师 even: 甚至(比…)更
献给Katherine Mayfair—一位绝妙的厨师，更是一位好朋友。
You dedicated it to me?
dedicate: (为表示感情或敬意将著作、乐曲、艺术作品等)题献给(某人、某事业等)
你题献给我？
-Bree: Well, you make this all possible. It's the least I could do.
possible: 可能的 least: 最少
你使一切变得可能。这只是我所能尽的一点微薄之力。
-Photographer: Excuse me. Time is money. Chop-chop, sweetie.
time is money: 时间就是金钱 chop-chop: 快点【chop最常用的意思是“砍，切碎等”】
打扰下。一寸光阴一寸金。快点。亲爱的。
-Bree: Andrew... do we have a backup pie?
backup: 备用的，做代用的
Andrew……我们还有备用派吗？
-Andrew: Yes. Yes, we do.
是的，有的。
-Bree: Good.
很好。
-Preston: And a big wine catches a jack on the river.
大盲注将J压到了河底(赌博语)。
-Lynette:Preston?
Preston？
-Preston: Mom!
妈妈！
-Lynette: What the hell's going on here?
the hell: 究竟
这里究竟发生什么事了？
-Preston: Don't freak out. We're just playing cards.
freak out: 吓坏了 play cards: 玩扑克
别担心, 我们只是在玩扑克。
-Lynette: Oh, yeah? Why didn't you play at home? Why did you have to sneak in here?
sneak in: 偷偷进来【sneak out溜出去】
是吗? 为什么不在家玩? 为什么要溜到这玩？
-Parker:Tequila shots! 5 bucks!
tequila: 龙舌兰酒 shot: 发出 buck: 钱
龙舌兰酒来了! 五元一杯！
-Lynette: Asked and answered.
原来是这样【asked and answered: 自己提出问题并自己回答】
Okay, that's it! Everybody out. Game's over.
over: 结束
到此结束了! 大家都出去，游戏结束了。
Can I have your chair for a second? Look up here!
chair: 椅子 for a second: 一会儿 look up: 抬头看
我能用下椅子吗? 抬头看！
Mom's here. Party's over. Door's open. Out you go. Go on. Shoo!
out you go: =you go out﹝倒装﹞ Shoo: 发出嘘声赶走
妈妈来了。聚会完了。大门为你们敞开。快走吧！
You guys have pulled a lot of stupid stunts. But this? This?
pull a stunt: 耍花招 pull:使(罪行)付诸实施 stunt: 花招
你俩可做了不少蠢事啊，但像这样？这样？
Risking our liquor license, our livelihood?
risk: 拿...冒险 liquor: 酒 license: 许可证 livelihood: 生计
拿我们的售酒许可证冒险? 拿我们的谋生之道冒险？
-Parker:Who's going to find out?
谁又会发现呢？
I mean, we've been running this game for a month, and nobody--
run: 举办 nobody: 没有人
我们都办了一个月了，还没人...
-Lynette: Unbelievable. You guys are grounded for two weeks.
unbelievable: 难以置信的 be grounded for…: 禁足...【口语，美国家长对孩子通常采取的惩罚措施就是禁足，取消其社交自由。这个句子是常用句。】
真不敢相信，你俩禁足两周。
-Preston: But we have homecoming.
但我们要参加返校节呢。
-Lynette: Yeah, yeah! Keep complaining. I'd love to make it a year. Now clean this place up. Now!
complain: 抱怨 clean up: 打扫干净
好了好了！再抱怨就罚一年赶紧收拾干净！
-Susan: That was fantastic.
fantastic: 极好的，难以置信的
太爽了。
-Susan: Amazing.
amazing: 令人惊异的
不可思议。
: You were incredible.
你太棒了。
-Susan: So were you. And... time to go.
你也是，那个...你该走了。
: Susan? So it's been what, four months? Are you ever gonna let me spend the night?
-Susan: I don't know. Come on, zippy, zippy.
zippy: 敏捷的
我也不知道，快点，速度速度。
: Okay. It's just, you know... girls usually beg me to spend the night.
好吧，只是，你知道...一般女生都求我留下的。
-Susan: Well, good, then you shouldn't have any problem finding a place to sleep.
那你该不难找到睡觉的地方。
: Fine. I know the drill.
好吧，我知道规矩。
I can't spend the night. I can't meet your friends. I can't meet your son.
我不能过夜，不能让你朋友和儿子看见。
I'm just wondering--is this ever gonna turn into something normal?
wonder: 想知道 turn into: 变为 normal: 正常的
我只想知道...以后能步入正轨吗？
-Susan: You know, you're a guy and we just had hot sex, and I didn't force you to cuddle.
hot: 热情的，火辣的 force: 强迫 cuddle: 抱着睡
你是男生，咱俩刚刚激情过，我没让你留下和我相拥而眠。
So run! Go! Brag to your friends.
brag: 吹牛
所以快走吧，向你的朋友吹嘘吧。
: Look... I like you, and I know you like me.
So why can't we be a couple?
couple: 情侣
咱俩为什么不能做情侣呢？
-Susan: Because I'm... not ready for that.
ready for: 准备好
因为我...还没准备好。
And what we've got--, that's all I can handle. Go.
handle: 处理
我所能接受的只是现在这种关系。走吧。
: Okay, but that's only gonna work like 500 or 600 more times.
好吧，你可不能一直这么搪塞我，时间久了也许我厌倦了呢。
-Dave: Good evening.
晚上好。
-Raymond: Can I help you?
我能帮你什么吗？
-Dave: Wrong question.
wrong: 错误的
你问错了。
The question is, can I help you?
应该我说，我能帮你什么吗？
-Raymond: Look, if you're trying to sell me something, I don't have any money.
如果你要推销，我可没有闲钱。
-Dave: You do now.
现在你有了。
-Raymond: I don't understand.
我不明白。
-Dave: I'm here to buy you out of your lease.
buy out: 出钱使(某人)放弃职位(或财产) lease: 租契，租约
我希望你放弃房子的租约。
-Raymond: What?
什么?
-Dave: I know. It's sudden.
sudden: 突然的，意外的
我知道，这有点突然。
But there's something about this house that...
但我一看到这间房子...
well, it just feels like home to me.
就有家的感觉。
So I'd like to move in... tonight.
move in: 搬进来 tonight: 今晚
所以我想今晚就...搬进来。
-Raymond: Tonight? Are you crazy?
crazy: 疯狂的，发疯的
今晚?你疯了吧？
-Dave: A little bit. Okay, here.
a little bit: 有点儿
有点吧，好吧，给你。
I will more than cover your moving expenses.
more than: 多于 cover: 覆盖 moving expenses: 迁移费用
搬家的钱也绰绰有余了。
-Raymond: Look, uh... I-I'm all set up here.
set up: 建立
听我说...我都安顿好了。
Besides, my landlady would never allow it.
besides: 此外 landlady: 房东 allow: 允许
而且房东不会同意的。
-Dave: Why don't you let me worry about her?
worry about: 担心
房东那边交给我吧。
-Raymond: Mm, no. I-I don't have anywhere else to go.
anywhere: 任何地方
房东那边交给我吧。
I think you should leave.
我想你该离开了。
-Dave: Look, Raymond...
look:【在这里的look理解为listen，不要奇怪，口语中经常这样用】
听着,Raymond...
-Raymond: How do you know my name?
你怎么知道我名字的？
-Dave: I made you a very generous offer,
generous: 慷慨的 offer: 出价
我出手够大方了。
and I just know you're going to make the right decision. Five.
make a decision: 作出抉择
我知道你会作出正确的抉择。五。
-Raymond: Five what? What are you talking about?
五什么？你在说什么？
-Dave: Four.
四。
-Raymond: Are you…, I don't understand.
你...我不明白。
-Dave: Three.
三。
-Raymond: O-Okay. Hang on for a second.
hang on: 等等
好吧，你先等等。
-Dave: Two. Well, Raymond, thank you very much. Here you go. Take care.
take care:【口语】保重，再见
二。Raymond 非常感谢。给你，保重。
All taken care of... Mrs. Williams.
take care of: 应付，处理
都搞定了，Williams夫人。
-Edie: Thank you... Mr. Williams.
谢谢……Williams先生。
-Mary Alice: The next morning, Edie Britt decided to announce her return to Wisteria Lane in a way...
decide: 决定 announce: 宣布 return: 返回 way: 方式
第二天早晨，Edie Britt决定要向紫藤巷宣布...
that was guaranteed.. to make a big splash..
guarantee: 保证 make a splash: 引起轰动 splash: 溅，飞溅
她已经...重磅回归了。
-Lynette: Okay, you're not gonna believe this, but... she's back.
好吧，你们绝对不会相信，不过...她回来了。
-Susan: Edie? Is that really you?
really: 真的
Edie?真的是你吗？
-Edie: You know someone else my age with a body like this?
你还见过谁时间流逝还风韵犹存的？
-Bree: So you're back?
你搬回来了？
-Lynette: What happened to your tenant?
happen: 发生 tenant: 房客
你的房客呢？
-Edie: He, uh, came into some money and decided to move.
come into: 得到（财产）
发了笔横财，决定搬家。
We thought what the heck? Let's move back!
heck:【口语】(hell的委婉语)见鬼 move back: 搬回
我们想管他呢！咱搬回来吧！
-Gabrielle: We?
我们？
-Edie: Oh, you don't know. I have a husband now.
husband: 丈夫
你还不知道，我有老公了。
-Susan: Really? Whose?
whose: 谁的
真的?谁家的？
-Dave: So I'm in Vegas talking to this real estate convention.
Vegas: 维加斯 real estate: 房地产 convention: 大会
我在维加斯参加房地产大会，
I do a little motivational speaking.
motivational: 激发性的 speaking: 演说，演讲
我做了个激情澎湃的演讲。
And there--sixth row center aisle is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
row: 排 center: 位于中间的 aisle: 走道
然后在第六排中间走道的位子，我发现了最美的女士。
So after I finish, I walk into the audience and I ask this goddess out.
walk into: 走近 audience: 观众 ask out: 约会 goddess: 女神
演讲过后我走入观众席，约走了这位女神。
-Edie: His seminar was called "getting what you want," and he did...
seminar: 研讨会
他的研讨会叫“满足所需”他满足了...
three times. Before dinner.
三次，还仅是在饭前...
-Bree: Well, it's certainly nice to meet you, Dave,
certainly: 当然
很高兴见到你，Dave，
and let us be the first to welcome you to Wisteria Lane.
也欢迎你到紫藤巷来。
-Gabrielle: Oh, you know what? We should have a dinner or something.
知道吗，我们该一起吃顿饭。
-Lynette: Oh, let's make it a party.
哦，办个聚会吧。
We could do it at my restaurant.
restaurant: 餐馆
去我的饭馆。
-Dave: We'd be honored.
honor: 荣幸
荣幸之至。
-Gabrielle: Thank you.
谢谢。
-Edie: So, Gaby, I have to ask.
不过Gaby，恕我冒昧。
What the hell happened to you?
the hell: 到底
你到底怎么了？
I mean, look at you. Your--your, clothes, your--your hair.
看看你，你的衣服，你的头发。
Carlos might be blind, but the rest of us aren’t.
blind: 瞎的 the rest of: ...的其余部分
Carlos也许瞎了，我们还有眼啊。
-Gabrielle: I had two children.
我有了两个孩子。
-Edie: For What? Breakfast?
为啥? 当饭吃?
-Dave: Edie? On your first day back in the neighborhood?
neighborhood: 附近，临近
Edie？第一天回来就这样？
-Edie: You're right. I'm sorry, Gaby. It was rude and insensitive, and it won't happen again.
rude: 粗鲁的 insensitive: 感觉迟钝的
你是对的。我错了，Gaby。我过于粗鲁麻痹，不会再这样了。
-Gabrielle: Really? Okay.
真的？没事。
-Dave: Now shouldn't we offer your friends something to eat?
offer: 提供
是不是该招待一下你的朋友？
-Edie: I baked some muffins.
bake: 烘焙 muffin: 松饼
哦，我做了松饼。
-Lynette: Please don't take this the wrong way, but... we love you.
take the wrong way: 走错了路【这里做misunderstand理解】
你别误会，不过...我们爱死你了。
-Gabrielle: Mijita! Lunch is ready. Go get your sister.
Mijita 午饭好了，去叫你姐。
Carlos, what's with all the cheese?
cheese: 奶酪
Carlos 放这么多奶酪？
You know how Juanita feels about brussels sprouts.
brussels sprouts: 球芽甘蓝 sprout: 芽；发芽
你知道Juanita不喜欢芽甘蓝。
-Carlos:I'm just trying to make vegetables more fun.
vegetable: 蔬菜 fun: 有趣的【看来要表达“可口的”还有fun这种说法】
我只是想把蔬菜做得可口些。
-Gabrielle: Well, next time, give her a carrot and put her on a roller coaster.
carrot: 胡萝卜 put on: 把...放上去 roller coaster: 过山车 roller: 滚动物，滚筒 coaster: (游乐场的)环滑车道
下次为了让她吃胡萝卜，就带她坐过山车。
Have you tried to lift her lately?
lift: 举起
你最近有抱过她么？
-Carlos:I know she's gotten chubby. She'll grow out of it.
chubby: 圆胖的 grow out of: 因长大而不再
我知道她有点胖，不过会好的。
-Gabrielle: We can only hope with your D.N.A. running through her veins.
D.N.A.: 基因【deoxyribonucleic acid脱氧核糖核酸】 run through:（使）流过 vein: 静脉
那可不能指望你那基因了。
-Carlos:Hey, I do not have fat D.N.A.
fat: 肥胖的
嘿，我才没有肥胖基因。
-Gabrielle: Oh, don't make me pull out the Solis family photo album.
pull out: 取出 photo album: 影集
哦，用我拿出你们家全家福吗？
It's like a bunch of sea lions posing on a rock.
a bunch of: 一群 sea lion: 海狮 pose: 摆好姿态
就像是一群海狮晒太阳。
-Carlos:Well, I'm sorry my relatives don't measure up to the group of stick-thin drunks that you come from.
relative: 亲戚 measure up to: 达到，符合 group: (人或物)群 stick-thin: 纤细的 drunk: 喝醉的人
对不起，我家人不像你家人一样都是成天喝醉酒的竹竿。
-Gabrielle: All I'm saying is that our daughter has a weight problem, and the sooner we admit it, the better.
the sooner，the better: 越快越好 admit: 承认
我想说我们的孩子有肥胖症，越早面对越好。
-Carlos: She's only 4.
她才四岁。
-Gabrielle: But, you know, you want her to develop a weight problem? Go ahead.
develop: 发展 go ahead: 开始吧
你想真折腾出点肥胖症来?去吧。
-Carlos:Nag, criticize, make her feel self-conscious.
nag: 唠叨 criticize: 批评 self-conscious: 具有自我意识的
唠叨、抱怨、让她觉得自己很胖，
See what happens.
看看有什么效果。
-Lynette: And obviously I am not getting through to the twins,
obviously: 显然地 get through to: 使明白 twins: 双包胎
显然我说服不了双胞胎。
because no matter what I say, they keep pulling this crap and I am sick of it.
no matter: 不论...不管... crap: 废话 be sick of: 对...感到厌倦
因为我说什么，他们都充耳不闻，烦死我了。
-Tom: Honey, could you...
宝贝，你能不能...
-Lynette: Sorry.
对不起。
-Tom: yeah.
没事。
So you--you want me to talk to them?
你想让我跟他们说？
-Lynette: You have to. I am tired of being the bad cop.
be tired of: 厌倦 bad cop【坏警察，还有good cop(好警察)，其实就是我们常说的“一个唱红脸，一个唱白脸” play: 扮演】
你要去。我不想唱白脸了。
You walk the beat for a while.
beat【beat最常见的意思是“击，打”这里的beat显然做名词“表示日常行经的路线，惯常走的路，常去的地方”，这句话的意思应该是Lynette要Tom也像她那样，管管孩子们】 for a while: 暂时
你先管管他们吧。
-Tom: Fine. You know, boys this age, they're more likely to listen to their dads anyway.
be more likely to: 比...更有可能 likely: 很可能的 listen to: 听
好吧！这么大的孩子爱听父亲的话。
I-I can handle this.
handle: 解决
我来解决吧。
-Lynette: I really appreciate it.
appreciate: 感谢
真是感谢你。
-Tom: Honey, you know what I'd appreciate? Could you...
宝贝，我也感谢你...
-Lynette: sorry.
对不起。
-Preston: So Kirby has aces in the hole...
ace: (在多数牌戏中常作赢牌使用的)A 纸牌 in the hole: (纸牌)面朝下
Kirby王牌在手...
-Tom: Yeah.
哦。
-Preston: Which means that Bobby will have to wear a dress to school on Monday.
也就是说 Bobby周一上学要穿裙子了。
-Tom: Oh, my! Okay. You’ve got to get a picture of that!
哦天啊! 你们一定要拍下来！
-Lynette: Tom? Can I talk to you a second?
Tom?能跟你说句话吗？
-Tom: Yeah.
好的。
-Lynette: Don't you think you were kind of sending the wrong message in there?
kind of: 有点儿 send message: 传达信息
你不觉得自己在传达错误信息吗？
-Tom: I know we don't approve of what they did, but you--you gotta admit. Come on.
approve of: 赞成 gotta: <美俚> (=have got to) 必须
我知道我们不赞成他们的做法，不过要承认。
Starting their own casino is kind of creative.
casino: 供表演跳舞赌博的地点 creative: 创造性的
自己开赌场这算创新精神。
-Lynette: Yeah? "Creative" like selling fake I.D.S was creative.
fake: 假的 I.D.: 身份证
真的?就像卖假身份证一样的"创新"？
And hot-wiring McCluskey's car--that was a work of art.
hot-wire:【俚语】(不用钥匙，以短路方式)发动(汽车、飞机等)的引擎 work of art: 艺术品
偷偷启动McCluskey的车这都得叫艺术了吧？
-Tom: Honey, honey, this is nothing like that.
宝贝，这个性质不一样。
I mean, look, the whole school is talking about their card game.
whole: 整个的 talk about: 讨论 card game: 纸牌游戏
我是说，学校都在讨论他们的棋牌游戏。
Do you realize it was like the place to be on a Monday night?
realize: 体会到，充分了解 place: 地方
你不觉得这成了周一晚上的好去处吗？
-Lynette: Oh, my god.
哦，天啊。
-Tom: What?
什么？
-Lynette: You think they're cool.
cool: 【俚语】极妙的，极好的，出色的
你觉得他们挺好的。
-Tom: Well... Yeah.
是的。
-Lynette: No, I mean you think they're cool in that you wanna be them.
in that: 因为 wanna: (=want to)仅能用于口语，相当于“want to”或者“want a”
不。你觉得他们挺好的，你想成为其中一员。
-Tom: Oh, please.
哦，拜托。
-Lynette: You do!
你就是这么想的！
This is Tom, former high school nerd, living vicariously through his awesome-ass kids.
former: 以前的 nerd: 呆子 live through: 度过 vicariously: 通过他人的经验感受到的 awesome-ass【“非常愚蠢的”awesome:【美国俚语】非凡的 ass:【贬义】蠢人，傻子】
这就是Tom。曾经的高中呆子。如今跟他绝顶聪明的孩子打成一片。
-Tom: Hey, I was plenty cool in high school.
plenty: 【口语】十分
中学时代的我可酷毙了。
-Lynette: Are we redefining "cool" to include playing trombone in the marching band?
redefine: 重新定义 include: 包括 trombone: 喇叭 marching band: 军乐队
这是在重新给"酷"下定义吗?在军乐队吹长号也算？
-Tom: You're overreacting.
overreact: 反应过度
你小题大作了。
You're a little high-spirited, but I trust them.
high-spirited: 兴致勃勃的 trust: 信任
他们是过于活跃了点，但我相信他们。
So I've decided to unground them for the homecoming dance.
unground【解禁，前面Lynette说到要be grounded for，所以现在Tom要unground,un在单词开头，一般作为否定前缀】 homecoming: 返校
所以我决定给他们解禁，参加返校节舞会。
-Lynette: But I told them they couldn't go.
但我已经说了不许去了。
-Tom: And you told me to handle it, and I just did.
然后你让我处理，我就处理了。
Oh, by the way, it wasn't a trombone. It was a tuba.
by the way: 顺便说一句 trombone: 喇叭 tuba: 大号
对了，我吹的不是长号，是大号。
Know your brass.
brass: 乐器
分不清乐器。
-Gabrielle: Juanita!
Juanita！
-Juanita: You said I could have cake.
你说过我能吃蛋糕的。
-Gabrielle: I know, but so much? You could've gone back for a second piece.
go back: 回头 second: 第二个的
没错，但一次吃这么多?过会再吃第二块嘛。
-Juanita: This is my second piece.
这已经是第二块了。
-Woman1: And it's not Juanita’s fault.
fault: 过失
这不是Juanita的错。
In this kind of situation, I blame the parents.
situation: 形势，状况 blame: 责怪
要我说这事只能怪家长。
-Woman2: Look, my kid would eat sugar all day long if I let her.
sugar: 糖 all day long: 成天
要知道要是我放任，我们孩子会成天吃甜食。
Gaby's obviously one of those moms who just can't say no.
obviously: 显然地
Gaby显然是不懂得说"不"的家长。
-Woman1: It's a shame, too.
shame: 遗憾的事
真可惜啊。
Juanita has such a pretty face.
pretty: 漂亮的
Juanita脸这么漂亮。
-Susan: I'm back. You want something cold?
cold: 冷的
我回来了。要来点冰的吗？
: Well, actually, I'm in the mood for something hot.
其实我很想要点火热的。
-Susan: You know...
要知道...
this is why it's taking four months to get my house painted.
paint: 油漆 get sth. done: 做完
这房子四个月还没漆完就是因为这个。
: Haven't you ever heard that expression,
你没听过这样一种说法吗。
"you can have it done fast, or you can have it done right?"
慢工出细活？
I think I'll have it done right now.
我现在想来点细活。
-Lynette: hey, Susan?
Susan？
-Susan: Uh, Lynette, it's not really a good time.
Lynette 现在真的不是时候。
-Lynette: I just need five seconds to bitch about tom, and then I'll...
bitch about: 说坏话
我只需5秒钟说说死Tom的坏话，然后...
oh, my god. Your painter isn't done yet?
painter: 油漆工
天呐！你房子还没刷完啊？
-Susan: Yeah. He--he's hard to keep track of.
keep track of: 跟踪了解情况
是啊！他神龙见首不见尾巴。
-Lynette: Well, anyway, Tom refuses to acknowledge that the twins are turning into juvenile delinquents.
anyway: 无论如何 refuse to: 拒绝 acknowledge: 承认 juvenile: 青少年的 delinquent: 罪犯(尤指少年犯)
不管了。Tom不承认双胞胎要变成少年犯了。
Just the other day, I was...
the other day: 不久前的某天
那天，我...
-Susan: oh, you poor thing! You need a hug.
hug: 拥抱
可怜的孩子你需要拥抱。
-Lynette: Have you been drinking?
drink: 喝酒
你喝酒了？
Sorry to have barged in, and thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
barge in: 闯入 get off my chest: 一吐为快 chest: 胸部
不好意思，我硬闯了进来，谢谢你听我诉苦。
-Susan: Hey, anytime that you need to talk, you just ring my bell... and wait.
ring my bell: 敲门
想倾诉的时候只管按门铃，然后等我开门。
Okay, new rule. From now on, sex only happens in the bedroom, door closed,
from now on: 现在开始 closed: 关着的
好吧，新规则。现在开始只在卧室关着门做爱。
between the hours of 7:00 and 10:00 P. M.
between: 在...之间
时间限定在晚上7点到10点。
: You know what?
It'd be a hell of a lot easier for me to follow the rules if I knew why they existed.
a hell of : 极度的 follow the rules: 遵守规定 exist: 存在
要是知道为何要订这些规矩我会更服气。
-Susan: I just don't want my friends to know.
我只是不想朋友们知道。
: Why? You...you, ashamed of me?
为什么?我会让你没面子？
-Susan: No, of course not.
当然不是。
It's just... complicated.
complicate: 复杂的
只是...很复杂。
: I'm just a simple guy, so I can't be your dirty little secret.
我就是个单纯的一个人，不能成为你的肮脏小秘密。
I need more from you.
我想要更了解你。
-Susan: I'm sorry. I can't give that to you.
对不起，我不能。
-Gabrielle: Honey, I know you wanna go home and watch your cartoons,
wanna: (=want to)仅能用于口语 cartoon: 动画片
亲爱的，我知道你想回去看动画片。
but you had a lot of cake, so I was thinking I'd take you to the park.
但是你吃了很多蛋糕，所以我想带你去公园。
That way you could run around, and get some nice fun exercise.
run around: 奔跑 nice:【口语】令人愉快的 fun: 有趣的 exercise: (体力或智力上的)运动
那样你就能跑跑步，做些有意思的运动。
-Juanita: No.
不高兴
-Gabrielle: You sure?
确定吗？
Running around in the sun and fresh air would make you feel good.
in the sun: 在阳光下 fresh air: 新鲜空气
在阳光下奔跑，新鲜空气会让你觉得舒服。
-Juanita:No.
不高兴。
-Gabrielle: Okay. Why don't you go throw that in the trash?
trash: 垃圾桶
好吧，把这个扔进垃圾桶。
And I'm gonna get the car started.
gonna: <美> 将要(=going to) start: 发动
我去发动车子。
Hey Juanita. You wanna play a new game on the way home?
on the way home: 回家路上
Juanita 回家路上玩个新游戏吧？
Winner gets a new doll.
winner: 获胜者 doll: 玩具娃娃
赢了就有新娃娃。
-Juanita: Okay.
好的。
-Gabrielle: Well, come on, then!
come on: 来吧
好的，那就来吧。
-Juanita: Mommy, what are you doing?
妈妈，你在干嘛？
-Gabrielle: It's a new game I invented, and you're winning 1 to nothing!
invent: 发明 1 to nothing: 一比零
我发明的新游戏。你已经一比零领先了！
-Bree: Katherine! Fantastic news.
fantastic: 极大的 news: 消息
Katherine！惊天好消息。
"What's Cookin' Fairview?" is sending out a camera crew tomorrow to do a piece on me and the book.
send out: 派遣 camera crew: 电视拍摄组 piece: 片段
美景妙厨，明天会派摄制组来拍摄一集，关于我还有这本书的节目。
-Katherine: Oh, which I just finished this morning.
刚好今天早晨拜读完毕。
-Bree: you read it already?
你已经读完了?
-Katherine: Yes. I couldn't put it down.
put down: 放下
是啊，刹不住车。
But I have to tell you, at least a dozen recipes are missing a pretty crucial ingredient.
a dozen: 一打 recipe: 食谱 miss: 漏掉 pretty: 十分 crucial: 关键的 ingredient: 成分
但我得告诉你，至少有一打食谱缺少关键成分。
-Bree: Really? What?
真的? 缺啥？
-Katherine: My name.
我的名字。
-Bree: Excuse me?
你说什么？
-Katherine: Bree, your book is filled with recipes that we developed together,
be filled with: 充满 develop: 开发
Bree，你的书里都是我们一起研制的食谱。
and--and some of them are flat-out mine.
flat-out: 【口语】完全的，不折不扣的
有些就是赤裸裸照搬我的创意。
-Bree: Oh, don't be silly. I may have based a few on your recipes, but I always changed something.
silly: 愚蠢的 may have【加过去分词:用于虚拟语气,表示“过去可能”】 base on: 基于 recipe: 食谱 change: 改变
别傻了。我或许参照了一些配方，但我经常会改变些材料。
-Katherine: Like what? The font?
font: 水盆
比如? 水盆？
Name one difference between this meatloaf recipe and mine.
name: 识别，区别 difference: 不同，差异 meatloaf: 烘肉卷
来说说这个熏肉卷的配方和我的有什么区别。
-Bree: Well, yours calls for minced curly leaf parsley.
call for: 需要 minced: 切碎的 curly: 卷曲的 leaf: 树叶 parsley: 荷兰芹
你的要卷西芹叶末。
Mine calls for minced flat leaf.
flat: 平的
我的要平西芹叶末。
-Katherine: It's minced! Who can tell the difference?
mince: 剁碎 tell: 区分
都剁碎了，能看出什么区别呢？
Bree, you have recipes in here you can't even make.
Bree,有些食谱你都不会做呢。
-Bree: Never heard anything so absurd.
absurd: 荒唐的
第一次听说。真荒唐。
-Katherine: The croquembouche cake with the spun sugar netting?
spun sugar: 棉花糖 netting: 网织品
焦糖奶油松塔饼绕上糖纱。
I've never once seen you work with molten sugar. I always make that cake.
molten: 熔化的
就没见你做过糖纱。都是我在做。
-Bree: Really, Katherine. Just because I let you execute a few eye-catching garnishes
execute: 完成 eye-catching: 抢眼的 garnish: 装饰
说真的Katherine，我让你做点抢眼的小装饰。
that gratify your need to show off,
gratify: 使满足 show off: 表现，炫耀
以满足你的表现欲。
doesn't mean that I can't do them just as well myself.
just as well: 同样（完全一样）
不代表我自己做不了。
-Katherine: You let me?
你让我做的？
I thought we were partners.
partner: 搭档
我以为我们是搭档。
-Bree: We are. That's why your name is on the dedication page.
dedication: (附于著作、乐曲等前面的)题词、题献，献辞
本来就是啊。所以我在那页鸣谢了你。
-Katherine: You were right about the dedication, Bree.
关于鸣谢你是对的，Bree。
It really was the least you could do.
least: 最少
你做的也就这么多了。
-Gabrielle: 18 to zero!
18比0！
2 more points and you'll break the record.
point: (比赛的)得分
break the record: 打破记录
再来两次你就破纪录了。
-Juanita: Mommy, I'm tired!
tired: 疲劳的，累的
妈咪，我很累。
-Gabrielle: really? Well, I thought running through that guy's sprinkler would've refreshed you.
run through: 跑着穿过 sprinkler: 洒水车 refresh: 提起精神
真的？我以为刚才跑过那辆洒水车让你打起精神了。
Now come on!
come on: 过来
快过来啊!
-Juanita: No.
不。
-Gabrielle: Looks like mommy's gonna score her first 2 points.
score: 得分
看来这两次我要赢了。
Come on, Juanita. Show mommy what a winner you are.
来呀，Juanita，让妈看看你的胜利。
Juanita! What are you doing?
Juanita! 你在干嘛？
Juanita, stop! Juanita! Juanita!
Juanita 别！Juanita! Juanita！
-Lynette: And while I thought grounding you was an appropriate punishment,
while: 虽然，尽管 appropriate: 合适的 punishment: 惩罚
虽然我觉得禁你们足是合适的惩罚，
your dad convinced me I was being a little too hard on you guys.
convince: 说服 hard on: 对...刻薄
但你们爸爸说服了我，我对你俩是苛刻了点儿。
-Tom: Absolutely.
absolutely: 的确
的确啊。
-Lynette: And so we have decided to let you go to the homecoming dance tonight...
所以我们决定让你们参加今晚的返校节舞会。
-The twins: That’s right!
太好了。
-Lynette: In your father's convertible.
convertible: 敞篷车
开着你爸的敞篷车。
-Tom: Um, um, h-h-hold on. What?
hold on: 等一等
-Lynette: Come on, Tom. I mean, we trust them, right?
拜托，Tom，我们是信任他们的，对不？
-Tom: Yes, yes. I-I would trust them more if they were driving your car.
对，如果他们开你的车，我会更信任。
-Lynette: No! You don't want two cool kids pulling up to homecoming in a mom car,
pull up to: 追上，赶上
别。让两个靓仔开着女式车去参加返校节不太合适吧。
especially with that big dent they put in it last month. Here you go.
especially: 特别，尤其 dent: 凹痕
再说那车被他俩都整出凹痕了。给你们钥匙。
-Preston: Dude!
dude:【用作称呼语】朋友，老兄
伙计。
-Parker:Thanks!
谢谢。
-Lynette: Don't thank me. Thank your father.
别谢我，谢你们老爸。
-The twins: Thanks, dad! You rock!
谢谢爸爸，你太棒了！
-Tom: Here--some ground rules. N-no, muddy shoes on my floor mats.
ground rules: 约定成俗的不成文法 muddy: 泥巴 mat: 垫子
告诉你们规矩。不准把鞋底上的泥巴弄到车里的地毯上。
-Lynette: Tom, relax! You high-spirited kids do whatever it takes to have fun.
relax: 放松 high-spirited: 兴致勃勃的
Tom，别激动。你们两个活跃分子想怎么疯就怎么疯吧。
I'm driving it, man.
我来开车。
-Photographer: And in three, two, one.
倒数3 2 1。
Welcome back to "what's, Cookin' Fairview?"
欢迎回到“美景妙厨”。
We're talking with Bree Van De Kamp, Fairview's premier caterer,
premier: 首位的 caterer: 厨师
我们将和Bree Van De Kamp 美景镇的首席厨艺大师聊聊。
Who’s about to publish her very first cookbook.
be about to: 即将 publish: 出版 cookbook: 烹饪书
她即将出版她第一部厨艺书。
Bree, could you show us inside?
show: 带领 inside: 里面的
Bree 我们能进屋看看吗？
-Bree: This is my kitchen, and this is my staff—
kitchen: 厨房 staff: 全体人员
这是我的厨房，这是我的助手们。
the most gifted, hardworking team, a cook could ever have hoped for.
gifted: 有天赋的 hardworking: 努力工作的 team: 队 cook: 厨师 hope for: 希望，期待
他们是最有天分、最勤奋、最善于烹饪的团队。
I cannot say enough good things about them.
怎么夸他们都不过分。
-Photographer: So which one of you has worked with Bree the longest?
longest: 最长的
你们谁和Bree合作的时间最长？
-Katherine: That would be me.
那就是我喽。
-Photographer: So tell me, what's it really like working with Bree?
work with: 与...共事
那么告诉我，跟Bree合作的实际感觉如何？
-Katherine: It’s inspiring.
inspiring: 振奋人心的
振奋。
There is absolutely nothing she can't do.
根本没有她做不成的事。
-Bree: Katherine, I'm blushing.
blush: 脸红
Katherine，我都不好意思了。
-Katherine: Working with her has been... such an education that I...
education: 教育
和她共事，很受启发，我...
-Bree: Oh, god. Are you all right?
哦！天哪！你没事吧？
-Katherine: I think I strained my wrist. God, it hurts.
strain: (因过度劳累)而损伤 wrist: 腕 hurt: 感到疼痛
我觉得我的手腕扭伤了。天哪，好疼。
-Bree: Oh, you poor dear. Could someone please get some ice? Oh, no.
唉可怜! 谁能拿来点冰块？哦, 不会吧。
-Katherine: Oh, and I was just about to put the spun sugar netting on our famous croquembouche.
spun sugar: 棉花糖 netting: 网织品 croquembouche: (宝塔状)焦糖奶油松饼
我刚准备把糖纱缠到我们出名的的泡芙塔上。
Would you mind doing it?
would you mind…: 你介意...吗
要不你替我做吧？
-Bree: Katherine, I'm sure, your wrist is just fine.
wrist: 手腕
Katherine 我相信你的手腕没事的。
-Katherine: No, it's really throbbing.
throbbing: 抽痛的
不行啊, 真的疼得不轻。
-Photographer:Okay, it looks like Bree to the rescue.
rescue: 援救
好啦! 看来要Bree要大显神通了。
Be sure you get this. Really something to see.
be sure: 确信，肯定
把这个东西拿好了,下面会很精彩的。
-Bree: The secret to spinning sugar is this special whisk that makes lovely gossamer threads.
spin: 纺织 special: 专门的，专用的 whisk: 搅拌器 lovely: 可爱的 gossamer: 小蜘蛛网 thread: 丝，现状体
织糖纱的奥秘是用这个特殊的能做出细丝的打蛋器。
Careful, dear. You're clumping.
clump: 结块
要细心啊,亲爱的,结块了。
-Katherine: I can see that.
我能看见。
-Photographer:That stuff's hot!
stuff: 东西
那东西好烫!
-Bree: sorry.
对不起。
-Carlos:So that's your idea of exercise? Having her run after a car?
idea: 想法，主意 run: 跑，奔 after: 在后面
这就是你搞的锻炼计划? 让她追着车跑？
-Gabrielle: Carlos, our daughter sucked down half a sheet cake,
suck down: 吸入 sheet: (一)块
Carlos 咱妞干掉了半个大蛋糕。
and afterwards no one could find the candles.
afterwards: 后来 candle: 蜡烛
后来大家都找不到蜡烛了。
Wake up! We have got a problem!
wake up: 醒醒
醒醒吧! 咱们有问题了！
-Carlos: I just don't think the solution is to humiliate her.
solution: 解决方法 humiliate: 侮辱
我只是觉得不能用侮辱她的方法来解决问题。
Now even if she’s...heavy,
even if: 即使 heavy: 重的
就算她很重。
doesn't she have the right to feel good about herself?
right: 权利 feel good about: 对...感到满意
她就不能有自我感觉良好的权利吗？
-Gabrielle: Hey, I'm protecting her.
protect: 保护
嘿,我是在保护她。
She doesn't know the truth yet.
truth: 真相，事实
她还不知道真相。
Women only have five seconds to be young and beautiful, and then it's gone.
second: 秒 young: 年轻的 beautiful: 年轻的
女人年轻漂亮的时光只有一眨眼的功夫,然后就老去了。
and then before you know it, we're old and fat and married and wondering where our beauty went.
wonder: 惊奇 beauty: 美丽
还没等你明白这一点,我们就已经变老、变胖、结婚，纳闷我们的美丽哪去了。
-Carlos:Gaby...
Gaby...
-Gabrielle: No, Carlos. I mean...
不，Carlos，我是说...
Sometimes I'm glad you can't see me.
glad: 高兴的
有时候你看不见我我还挺高兴。
Five years and two kids and no time for facials or the gym. It just... takes a toll.
facial: 美容 gym: 健身 toll: 代价，牺牲
五年来，两个孩子，没时间美容塑身。我好辛苦。
and when Edie came the other day, it was like she didn't even recognize me.
the other day: 不久前的某一天 even: 甚至 recognize: 辨认出
遇到Edie的那天她几乎没认出我。
-Carlos: Listen to me. Nobody knows your face better than I do.
听我说。你的美貌没人比我更了解了。
and I see it every time I kiss you.
每次我吻你我都能看到的。
In 5 years or 50, you will always be beautiful. Hear me?
不管是5年还是50年，你永远是漂亮的。知道吗？
-Bree: And now to finish you simply transfer, your spun sugar to the croquembouche
croquembouche: (宝塔状)焦糖奶油松饼
只要把糖纱移到泡芙塔上就完成了。
and gracefully drape it around in a delicate swirl.
gracefully: 优美地 drape: 盖 delicate: 细软的 swirl: 漩涡
精巧地把它卷起，轻柔地盖在上面。
did I mention that you...
mention: 提及，提到
忘了说了，
probably shouldn't be wearing jewelry while working with spun sugar?
jewelry: 珠宝
铺糖纱时最好不要带手镯。
well, there's no law that says it has to be a delicate veil.
law: 定律 veil: 面纱
粘糖纱没有固定的模式。
I mean, it could really just be a beautiful, um, little, uh, white... ribbon.
ribbon: 丝带
我意思是，这样就成了个漂亮的，呃，白色的，缎带。
Turn off the damn camera.
turn off: 关掉 damn: 该死的
把那摄像机关了。
-Katherine: Ah, actually, my wrist is feeling a little better.
actually: 实际上
啊，其实我的手腕感觉好点了。
Why don't I give it a shot?
give a shot: 试试
能不能让我试试？
-Lynette: What are you doing?
干嘛呢？
-Tom: Okay, where are they?
他们哪去了？
It's 30 minutes past curfew.
past: (时间)过 curfew: 宵禁
超过宵禁时间30分钟了。
-Lynette: Actually, it's 32.
其实是32分钟。
-Tom: If there is a single scratch on that car...
single: 一个的 scratch: 划痕
要是车上有一丝划痕。
I mean, after all the time that I spent restoring that thing...
spend: 花费 restore: 修复
我是说，我花了那么多心血修复的...
-Lynette: Yeah. Remember when you spent the entire day on the internet trying to find a new gearshift knob?
entire: 全部的，整个的 gearshift: 变速器 knob: 把手
是啊。记得那次你花一整天上网买挡把套吗？
Worst anniversary ever.
worst: 最坏的，最差的 anniversary: 结婚纪念日
结婚纪念日彻底毁了。
-Tom: I cannot believe that you did this to me.
你怎么这样说我。
-Lynette: I know. That car is your baby.
我知道，车是你的宝贝。
If only there was something I felt that intensely about.
intensely: 强烈地 feel about: 对...的态度
要是我也有这么上心的东西就好了。
Oh, wait! There is..., my actual babies.
actual: 真正的
对了！有啊！我生的几个宝贝。
-Tom: You think I don't care about our boys?
care about: 关心
你以为我不关心儿子？
-Lynette: I know you love them, but sometimes, you find them so cool and entertaining,
entertaining: 愉快的
我知道你爱他们，但有时你看他们这么酷这么炫。
you forget to parent them.
parent:【口语里做动词讲: 为人父母】
就忘记怎么为人父了。
-Tom: Lynette...
Lynette...
-Lynette: No, listen. This is important.
important: 重要的
别说了,听好。这很要紧。
When they were little and they'd act out, and we'd always say, "Relax! They’re young. When, they're older, they'll get it."
act out: 【心理学】(将受压抑的情绪)无意识地表现出来【act out最常用的意思是“表演”】 get it: 明白
孩子小时候淘气，我们总说“没事，还小呢，长大就懂事了”。
Well, Tom, they're 16 now. Not getting it.
Tom，他们都16岁了，还没懂事。
We have a lot of work to do in a very short time,
现在时间紧，任务急了。
and if you and I aren't in sync, I'm afraid it's not gonna happen.
in sync: 同步的，协调的 sync: 同步
如果我俩步调不一致，事情就难办了。
-The twins: Hey, sorry we're late.
不好意思，回来晚了。
Yeah. But, dad, you have to hear this story.
story: 情况，详情
不过，爸，有好事哦。
We just pulled up at an intersection, and there were these two hot girls...
pull up: 停车 intersection: 十字路口
我们停在路口来了俩辣妹。
-Tom: I don't want to hear it. You ever hear of a thing, called a cell phone?
hear of: 听说 cell phone: 手机
我不想听。知道手机是用来干嘛的吗？
-The twins: We're only like 35 minutes late.
我们晚了35分钟而已。
-Tom: Yeah, 35 minutes, during which time, your mother and I have been worried sick.
during: 在...期间 worried sick: 担心得要命的 sick: 有病的
没错，35分钟，我和你妈都急死了。
-The twins: But, dad...
可是爸。
-Tom: You broke the rules. There are consequences.
break the rule: 违反规定 break: 违犯 consequence: 后果
你们违规了要承担后果。
You're both grounded for a month.
be grounded: 禁足
两个人都禁足一个月。
-The twins: This sucks!
suck: 糟糕
你这么做真次！
You're only doing this because you were worried about your precious car.
precious: 宝贵的
你是急你那宝贝车子吧。
-Tom: You think? Get out of the way.
get out of the way: 让开
是吗？让开。
Any other opinions you'd like to share?
opinion: 意见 share: 共享
还有什么意见？
-Lynette: Thank you. But you didn't have to... That mirror was scratched. I already ordered a new one.
scratch: 刮伤 order: 订货
谢谢啊,不过也不用...后视镜有划痕了。已经订了新的。
-Edie: Mrs. Mccluskey! You're still alive!
alive: 活着的
McCluskey太太! 你还活着耶！
-Mrs. Mccluskey: Oh, it's nice to see you, too, Edie.
我也很高兴见到你，Edie。
-Edie: This is my husband, Dave Williams.
这是我先生Dave Williams。
-Mrs. Mccluskey: So how did you two meet? You run a free clinic or something?
run: 经营 free: 免费的 clinic: 诊所
你们怎么认识的?你开免费诊所啊？
-Dave: I'm sorry. Who are you?
不好意思，您是哪位？
-Mrs. Mccluskey: Karen Mccluskey, Edie’s best friend on the street.
best: 最好的
Karen McCluskey。这条街上我和Edie最好。
-Dave: Well, it's a real pleasure to meet you.
real: 真的 pleasure: 高兴
很高兴认识你。
-Susan: What are you doing here?
你来干什么？
: Um, I just need to talk to you.
-Susan: Not here. Go home. I'll call you.
现在不行，回家说，回头给你电话。
: When?
-Susan: I don't know. Later. Just go.
later: 稍后
不知道，过会儿。快走。
-Edie: I have to say, ladies, this is quite a shindig.
shindig: 大宴会
姑娘们，这个聚会好棒啊。
Oh, I'm glad you're enjoying yourself.
enjoy oneself: 玩的开心
你开心就好。
Yeah, I mean, there's really not a lot of people who go to this much trouble to say they're sorry.
是啊，你们为给我道歉真是花了不少心思。
-Lynette: Excuse me?
什么？
-Edie: Well, the party. It's just a beautiful way to apologize.
apologize: 道歉
聚会啊。很得体的赔礼道歉。
-Gabrielle: Edie, this is not a "we're sorry" party.
Edie,这可不是给你道歉用的。
This is a "we forgive you" party.
forgive: 原谅
是告诉你我们原谅你了。
-Edie: You forgive me?
你们原谅我？
-Bree: Well, I think what Gaby means is you were fairly awful to us right before you left,
fairly: 相当地 awful: 可怕的
Gaby是说你离开前干了不少损事。
and this is our way of welcoming you back to hopefully not do it again.
welcome: 欢迎 hopefully: 希望地
我们欢迎你回来，希望你别再那样了。
-Edie: You gotta be kidding.
gotta: <美俚> (=have got to) 必须 kid: 开玩笑
开玩笑吧？
You froze me out.
freeze out: 逐出
是你们排挤我。
You threatened to ruin my business, and you ran me out of town.
threaten: 威胁 ruin: 毁坏 run out of town: 把某人逐出市外
威胁要毁掉我的生意，把我赶走了。
Now it's taken me five years to stop hating you.
hate: 憎恶
五年了仇恨才淡去。
-Dave: Great party, ladies. Thank you very much.
女士们，聚会很棒，太感谢了。
Now... mind if I steal my wife? Sweetheart?
steal: 偷【相当与汉语的“打扰了，请借一步说话”，用于支开谈话者而单独交谈时用，很形象的一个用法，很地道噢】
老婆我先带走了？宝贝？
: (sing)* Hey, little girl *,
-Mrs. Mccluskey: Isn't that your painter?
那不是你家漆匠吗？
: (sing)* I wanna be your boyfriend *
-Mrs. Mccluskey: Is it?
是吗?
-Susan: I can't tell.
没看出来
: (sing)* Sweet little girl *
* I wanna be your boyfriend *
*我想做你男朋友*。
* do you love me, babe?*
*宝贝你到底爱不爱我?*
-Susan: Excuse me.
对不起。
-A man: It's okay.
没事。
: * What do you say?*
* Do you love me, babe?*
*宝贝你到底爱不爱我?*
* What can I say?*
*我还能说些什么?*
-A man: Didn’t they pay the bill?
pay the bill: 付账
欠电费了吧？
-Tom: All right. Calm down. I'll take care of it.
calm down: 平静下来 take care of: 处理
大家镇定！我去搞定。
-Susan: You, come with me.
你跟我来。
Why would you humiliate me in front of my friends? Are you a lunatic?
humiliate: 羞辱 in front of: 在...面前 lunatic: 精神病人
为什么在朋友面前给我难堪? 发神经？
: I'm just trying to get through to you.
我只是想说出心里话。
-Susan: And, yeah, it's making me kinda crazy.
kinda: 有点儿(=kind of) crazy: 抓狂
这事是快把我弄疯了。
: Susan... why can't I meet your friends?
I mean, am I really that horrible?
horrible: 令人讨厌的
我就这么见不得人？
-Susan: No, of course not. My friends would love you.
没有，朋友们肯定会喜欢你。
: Then what is the problem?
-Susan: The problem is, if you meet my friends, then we're in a relationship,
be in a relationship: 恋爱关系
因为如果你见了她们,我俩就等于在恋爱了。
and I can't be in a relationship right now.
right now: 马上
我现在不能恋爱。
: But I-I promise, I'll, make you very happy.
我保证给你幸福。
-Susan: Well, maybe I don't deserve to be happy.
deserve: 值得
也许我不配拥有幸福。
a few years ago... there was this car accident... a bad one.
accident: 意外
几年前…出过一场车祸...非常严重。
-Edie: Take the high road? Did you hear what those smug bitches said to me?
take the high road【直译是在“走高路”，理解为走一条稳妥的路，选择一种好的方法”】smug: 自以为是的 bitch: 婊子
你叫我怎么注意态度？听到那几个自以为是的东西说的了吗？
-Dave: Edie, it's important these people like us. It's our home now.
Edie得让她们喜欢我们，我们在这儿安家了。
-Edie: I never should've let you talk me into moving back here.
talk into: 说服 move back: 搬回
根本就不该答应你搬回来。
Why? Why were you so gung ho on Wisteria Lane?
gung ho: 合作
你怎么就成紫藤巷的大粉丝了？
-Dave: Listen to your husband.
听你老公的。
We can be happy here, but we need these people to like us.
我们会幸福的。但需要她们喜欢我们。
-Edie: Why?
为什么？
-Dave: It'll just make everything easier.
这样对大家都好。
: That was an accident.
Susan, you can't feel guilty about it.
guilty: 内疚的
Susan 你不能这样自责。
-Susan: You know what, Jackson?
知道吗，Jackson。
You're not gonna say anything I haven't already heard a million times.
million: 百万
这些话别人安慰过我无数次。
I…I only told you because I...
我告诉你这些只是因为...
I just want you to understand why I can't let you in my life.
只是想让你理解，我为什么不能让你走入我的生活。
这样对大家都好。
: Well...Do you mind if I hang out for the next few months and see if you change your mind?
那么...个月的时间让你改变主意吗？
-Susan: Yeah, I guess I could handle that.
handle: 处理
好的。这应该可以。
: Well, why don't you... go have fun with your friends? And just call me when you’re free.
去找你的朋友们吧。有空时给我电话。
-Susan: Okay.
好的。
-Bree: Please, Danielle. You have no right to take him.
求你了，Danielle你不能带走他。
-Danielle: I have every right. He's my kid.
怎么不能？他是我的孩子。
-Bree: Danielle, we agreed I would raise him.
agree: (意见)相同 raise: 抚养
Danielle 说好了我来带他的。
We agreed it would be best!
这样对我们都好。
-Danielle: You said it would be best!
这是你一厢情愿。
I've had no say in anything!
我当时什么都没说。
But I am married now, and Leo’s a lawyer.
be married: 结婚 lawyer: 律师
但现在我结婚了，Leo还是个律师。
So do yourself a favor and, don't try to fight this!
do yourself a favor【帮你自己的忙，do sb. a favor: 帮某人一个忙】 fight: 与...斗争
所以省省吧，别来和我争这个。
-Bree: Please, Danielle, we can have any arrangement you like.
arrangement: 安排
求你了，Danielle，什么事都好商量。
Please, just don't take him!
求你别带走他。
For god sakes, Orson’s gone. You kids are grown. Benjamin's all I have!
grown: 长大的，成年的
行行好，Orson走了，你们俩也长大了，Benjamin是我唯一的依托了。
-Danielle: You're just gonna have to find something else.
那就去找点儿别的依托吧。
-Orson: Honey, come to bed. It's after 2:00.
亲爱的，休息吧，已经两点多了。
-Bree: The cooking show agreed to redo my segment.
agree to: 同意 redo: 重做 segment: 部分
那个节目同意重录我的部分了。
I wanna make sure it's perfect this time.
make sure: 确保 perfect: 完美
我得保证这次无可挑剔。
-Orson: Well, I won't tell you how to run your business.
run business: 经商
那我就不干涉你的工作了。
It's your baby.
它是你的孩子。
-Bree: Yes, it is.
确实就像我的孩子。
-Mike: Um, M.J. Ready?
M.J.准备好了吗？
-Susan: Yeah, he's upstairs waiting for you.
upstairs: 在楼上
是的，在楼上等着你呢。
I told you the brakes were squeaking.
brake: 刹车 squeak: 轧轧响
早就告诉你刹车有点问题了。
I asked you to get them checked.
check: 检查
还让你去检查一下的。
-Mike: And I checked them!
我查过了啊。
-Susan: I meant a mechanic... not you.
mechanic: 修理工
是让修车工查，又不是你自己。
-Mike: It was not the brakes, Susan.
不是刹车的问题Susan。
-Susan: If it had been it wouldn't have mattered. They crashed into us!
matter: 有关系 crash into: 撞到
总之不关刹车的事，是她们撞上了我们。
And we killed them, Mike!
然后我们把她们杀死了，Mike。
-Mike: We didn't kill them! They died.
不是我们杀的，这是个交通事故。
-Susan: They were a mother and a child.
她们是一对母女。
She was a mother, just like me...
一个像我一样的母亲...
with a child just like ours.
还有一个和我们孩子一般大小的孩子。
And if it weren't for us, they would still be alive.
如果不是我们她们还会活的好好的。
-Mike: Yeah, we have been over and over this, Susan.
over and over: 再三
这我们已经谈了很多遍了，Susan。
It's...it's like, you want to suffer.
suffer: 受折磨
你这是和自己过不去。
-Susan: It's like you don't care at all，like you feel nothing for those people.
好像你对他们一点都不关心，一点都不在乎。
-Mike: I can't do this again! I just can't!
我受不了了，真的受不了了。
-Susan: Did you pack your dinosaur book, so you can read it with your daddy?
pack: 把...打包 dinosaur: 恐龙
带上你的恐龙书了吗?可以和爸爸一起看的。
-Maynard:Sure did.
当然了。
-Susan: Oh, good. Okay, you have fun, sweetie.
真乖，去玩儿吧，亲爱的。
-Mike: So, um, I'll probably bring him back Sunday around 6:00 or so.
bring back: 带回来
我会在周日的六点左右把他送回来。
-Susan: Fine.
好的。
-Mike: Well, have a good weekend. Doing anything special?
weekend: 周末 special: 特别的
周末愉快，有什么安排吗？
-Susan: Well, I've sort of start seeing someone.
sort of: 有几分，在一定程度上 see sb.: 与某人约会
我又开始和人交往了。
So I might do something with him.
可能会和他有些安排。
-Mike: Good for you.
good for you: 不错
不错啊。
-Susan: Yeah.
是啊。
-Mary Alice: It goes by so quickly.
go by: (时间)逝去
光阴似箭。
In a flash, the life we knew is gone forever.
in a flash: 转瞬见 forever: 永远
一眨眼间我们的生活已经天翻地覆。
And we're left to ask ourselves...
我们不禁会问自己……
How could he have left me?
他为什么离开了我？
When did my beauty start to fade?
fade: 消失
我的容颜何时开始老去？
Why has my friend changed?
我的朋友为何而改变？
Was I the best mother I could have been?
作为一个母亲我尽力了吗？
Of course, there are some people who understand how quickly time passes.
of course: 当然 pass: （时间）消逝【前面用的是go by,虽然是一个意思，却避免了重复，仔细看看，会发现Mary Alice的话，特别是开头的和结语，很有哲理，也很优美】
当然，总有些人意识到时光如梭。
That’s why they're so determined to get what they want before it's too late.
be determined to: 决心
于是他们执着的和时间赛跑去追求他们想要的。
-Dave: Oh, Dr. Heller. I've been meaning to call you.
meaning to: 打算
Heller医生，我一直想找你来着。
-Dr. Heller: Yeah, I was getting concerned.
concerned: 关心的
我有些担心了。
You're required to check in once a month.
require: 要求 check in: 办理登记手续
你应该每个月汇报一次的。
It was a condition of your release.
condition: 条件 release: 释放
这是释放你的条件。
-Dave: Oh, come on. That was a year ago.
算了吧，都过去一年了。
But to be honest, the meds are working, so well, I kinda forgot about you.
to be honest: 老实说 work: 起作用 med: 药物 kinda: 有点儿
老实说那些药挺有用的，我都快不记得你了。
No offense.
offense: 冒犯
别在意。
-Dr. Heller: Dave, once a month.
Dave 每月汇报一次。
Not optional.
optional: 可选的
没得商量。
-Dave: Message received, doc.
message: 信息 receive: 收到
知道了医生。
But seriously, you don't need to worry about me.
seriously: 认真地 worry about: 担心
不过你真的没必要再担心我了。
I'm great. I'll talk to you in a month.
我很好，会每个月向你汇报一次的。
Just tell me. What are the magic words that I've gotta say so you will let me out of here?
magic: 有魔力的
告诉我，要我说什么你们才肯放了我？
-Dr. Heller: Dave, you've been here six weeks,
Dave你在这儿已经六周了。
and you don't seem any closer to coming to terms with your rage.
closer to: 更靠近 come to terms with: 妥协，让步 rage: 盛怒，狂怒
但是在控制自己的愤怒上还是毫无进展。
-Dave: I've come to terms with it, and, I like it just the way it is.
我已经会控制了，现在这样挺好。
-Dr. Heller: The charges were dropped because you agreed to put yourself in a doctor's care.
charge: 诉讼 drop: 撤销，放下 care: 看护，监护
因为你同意了接受医生的治疗对你的诉讼才撤销了。
I'm not going to authorize your release until I see some real progress.
authorize: 授权，批准 release: 释放 real: 真正的 progress: 进步
在没看到什么进展前我是不会放了你的。
-Dave: Wh-what's progress supposed to look like to you, doc?
be supposed to: 应该
你想看到怎样的进步，医生？
I mean, should I just plaster some fake smile on my face,
plaster: 掩饰，粘贴 fake: 虚假的
我只要强颜欢笑就行了吗？
and pretend this--this thing that's inside me isn't eating me alive?
pretend: 假装 alive: 在起作用的
装作心头之火没有在侵蚀着我？
Because I can do that if you want.
如果是这样的话我现在就可以做给你看。
-Dr. Heller: I need to make sure you're not a danger to yourself or to others.
danger: 危险
我需要确认你对自己和他人不再会构成危害了。
-Dave: Listen, I've never been a danger to myself.
听着，我从来都不会伤害自己。
And as far as the others are concerned,
as far as is concerned: 就...而言
至于其他的人，
there's only one person, who should be worried.
只有一个人需要担心。
词汇解析：Serena Lee 校对：Cici
-Jackson
have fun with: 玩的开心
-Jackson
hang out for: 拖延时间 change mind: 改变主意
-Jackson
那都是意外。
-Jackson
promise: 保证
-Jackson
那到底是什么问题？
-Jackson
Susan干吗不让我见你的朋友？
-Jackson
get through to: 使明白
-Jackson
*你答应吗?*
-Jackson
*小美女*。
-Jackson
*我想做你男朋友*。
-Jackson
*小姑娘*
-Jackson
几时？
-Jackson
我有话要说。
-Jackson
dirty: 肮脏的 secret: 秘密
-Jackson
be ashamed of: 为……感到羞耻
-Jackson
知道吗？
-Jackson
expression: 措辞
-Jackson
actually: 实际上 be in the mood for: 有心情做...
-Jackson
work: 有效，奏效 time: 次数【这句话的直译是“这种理由只会再有500或600次起作用”，即时间久了这种方法就没对Jackson没用了】
-Jackson
听我说...我喜欢你，我知道你也喜欢我。
-Jackson
drill: 【主英国口语】常规，规定程序
-Jackson
beg: 乞求
-Jackson
Susan？咱俩都...四个月了吧？你还不让我过夜吗？
-Jackson
incredible: 难以置信的
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