看绝望的主妇学英语 Desperate Housewives 第一季 2集：Ah, But Underneath

Written by Marc Cherry
Directed by Larry Shaw
 
-GABRIELLE: if Mary Alice was having some sort of crisis, we’d have known.
some sort of: 某种 crisis: 危机
如果Mary alice有什么不对劲，我们应该会知道的。
She lives 50 feet away, for God’s sakes.
for God’s sakes: 【天晓得】看在上帝的面上
天晓得，她住的离我们不过50英尺。
-SUSAN: Gabby, the woman killed herself. Something must’ve been going on.
 go on: 发生
Gabby，她结束了自己的生命，肯定有事情发生。
-GABRIELLE: Every time I’m around that man, he tries to grab my ass!
 around: 在……周围 try to: 设法 grab: 抓握 ass: 屁股
我每次遇见他，他都想摸我的屁股。
-CARLOS: I made over $200,000 doing business with him last year. If he wants to grab your ass, you let him.
 business：生意 do business with: 与某人做生意
去年我和他做了超过20万美元的生意。如果他想摸你就让他摸吧
-JOHN: Why aren’t you happy?
你为什么不开心？
-GABRIELLE: Turns out I wanted all the wrong things.
 turn out: 证明是
结果证明我所要的东西都没用。
-GABRIELLE: What’s that?
这是什么？
-BREE: It’s a letter, addressed to Mary Alice.
address: 写信给
一封写给Mary Alice的信。
-SUSAN: Oh Mary Alice, what did you do?
哦，Mary Alice，你究竟干了什么？
-NARRATOR: An odd thing happens when we die. Our senses vanish.
 odd: 奇怪 sense: 感觉 vanish: 消失
我们死去以后就会有奇怪的事情发生，我们没有感觉。
Taste, touch, smell and sound become a distant memory.
distant: 遥远的 memory: 记忆
味觉、触觉、嗅觉和听觉成为遥远的回忆。
But our sight, ah, our sight expands. And we can suddenly see the world we’ve left behind so clearly.
sight: 视野 expand: 扩展 suddenly: 突然 leave behind: 丢在后面
但是我们的视觉，啊，我们的视野开阔了。我们能把被我们扔在身后的这个世界看清楚。
Of course, most of what’s visible to the dead can also be seen by the living, if they only take the time to look.
visible: 能看见的 the living: 活人，活着的人们，生者 take the time to: 花时间去做
当然，死人能看见的世界活人也能看清楚，他们只是不愿意花时间去看而已。
-NARRATOR: Like my friend Gabrielle. I should’ve seen how unhappy she was. But I didn’t.
unhappy: 不高兴
就像我的朋友Gabrielle。我过去应该看出来她有多么不开心，但是我没有。
I only saw her clothes from Paris;
我只看见了她的法国时装，
And her platinum jewellery;
 platinum: 白金 jewellery: 珠宝
她的白金首饰，
And her brand new diamond watch.
brand: 崭新的 diamond: 钻石的
和她崭新的钻石手表。
-NARRATOR: Had I looked closer, I’d’ve seen that Gabrielle was a drowning woman, desperately in search of a life raft.
 drowning: 溺水，溺死 desperately: 绝望地 in search of: 寻找 raft: 木筏
如果我看得更仔细，我就会看出Gabrielle是个快溺毙的女人，绝望的在寻找生命的木筏
Luckily for her, she found one.
幸运的是，她找到了。
-NARRATOR: Of course, Gabrielle only saw her young gardener as a way to infuse her life with a little excitement.
 gardener: 园丁 infuse with: 注入 excitement: 兴奋，激动
当然，Gabrielle只是找到了她年轻的园丁给她的生活中注入新鲜血液，
But now, she was about to discover just how exciting her life could get.
be about to: 将要，正打算 discover: 发现 get: 变得
但是现在她想尝试一下究竟她的生活可以有多精彩。
-GABRIELLE: Damn it! Come on.
 damn: 该死的 come on: 拜托
该死!
-JOHN: Whoa!
whoa: 惊叹声
哇！
-GABRIELLE: Come on, come on, hurry! Let’s go, let’s go!
 come on:快点 hurry: 赶快
快点，快点，快点！赶紧！快走！
-JOHN: Where’re the rest of my clothes?
 rest: 剩余
我还有衣服呢？
-GABRIELLE: I’ll find them, just get out!
 get out: 出去
我会找到的，赶快出去。
-JOHN: Where?
去哪？
-GABRIELLE: Out the window.
窗户外面。
-JOHN: What?
什么？
-GABRIELLE: Go, go!
快走，快走！
-GABRIELLE: Hi honey, you’re home early!
你好，亲爱的，你回来得真早。
-CARLOS: My meeting got cancelled.
cancel: 取消
我的会议取消了。
You just took a shower this morning.
shower：洗澡
你今天早上不是已经洗过澡了吗？
-GABRIELLE: I, uh, I just finished a workout.
 finish: 完成 workout: 健身
我，呃，我刚刚锻炼完身体。
-CARLOS: Mmm. Where’s John?
John在哪里?
--GABRIELLE: John?
John?
-CARLOS: Yeah. That’s his truck out front.
 truck: 除草机
是啊，外面有他的除草机。
-NARRATOR: Gabrielle was panicked.
 panicked: 惊慌的
Gabrielle惊慌失措。
She knew if her husband discovered her secret, she would feel the full force of his wrath.
force: 力量 wrath: 愤怒
她知道如果他丈夫发现了她的秘密，她将在他的震怒中万劫不复。
-JOHN: Hey Mr. Solis.
你好，Solis 先生
--CARLOS: Hey, John, did you take care of that ficus yet?
take care of: 处理 ficus: 无花果属
你好，John, 那棵树弄好了吗？
--JOHN: I’ll get to it as soon as I’m done here.
 get to: 开始 as soon as: 一…就…
我一忙完这个就去照料。
-CARLOS: Alright. We need to talk about the hedges later.
 talk about: 谈论 hedge: 篱笆
好吧。我们一会需要聊聊那个篱笆。
-NARRATOR: But she was quickly reminded that what Carlos couldn’t see, couldn’t hurt her.
 quickly: 快 remind: 想起 hurt: 伤害
但是她很快来……Carlos看不见的地方……影响不了她。
-JOHN: Yeah, sure, no problem.
好的，当然没问题。
-NARRATOR: The peaceful façade of Wisteria Lane had recently been shattered.
 peaceful: 宁静的 façade: 外观模式 recently: 最近 shattered: 破碎的
最近Wisteria Lane看似生活被打破了。
 First by my suicide, and then by the discovery of a note among my belongings that suggested a suspicious reason for my desperate act.
 suicide: 自杀 discovery: 发现 belonging: 所有物 note: 纸条 suggest: 暗示 suspicious: 可疑的 desperate: 绝望的
首先是我的自杀，然后是发现了遗物中的一个纸条暗示了我自杀的一个可能的原因。
My friends gathered to discuss its implications
gather: 聚集 discuss: 讨论 implication: 含义，暗示
我的朋友们聚在一起讨论它暗含的意义。
-SUSAN: I think we should give it to Paul.
我认为我们应该把它交给Paul。
-GABRIELLE: He’s still mourning, Susan, he’ll probably freak out.
 mourning: 悲痛 probably: 可能 freak out: 失去理智，大发脾气；崩溃
Susan，他仍然沉浸在悲痛中，他很有失去理智。
-SUSAN: It doesn’t matter, she was his wife. He deserves to have all the facts.
 matter: 要紧 deserve: 应得
没有关系，她是他的老婆，他理应知道所有的事实真相。
-BREE: Well, we could do it gently. We could tell him about it over coffee and pastry. gently: 温柔地 tell about: 把某事告诉某人 pastry: 点心 hand: 递
我们可以做得巧妙一点，我们可以在闲聊的时候告诉他。
-LYNETTE: That would be fun.
 fun: 乐趣
那会很有意思。
Paul, we have proof your wife killed herself over some deep dark secret. Another “?”?
proof: 证据 deep: 深的 dark: 暗处的 secret: 秘密
“Paul，我们有证据证明你妻子的自杀是因为一些幕后的秘密。又一个晴天霹雳？”
-GABRIELLE: We could always call the police.
 call the police: 报警
我们也许可以报警。
-LYNETTE: Maybe it’s just some sort of sick joke.
 some sort of: 某种 sick: 恶心的 joke: 玩笑 sick joke: 一个残酷的玩笑
也许这只是捉弄人的。
-BREE: Well if it was a joke, it was in very poor taste.
 poor: 低劣的; 次等的 taste: 欣赏
如果这是个玩笑，那也太没水平了。
-SUSAN: No, this was serious, I know it was.
 serious: 严肃的
不，这应该不是玩笑，我知道的。
We gotta find out what was going on.
gotta(=have got to): 必须 find out: 找出
我们要去找到事实真相。
-LYNETTE: Let’s say we do. There’s a chance we’re not gonna like what we find.
 gonna(=going to): 将要
看看我们该怎么办，有可能真相并不那么令人开心。
-SUSAN: Well, isn’t it worse to be in the dark, imagining she did all these horrible things?
 worse: 更坏的 in the dark: 不为人知；在黑暗中 imagine: 想象 horrible: 恐怖的
但是，那也比藏在地下要好呀？我是说，如果她真的做了这些恐怖的事情。
-BREE: It’s the usual question, isn’t it? (SUSAN looks up at BREE.)
 usual: 常见的
这是个老掉牙的问题，不是吗？
How much do we really wanna know about our neighbours?
wanna(=want to): 想要  know about: 知道，了解  neighbour: 邻居
我们到底希望多么深入的去了解我们的邻居？
-NARRATOR: My friends were right to be concerned.
 concerned: 关心的
 朋友们的话是值得考虑的，
They knew that every family has its secrets.
他们知道每个家庭都有自己的秘密。
And as my son and husband could’ve told them, you need to think carefully before digging them up.
carefully: 小心地 dig up: 发现，揭露出
正如我的儿子和丈夫可能会警戒她们的那样，在你把真相挖掘出来之前一定要想清楚。
-NARRATOR: After talking for hours, my friends still hadn’t agreed on what to do with the note.
 agree on: 商定〔同意〕某事 talk about: 谈论
讨论了几个小时之后，朋友们仍然没有对如何处治这个纸条达成一致。
So, they decided to talk about it in the morning after a good night’s rest.
decide to: 决定做… talk about: 谈论 rest: 休息，睡眠
因此她们决定先好好睡一觉，明天早上再讨论。
 But no one could fall asleep that night.
 fall asleep: 入睡
但是晚上她们谁也没有睡好，
They each kept thinking of my suicide, and how terribly alone I must’ve felt.
think of: 考虑，想 suicide: 自杀 terribly: 非常地 alone: 孤独
每个人都在想我的事情，在想我肯定是觉得非常的孤独。
 You see, lonely was something my friend’s understood all too well.
 lonely: 孤独的 all too: 实在太
看见了吗，孤独是我的朋友们感受最深的。
-REX: Its okay, I’m up
 up: 成直立姿势; 起床
好了，我醒了。
-BREE: Good. I have a question for you.
好，我有个问题。
-REX: Okay.
问吧。
-BREE: Do you remember when you proposed?
 propose: 求婚
你还记得你向我求婚时的情景吗？
-REX: For god’s sake.
看在上帝的份上……
-BREE: We sat on Skyline Drive and drank a bottle of apple wine.
 Skyline Drive: 国家公园的地平线公路 a bottle of: 一瓶 wine: 酒
我们驱车沿着海边喝了一瓶苹果香槟
And when we finished it, you turned to me and you said, If you marry me, Bree Mason, I promise to love you for the rest of my life.
turn to: 转向 promise: 发誓 the rest of: 其余
当我们喝完的时候，你转向我，对我说“Bree Mason，如果你嫁给我，我会今生今世永远爱你”。
And even though I was engaged to Ty Grant, and even though my father didn’t like you, I said yes.
even though: 尽管 be engaged to: 订婚
尽管我已经和Ty Grant订婚，尽管我爸爸不喜欢你，我还是答应嫁给你。
-REX: That was a long time ago.
 a long time ago: 很久以前
那是很久以前的事了。
-BREE: You’re gonna cancel the meeting with that divorce lawyer, and we’re gonna find ourselves a marriage counsellor.
 gonna(=going to): 将要 cancel: 取消 divorce: 离婚 lawyer: marriage: 婚姻 counselor: 顾问
你要去取消和律师的会面，然后去找一个顾问。
-REX: Bree, I…
我…
-BREE: You promised.
你承诺过的。
-REX: Alright.
 alright=all right: 好
好的。
-BREE: Good, I’m gonna go make myself some, uh, warm milk.
 gonna(=going to): 将要
好，我要去给自己准备一杯热牛奶。
Would you like something to drink?
你想要点什么饮料吗？
-REX: Anything but apple wine.
 只要不是苹果香槟就行
-NARRATOR: Susan awoke that night alone and parched.
 awake: 醒来 parch: 使(某人)极口渴
那天晚上Susan独自醒来，饥渴万分。
 And as she gazed out her window, she saw the tall drink of water she needed to quench her thirst.
 gaze: 注视 gaze out: 向外注视 drink: 一杯 quench: 解渴 thirst: 口渴
当她朝窗外看的时候，她看到了可以解渴的一大杯水。
-JULIE: Dear Diary, Mike doesn’t even know I’m alive.
 even: 甚至 alive: 活着
“亲爱的Diary，Mike 甚至不知道我还存在着” 。
-SUSAN: Shut up.
闭嘴
-JULIE: If you wanna date him, you’re gonna have to ask him out.
 wanna(=want to): 想要 date: 约会 ask out: 请(某人)外出
如果你想和他约会，就要喊他出来。
-SUSAN: I keep hoping he’ll ask me out.
我一直希望他采取主动。
-JULIE: How’s that going?
结果呢？
-SUSAN: Shouldn’t you be making brownies for your nerdy friends?
 brownies: 巧克力糕饼 nerdy: 讨厌鬼
你怎么还不为你的狐朋狗友们准备巧克力蛋糕？
-JULIE: I can’t find the measuring cup. Have you seen it?
 measuring cup: 量杯
我找不到量杯了，你有看到吗？
-SUSAN: The measuring cup?
量杯？
-JULIE: Yeah.
是啊。
-SUSAN: Hm. Uh, well it’s gotta be here somewhere. Just keep looking.
gotta(=have got to): 必须
 我，哦，原来一直放这的，再找找看。
-CARLOS: I know you’re awake.
 awake: 醒着的
我知道你没睡。
-GABRIELLE: I know you’re a jerk.
 jerk: 粗蠢之人
我知道你是个杂碎。
-CARLOS: Dinner with Tanaka ran long, I’m sorry.
 run: 进行
和Tanaka吃晚饭时间长了点，对不起。
-GABRIELLE: You know, Carlos, I didn’t marry you so I could have dinner by myself 6 nights a week.
 dinner: 晚餐 by myself: 单独
Carlos, 你知道，我嫁给你，并不是为了一周有六天都独自吃晚饭。
You know how bored I was today? I came this close to actually cleaning the house.
bored: 无聊的 actually: 竟然 come close to: 接近，几乎
你知道今天我有多闷？我闷到居然彻彻底底的打扫了一次房子。
-CARLOS: Don’t be that way. I got you a gift.
 gift: 礼物
别这样，我给你买了份礼物。
-GABRIELLE: Nope. No, no, no, no. you’re not gonna buy your way outta this one.
 gonna(=going to): 想要 outta=out of
不行，不行。你别指望这就把我给打发了。
-CARLOS: It’s a good gift.
很棒的礼物
-GABRIELLE: Is that white gold?
 white gold: 白金
是白金的吗？
-CARLOS: Yeah. Put it on. And then make love to me.
 put on: 穿上，戴上 make love to: 表示爱情，与…做爱
是的，戴上它……然后和我做爱。
-GABRIELLE: I’m not in the mood. But, we could stay up and talk.
 in the mood: 好心情 stay up: 熬夜
我没心情。我们可以不睡觉，聊聊天。
-CARLOS: When a man buys a woman expensive jewellery, there are many things he may want in return.
 expensive: 昂贵的 jewellery: 首饰 in return: 作为回报
当一个男人给女人买了非常昂贵的首饰，他希望得到很多回报，
For future reference, conversation ain’t one of ‘em.
future: 未来的 reference: 参考 conversation: 谈话
但不是聊天。
-CARLOS: Hey, that was a joke.
嗨，只是开个玩笑。
-GABRIELLE: Yeah, right.
是，没错。
-CARLOS: What the hell’s wrong with you?
 hell: 训斥, 咒骂(用以加强语气)
你到底吃错什么药了？
-GABRIELLE: Let go of me.
 let go of: 放开
放开我。
-CARLOS: You’ve been acting like a nightmare for a month. What’s wrong?
 act like: 表现得像 nightmare: 噩梦
嗨，这一个月来你简直像个恶魔，怎么回事？
-GABRIELLE: Stop.
 住口。
-CARLOS: I can’t fix it unless you tell me.
 fix: [口]惩罚; 收拾 unless: 除非
如果你不告诉我，我是不会放过你的。
-GABRIELLE: It’s not exciting anymore, Carlos.
 exciting: 令人兴废的 not anymore: 不再
Carlos，生活不再那么有意思了。
-CARLOS: So what am I supposed to do?
 be supposed to: 被期望
你想让我怎么做？
-GABRIELLE: I don’t know. Be the way you used to be, surprise me, take my breath away.
 used to be: 过去经常 surprise: 使感到意外 take one’s breath away: 使大吃一惊
breath: 呼吸
我不知道，和过去的你一样，给我惊喜，让我出乎意料。
-CARLOS: Okay. Okay.
好吧。
-MIKE: Hey Susan.
你好，Susan。
-SUSAN: Mike!
Mike！
-MIKE: What’s wrong?
怎么了？
-SUSAN: I didn’t realize anyone was gonna be out here, I just sorta rolled outta bed.
 realize: 意识到 gonna(=going to): 将要 sorta: 有点 roll: 卷 outta: out of
我想可能没人会在这，所以只裹了条毛毯。
-MIKE: I’m sure you look fine.
你看起来很好。
-SUSAN: Oooh.
 哦。
-MIKE: Ooh, Bongo, Bongo! Shh.. Sorry, uh, he scares easy.
shh: 嘘,安静一点 scare: 惊吓
哦，Bongo，别叫了。对不起，呃，它很容易被吓倒。
-SUSAN: No, it’s fine, I get it.
 get it: 理解
没，没关系，知道了，
-MIKE: I didn’t mean to disturb you. I’ll see you later.
 mean to: 打算，故意 disturb: 打扰
我没想要打扰你，再见。
-SUSAN: D—do you wanna have dinner with me?
 wanna(=want to): 想要
你想和我一起吃晚饭吗？
-MIKE: Just the two of us?
就我们俩？
-SUSAN: Heh, well, and Julie.
heh: (表示惊异、质问)嗨!
呃，还有Julie。
Uh, it’s a thing we do when somebody new moves into the neighbourhood, we invite them over for a home-cooked meal. Sort of a tradition.
neighbourhood: 邻里 invite: 邀请 invite over:请(某人)过来
home-cooked meal: 家常菜 sort of: 有几分  tradition: 传统
当有新邻居搬来时，我们会邀请他们来家里吃一顿晚餐，是老传统。
-MIKE: You said you were a lousy cook.
 lousy: 差劲的 cook: 厨师
我记得你说过你厨艺不精。
-SUSAN: Well. I order takeout.
 order: 订购  takeout: 外卖
那么，我叫外卖。
-MIKE: Oh, you invite them over for a home-cooked meal and you order takeout.
 哦，你邀请别人来家里吃饭，然后叫外卖。
-SUSAN: Yeah, it’s sort of a new tradition. I’m working out the kinks.
 work out: 设计出, 作出 kinks: 操作指南
是的，这，这是一种新的习俗。我突发奇想。
-MIKE: I’ll tell you what. How ‘bout I cook? And you guys come over to my place.
 guy: 人 come over: 过来
这样吧，我来做饭。你们来我家吃饭，怎么样？
-SUSAN: Oh. Great.
好极了。
-MIKE: Friday night at six?
星期五晚上六点？
-SUSAN: I’ll be there.
我会准时到的。
-MIKE: Alright.
好的，走吧。
-SUSAN: Bye, Bongo.
再见，Bongo。
-SUSAN: Julie? Mike Delfino just invited us to dinner Friday night.
Julie! Mike Delfino刚刚邀请了我们星期五晚上去吃晚饭。
-JULIE: He did? Cool.
是吗？太酷了。
-SUSAN: But only I’m going.
但我要一个人去。
Because you’re gonna come down with something semi-serious that requires bed-rest and fluids.
gonna(=going to): 将要 come down with: 染上(病) semi-: 部分的 require: 需要 bed-rest: 卧床休息 fluid: 液体【这里指输液】
因为你得了比较严重的病，需要好好休息和打吊针。
-NARRATOR: Julie was glad Susan was rekindling her love life.
 rekindle: 重新激起
Julie 很高兴Susan重新开始了她的爱情生活。
Of course, she was unaware of her mother’s recent track record with fire.
unaware of: 没有意识到 recent: 最近 track: 踪迹 record: 记录
当然，她她妈妈纵火的劣迹。
-EDIE: It’s all gone. Everything my ex-husband’s worked for all those years. Gone.
 ex-husband: 前夫
都过去了……我的前夫这些年的辛苦都白费了。
-MRS HUBER: Don’t worry about clothing, I already started a collection from people in the neighbourhood.
 worry about: 担心 clothing: 衣服 already: 已经 collection: 搜集
neighbourhood: 邻里
好了，别担心衣服了，我已经开始去邻里搜集一些衣服了。
-EDIE: What? I don’t wanna wear other people’s old crap.
wanna(=want to): 想要 crap: 垃圾
什么？我可不想穿别人的旧衣服。
-MRS HUBER: Edie, you can be homeless or you can be ungracious.
 homeless: 无家可归 ungracious: 没有吸引力的
Edie，你可以无家可归，也可以穿着寒碜。
You really can’t afford to be both.
afford: 负担得起
如果两样兼备可够你受的。
-EDIE: That reminds me. My insurance cheque still hasn’t come yet.
 remind: 提醒 insurance: 保险 cheque: 支票 yet: 还
这提醒了我，我的保险支票还没到呢。
Can I stay with you for a few more weeks?
stay with: 在…家里作客
我能在这多住几个星期吗？
-MRS HUBER: Of course. What kind of Christian would I be if I denied shelter to a friend in need?
 Christian: 基督徒 deny: 拒绝 shelter: 庇护所 in need: 有需要的
当然，如果我帮助处在困境中的朋友，还算什么基督徒呢？
Oh look, here’s something we can salvage, your measuring cup.
salvage: 抢修 measuring cup: 量杯
哦，看这个，我们可以变废为宝。
We can just scrape off the burnt part and it’ll look good as new.
scrape off: 刮掉
我们将烧坏的部分刮掉，就会和新的一样了。
-EDIE: That’s not my cup. Mine was plastic.
 plastic: 塑料的
那不是我的杯子，我的是塑料制的。
-MRS HUBER: Well, how did it get in here?
那它是怎么到这来的？
-EDIE: I don’t know. Who cares?
 care: 在意
 我不知道。这有什么大不了的？
Now would you put that down and start looking for jewellery?
put down: 发下 look for: 寻找 jewellery: 首饰
现在你能把那玩意放下，然后开始找珠宝了吗？
-NARRATOR: Doctor Albert Goldfine was the most accomplished marriage counsellor in the city.
 accomplished: 精通的 marriage: 婚姻 counselor: 顾问
Albert Goldfein医生是城里最有经验的婚姻顾问。
He had dealt with problems ranging from substance abuse, to infidelity, to domestic violence.
deal with: 处理过 problem: 问题 range from: 从…到… substance: 物质
abuse: 滥用 infidelity: 不忠实 domestic: 家庭的 violence: 暴力
他处理过无数的婚姻，从吸毒、到婚外情、到家庭暴力。
Yes, Dr. Goldfine thought he had seen it all. And then, he met the Van De Kamp’s.
是的，Albert Goldfein医生以为他了解了婚姻百态，直到他遇见了Van de Kamps。
-BREE: Hi, I’m Bree, and this is my husband Rex. And I brought you some homemade pot pourri.
 homemade: 自制的 pot pourri: 扑扑莉
你好，我是Bree，这是我丈夫Rex……我给你带了一些自制的香花。
-REX: The answer is yes, you’re about to make a fortune off us.
 be about to: 将要，正打算 fortune: 财产 make a fortune: 赚大钱
你猜得没错，你又要从我们身上赚大钱了。
-LYNETTE: Boys, guys, I’m begging you, sit in your seats.
 beg: 请求
家伙们，我非常……坐到座位上去。
 I’m not gonna tell you again! Buckle up!
gonna(=going to): 将要 buckle up: 扣上安全带
我不想再说一遍了，扣上安全带！
I mean it, so help me, I…Oh .. crap!
crap: 废话
我很认真，拜托，我要……，该死! 该死！
-OFFICER: License and registration please.
 license: 驾照 registration: 登记
请出示驾照和登记证。
 Ma’am, you know why I pulled you over?
 pull over: 靠向路边
夫人，你知道我为什么拦你吗？
-LYNETTE: I have a theory.
 theory: 看法
愿闻其详。
-OFFICER: Your kids are jumping up and down; they should be sitting, wearing a seatbelt.
 jump: 跳动 up and down: 上上下下 seatbelt: 安全带
这些小家伙爬上爬下，他们应该坐好，并系上安全带。
-LYNETTE: I yelled at them. They never listen to me, it’s very frustrating.
 yell at: 对…吼叫 frustrating: 使人沮丧的，令人泄气的
我让他们别这样，他们根本不听，真没办法。
-OFFICER: Well, you’re gonna hafta find a way to control them. After all, that’s your job.
 gonna(=going to): 将要 hafta<主美口>=have to control: 控制
你要想办法制住他们。不过，那是你的工作。
-NARRATOR: Though he’d been a policeman for 6 years,
Officer Hayes had never found himself in a truly dangerous situation.
policeman: 警察 truly: 真实的 dangerous: 危险的 situation: 处境
尽管他已经干了六年的警察，Hayes发现他这次的处境才真正很危险。
Then again, he had never before told a woman how to raise her children.
raise: 养育
他以前从没告诉过一个女人，该怎样去管教孩子。
-LYNETTE: You saying I’m a bad mother?
你是说我是个失败的母亲？
-OFFICER: Ma’am, you need to get back in your car please.
 get back: 回到       
夫人，请回到车里。
-LYNETTE: I have no help, my husband’s always away on business.
 on business: 因公
没有人帮我，我丈夫总是在外忙生意。
-OFFICER: I’m gonna hafta ask you to step back now.
 step back: 退后
我必须警告你立刻回到车上。
-LYNETTE: My babysitter joined the witness relocation program.
 babysitter: 临时保姆 join: 加入 witness: 证人
relocation: 重新定位 program: 项目
我的管家换工作了，
I haven’t slept through the night in 6 years.
六年来我晚上从没好好睡过觉。
-OFFICER: Ma’am..?
 女士？
-LYNETTE: And for you to stand there, and judge me.
 judge: 评价
而你却站在这儿，对我评头论足。
-OFFICER: Okay. I’m not gonna give you a ticket. I’m just gonna let you off with a warning.
 gonna(=going to): 将要 let off: 放掉〔过〕; 免除 warning: 警告
我不给你开罚单了，只是给你个警告。
-LYNETTE: I accept your apology.
accept: 接受 apology: 道歉
我接受你的道歉。
-OFFICER: Buckle up!
系好安全带！
-JOHN: Mrs. Solis!
Solis 夫人！
-GABRIELLE: Hello Jonathan.
你好， Jonathan。
-JOHN: Well, this is my room. Sorry about the mess.
 mess: 混乱
嗯，这是我的房间，很抱歉，这一团糟。
-GABRIELLE: Oh, well, don’t... …worry about it.
 worry about: 担心
啊，没关系。
-JOHN: You just missed my mom. On Friday she coaches my little sister’s soccer team.
 coach: 训练 soccer: 英式足球
我妈妈刚刚来过，星期五她要给我妹妹的足球队担任教练。
-GABRIELLE: Oh, yes, I heard that.
哦，是的，我听你说过了。
Uh, John, we need to talk about what happened the other day.
the other day: 前几天
呃，John，我们要谈谈前几天发生的事。
-JOHN: Mr. Solis isn’t starting to catch on, is he?
 catch on:〈非正〉理解
Solis先生开始怀疑你了，是吗？
-GABRIELLE: No, no, he doesn’t have a clue, God love him.
clue: 线索
不，没有，上帝保佑，他没什么证据。
It’s just, I was thinking, that when you come over to garden, you might actually have to garden.
come over: 过来 garden: 花园;从事园艺  actually: 实际上
只是当你去花园时，你应该真的是在干园艺活。
-JOHN: Great, you’re breaking up with me. In my own bedroom.
 break up: 分手
好极了，你想和我分手。在我的卧室里。
-GABRIELLE: No, no, no, I’m not dumping you.
 dump: 抛弃
不，不是，我并没有想抛弃你，
 Lately, you’ve been the only thing keeping me going.
lately: 近来，最近
这些天来只有你才能让我开心。
It’s just, we can’t do it at my house anymore.
not …anymore: 不再
只是我们不能再在我家里做爱了。
-JOHN: Oh, so then, where do you wanna do it?
 wanna(=want to): 想要
那你想在哪做？
-GABRIELLE: Well, uh, what time does your mom get back from soccer practice?
 get back: 回家 practice: 练习
你妈妈从足球比赛回来还有多久？
-JOHN: Mrs. Solis.
Solis夫人。
-GABRIELLE: You better hurry, we don’t have a lot of time.
 hurry: 快点 a lot: 大量
最好快点，我们没那么多时间。
-BREE: And so, there’s just the four of us. My oldest son Andrew is 16, Danielle is 15, and…
这就是我们一家四口，大儿子Andrew 16岁，Danielle 15岁。
-DR GOLDFINE: I don’t need to see pictures.
Bree，我不需要看这些照片。
Bree, you’ve spent most of the hour engaging in small talk.
engage in: 忙于 small talk: 闲扯
你大部分时间都在说些鸡毛蒜皮的小事。
-BREE: Oh, have I?
哦，是吗？
-DR GOLDFINE: Yes. Rex has been very vocal about his issues.
 vocal: 声音的 issue: 问题
是的，Rex 对他的问题畅所欲言。
 Don’t you want to discuss your feelings about your marriage?
你难道不想谈谈你对婚姻的感受吗？
-BREE: Um, Doc…mm…
um: (表示迟疑)嗯
医生，呃，
-REX: This is the thing you need to know about Bree.
know about: 知道，了解
你必须了解Bree……
She doesn’t like to talk about her feelings.
talk about: 谈论
她不愿意谈论她的感情。
To be honest, it’s hard to know if she has any.
to be honest: 实在地
老实说，很难知道她是否还有感情。
Does she feel anger, rage, ecstasy? Who knows? She’s always… pleasant.
anger: 生气 rage: 大怒 ecstasy: 狂喜 pleasant: 舒适的
她有过生气，勃然大怒或者欣喜若狂吗？谁知道？她总是显得很开心。
And I can’t tell you how annoying that is.
annoying: 恼人的
我无法描述这会让人多么恼火，
Whatever she feels is so far below the surface that.. that none can see…
whatever: 不管什么 so far: 迄今为止 below the surface: 深入，实际上
不管她感觉如何，都隐藏在心里，没有人能知道。
she uses all those domestic things..
domestic: 家庭的
我感到她一直在用这些……
-DR GOLDFINE: Bree? Bree.
Bree? Bree.
-BREE: What? I-I’m sorry.
什么？呃，很抱歉。
-DR GOLDFINE: Would you like to respond to what Rex just said?
 respond to: 响应
你愿意谈谈刚刚Rex所说的吗？
-BREE: Oh, I…
呃，我…
-DR GOLDFINE: Is there some truth there? Do you use housework as a way to disengage emotionally?
 truth: 事实 housework: 家务 disengage: 释放 emotionally: 感情上
他说的是真的吗？你用家务活去掩盖你的感情？
-BREE: Of course not.
当然不是。
-JOHN: This is great. I got tons of homework tonight.
 ton: 吨 homework: 家庭作业
啊，这太棒了。今天晚上我要大干一场了。
It’s so much easier to concentrate after sex.
concentrate: 集中精力
做爱之后干什么都容易集中精力。
-GABRIELLE: I’m glad I could help. Education is very important.
 important: 重要
很高兴我能帮上忙。教育很重要。
-JOHN: Oh, I got something for you.
哦，有样东西要给你。
I was gonna give it to you the next time I mowed your lawn, but since you’re here…
mow: 割草 lawn: 草坪
我本来打算下次去除草的时候给你，不过既然你来了。
-GABRIELLE: Oh, it’s a rose.
噢，是朵玫瑰
-JOHN: It’s not just any rose. Look at all the petals.
 petal: 花瓣
这不是普通的玫瑰，看看所有这些花瓣，
There’s no flaws, it’s perfect.
flaw: 瑕疵 perfect: 完美
都没有瑕疵，它很完美。
-GABRIELLE: Oh, John.
哦，John。
-JOHN: Just like you.
就像你一样。
-NARRATOR: The truth hit her like a thunderbolt.
 hit: 击 thunderbolt: 雷电
事实像雷电一样击中了她。
-JOHN: I spent days looking for this one. Finally found it.
 look for: 寻找 finally: 终于
我花了好多天去找最完美的一朵。终于找到了。
-NARRATOR: For John, this was no longer a meaningless little affair.
 no longer: 不再 meaningless: 无意义的 affair: 绯闻
对John来说，这不再是轻描淡写的风流韵事。
 Gabrielle could now clearly see he was falling in love with her.
 fall in love with: 爱上…
Gabrielle 明显的看出来，他已经爱上了她。
-GABRIELLE: It’s just beautiful. I, uh, I gotta go.
 gotta(=have got to): 必须
它很美，我…… 我得走了
-JOHN: Bye..
再见。
-SUSAN: Hey you. What’re we having?
嗨，你好。你抱的是什么？
-MIKE: I talked to Julie, thanks, and she suggested rib-eye steaks.
 talk to: 跟…说话 rib: 肋骨 steak: 牛排
呃，我问过Julie非常感谢，她建议做肋排，
 She said it’s your favourite.
 favorite: 最喜欢的
她说那是你最喜欢吃的。
-SUSAN: Oh yeah, I love my steak.
哦，是的，我喜欢吃排骨。
-EDIE: Hi Mike. Susan.
你好, Mike，Susan。
-SUSAN: Edie.
Edie。
-MIKE: Hey, I’m sorry about your house. How you holding up?
 hold up: 举起，拿起
嗨，对你房子的事我很遗憾，你拿的什么？
-EDIE: Alright, I guess.
 alright=all right: 好
 
好吧，我猜猜
Oh, is somebody having a party?
有人要开个派对吗？
-MIKE: No, Susan’s just throwing me one of her traditional
welcome-to-the-neighborhood dinners.
traditional: 传统的
不，Susan 邀请我参加她的传统的欢迎新邻居的晚餐，
 Only I’m cooking. And having it at my house.
由我来做饭。在我家。
-EDIE: Traditional. Hm. I didn’t get one.
哈哈，传统的，嗯？我怎么没有被邀请过？
-SUSAN: Oh, it’s sort of a new tradition.
sort of: 有几分
哦，是新的传统。
-MIKE: Well it won’t be anything fancy, just a little home cooking.
 fancy: 精美的，花样的
哦，不会有什么太新奇的，只是在家做些吃的。
-EDIE: Mmm, that sounds so good.
听起来不错。
-NARRATOR: Susan suddenly had an awful feeling in the pit of her stomach.
 suddenly: 突然 awful: 不舒服的 pit: 坑 stomach: 胃
Susan突然觉得胃里非常不舒服。
-EDIE: I’ve been having nothing but fast food lately.
lately: 最近
最近我除了快餐还没吃过别的。
-NARRATOR: As if she was watching an accident in slow motion.
 accident: 事故 slow motion: 慢镜头
好像她正在看一次事故的慢镜头。
 She knew it would happen, but was powerless to stop it.
powerless: 对某事无能为力的
她知道会发生什么事，却无能为力。
-SUSAN: Edie, would you like to join us for dinner?
Edie，你愿意参加我们的晚餐吗？
-EDIE: Oh that’s so sweet. No, I don’t wanna intrude. Three’s a crowd.
 wanna(=want to): 想要 intrude: 闯入 crowd: 一伙
哦，太好了。不过我不想打扰。三个人不太好。
-MIKE: No, it’s not like that. I mean, Susan’s bringing Julie.
不是那样的。我是说，Susan会带Julie来。
-SUSAN: It’s not like that. The more the merrier.
 merrier: 欢乐的
是的，不是那样的，人越多越开心。
-EDIE: Well, this’ll be fun.
那就太好了。
-MIKE: Alright. Tomorrow night. We’ll eat at six.
 好吧。明天晚上，六点开始。
-EDIE: Great. Oh, and Susan.
好极了。对了， Susan。
-SUSAN: Yeah.
什么事？
-EDIE: This’ll make up for the dinner that you never threw me.
 make up for: 弥补，补偿 throw: [俚]开办, 举行
这可以弥补你欠我的那顿晚饭了
-SUSAN: Right.
是的，呵。
-EDIE: Ta!
 ta:〈英·非正〉谢谢
 谢谢
-MIKE: I haven’t, ah, told her we were having steak.
 steak: 牛排
我是不是该告诉她我们要吃肋排？
She’s not like a vegetarian, is she?
vegetarian: 素食主义者
她应该不会是个素食主义者，是吗？
-SUSAN: Oh, no, no. No, Edie’s definitel y a carnivore.
 definitely: 确定地 carnivore: 肉食动物
 哦，不会，不会。不，Edi绝对是个肉食动物。
-LYNE TTE: Here’s, uh, here’s what I pulled for Edie.
 pull: 深表同情, 鼓励(for)
这里是，嗯……这是我为Edie准备的。
I should warn you, most of the clothes in there aren’t that stylish.
warn: 警告 stylish: 时髦的
我要告诉你，大部分衣服都不是那么过时。
-MRS HUBER: Oh don’t worry about it, Edie’s a beggar now, which means she can’t be a chooser.
worry about: 担心 beggar: 乞丐 chooser: 选择者
哦，没关系。Edie现在是个小乞丐，就是说她不能挑三拣四的。
Of course we don’t have to add salt to the wound.
add: 加 wound: 伤处
当然我们也没必要，雪上加霜。
-LYNETTE: Listen, I was just getting dinner ready.
 get ready: 准备好
哦，我要去做晚饭了。
-MRS HUBER: Say no more. I’ll get out of your hair.
 no more: 也不，不再 get out of: 避免，摆脱，脱离【这里是想尽快结束谈话的托辞】
不用招呼我了，我不耽误你做事了。
-LYNETTE: No, no.
没关系。
-MRS HUBER: By the way, was that you I saw getting pulled over by a policeman?
by the way: 顺便说一下 pull over: 靠向路边
对了，那天我看见有个人被警察拦下了，是你吗？
-LYNETTE: Yeah, the boys were acting up in the car, I couldn’t get them to sit down..
 
act up: 行动倔强, 任性, 捣乱
是啊，小家伙们在汽车里捣乱，我没办法让他们老实呆一会，
-MRS HUBER: Young boys can be so wilful.
 wilful任性的
小孩子们就是这样任性。
-LYNETTE: I try everything. I scream, I threaten, I reason, I beg, nothing works.
 scream: 尖叫 threaten: 威胁 reason: 说服，说理 beg: 请求，祈求
我什么招都使了。大叫，威胁，讲道理，请求，但都不管用。
 I don’t know if it’s because they’re too young and they don’t understand,
or if they’re just getting some perverse joy out of testing me!
perverse: 固执的 joy: 乐趣 test: 考验
我不知道是不是因为他们太小，听不懂我的意思，还是他们不断的挑战我，从中取乐。
-MRS HUBER: My mother used to have the worst time with me in the car,
 used to: 过去经常
我妈妈过去也总为我在车里捣乱而头疼不已，
so one time when I was acting up, she stopped and left me on the side of the road, and she drove off.
drive off: 驾车离去
有一次我不听话的时候，她停下车把我扔在路边，然后把车开走了。
-LYNETTE: You’re kidding.
 kidding: 开玩笑
你在开玩笑吧。
-MRS HUBER: Oh, she came back immediately.
 come back: 回来 immediately: 立即       
不过，她很快就回来了。
But I never misbehaved in the car again. You should try that.
misbehaved: 行为不端
从那以后我就老实了，你也可以试试。
-LYNETTE: Mrs. Huber, I could never leave my kids by the side of the road.
 by the side of: 在…附近
Huber夫人，我不可能把我的孩子丢在路边。        
-MRS HUBER: When it comes to discipline, sometimes you must be creative.
 come to: 到达; 达成 discipline: 纪律 creative: 创造性的
在教育孩子守规矩的时候，你要有些创意。
My mother knew that. Smart lady.
我妈妈就懂得这一点，她是个聪明的母亲。
Of course she’s in a home now, and her mind has just turned to mush.
mush: 浓粥 turn to: 变成 turn to mush:【指人变聪明了】
当然，她现在已经不在人世了，但她的想法确实很管用。
-LYNETTE: Well, like I said, I should go back and get dinner ready.
 go back: 回家，回去 get…ready: 使…准备好
我差点忘了，我要回去准备晚饭了。
-MRS HUBER: Oh right. Well. Goodbye.
好吧。再见。
-LYNETTE: Goodbye.
再见。
-MRS HUBER: Susan! Have you been able to find old clothes for Edie?
be able to: 能，会
Susan，你能给Edie找一些旧衣服吗？
She has nothing to wear.
她没的穿了。
-SUSAN: I thought that was a look she was going for.
 look: 外表 go for: 喜欢
我还以为她故意穿成那样呢。
-MRS HUBER: Oh Susan. Edie may be trash, but she’s still a human being.
 trash: 垃圾 human being: 人类
哦, Susan。Edie也许善乏可陈，但还是人性未泯。
-SUSAN: Zach? Is your dad home? I need to talk to him.
 talk to: 同某人谈话
Zach？你爸爸在家吗？我需要和他谈谈
-SUSAN: Hey Paul.
嗨, Paul
--PAUL: Hey.
嗨
-SUSAN: I hope I’m not interrupting.
 interrupt: 打扰
希望我没有打扰到你。
--PAUL: Actually I was getting ready to go somewhere.
 actually: 事实上 get ready to: 准备…
事实上，我是在准备搬家。
-SUSAN: I just wanted to come by and say hello, you know, see how you guys are doing.
come by: 经过
我只是想过来打个招呼，看看你们现在过得怎么样。
-PAUL: We’re trying to move on. It’s been pretty tough.
 move on: 继续前进【这里指搬家】 pretty: 相当，颇 tough: 棘手的
我们要搬家了，很麻烦的。
-SUSAN: I can only imagine. Not knowing why Mary Alice…
 imagine: 想象
我能想到，我是说，不知道Mary Alice为什么……
-PAUL: Why what?
什么为什么？
-SUSAN: Why she did it. Oh! Let me help you.
为什么那么做。让我来帮你。
-PAUL: I got it, I’ve got it.
我自己来，我自己来。
-SUSAN: Sorry if I upset you.
 upset: 使苦恼，使心烦
非常抱歉，如果我让你心烦意乱了。
-PAUL: Can I be frank?
 frank: 坦白的
我能直说吗？
-SUSAN: Of course.
当然可以。
-PAUL: I don’t care what her reasons were.
 care: 在意，关心
我不在乎到底为什么，
 Maybe she was depressed, maybe she was bored.
 maybe: 可能 depressed: 消沉的 bored: 厌烦的
也许她很消沉，也许她厌倦了生活。
She abandoned her husband and her son. And I’ll never forgive her.
abandon: 抛弃 forgive: 原谅
(这些都不重要)但她弃她丈夫和儿子而去。我永远不会原谅她。
-NARRATOR: As I watched Susan, I couldn’t help feeling sorry for her.
 couldn’t help doing sth.: 忍不住干… feel sorry for: 对……感到抱歉，难过，遗憾
我看着Susan的时候,忍不住为她感到悲哀。
 She wanted so much to know why I did it.
她那么的想知道,我为什么……
-NARRATOR: Why I killed myself. It’s not enough to want the truth.
 enough: 足够的 truth: 真相，事实
为什么要自杀,但光是想知道还不够，
You must know where to look for it.
look for: 寻找
你必须清楚在哪儿能够找到事实，
And the truth is elusive, because it knows where to hide.
elusive: 难懂的 hide: 隐藏
 但事实并不是那么显而易见的,因为它清楚该隐藏在哪。
-MRS HUBER: Hello Julie, I talked to your mom about donating some clothes for Edie.
 talk to: 同某人谈话 donate: 捐
你好，Julie，我跟你妈妈说过,给Edie捐一些衣服。
-JULIE: She’s at Mrs. Van De Kamp’s, but I’ll see if she left some stuff upstairs.
 stuff: 东西 upstairs: 楼上
她在Van de Kamp夫人那里, 我去楼上看看她有没有什么可捐的。
-MRS HUBER: Oh Julie. I-I was just, um, just admiring your new measuring cup.
 admire: 羡慕 measuring cup: 量杯
我，我，呃，只是在看看你的新量杯。
-JULIE: Yeah, we lost ours.
是啊，旧的丢了。
-MRS. HUBER: Really.
是吗？
-JULIE: So I couldn’t find the clothes, I’m sorry.
我找不到衣服,很抱歉。
-MRS HUBER: That’s okay.
没关系。
-JULIE: If you want me to keep looking.
 look: 寻找
如果你希望我再找找。
-MRS HUBER: No, you’ve done more than enough. Truly.
不用了，你已经给我帮了很多忙了。真的。
-DR GOLDFINE: Bree, Rex just called, he won’t be able to meet you here today.
 be able to: 能，会
Bree，Rex刚打来电话，他今天不能来这和你见面了。
Apparently, there was an emergency at the hospital.
apparently: 显然 emergency: 急救 hospital: 医院
显然是医院有急救任务。
-BREE: Oh. Well, I wish he had called me.
哦，好的。我倒希望他给我打电话。
-DR GOLDFINE: He suggested maybe you’d like to meet with me by yourself?
 suggest: 建议，提议 maybe: 可能 meet with: 和…会面
他建议说，也许你愿意单独和我谈谈。
You’ve been very quiet in our joint sessions.
quiet: 安静的 joint: 共同的 session: 对话
你在我们的会面过程中一直聊得很少。
-BREE: What? Oh, oh, oh no, thank you.
什么？哦，不用，谢谢你。
 I have some things that I, I need to do today.
我，我今天有些事要处理。
-DR GOLDFINE: Are you sure?
你，你确定？
-BREE: Uh, yeah, I’m sure.
呃，是的，确定。
-DR GOLDFINE: Okay.
好吧。
-BREE: Dr. Goldfine. There is something you can do for me.
Goldfine医生，有件事我想你能帮我。
-DR GOLDFINE: What’s that?
什么事？
-BREE: Take off your coat.
 take off: 脱掉
脱下外套。
-GABRIELLE: So now you’re taking Julie on your dinner date with Mike?
所以现在你打算带Julie一起去和Mike吃晚餐？
-SUSAN: Yeah, well, if Edie’s gonna be there, I’m gonna need emotional support.
 gonna(=going to): 将要 emotional: 情感上 support: 支持
是的，我想，如果Edie也在哪儿，我需要情感上的支持者。
-GABRIELLE: I can’t believe she wormed her way in.
 worm: 使...虫一般慢慢向前，慢慢钻营 worm in: 潜入
简直不敢相信她也想插一竿子。
How did you let her do that?
你居然会允许她那样做？
-SUSAN: I don’t know, I was gonna take her out at the knees, but it all happened so fast.
 gonna(=going to): 将要 take out: 把…带出去 knee: 膝盖 happen: 发生 fast: 快
我不知道，我正盘算怎么把她打发走，但一切发生得太快了。
-GABRIELLE: Well, you know what you need to do.
好吧，你知道该怎么做。
You need to get there early, spend a little time with Mike before little barracuda gets there.
spend: 花费 barracuda: 奸诈而贪婪的人
你要早点去，赶在那个小娼妇之前和Mike多呆一会。
-SUSAN: That’s a good idea. Edie will get there at 5:45, which means her breasts will arrive at 5:30, so I should shoot for 5.
 mean: 意味着 breast: 胸 arrive at: 达到 shoot: 闩门【这里指离开去他家】
好主意。Edie应该5：45到那儿，也就是说她5：30可能就到了，而我在5：00就应该到那儿。
-GABRIELLE: Attagirl. I’m just gonna take these upstairs.
 attagirl: 好啊 upstairs: 楼上
你算得真准，我正要把这些东西拿到楼上去。
-SUSAN: I’m gonna keep my one little bag and go home.
我正准备提着我的小包包回家。
-GABRIELLE: Okay.
 好。
-SUSAN: That is a beautiful rose. Where did you get it?
非常漂亮的玫瑰，哪儿弄到的？
-GABRIELLE: Oh, John gave it to me.
哦，John送给我的。
-SUSAN: John? Your gardener, he gave you a rose?
John？你的园丁？他送你玫瑰花？
-GABRIELLE: Yes, I am having some new bushes planted outside, and he gave me that as a colour palette.
 bush: 灌木 outside: 外部 palette: 画板
是的，我在外面新开辟了一块园地，他送花给我做些点缀。
-SUSAN: Oh. Okay. Sure is beautiful, isn’t it?
确实非常漂亮，不是吗？
-GABRIELLE: Yes it is.
 是的。
-DR GOLDFINE: I’m sure Freud would not approve of this.
 approve of: 赞成
我肯定弗洛伊德肯定不赞成这样。
-BREE: Oh, who cares what he thinks?
 care: 在乎
哦，谁会在乎他怎么想？
 I took psychology in college, we learned all about Freud. A miserable human being.
 psychology: 心理学 learn about: 获得，学得 miserable: 可悲的 human being: 人类
我大学修的是心理学，我们完全了解弗洛伊德。一个悲惨的人。
-DR GOLDFINE: What makes you say that?
你为什么这么说？
-BREE: Well, think about it. He grew up in the late 1800’s, there were no appliances back then.
 think about: 考虑，想 grow up: 成长，长大 appliance: 设备       
他生活在19世纪晚期的环境中，那时候没什么设备可利用。
 His mother had to do everything by hand, just backbreaking work from sunup to sundown.
 by hand: 用手地，亲自地 backbreaking: 极累人的 sunup: 日出 sundown: 日落
他妈妈只好亲手打理所有的事情，从早到晚辛勤劳作。
Not to mention the countless other sacrifices she probably had to make to take care of her family.
mention: 提及 countless: 无数的 sacrifice: 牺牲 probably: 可能的 take care of: 照料
更不用说为了家庭，她可能做出了无数的牺牲。
 And what does he do?
他做什么了？
He grows up and becomes famous, peddling a theory that the problems of most adults can be traced back to something awful their mother has done.
famous: 著名的 peddling: 兜售 theory: 理论 adult: 成人
trace: 追踪 trace back to: 追溯到 awful: 可怕的
他长大了，提出了一个沽名钓誉的理论，说什么大部分成人的问题。可以追溯到他妈妈所做的一些不好的事情。
She must have felt so betrayed.
 betray: 背叛
她肯定感到自己被背叛的。
He saw how hard she worked; he saw what she did for him.
他知道她工作辛苦；也知道她为他所做的一切。
Did he even ever think to say, thank you? I doubt it.
doubt: 怀疑
他想过要说声谢谢吗？我表示怀疑。
There you go.
给你。
-DR GOLDFINE: Just so you know, many of Freud’s theories have been discredited.
 discredited: 不足信的
正如你知道的那样，很多弗洛伊德的理论都是名不副实的。
-BREE: Good.
 很好。
-LYNETTE: Boys, I am not gonna tell you again, sit. I mean it, I am serious.
 gonna(=going to): 将要 serious: 认真的
小家伙们，我不会再重复了坐下，我是认真的。
You guys are gonna be in so much trouble if you don’t sit back in those seats.
trouble: 麻烦 sit back: 向后靠着坐
你们这些臭屁，捅了这么多漏子，如果你们再不回到座位上（我真的生气了）。
-NARRATOR: For the first time, Lynette could see this was not the innocent play of children.
 innocent: 没有恶意的 play: 游戏，玩耍
这是第一次Lynette感觉到孩子们不是在闹着玩。
She was being challenged. So she decided it was time to get creative.
chanllenge: 挑战 it is time to: 是时候…
而是在向她发出挑战。她决定是时候来点创意了。
-LYNETTE: Out. Can’t behave, you heard me, can’t ride. You, out. Move it.
 behave: 守规矩
下车，你们不乖。我警告过你们，你们不能坐在车上了。你，下车。
-SCAVO KIDS: Where she’s going? I don’t know. Where’s she going?
妈妈要去哪儿？我不知道。妈妈要去哪儿？
-LYNETTE: Okay. Mommy’s a genius!
 genius: 天才
妈妈是个天才。
 Five, six, alright. Uh. Oh! Uhh. I’ll be right back, Mommy’ll be right back.
alright=all right: 好 right: 立即，马上
5, 6 … 好了。我现在就开回去。
-LYNETTE: Boys? Boys? Boys?? If you’re hiding, you’ve gotta stop now cause Mommy doesn’t think it’s funny!
 hide: 藏 gotta(=have got to): 必须 cause: 因为 funny: 有趣
孩子们？如果你们躲起来了，现在该出来了，因为妈妈不觉得这很好玩。
-LYNETTE: Oh! Excuse me, I’m sorry, I’m looking for my boys. Three boys with red hair, have you seen ‘em?
 look for: 寻找
哦，对不起。很抱歉，我正在找我的孩子们，三个红头发的男孩，你看到他们了吗？
-LADY: Yeah, I also saw you drive away and leave ‘em.
 drive away: 把车开走
是的，我还看见你把他们扔在路边然后开走了。
-LYNETTE: I know, I was just trying to scare them into behaving.
 scare: 惊吓
我知道，我只是想吓唬一下他们，让他们变乖一点。
Did you see where they went?
你看见他们去哪儿了吗？
-LADY: Yeah, yeah, they’re in my kitchen.
 kitchen: 厨房
是的，看见了。他们在我的厨房里。
-LADY: Listen, uh, it seems to me that you have some anger management issues.
 anger: 愤怒 management: 管理 issue: 问题
听着，呃，我觉得你的管理方式好像有点问题。
-LYNETTE: I have 4 kids under the age of six, I absolutely have anger management issues.
absolutely: 绝对地
我有4个六岁以下的孩子，我当然要采用发怒式的管理方式。
-LADY: Yeah, well I think you need to talk to somebody, because abandoning your children…
 talk to: 同某人谈话  abandon: 抛弃
是的，我觉得你需要找个人聊聊，因为抛弃你的孩子们是……
-LYNETTE: I-I-I didn’t abandon them, I came back!
 come back: 回来
嗨，我、我不是抛弃他们，我又回来了。
-LADY: Yeah, I’m just saying, it’s not normal.
 normal: 正常
我只是说这很不正常。
-LYNETTE: Well, my kids aren’t normal, and now I don’t have time for this, lady, so. Boys! Get out here.
是我的孩子们很不正常，现在我没时间讨论这个，夫人，那么……孩子们，出来。
-LADY: No, I don’t think they should go anywhere until you calm down.
 anywhere: 任何地方 calm down: 冷静
不行，你不平静下来他们哪儿也不能去。
-LYNETTE: Oh. Get in the car.
回到车里
-PARKER: She’s got cookies!
 cookies: 饼干
她给我们吃饼干！
-LYNETTE: Well, bring ‘em, we’re leaving.
好，带上饼干，我们走了。
-LADY: Oh, no, no, no. Stay put.
 stay put: 留在原处
哦，不行，不行，呆在里面。
-LYNETTE: Oh, I don’t think so. Oh!
我不这么想，啊！
-LADY: Listen, lady, you and I are gonna talk.
 gonna(=going to): 将要
听着，女士，你和我得好好谈谈。
-PARKER: Leave my mommy alone!
 leave alone: 不理, 不管〔惹〕, 不烦扰, 不干涉
放开我妈妈。
-LYNETTE: Let go of me! What’s the matter with you? Run, boys, run!
 let go of: 放开
放开我！你怎么回事？快跑，孩子们，快跑！
-PORTER: Come on!
 加油！
-LYNETTE: Oh, crap.
 crap: 胡说
该死，啊！
-LADY: You get back here!
 get back: 回来
你们回来。
-LYNETTE: Boys, you’re gonna need to put on your…
put on: 戴上
孩子们，你们赶紧系上……
-LADY: Get back, or I’m gonna call Social Services!
 你们赶快给我回来，要不然我就给社会服务机构打电话了。
-GABRIELLE: Oh, my god. Carlos, what have you done?
哦，天啊。Carlos，你疯了吗？
-CARLOS: I saw it when I drove by the dealership.
 dealership: 商品特许经销商
 我路过车行的时候看见的。
I thought, Gabrielle would look so beautiful in this.
我在想：Gabrielle坐在车里看起来肯定会很潇洒。
-GABRIELLE: Carlos!
 Carlos!
-CARLOS: Cost me an arm and a leg. It’s got GPS navigation, 200-watt stereo system, rear parking sensors.
 cost: 花费 navigation: 导航 stereo system: 立体声音响
 rear: 后面的 parking sensors: 倒车雷达
我花了大价钱买的。GPS导航系统，200瓦的音响，倒车雷达……
-GABRIELLE: God, it’s beautiful!
哦，天啊，帅呆了！
-CARLOS: So, did I take your breath away?
 take your breath away: 使大吃一惊
我让你出乎意料了吗？
-GABRIELLE: Absolutely!
绝对！
-CARLOS: Is it the best gift you’ve ever gotten?
这是你收到的最好了礼物吗？
-NARRATOR: Gabrielle could see what this gesture had cost Carlos, so she responded the only way she knew how.
 gesture: 表示 respond: 回应
Gabrielle能看出来Carlos花了很大心思，她只能用她所知道的唯一的方式来报答他。
-NARRATOR: She had a feeling the truth would’ve been lost on her husband anyway.
 truth: 真理 lose on: 吃亏，输掉 anyway: 不管怎样
她有一种感觉，不管怎么样，真理都掌握在她丈夫手里。
After all, it’s the rare man who understands the value of a single, perfect rose.
after all: 毕竟 rare: 罕见的 value: 价值 single: 单一的
毕竟，很少有人能懂得珍惜一支玫瑰的价值。
-MIKE: Susan.
 Susan.
-SUSAN: I hope you don’t mind, I thought I’d come by early and help you set up.
 mind: 介意 come by: 来串门，来访 set up: 准备，安排
希望你不要介意，我早点过来看看能不能帮上忙？
-MIKE: Oh, um.
 哦，嗯。
-EDIE: Hey, Susan. Don’t worry, Mike and I have got everything under control.
under control: 处于控制之下
嗨，Susan。别担心，Mike和我把这里打点的很好。
-SUSAN: Oh.
哦。
-MIKE: Bongo! I don’t know why he barks at you.
 bark: 吠叫 bark at: （狗）向……叫
Bongo！我不明白它为什么总朝着你叫唤。
-EDIE: Oh, I wouldn’t take it personally. Dogs are very sensitive.
 personally: 亲自地 sensitive: 敏感的
我不会介意的，狗都是很敏感的。
 What’s up, Bongo, huh? You never know what freaks them out, huh?
freak out: 使心烦意乱 huh: 嘿(表示疑问、惊讶或异议)
怎么了? Bongo，嗯？你永远都不会知道是什么惹恼了它们。
-NARRATOR: In the distance, Susan thought she heard a bell ring.
 in the distance: 远远的          
远远的，Susan觉得好像听到一声丧钟。
-EDIE: Oh, is it a strange noise, huh? What is it? A weird smell? What is it?
 strange: 奇怪的 noise: 响声 weird: 奇怪的
哦，是什么响动还是别的？一种奇怪的味道？
-NARRATOR: Round one had started.
 第一声钟响了。
-REX: Look, all I’m saying is that this whole it-takes-two-to-mess-up-a-marriage theory is bull.
 bull: 狗屁
听着，我想说的就是“一个巴掌拍不响”这个理论是狗屁。
 The problems that we have are because of her.
 because of: 因为…
问题都出在她身上。
-BREE: That is not true, Rex.
不是这样的，Rex。
-REX: Alright, fine. What have I been doing for the past 20 years that’s been so awful?
 awful: 糟糕的，可怕地
好吧，二十年来我做了什么不好的事情？
You’re not saying anything because I’ve been a great husband and it kills you to admit that.
admit: 承认
你什么都不说是因为我是一个完美的丈夫，承认这一点会要你命。
-DR GOLDFINE: Rex, I’m curious. Do you ever acknowledge the benefits of living with Bree?
 curious: 好奇 acknowledge: 确认 benefit: 好处
Rex，我很好奇……你从没有意识过和Bree生活在一起的好处吗？
-REX: Huh?
嗯？
-DR GOLDFINE: By your own admission, your home is always clean, your clothes are always freshly pressed, sounds like a wonderful cook.
 admission: 承认 freshly: 清新 pressed: 平整 wonderful: 极好的
你自己也承认过你的家里总是很干净，你的衣服总是熨的很平整，每天都有丰盛的饭菜。
Despite her flaws, do you ever remember to say thank you?
despite: 不管 flaw: 缺点
先撇开她的缺点不谈，你有没有要说过一声谢谢？
-REX: Thank you?
谢谢？
-DR GOLDFINE: Yes.
 是啊。
-MIKE: Bongo, Bongo, get down, down.
 get down: 下来
Bongo! Bongo，下去。
-EDIE: Go on, uh-uh, go on.
 go on: 走开，下去
走开，呃，下去。
-MIKE: Down. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. So, um, who’s the guy who lives across from Mrs. Huber again?
不好意思。呃，住在Huber夫人对面的那个人是谁呀？
-SUSAN: Mm, that’s Mr. Mullin. And just so you know, if he invites you in, you have to meet all of his pets.
 invite: 邀请 invite in: 请(某人)进入(房间、房屋等)   pet: 宠物
呃，是 Mullen先生。都知道，如果他邀请你去他家，他会让你和他的所有宠物都打个招呼。
-MIKE: That’s okay, I love animals.
没问题，我喜欢动物。
-SUSAN: He’s a taxidermist.
taxidermist: (动物标本)剥制师
他专门搜集动物标本。
-MIKE: Oh. Okay, thanks for the warning.
 warning: 提醒
谢谢你的提醒。
-EDIE: Isn’t Mr. Mullin’s brother your divorce attorney?
divorce: 离婚 attorney: 律师
Mullen先生的哥哥是你的离婚律师吗？
-SUSAN: Uh, yes, yes he was.
呃，是的，是他。
-EDIE: Can I say something? In my heart, I still believe you and Carl are gonna get back together.
 in one’s heart: 在某人内心深处 gonna(=going to): 将要 get back: 回来
我能说点什么吗？从内心深处，我依然坚信你和Carl还会回到一起的。
-MIKE: Really?
真的？
-EDIE: Oh, yeah. I’ve never seen two people more in love.
哦，是的，我，我从没看见像你们这么相爱的一对了。
I mean, she’s never gonna find that kind of chemistry with another man. Never!
chemistry: 化学反应
我是说，她再也没遇到过能和她产生化学反应的男人了，永远不会了。
-NARRATOR: It was everything Susan could do to keep a smile on her face.
现在Susan 所能做的就是保持住微笑了。
 Round two was under way, and she was already taking a beating.
round: 一局 under way: 已经开始并进行着 beating: 打败
第二声丧钟响了，她已经败了第一回合。
-JULIE: You know what, Mrs. Britt, do you know who I always liked?
Britt夫人，你知道吗? 你知道我一起很喜欢谁吗?
-NARRATOR: What Edie hadn’t counted on was Susan had someone else in her corner.
 count on: 依赖，指望
Edie没有料到Susan还有一个同盟军。
-JULIE: Mr. Rothwell. Your 4th husband.
Authwell先生，你的第四任丈夫。
-EDIE: Oh, he was my 2nd husband. I’ve only been married twice.
哦，他是第二任，我只结过两次婚。
-JULIE: Twice? You weren’t married to the guy with all the tattoos that they took away in handcuffs?
 tattoo: 纹身 take away: 把…带走; 使离开 handcuff: 手铐
两次？你没有嫁给那个全身纹身，最后被铐走的那个家伙吗？
-SUSAN: No, Julie, she wasn’t married to Xavier.
没有，Julie，她没有嫁给Javier。
 That was just one of her special friends.
 special: 特殊的
那只是和她有特殊关系的朋友之一。
I think we should change the subject, you know, unless you wanna keep talking about it.
subject: 话题 unless: 除非 wanna(=want to): 想要 talk about: 谈论
我想我们该换个，除非你想一直谈论这个。
-EDIE: Oh!
哦！
-MIKE: Bongo, get down.
Bongo, 下来。
-EDIE: Oh wait, wait. Let me show you something. Bongo, Bongo, come!
等等，我给你们看点精彩的，Bongo。
While you were in there tossing the salad, I taught him something.
toss: 掷
你们在准备沙拉的时候，我教了它几招。
 Up! Oh, what a good boy!
上面，多么好的一个男孩啊!
-NARRATOR: Susan was furious at Edie for using a dog to ingratiate herself with its owner.
 furious: 狂怒的 furious at: 因……而愤怒 ingratiate: 讨好 owner: 主人
Susan 觉得很生气,Edie利用一只狗去博取他主人的欢心
She was also furious with Mike for not seeing through this blatant manoeuvre.
furious with: 生某人气 see through: 看穿 blatant: 明显的 manoeuvre: 伎俩
她还生气Mike没有识破她拙劣的伎俩, 但是更多……
-SUSAN: So, you know what? I am gonna go get dessert.
 dessert: 甜点
这样吧，我去拿点甜点。
-NARRATOR: But mostly, she was furious at herself for not having thought of it first.
 mostly: 大部分，主要地 think of: 想到，考虑到
她在生自己的气,为什么没有提前考虑到这些。
-EDIE: You are such a smart boy! 你那么聪明！
-MIKE: I can barely get him to sit.
 barely: 仅仅
我连驯服他坐下都很难。
-EDIE: You are a good dog. Yes you are!
你是一只很棒的狗。最棒的，是的
-MIKE: I’ve never seen him walk on two legs. Look at that!
哈哈，我从没见过它用两条腿走路。
-EDIE: Well, he knows who to come to, doesn’t he? He knows who to come to.
它知道该和谁亲，不是吗？它知道该跟谁亲热。
-SUSAN: Here’s your dessert.
甜点来了。
-EDIE: Thank you. Mmm, Mike, this looks yummy.
 yummy: 好吃的
谢谢，嗯，看起来非常好吃。
-MIKE: Oh, look at that. Looks like Bongo’s finally warming up to Susan.
 finally: 终于 warm up to: 对...较感兴趣
哦，快看。看起来好像Bongo喜欢上Susan了。
-SUSAN: Ooh, we just got off on the wrong foot, we’re really best buddies now.
 get off on the wrong foot:一开头就很[不]顺利 buddy: 好朋友
是的，我们刚刚解除了误会，现在是最后的朋友了。
Oh, what a good boy! Bongo, are you okay?
哦，多棒的狗狗。Bongo, 你没事吧?
-EDIE: What’s wrong with him?
它怎么了？
-MIKE: I don’t know, I’ve never heard him make that sound.
我不知道，我从没听过它发出那样的声音
Hey, you okay, fella?
fella: 伙计
嗨，老朋友，你还好吗？
-JULIE: Mom?
妈妈？
-MIKE: Call the vet, the numbers on the fridge, tell him I’ll be right there.
 vet: 兽医 fridge: 电冰箱
给兽医打电话，电话在电冰箱上，告诉他我马上到。
-EDIE: Okay, don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, I’ll stay here and get everything cleaned up.
worry about: 担心 clean up: 打扫，清理
好的，你不用担心，我留在这，把这打扫干净。
-MIKE: Thanks, Edie.
谢谢你，Edie。
-SUSAN: Is there anything I can do?
我有什么能帮上忙吗？
-MIKE: No.
不用。
-SUSAN: Hey.
嗨。
-MIKE: Hey.
 嗨。
-SUSAN: How’s Bongo doing?
Bongo怎么样了？
-MIKE: I’m, uh, just waiting to see if they’ll have to operate.
 operate: 做手术
呃，我等在这看看是否要做手术。
-SUSAN: Oh, god. Uh, I… stopped and I got this, uh. I am just so sorry for this.
哦，天那，我，我停下来买了这个……我感到非常非常抱歉。
-MIKE: I’m really sorry that I snapped at you, I was just so worried.
 snap: 怒声说 snap at: 对…厉声说 worried: 担心的
我真的很抱歉刚才对你发火，我只是……
-SUSAN: Oh no, it’s okay.
哦，不用，没关系。
-VET: Good news, we won’t have to do surgery.
好消息，不用做手术了。
-SUSAN: Oh, that’s great.
哦，好极了。
-VET: Uh, we’ve given Bongo something to help pass the earring.
 pass: 排泄, 通(便)
我们给它吃点东西，帮它把耳环弄出来。
When he does, would you like us to retrieve it for ya?
retrieve: 取回 ya: young adult 年轻人
弄出来之后你需要我们把耳环还给你吗？
-SUSAN: Uh, I’m gonna say no.
不用了。
-VET: Okay, you should be able to take him home within an hour.
 be able to: 能够 within: 在内
好的，一个小时左右你就能带它回家。
-SUSAN: Wow. You must be so relieved.
 wow: (表示惊讶、羡慕等)〈非正〉哇 relieved: 松一口气
你一定觉得如释重负
-MIKE: I’m sorry, I was just really worried.
对不起，我只是真的很担心。
-SUSAN: Well, it was your dog, I get it.
 get it: 理解
当然，那是你的狗，我能理解。
-MIKE: Actually, he was my wife’s dog, and, uh,
 actually: 事实上
事实上，那是我妻子的狗，呃……
one of the last things she said to me in the hospital before she died was to be sure I looked after him, and, um, I promised her I would.
look after: 照顾
她在医院里临死前跟我说的最后一件事就是让我保证要好好照顾他，呣，我答应她我会的。
-NARRATOR: And just like that, Susan could suddenly see something she’d never seen before.
 suddenly: 突然
就在那时，Susan突然看见了一点，她以前从未看到过的东西。
-MIKE: He, um, meant so much to her.
它，呃，对她来说非常重要。
-NARRATOR: Mike Delfino was still in love with his late wife.
 in love: 相爱 late: 已故的
Mike Delfino仍然爱着他已故的妻子。
-MIKE: And if, uh, something had happened, I would’ve felt like I had failed her.
 fail: 辜负
如果，呃，如果它有什么不测，我感到好像让她失望了，
I know that sounds stupid.
我知道这听起来很愚蠢，但是我……
-NARRATOR: And she knew right then, that neither she nor Edie would be laying claim to his heart anytime soon.
 claim: 说明 lay claim to: 声称…的权力 soon: 很快，不久
她立即明白了，她和Edie谁也不能很快占据他的心。
-SUSAN: No it doesn’t. Not at all.
 not at all: 一点也不
不，没有，一点也不。
-NARRATOR: So, she decided, for now, she could settle for just being his friend.
 decide: 决定 settle for: 满足于
所以她决定，从现在起她仅仅做他的朋友就好了。
-SUSAN: This is for you. No, for Bongo. You give it to him.
这个给你，是送给Bongo的。
-NARRATOR: Yes, as I look back at the world I left behind, it’s all so clear to me.
 look back: 回顾 leave behind: 丢在后面
是的。当我回头看看身后这个世界时，我看得如此的清晰。
The beauty that waits to be unveiled, the mysteries that long to be uncovered.
unveiled: 揭露 mystery: 神秘 long to: 极想做 uncovered: 暴露的
有那么多有待发现的美丽和那么多有待揭幕的神秘。
 But, people so rarely stop to take a look. They just keep moving.
 rarely: 很少 take a look: 注视，看
但人们很少会停下来看上一眼，他们只是不停的往前走。
It’s a shame, really. There’s so much to see.
shame: 遗憾
这真的很遗憾，有那么多值得一看的东西。