絕望的主婦中英文臺(tái)詞對(duì)照

1、 絕望的主婦中英文臺(tái)詞對(duì)照 -NARRATOR: My name is Mary Alice Young. 我是 Mary Alice Young。 When you read this morning's paper, you may come across an article about the unusual day I had last week. come across: 偶然遇到 article: 文章 unusu

2、al: 不平常的 當(dāng)你瀏覽今天的晨報(bào),可能會(huì)讀到一篇文章關(guān)于上個(gè)星期我所渡過(guò)的不平常的一天。 Normally, there's never anything newsworthy about my life. normally：通常 newsworthy: 有新聞價(jià)值的 通常,我的生活里是沒(méi)有什么有新聞報(bào)道價(jià)值的。 That all changed last Thursday. change: 改變 但是上個(gè)星期四一切都改變了

3、。 Of course everything seemed as normal at first. of course: 當(dāng)然 seem: 好像，仿佛 normal: 平常 as normal: 照常 at first: 最初，開(kāi)始時(shí) 當(dāng)然,起初,一切看起來(lái)都很平常。 I made my breakfast for my family. make: 做 breakfast: 早飯 我給一家人做好早餐。 -MARY ALICE: Her

4、e we are. Waffles. Waffles: 華夫餅干 華夫餅來(lái)了。 -NARRATOR: I performed my chores. perform: 完成 chore: (家庭或農(nóng)莊的)雜務(wù)，雜活 我做好了做家務(wù)。 -NARRATOR: I completed my projects. complete: 完成 project: 設(shè)計(jì)【這里指美化家居】 完成我的手工作品。 --NARRATOR: I ran my err

5、ands. ran: 有步驟地進(jìn)行 errand: 差使,差事 run errand: 跑腿 完成我的使命。 -NARRATOR: In truth, I spent the day as I spend every other day quietly polishing the routine of my life until it gleamed with perfection. in truth: 事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上 spend: 度

6、過(guò) every other day: 每隔一天[兩天] polish: 使完美 routine: 日常工作，日常事務(wù) gleam: (使)閃爍, (使)閃亮 perfection: 完美 事實(shí)上, 和平時(shí)沒(méi)什么不同——一切都和往常一樣,直到一件不尋常的事情的發(fā)生。 -NARRATOR: That's why it was so astonishing astonishing: 令人震驚的 這就是為什么一切令人震驚, when

7、I decided to go to my hallway closet to retrieve a revolver that had never been 如果說(shuō) Huber 最大的特點(diǎn),就是她總能把事情往好的方面想 -NARRATOR: I was laid to rest on a Monday. laid: lay 的過(guò)去分詞，使躺下，放置 rest: 使休息 lay to rest: 安葬 星期一人們把我安葬了。 After

8、 the funeral, all the residents of Wisteria Lane came to pay their respects. funeral: 葬禮 resident: 居民 pay: 給予 respects: 敬意 葬禮之后,所有住在 wisteria lane 人都來(lái)表示他們對(duì)我的懷念和尊敬， And as people do in this situation, they brought food. a

9、s: 如同，像 in this situation: 在這種情況下 bring: 帶來(lái) 就像人們?cè)谶@種情況下通常會(huì)做的,他們送來(lái)點(diǎn)吃的。 -NARRATOR: Lynette Scavo brought fried chicken. fried chicken: 炸雞 Lynette Scavo 帶了炸雞。 Lynette had a great family recipe for fried chicken. recipe: 食譜 L

10、ynette 有一個(gè)大家庭,大家都喜歡炸雞。 -NARRATOR: Of course, she didn‘t cook much as she was moving up the corporate ladder. move: 移動(dòng) up: 向上 corporate: 社團(tuán)的 ladder: 梯子 corporate ladder: 公司的官階 move up the corporate ladder: 升官；升遷 當(dāng)然,當(dāng)她還是個(gè)職

11、業(yè)女性的時(shí)候,她很少做飯。 She didn‘t have the time. 她沒(méi)有時(shí)間。 -NARRATOR: But when her doctor announced Lynette was pregnant, her husband Tom had an idea. announce: 正式宣布 pregnant: 懷孕的 但是當(dāng)她的醫(yī)生告訴她懷孕了的時(shí)候, 他的丈夫 Tom 想了個(gè)辦法。 Why not quit your

12、 job? Kids do much better with stay-at-home mums; it was so much less stressful. quit: 辭職 stay-at-home : 駐家的：不工作，呆在家里的 stressful: 緊張的 為什么不辭職呢?媽媽待在家里帶出來(lái)的孩子會(huì)比較好,而且這樣壓力也比較小。 -NARRATOR: But this was not the case. case: 情形，實(shí)情

13、 但是事實(shí)并非如此。 -NARRATOR: In fact, Lynette‘s life had become so hectic she was now forced to get her chicken from a fast food restaurant. hectic: [俗] 興奮的, 緊張忙碌的 be forced to: 被迫做 restaurant: 餐館 事實(shí)上,Lynette 的生活變得如此興奮，她不得不去快餐店

14、買一只炸雞。 Lynette would have appreciated the irony of it if she stopped to think about it, appreciate: 欣賞 irony: 反諷 stop to: 停下來(lái)要做 think about: 考慮 Lynette 如果仔細(xì)想想,可能會(huì)明白這是反話, but she couldn‘t. She didn‘t have the time. 但是她不能,