desperate housewives 第一季 1集

1、看絕望的主婦學(xué)英語(yǔ) 看絕望的主婦學(xué)英語(yǔ) Desperate Housewives 第一季 第一季 1集： 集：Pilot the pilot:美國(guó)電視劇新劇開(kāi)播都會(huì)有一個(gè)試播來(lái)測(cè)試觀眾對(duì)新劇的接受程度， 以此來(lái)決定是否再繼續(xù)播下去，也可以說(shuō)是一個(gè)開(kāi)端，第一集，試播 Written by Marc Cherry Directed by Charles McDougall -NARRATOR:My name is Mary Alice Yo

2、ung. 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 unusual: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。 Norma

3、lly, 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。 Of course everything seemed as normal at first. of

4、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: Here we are. Waffles. Waffles: 華夫餅干 華夫餅來(lái)了。 -NARRATOR: I

5、 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 ran my errands. 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

6、the routine of my life until it gleamed with perfection. in truth:事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上 spend:度過(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。 -NAR

7、RATOR: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 I decided to go to my hallway closet to retrieve a revolver that had never been used. 是的,趕緊派救護(hù)車，叫救護(hù)車。 -NARRATOR: And for a moment, Mrs. Hu

8、ber stood motionless in her kitchen grief-stricken by this senseless tragedy. for a moment: 片刻,一會(huì)兒 motionless: 不動(dòng)的，靜止的 kitchen: 廚房 grief-stricken: 極度悲傷的 senseless: 無(wú)知覺(jué)的；愚蠢的 tragedy: 悲劇 過(guò)了一會(huì)之后,Huber 太太呆呆地站在廚房里, 因?yàn)檫@件事情而感到

9、極度悲傷。 But, only for a moment. 但是只有那么一會(huì)。 -NARRATOR: If there was one thing Mrs. Huber was known for, it was her ability to look on the bright side. be known for:因...而眾所周知 ability: 能力 look on the bright side: 看到事物光明的一面；對(duì)事

10、物抱樂(lè)觀態(tài)度 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

11、 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

12、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

13、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

14、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