看Desperate Housewives学英语 第五季 13集：The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened
Previously on Desperate Housewives
previous: 以前(预先)
前情提要
-Mary Alice:Eli Scruggs was the handiest of all handymen.
handiest：最敏捷的 handymen：做零活的人，杂工
Eli Scruggs是修理工中的修理工。
You could ask any of his customers and they would tell you there was nothing he couldn't fix.
customer：顾客 fix：修理
你可以随便打听，他的客户会说他什么都会修理。
Whether it was a
broken：坏掉的，打破的 vase：花瓶
无论是摔碎的花瓶...
a
leaky: 漏的 pipe: 管
漏水的管道...
or a shaky banister, Eli always knew how to get the job done.
shaky: 动摇的, 摇晃的 banister: 楼梯的扶栏 done: 完成的
还是松动的扶, Eli都能整得妥妥帖帖。
But sadly, the man who had fixed so many things for the residents of Wisteria Lane
resident: 居民 lane: 巷, 弄
不幸的是这位紫藤巷的全能修理工
was now about to break the hearts.
要伤邻居们的心了。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Eli Scruggs, get down from there!
get down: 从…下来
Eli Scruggs 你给我下来!
-Eli：Mrs. Mccluskey.
Mccluskey夫人。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Just found this note in my mailbox. Says you're retiring? What the hell?
mailbox: 邮筒；邮箱 retiring: 退休的 hell: 该死，见鬼
刚收到信说你退休了，开玩笑吧?
-Eli: Yes, ma'am. It's true.
是真的，夫人。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Now why would you want to do something stupid like that?
stupid: 愚蠢的, 笨的
你为什么要做这蠢事呢?
-Eli：My doc says I got a bum ticker have to take it easy from now on.
bum ticker : 心脏不好 ticker: 【口】心脏 take it easy: 从容；不紧张 from now on: 从现在开始
医生说我心脏不好，今后要多注意了。
Well, once I'm done fixing Mrs. Mayer's shingle I'm on a plane to Waikiki.
shingle: 屋顶板 plane: 飞机
等我修好Mayer家的屋顶，我就飞去怀基基海滩度假咯。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Well, this is very annoying.
annoying: 恼人地; 烦人地
这太讨厌了。
Who's gonna fix my water heater when it breaks?
heater: 加热器
今后热水器坏了，我可怎么办?
-Eli：Oh, I met this young guy named Toby.
哦，我认识个年轻人叫Toby。
Very bright, just turned 30. He'll take care of you.
bright: 敏捷的，伶俐的，聪明的 turn: 达到 take care of: 照顾, 处理
精明能干，30出头，他会帮你的。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Ah, damn it, Eli!
damn: 该死的，可恶的
该死的，Eli。
I am not comfortable with strangers in my house.
comfortable: 舒服的, 轻松的 strangers: 陌生人
我最讨厌陌生人来我家。
Took me ten years to trust you.
trust: 信任, 依赖
我花了10年才能信任你。
-Eli: I know.
我知道。
-Mrs. Mccluskey: Most of those guys leave tools and nails all over the place.
too
l: 工具 nail：钉子
大多修理工都把工具和钉子随处乱扔。
You never leave a mess.
mess: 乱七八糟
你却总是井井有条。
-Eli: Thank you, ma'am.
谢谢，夫人。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Have you told everyone else you're leaving?
你要走的消息跟别人说了吗?
-Eli: I left copies of that same note in everybody's mailbox.
我给每家邮箱都留了纸条。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Well, that's not right.
这可不对。
After all these years, people will want to say good-bye,
这么多年大家想跟你说再见的…
you know, maybe throw you a party or something.
throw: 【口语】举行(宴会、舞会等)
比如给你办个聚会什么的。
-Eli: Oh, no. I prefer to go quietly, if you know what I mean.
prefer to: 更喜欢(宁愿) quietly: 安静地 mean.: 表示...的意思
哦别我希望默默地离开你明白吧
I don't want a big fuss.
fuss: 大惊小怪, 小题大作
千万别兴师动众。
-Mrs. Mccluskey：Well, I'll miss you, Eli.
那我会想你的 Eli。
There will never be another one like you.
没人能替代你。
-Mary Alice:With that Eli Scruggs climbed his ladder for the very last time.
ladder: 梯
谈话结束，Eli Scruggs最后一次登上梯子。
And once he had finished making his last repair,
repair: 修理; 修理工作
在他最后一次修好东西后，
Eli Scruggs… quietly, with no fuss…
quietly: 静静地
Eli Scruggs 悄然无息的...英文话剧剧本
had a heart attack and died.
heart attack: 心脏病发作
心脏病发而亡。
And
importantly: 重要地
最重要的是...
without leaving a mess.
依旧井井有条。
It took an hour for someone to finally notice the body laying atop Susan Mayer's roof.
finally: 最后 lay: 躺着 atop: 在...的顶上 roof: 屋顶
1个小时后才有人发现屋顶的尸体。
It was less than ten minutes later that the neighbors began arriving
neighbor: 邻居 arrive: 到达
10分钟不到邻居们就纷纷赶来了
each determined to get a look at the various paramedics and policemen
determined : 决定了的 various: 不同的 paramedic: 护理人员 policemen: 警察
他们都想来看看这些急救人员和警察
who were all frantically trying to figure out exactly how to bring the body down.
frantically: 疯狂地 figure out: 出 exactly: 正确地 bring down: 拿下
怎么把这具尸体弄下来。
And it took two days for my friends to realize this tragedy had
realize: 领悟, 认识到 tragedy: 悲剧 affect: 影响,
而过了两天我的朋友们才认识到这场悲剧的影响。
-Bree: We're ready! Come on.
我们准备好了快来吧
-Mary Alice:More than they were willing to admit.
admit: 承认
比他们想象的更大。
-
Susan: Hey, Gaby, did you remember to get Change?
change: 回的零钱
Gaby 这次你带零钱了吗?
'Cause when I cash in mychips, I don't want to hear you say, "all I've got is $50s."
cash in : 兑
现, 用现金 cash: 把...兑现 chip: 薄片
到时候结账我可不想你听说哦，我只有50块的。
-Lynette Scavo: Speaking of cashing in your chips, anyone know when Eli's funeral is?
speak of: 说到 funeral : 葬礼; 出殡
说起来这个Eli的葬礼是哪天?
-Bree: Oh, I think it's Saturday.
哦，好像是周六。
I wonder how many people are gonna show up.
wonder: 想知道 show up: 露面
不知道有多少人会参加。
-Lynette Scavo: Mrs. Mccluskey was saying he didn't have much family.
McCluskey夫人说他没什么家人。
-Susan: Poor Eli. We should make sure he's got flowers at his funeral.
可怜的Eli，葬礼上我们应该去送花。
I'm in. How much are we talking?
我同意，该送多少呢?
-Bree: I don't know. What do you think, Gaby?
我不知道你觉得呢 Gaby?
Gaby?
Gaby?
-Gabrielle: Jimmy Choo!
是Jimmy Choo!
Oh, Carlos!
你真好 Carlos!
these aren't even in the states yet.
states: 国
国内还没上市呢。
what's the catch?
catch: [美国口语]圈套，陷阱
你有啥企图?
-Carlos Solis: What are you talking about?
你在说什么?
-Gabrielle: Yon ever buy me a present unless I'm mad or about to be mad.
present: 礼物 unless: 除非 mad: 生气的
除非我生气了，否则你不给我买礼物。
And I don't think I am so why am I about to be?
现在我并不生气，有什么让我生气的事吗?
-Carlos Solis: I have to go to Cleveland tomorrow.
我明天得去克利夫兰市
-
Gabrielle: Carlos!
Carlos!
-Carlos Solis: They're begging me. The merger's going south.
beg: 乞求 merger: 合并; 归并 go south: 下降
他们求我去并购出问题了
-Gabrielle: You just got home!
你刚回家!
With shoes.
带着鞋来的呢.
don't leave me here.
别把我丢在这。
I'm going out of my mind.
out of one’s mind: 发疯的
我快发疯了。
Everyone is so boring and suburban.
boring: 烦人的, 无趣的 suburban: 土气的
这的人又无聊又乡土.
and how many freakin' honor students that school have?
freaking: [用作加势语]该死，他妈的；可恶的，讨厌的 honor students: 荣誉生 honor: 荣誉
那学校里有多少好学生啊?
-Carlos Solis: Can we please not argue in front of the handyman?
argue：争论 handyman: 做零活的人
咱能别在修理工面前吵架吗?
-Gabrielle: He has a name.
他也是有名字的
What's your name?
你叫啥来着?
-Eli: Eli Scruggs.
Eli Scruggs。
-Gabrielle: You hear that, Carlos?
听到没 Carlos?
You've brought me to a place where people are named "Eli Scruggs."
看你搬来这破地方这的人都叫什么"Eli Scruggs"
-
Carlos Solis: Fine. I'll give up
give up: 放弃
好吧，我放弃工作...
and everything that comes with it.
这些也顺便带走
-Gabrielle: Not the jimmy Choos.
Jimmy Choos要留下。
They're the only friends I've got.
他们是我唯一的朋友了。
-Carlos Solis: Thought so. I'm going to pack.
pack: 整理行
装
就猜到，我去收拾行李了。
-Eli：You know, it's none of
要知道，这事本来跟我无关...
-Gabrielle: You're right. It's not.
没错，确实无关
-Eli：But the ladies in this neighborhood are actually pretty nice.
actually: 实际上 pretty: 相当，颇
但邻居们人都是不错的。
-Gabrielle: Yeah. They came by brought muffins.
muffin: 松饼
是啊，她们带着妙芙来看过我。
One of 'em wants her basket back.
basket: 篮, 篮子
有个人还不忘要回蛋糕篮。
-Eli：That'd be bree.
那是Bree吧。
Anyhow, she and the other ladies, uh, play poker every week.
anyhow: 不管怎样 poker: 扑克
话说回来她们几位主妇每周都打牌
If you'd like, I could talk to them see if they'll let you host a game.
host: 主持
如果你想去，我可以去说看能否让你主持一次。
-Mary Alice:We're, um... the neighborhood.
嗨，我们都是邻居。
Gabrielle invited us to play poker.
invite: 邀请 poker: 扑克牌游戏
Gabrielle邀请我们来打牌。
< is she in?
她...在家吗?
-Woman: Mrs. Solis will be right down.
Solis夫人马上就下来。
She likes to make an entrance.
entrance: 登场
她喜欢闪亮登场。
-Mary Alice:What does that mean, "an entrance"?
闪亮登场是什么意思?
-Gabrielle: Hello there.
大家好啊。
Welcome to my home.
欢迎光临寒舍。
-Lynette Scavo: That's what it means.
我明白了。
-Gabrielle: So I said, "pumpkin"-- that's what I call Jon Bon Jovi -- I said
pumpkin: 南瓜
我说"小南瓜" 我这么称呼Jon Bon Jovi。
"pumpkin, even if I could steer a yacht, I'm certainly not about to do it in 5-inch heels."
even if: 即使 steer: 掌舵, 驾驶 yacht: 游艇 certainly: 确定地 heel: 后跟
"小南瓜即使我可以驾驶游艇也不能穿着5英寸高的高跟鞋开啊"
true story.
这是真事哦。
-Lynette Scavo: Well, you've certainly had quite a glamorous life.
glamorous: 光彩夺目的
你的生活真是华丽啊。
-Gabrielle: Well, it was before my husband moved me here to east nowhere.
east: 东的，东方的
是啊，搬家到这里来之前挺好的。
seriously, I don't know how you girls do it.
说真的，你们怎么过来的。
-Susan: Do what?
过来啥?
-Gabrielle: Get out of bed in the morning.
get out of bed: 起床
每天活在这里啊。
I've only lived here a month, and I want to put a gun to my head.
我才来了一个月都想自杀了，
You know what I mean?
你知道我的意思吧?
-Bree: No, we don't.
不知道。
-Gabrielle: There are no good nightclubs, no theater.
nightclub: 夜总会 theater: 剧场; 电影院
这里没有，没有剧院。
What do you do for a good time?
你们怎么消遣呢?
-Susan: We, we watch the kids play soccer.
soccer: 英式足球.
我们...看孩子踢球。
-Mary Alice:And e school drama department puts on some really great shows.
drama : 戏剧; 戏剧艺术 department: 系 put
on: 上演 show: 演出
学校的话剧社常有不错的演出。
-Bree: And then there's church, of course.
当然还有教堂。
-Gabrielle: Church.
教堂。
Oh, you're serious.
哦，你是认真的。
-
Susan: Look, I know it's quiet here, but I think you'll find there's a real charm to Fairview.
charm: 魅力
我知道这很僻静但你会发现美景镇的魅力的
-Gabrielle: No, no, it's cute. It's cute. I get that.
不不，挺好的，我知道。
It' I was a top-tier fashion model,
top-tier: 顶级 fashion: 时尚 model: 模特儿
只不过...我是一流时尚名模，
and I guess I'm just gonna have to get used to the fact that the best part of my life is behind me.
get used to : 习惯于 fact: 事实
估计我要习惯一下接受繁华落尽的现实。
Good-bye doi vod shots with Kate Moss,
shot: [美国英语]照相；快照 Kate Moss: [凯特·莫斯(Kate Moss)是当今引起争议比较多的一位世界级超级模特，和其他模特不同，她以并不傲人的单薄身材和独特气质，走入名模行业。她的个人风格曾经影响了当代最重要的时装设计师、画家、化妆师、造型师]
再见了，跟Kate Moss一起拍照的日子，
and hello to sipping international coffee with you girls.
sip: 啜饮，啜 international: 国际的; 世界的
迎来了跟你们喝咖啡唠家常的日子
Full house.
full house: 【牌戏】满堂红(有三张相同及另两张相同的一手牌)[亦作 full hand]
满堂红。
-Woman: Yes?
稍等。
-Eli：Hello. Is Mrs. Solis here?
你好，索丽斯女士在吗？
-Gabrielle: Oh, I got it. I got it. Go, go, go, go go.
哦哦，我来我来，你走吧。
-Eli：Ma'am, here's the bill for fixing your sink.
bill: 帐单 sink: 水槽, 水池
夫人，这是修理水槽的账单。
-Gabrielle: Okay. Thank you.,
好的，谢谢.
-Eli：By
顺便讲下
you made quite an impression at the poker game.
impression: 印象
你打牌让大家印象深刻。
-Gabrielle: Really?
是吗。
-Eli：Oh, yeah. The ladies can't stop talking about you.
当然，他们一直在讨论你。
-Gabrielle: Well, I'm sure it was kind of exciting for them to have a star their midst.
kind of: 有点儿，有几分 exciting: 令人兴奋的 midst: 中间；在...中间
她们有个明星邻居肯定会兴奋啦。
-
Eli：Uh, let did they say "star"?
我回想一下啊，他们说过"明星"二字吗?
I heard, uh, "stuck-up," obnoxious "bitch."
stuck-up: [口语]高傲自大的，自命不凡的 obnoxious: 可憎的, 讨厌的
我听见的是高傲无礼，一个。
-Gabrielle: What?
什么?
-Eli：You know, I went out on a limb to get you into that game
go out on a limb: 费了九牛二虎之力 limb: 腿
你要知道，我不顾一切帮你参加众娱乐。
and then you go in there acting like you're better than they are.
你呢，却一副高高在上的姿态。
-Gabrielle: Oh, clothes sai
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