Desperate Housewives 1《绝望主妇》1（精讲之四）(组图)

　　影片对白Mary Alice Young: When I was alive, I maintained manydifferentidentities: lover, wife, and ultimately, victim. Yes,labels areimportant to the living. They dictate how people seethemselves.Like my friend, Lynette. She used to see herself as acareer woman.And a hugely successful one at that. She was known forher powerlunches... her eye-catching presentations... and herruthlessnessin wiping out the competition. Lynette gave up hercareer to assumea new label: incredibly satisfying role offull-time mother.

　　Lynette: Scavo residence. Yes, this is me.

　　Mary Alice Young: But, unfortunately for Lynette, this newlabelfrequently fell short of what was advertised.

　　Lynette: How in the world did they...

　　Ms. Butters: I center the door to the art supply cupboard openforfive minutes. Thats all.

　　Lynette: Five minutes. The little girl. Why didnt shesayanything?

　　Ms. Butters: Your boys work quickly.

　　Lynette: Well, obviously, they will be punished forthis.Severely.

　　Ms. Butters: I hesitate bringing this up since you got souglyabout it last time.

　　Lynette: They dont have attention deficit disorder. And Imnotgoing to drug my boys just to make your job easier. Idratherchange teachers.

　　Ms. Butters: The boys are in my class because Im the onlyteacherwho can handle them.

　　Lynette: What if we sete the twins? Put them in differentclasses.Theyre much calmer when theyre not bouncing off oneanother.

　　Ms. Butters: We can try that. But if it doesnt work, we maynotlonger be able to accommodate them.

　　Mary Alice Young: It suddenly occurred to Lynette her labelwasabout to change yet again. And for the next few years, she wouldbeknown as the mother of the boys who painted TiffanyAxelrodblue.

　　Mary Alice Young: It looked to be an interesting afternoononWisteria Lane. A mysterious cassette tape had been discovered bymyfriend, Bree. She had stolen it from her marriage counselor.Acounselor Id once spoken to in strictest confidence.

　　Dr. Goldfine: So, how have you been?

　　Mary Alice Young: I had the nightmare again.

　　Gabrielle: Its so weird to hear Mary Alice.

　　Dr. Goldfine: Still the same one.

　　Mary Alice: Yes. But this time, I was standing in a river, andIsaw the girl under the water. She kept screaming Angela overandover again.

　　Dr. Goldfine: So what do you think the significance of thenameAngela is?

　　Mary Alice: Actually, thats my real name.

　　Gabrielle: Her real name? That doesnt make any sense. Iveseenher drivers license. It did not say Angela.

　　Susan: Bree, what does it say on the rest of the tape?

　　Bree: Just more about her nightmares and this girl she wasafraidof.

　　Gabrielle: So what the hell do we do now?

　　Susan: I think we should show Paul the note.

　　Lynette: Are you sure? Hes gonna freak.

　　Bree: Well, its now or never. I mean, I saw what hes askingforthe place. Its gonna sell quickly.

　　Gabrielle: Can I say something? Im glad Pauls moving.

　　Bree: Gabby!

　　Gabrielle: Im sorry. Hes just always giving me thecreeps.Havent you guys noticed? Hes got this dark thing goingon.Theres something about him that just feels...

　　Lynette: Malignant?

　　Gabrielle: Yes.

　　Susan: Weve all sort of felt it.

　　Bree: That being said, I do love what hes done withthatlawn.

　　妙语佳句，活学活用

　　1. Wipe out

　　想象一下，一块脏兮兮的玻璃，你用抹布，蘸上清洁剂，几下就抹得干干净净，和污渍的斗争大获全胜。引申为把对手“彻底击败，彻底消灭”。例如：Thegangstersthreatened to wipe him and his family out.歹徒们威胁要把他和他的家人全部除掉。

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　　 影片对白 Labels are important to the living. They dictatehowpeople see themselves.

　　2. Feel short of

　　本意是“缺乏，不足”，这里的意思是“不足以，和……不符合”。片断中 this new label frequentlyfellshort of what was advertised.的意思是，相对于双胞胎在学校里的所作所为，incrediblysatisfying role of full-timemother这个标签显然还不够明确（在标明Lynette的身份上）。

　　3. You got so ugly about it

　　Ugly这里的意思是“生气”，大概因为人们生气的时候，脸色就会变得很难看，所以ugly也引申成为这个意思吧。我们来看一个例子：Dontgetugly. Im just kidding. 别生气，我只是开玩笑的。

　　4. Give somebody the creeps

　　“让人感到毛骨悚然”。Paul一家是个有很多秘密的家庭。当一个人心中有太多的秘密时，在行为上难免有些不正常的表现。Paul的表现难免让邻居们感到不舒服。我们来看个例子：Thatguys always staring at me. He gives methe creeps.那个人总是盯着我，他让我感到毛骨悚然。

　　文化面面观

　　Attention Deficit Disorder 儿童多动症　　A disorder characterized by a difficulty in retainingfocus,especially on tasks, for long periods of time. As one of themostcommon reasons children are brought into therapy, ADD isoftentreated with the somewhat controversial drug Ritalin?, whichisthought to work by stimulating the attention-focusing structuresofthe brain.

　　多动症是一种常见的儿童心理疾病,这类孩子智力一般正常,但存在与实际年龄不相符合的注意力涣散、活动过多、冲动任性、自控能力差的特征，以致影响学习。多动症的发病率为3%左右，男孩约为女孩的4-9倍。

　　有人认为，多动症的发生，可能是由于脑神经递质数量不足，脑组织器质性损害，或是遗传因素造成。近年，许多独生子女家长“望子成龙”心切，由于教育方法不当及早期智力开发过量，使外界环境的压力远远超过了孩子力所能及的程度，是当前造成儿童多动症（注意力涣散、多动）的原因之一。另外，吃了食物中的人工染料，摄入含铅量过度的饮食（不一定达到铅中毒）也会导致多动。

　　此外，国内资料表明，在多动症患儿的不良家庭教育方式中，家长中所谓的严格管教者占61.7%，放任不管者占3.5%，过分溺爱者占7.05%。国外亦有学者认为，暴力式的管教，会使患儿症状发展，并增加新的症状，如口吃、挤眉、眨眼。而对患儿漠不关心、放任自流和过于溺爱等，常可能促使症状出现，或使已有的症状加重。

　　考考你

　　将下面的句子译成汉语。

　　1. She used to see herself as a career woman. And ahugelysuccessful one at that.

　　2. Theyre much calmer when theyre not bouncing offoneanother.

　　3. Hes got this dark thing going on.

　　Desperate Housewives1《绝望主妇》1（精讲之三）考考你参考答案

　　1. I locked myself out of my house, stark naked, and got caughtbyMike.

　　我把自己锁在了房子外面，全裸，还被迈克看见了。

　　2. I think I can top that. Try getting thrown out ofDisneylandfor lewd behavior.

　　我想我比你还糗。因为行为下流而被从迪斯尼里赶出来。

　　3. Hey, Brandi. Could you scoot a little?

　　嘿，布兰迪，你能坐过去一点吗？

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