绝望主妇第一季文本文档形式

第一季第一集ploit

Written by Marc Cherry

Directed by Charles McDougall

-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unusual: 不平常的

当你浏览今天的晨报,可能会读到一篇文章关于上个星期我所渡过的不平常的一天。Normally, there's never anything newsworthy about my life.

normally：通常newsworthy: 有新闻价值的

通常,我的生活里是没有什么有新闻报道价值的。

That all changed last Thursday.

change: 改变

但是上个星期四一切都改变了。

Of course everything seemed as normal at first.

of course: 当然seem: 好像，仿佛normal: 平常

as normal: 照常at first: 最初，开始时

当然,起初,一切看起来都很平常。

I made my breakfast for my family.

make: 做breakfast: 早饭

我给一家人做好早餐。

-MARY ALICE: Here we are. Waffles.

Waffles: 华夫饼干

华夫饼来了。

-NARRATOR: I performed my chores.

perform: 完成chore: (家庭或农庄的)杂务，杂活

我做好了做家务。

-NARRATOR: I completed my projects.

complete: 完成project: 设计【这里指美化家居】

完成我的手工作品。

--NARRATOR: I ran my errands.

ran: 有步骤地进行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: 事实上，实际上spend: 度过every other day: 每隔一天[两天]

polish: 使完美routine: 日常工作，日常事务gleam: (使)闪烁, (使)闪亮perfection: 完美

事实上, 和平时没什么不同——一切都和往常一样,直到一件不寻常的事情的发生。

-NARRATOR: That's why it was so astonishing

astonishing: 令人震惊的

这就是为什么一切令人震惊,

when I decided to go to my hallway closet to retrieve a revolver that had never been used.

decide to do: 决定干…hallway: 走廊,玄关

closet:壁橱retrieve: 找回revolver: 左轮手枪

当我决定走向走廊的壁橱,拿起一把从没用过的左轮手枪。

-NARRATOR: My body was discovered by my neighbor, Mrs. Martha Huber,

neighbor: 邻居

我的尸体是被我的邻居Martha Huber发现的,

who had been startled by a strange popping sound.

startle: 使吓一跳，使惊吓strange: 奇怪的popping: 砰的

她被一声奇怪的声音吓了一跳。

Her curiosity aroused,

curiosity: 好奇心arouse: 引起，激发

她觉得很好奇,

Mrs. Huber tried to think of a reason for dropping in on me unannounced.

try to do sth.: 设法think of: 想出drop in on sb: 顺便拜访某人unannounced: 未通知的Huber太太想了一个来不请自来的理由。

After some initial hesitation, she decided to return the blender she had borrowed from me 6 months before.

initial: 开始的hesitation: 犹豫decided to do sth.: 决定做某事

return: 归还borrow from: 从…借入；借用blender: 搅拌器

在犹豫了一会之后,她决定来归还她6个月前从我这里借去搅拌器。

-MRS HUBER: It’s my neighbor.

on the phone: 〈口〉在打电话;在接电话

(在电话中)我的邻居,

I think she's been shot, there's blood everywhere.

shot: shoot的过去分词形式，射中blood: 血everywhere: 到处

我觉得她被枪击了，到处都是血。

Yes, you've got to send an ambulance. You've got to send one right now!

have got to: 不得不send: 派遣ambulance: 救护车right now: 立刻

是的,赶紧派救护车，叫救护车。

-NARRATOR: And for a moment, Mrs. Huber stood motionless in her kitchen

grief-stricken by this senseless tragedy.

for a moment: 片刻,一会儿motionless: 不动的，静止的kitchen: 厨房

grief-stricken: 极度悲伤的senseless: 无知觉的；愚蠢的tragedy: 悲剧

过了一会之后,Huber太太呆呆地站在厨房里, 因为这件事情而感到极度悲伤。

But, only for a moment.

但是只有那么一会。

-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...而众所周知ability: 能力

look on the bright side: 看到事物光明的一面；对事物抱乐观态度

如果说Huber最大的特点,就是她总能把事情往好的方面想

-NARRATOR: I was laid to rest on a Monday.