《Desperate Housewives/絕望的主婦》8段經典美句

論身份(1)

1.When I was alive,I maintained many different identities-lover,wife,and ultimately,victim.Yes,labels are important to the living.They dictate how people see themselves.

當我活著的時候,我保持著很多不同的身份--戀人,妻子,最終是受害者。是的,這樣那樣的標簽對于活著的人們來說是很重要的,因為它指示了人們如何看待自己。

筆記:

identity n.身份;ID卡= identity card;

PIN = Personal Identification Number;

label n 標簽; the+形容詞 表示一類人

dictate v :命令 issue commands or orders for

論身份(2)

Competition , it means different things to different people,But whether to friendly rivalry.or fight to the death.The end result is the same.There will be Winners,and there will be Losers,Of course the trick is ,to know which battles to fight,you see,no victory comes without a price.

競爭因人而異,但是不管是友好競爭還是生死決斗,結果都是相同的--有贏家,也有輸家。但是,訣竅是,懂得去參加什么樣的競爭,要知道,勝利都是用代價換來的。

筆記:

rival 對手 區別enemy - rivalry n.競爭,對抗

trick n .竅門,花招 - tricky

battle n .戰爭

論身份(3)

People are complicated creatures ,on the one hand able to perform great acts of charity,on the other,capable of the most underhanded forms of betrayal,it is a constant battle that rages within all of us,because the better angels of our nature,and the temptation of our inner demons,and sometimes the only way to ward off darkness ,is to share a light of compassion.

人類是復雜的動物,一方面,表現著善心,另一方面,卻又表現陰險和背叛,我們都時常在天性的本善與內心的惡魔之間掙扎。有時候,唯一能阻擋黑暗的方法,就是閃耀憐憫的光輝

筆記:

underhanded adj.陰險的。

rage vi.流行,發怒的

ward vt.避開 ward off 避開;compassion :同情

論信任(4)

Trust is a fragile thing ,once earned,it affords us tremendous freedom,but once trust is lost,it can be impossible to recover,of course,the truth is we never know who can trust ,those we ` re closest to can betray us,and total?strangers can come to our rescue,in the end,most people decide to trust themselves,it really is the simplest way,to keep from getting burned.

信任真是一件脆弱的東西,一旦贏得信任,會提供給我們巨大的空間,而一旦失去了,就不可能在恢復。當然,事實上我們永遠不知道我們能信任誰:那些我們最親近的人可能會背叛我們;而陌生人卻能幫助我們,最后,大多數人決定只能信任他們自己。這的確是最簡單的方法,來防止引火燒身。

筆記:

tremendous adj.巨大的 ?recover v.恢復

betray v.背叛 rescue n,vt 拯救,救援。

論英雄(5)

We all honor heroes for different reasons,sometimes for their daring,sometimes for their bravery,sometimes for their goodness,but mostly we honor heroes,because at one point or another,we all dream to be rescued ,of course if the right hero doesn`t come along,sometimes we just have to rescue by ourselves.

我們都因為各種各樣的原因崇拜英雄:有時是因為他們敢于冒險,有時是因為他們的勇敢,有時是因為他們的善良。但是,絕大部分,是因為,或多或少,我們都夢想著被拯救。當然,如果我們盼望的英雄沒有出現,有時候,我們就必須自我拯救了。

筆記:

daring 膽量;bravery 勇敢

論春天(6)

Spring comes every year to Wisteria Lane,It is the time when flowers start to bloom,when butterflies emerge from their cocoons,when bees begin to search for nectar.Sping is also the time when a young man`s fancy turns to obsession

春天每年都降臨在紫藤巷,這是花開錦簇的時節,蝴蝶終于破繭而出,蜜蜂也到處尋找花蜜,春天也讓年輕人的幻想變成一種狂熱。

筆記:

bloom 使...茂盛

butterfly 蝴蝶;cocoon 繭

Bee 蜜蜂;nectar 花蜜

obsession n.沉溺

論誓言(7)

The vow is simple ,really .Those who take it promise to stay together,for better or for worse,for richer or for poorer,in sickness and in health,to honor and to cherish,forsaking all others,untill death do us part.Yes,the vow is simple.Finding someone worthy of such a promise is the hard part.But if we can ,that`s when we begin to live happily even after.

婚姻誓言其實很簡單。雙方要發誓不論順境或是逆境,尊重并且珍惜對方,貧窮或是富有,疾病或者健康,永遠忠貞,至死不渝。是的,誓言很簡單,找到值得為其許下這個誓言的人才是困難的。但要是我們找到了,那就是從此幸福的生活在一起的故事的開始。

論誓言(8)

Nothing is forever.And the time comes when we all must say goodbye to the world we know.Goodbye to everything we had taken for granted.Goodbye to those we thought would never abandon us.And when these changes finally do occur,when the familiar has departed and the unfamiliar has taken its place,all any of us can really do is to say hello and welcome.

沒有什么事情是永恒的。當時間到來,我們不得不揮手告別我們熟悉的世界;告別我們深知的一切;告別認為會用不拋棄我們的人。當著這些改變最終發生的時候,當熟悉遠離而陌生來領的時候,我們所能做的,就是說聲“你好,歡迎”。

筆記:

take ... for granted 把...認為理所當然


depart v.離開

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論desperation(絕望)

We all have moments ?of desperation.If we can face them head on,that`s when we find out just how strong we really are.

我們都有絕望的時候,如果我們能夠直面面對,那時候我們才知道我們到底有多堅強。

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