《丑女贝蒂》精讲 58总监阴谋得成

Wilhelmina:I have no idea how this happened. The book was not in my possession at the time.

我不知道事情怎么发生的。书当时不在我手上。

Absolutely, I understand the severity of this. Though I think it'll just be Daniel at the meeting.

我当然知道事情的严重性，但我觉得还是应该由Daniel来主持会议。

He is, after all, the editor in chief and the man in charge. Yes.

毕竟他是主编，也是负责人。好的。

Wilhelmina:How was Queens?

皇后区怎么样？

Marc:This Gina Gambarro didn't miss a beat. Jumped right for the money.

这个Gina Gambarro一刻都没犹豫，看到钱就蹦起来。

Poor unemployed¹ thing just couldn't bear missing another episode of Tyra.

可怜的无业游民无法忍受错过美国主持人大赛主持的下一集节目。

Wilhelmina:Good work, darling.

干得好，亲爱的。

Marc:So you're leaking the pictures?

那你把照片泄露出去了？

Wilhelmina:Ah, of course not. Just the rumor² that they're there. There will be a great deal of sweating and hand-wringing.

当然没有，只放了些谣言。有人会急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。

Bradford will realize once and for all what a dolt³ his son is.

Bradford终于将会明白他的儿子是个蠢货。

Marc:And we swoop⁴ in with the missing proofs and make ourselves...I'm sorry...making you the hero.

我们趁机得到错过的证据并且让我们……对不起……让你成为英雄。

1 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

2 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。

3 dolt   

n.傻瓜

参考例句：

• He's a first-class dolt who insists on doing things his way.他一意孤行，真是蠢透了。
• What a donke,dolt and dunce!真是个笨驴，呆子，兼傻瓜！

4 swoop   

n.俯冲，攫取；v.抓取，突然袭击

参考例句：

• The plane made a swoop over the city.那架飞机突然向这座城市猛降下来。
• We decided to swoop down upon the enemy there.我们决定突袭驻在那里的敌人。