《丑女贝蒂》精讲 59好色之徒面对现实吧

Driver: Where to, Mr. Meade?

Meade先生，去哪？

Daniel: Can you just drive around for a little bit? You know, I could say I was mugged¹.

就在这附近转几圈好吗？知道吗，我可以说我被人抢劫了。

You could get my golf club. You could hit me across the face. Break my nose.

你可以拿我的高尔夫棒朝我脸上挥一棒，打破我的鼻子。

Betty: Daniel, there are a lot of things I'm willing² to do for this job. That is not one of them.

Daniel，我可以为我的工作做很多事情，但这件事不在我工作范围内。

Plus, how are you gonna explain being in Queens, anyway?

再说你怎么解释你来了皇后区呢？

Daniel: Betty, my father could fire me over this.

Betty，我爸爸会因此炒了我。

Maybe I should just have them take me to J.F.K., get a one-way ticket to Paris.

也许我该让他们载我去J.F.K.机场，买张去巴黎的单程票。

No, Rio. It's cheaper, women are much hotter... I could get a little place in Ipanema.

不，去里约热内卢。便宜些，女人更性感…在伊帕尼玛找个小地方。

Betty: And then what?

然后呢？

Daniel: I don't know. Drink, Party? As long as I escape the pressure of ting to be something I am clearly not.

不知道。喝酒，聚会？只要能摆脱压力做回我自己。

Betty: Daniel, if I can suggest... instead of trying to escape this or spin³ it, why don't you just tell the truth?

Daniel，我的建议是…与其逃避或编故事，为什么不直接说出真相呢？

Or you can just blame me. I don't mind being your fall girl——guy——person. Whatever.

或者指责我。我不介意做你的替罪羔羊、背黑锅。随便什么。

If you could just twist⁴ the truth one last time and give me a good recommendation⁵, I'd really appreciate it.

要是你能再“省情度势”一次，给我写封推荐信，我会感激不尽。

Daniel: Driver, take us back to the Meade building.

司机，开车回Meade大厦。

1 mugged   

vt.对…行凶抢劫（mug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• A lot of people won't go out at night for fear of being mugged. 因害怕遭到行凶抢劫，许多人在晚上不出门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• While walking along a side street, Dick was mugged by two youths. 迪克在小街上行走时，遭到来自背后的两个青年的袭击。 来自辞典例句

2 willing   

adj.愿意的，自愿的，乐意的，心甘情愿的

参考例句：

• We never lack food and clothing if we're willing to work.如果我们愿意工作,就不会缺吃少穿。
• He's quite willing to pay the price I ask.他很愿意照我的要价付钱。

3 spin   

v./n.纺，（使）快速旋转；旋转，旋转运动

参考例句：

• A man cannot spin and weave at the same time.[谚]一心不能二用。
• We can go for a spin on a bicycle on campus.我们可以骑自行车在校园里兜一圈。

4 twist   

n.一扭，扭曲，曲折，歪曲，螺旋状，手法；vt.拧，扭曲，捻，编织，使扭转，缠绕，盘绕

参考例句：

• Too much force will twist the key.用力过猛会把钥匙扭弯。
• Pull the wire tight and then twist the ends round.把金属线拉紧，然后把两头捻紧.

5 recommendation   

n.推荐（信）建议，优点，长处

参考例句：

• I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
• This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。