打工姐妹花第一季 第35期:麦克斯的债务

 　　Hello?

　　您好

　　Max phone! No!

　　麦克斯 有电话 别接啊

　　What are you doing?

　　你搞毛啊

　　Never answer the wall phone!

　　永远别接墙上的电话

　　What? Why?

　　什么 为什么

　　Only two people call the wall...

　　只有两种人会打这只电话

　　collection agencies and the landlord

　　讨债公司以及

　　looking for the original tenant¹ whose name is on the lease!

　　打来找最初承租人的房东

　　打工姐妹花第一季

　　Hang up. Quick! Too late.

　　那快挂掉吧 来不及了

　　I've got to man up and face it.

　　我还是鼓起勇气来面对吧

　　Hello?

　　你好

　　This is what collection agency?

　　你是哪间讨债公司来着

　　No my granddaughter Max is not here.

　　不 我孙女麦克斯不在

　　She died.

　　她死了

　　On her deathbed she said it was the stress

　　临终前 她还说她是被债主

　　of being constantly harassed² by creditors³.

　　长期的骚扰给逼死的

　　That's juvenile⁴.

　　你太逊了

　　Give me the phone.

　　电话给我

　　Hi. So sorry about that.

　　你好 刚才真是不好意思

　　What's the issue exactly?

　　到底是什么事来着

　　Well I'm sure she has every intention...

　　我敢保证她有打算...

　　Well you're a doody head.

　　你脑子里装屎了吧

　　Never answer the wall.

　　永远不要接这电话

　　But what are you gonna do about it?

　　可欠债问题你打算怎么解决

　　You can't just keep lying to collection agencies.

　　总不能一直骗讨债公司吧

　　You have to pay your bills.

　　欠债还钱天经地义

　　I have a system.

　　我有个还债机制

　　I pay everyone five dollars a week...

　　每个债主每周还五块钱

　　just enough to keep them from freaking out.

　　省得他们抓狂找我麻烦

　　It's the methadone clinic banking⁵ system.

　　这叫美沙酮疗法还债版

　　That is a complete waste of money.

　　这完全是在浪费钱

　　Five dollars won't even cover the interest you're accruing⁶.

　　五块钱都不够付你的循环利息

　　What's the interest rate on your credit card?

　　你信用卡的利率是多少

　　Don't know,but my interest rate in the conversation is zero

　　不知道??但我对这话题的兴趣度是零

　　Max how could you not know that?

　　麦克斯 你怎么能不知道呢

　　That's one of the first things my father taught me about finance.

　　我爸最早教我有关金融的事就是利率

　　Where... at Embezzle⁷ U.?

　　在哪儿教的 诈欺大学吗

　　Max I interned⁸ at Merrill Lynch.

　　麦克斯 我在美林证券公司实习过

　　Let me help you with this. It's the least I can do.

　　让我帮你吧 这是我唯一能帮你的地方

　　I had nowhere to go. You took me in.

　　我无家可归时 是你收留了我

　　Let me repay my debt to you by helping⁹ with your debt

　　让我帮你想法子还债来报答你吧

　　to everyone in the world apparently¹⁰.

　　你不是欠着一大屁股债嘛

　　If you keep talking

　　如果你再喋喋不休

　　I'm going to Merrill lynch myself.

　　我就去自杀图个清静

　　I'm one of those people

　　我是那种

　　who gets off on untangling big complicated messes.

　　享受解决纠结问题的人

　　And since you won't let me do your hair

　　你不让我动你纠结的头发

　　let me do your bills.

　　那让我解决你的债务吧

　　You want to do my bills?

　　你要帮我处理债务吗

　　Here's my portfolio¹¹.

　　这是我的账单锦集

　　And uh if you find chocolate sprinkles in there

　　如果看到上面有屎色巧克力屑

　　they're not chocolate...

　　它们可不是巧克力

　　Or sprinkles.

　　也不是普通的屑

1 tenant   

n.承租人；房客；佃户；v.租借，租用

参考例句：

• The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.那名房客因未付房租而被赶走。
• The tenant is responsible for all repairs to the building.租户负责对房屋的所有修理。

2 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

3 creditors   

n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

5 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

6 accruing   

v.增加( accrue的现在分词 )；（通过自然增长）产生；获得；（使钱款、债务）积累

参考例句：

• economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism 旅游业为该国带来的经济效益
• The accruing on a security since the previous coupon date. 指证券自上次付息日以来所累积的利息。 来自互联网

7 embezzle   

vt.贪污，盗用；挪用(公款；公物等)

参考例句：

• I suppose they embezzle a lot.我想他们贪污了不少。
• The cashier embezzled $50,000 from the bank and ran away.银行的出纳盗用了五万美元，并且逃跑了。

8 interned   

v.拘留，关押( intern的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was interned but,as he was in no way implicated in war crimes,was released. 他曾被拘留过，但因未曾涉嫌战争罪行而被释放了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These soldiers were interned in a neutral country until the war was over. 这些士兵被拘留在一个中立国，直到战争结束。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

11 portfolio   

n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位

参考例句：

• He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
• He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。