《绝望的主妇》精讲89

加比：我以为我了解你，突然间，你开始谈论啤酒和篮球了，就像你不是一个...

鲍伯：一般人嘴中的同性恋？

Gaby: Ah. And this was Grace at halloween.

Bob: Oh, she's beautiful, Gaby.

Gaby: And so sweet. Getting to know her has been such a blessing¹. Carlos and I will never be able to thank you enough.

Bob: Hey, I just made some calls.

Gaby: No, you did more than that. You changed our lives. We wanted to give you these... As a token of our appreciation².

Bob: Orchestra seats to... "Cats."

Gaby: What's wrong? I thought you love Musicals.

Bob: That was Lee. He was the show queen. When I found out he saw "Annie" Six times, even I wanted to gay bash him.

Gaby: Oh. Okay, well, I wanna get you tickets to something. Do you like the opera? Figure skating? Beauty pageants³? Barbra?

Bob: Sorry.

Gaby: Ever think the reason Lee broke up with you is you're not gay?

Bob: Hey, what can I say? Give me a beer and a college basketball game,I'm happy.

Carlos: You're kidding. Who you like this year?

Bob: Well, Duke's got most of its starters coming back this year,So...

Gaby: Hey, hey, hey! You kiss boys with that mouth?

Carlos: Bob, I get basketball tickets all the time. You wanna go to a game this week?

Bob:Are you serious? Oh, I'm in. You know, there's a game on tonight. Maybe after dessert, we can turn on--What's wrong?

Gaby: I thought I knew you. Now all of a sudden, you're talkin' beer and basketball?It's like you're not even a...

Bob: A tired gay stereotype⁴?

Gaby: Exactly. It's very upsetting.

Bob: Tell you what, let us watch the game. During halftime, I'll come back in and tell you how great you look in your Dolce & Gabbana.

Gaby: Versace. Just go. I can't even look at you right now.

加比：这张是格雷斯在万圣节时照的。

鲍伯：她真漂亮，加布。

加比：很甜美，能这样了解她，真是太幸运了。我和卡洛斯对你感激不尽。

鲍伯：我只是打了几通电话而已。

加比：不，你功德无量，改变了我们的生活。我们想给你这些，以表我们的谢意。

鲍伯：贵宾席，音乐剧"猫"。

加比：怎么了，我以为你喜欢音乐剧呢。

鲍伯：李喜欢，他每场必到，当我发现他看了六场"安妮"，我都想痛扁他一顿。

加比：好吧，我给你点别的票。你喜欢歌剧吗？花式溜冰？选美比赛？芭芭拉演唱会？

鲍伯：抱歉。

加比：有没有想过李和你分手是因为你不是同性恋？

鲍伯：我说什么好？给我一瓶啤酒，来场大学篮球赛，我会乐不可支。

卡洛斯：开玩笑，今年的你喜欢谁？

鲍伯：公爵队是今年最先回归的。

加比：你是用这张嘴亲的男生吗？

卡洛斯：鲍勃，我从不缺篮球票，你这周想去看吗？

鲍伯：真的吗？我去，今晚就有比赛，吃完餐后甜点，我们可以打开...怎么了？

加比：我以为我了解你，突然间，你开始谈论啤酒和篮球了，就像你不是一个...

鲍伯：一般人嘴中的同性恋？

加比：没错，真是让人沮丧。

鲍伯：咱俩看球吧，中场休息的时候，我会回来告诉你，你穿杜嘉·班纳牌子的衣服有多漂亮。

加比：范思哲，去吧，我现在瞧不惯你。

1 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

2 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

3 pageants   

n.盛装的游行( pageant的名词复数 )；穿古代服装的游行；再现历史场景的娱乐活动；盛会

参考例句：

• It is young people who favor holding Beauty pageants. 赞成举办选美的是年轻人。 来自互联网
• Others say that there's a fine line between the pageants and sexual exploitation. 其他人说，选美和性剥削之间只有非常细微的界线。 来自互联网

4 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。