《绝望的主妇》精讲567

Andrew, did I hear the bell?

Andrew 是不是有人敲门？

Oh, hello.

哦,，你好。

I'm Samuel Bormanis. I'm here to see Andrew.

我叫Samuel Bormanis。我是来见Andrew的。

Oh, okay. Are you a friend of Andrew's?

哦，你是Andrew的朋友？

I'm his lawyer.

我是他的律师。

His lawyer? Well, why on earth would Andrew need a lawyer?

他的律师？Andrew干吗要律师？

Here you go, Sam.

你来了，Sam。

Honey, what happened to…to your face?

宝贝你的脸怎么了？

I... you hit me. Don't you remember?

我...是被你打的。你不记得了？

For the record, I did not punch my son.

我事先声明，我绝对没有打我儿子。

I slapped him with an open palm.

我只是抽了他一耳光。

Yeah, but, mom, the thing is when you drink, you don't know your own strength.

是的，可是妈妈，你都喝醉了就不知道下手有多重了。

This is ridiculous .Can't you see this is a performance?

这太可笑了，你看不出他是在装的吗？

Mrs. Van de Kamp, I've heard enough.

Van de Kamp夫人，我不想再听下去了。

Clearly, this environment is a highly dysfunctional one.

很明显，这个环境实在太差了。

Andrew has retained my services in order to pursue a healthier living situation.

Andrew寻求我的帮助，是为了获得更好的健康的生活环境。

And what might that be?

什么生活环境？

I, um, I wanna be emancipated¹.

我…我要求不再受父母管束。

Emancipated?

脱离父母监管？

As an emancipated minor², Andrew would be able to live on his own.

作为一个脱离监管的未成年人Andrew将独立生活。

He'd still go to school, of course, but he'd be released from all adult supervision³.

当然他还会继续上学，但是他将脱离任何成年人的监管。

Well, that's the silliest thing I've ever heard of.

这简直愚蠢之至。

How would he support himself?

他怎么养活自己？

Well, he'd be in complete control of his own finances.

他自己管自己的财务。

So that's what this is about…your trust fund?

说了半天，原来是为了你的个人基金的事。

Obviously, we'd all prefer not to go to family court,

当然，我们都不愿意看到大家对簿公堂，

but with the violence and your D.U.I. Charge,

不过鉴于你有暴力倾向和酒后驾车的记录。

it could get ugly.

就算闹上法庭也不会好看的。

Uh, Mr. Bormanis. I'll need a little time to think about this.

Bormanis先生我需要时间考虑一下。

You have 24 hours.

我给你24小时。

1 emancipated   

adj.被解放的，不受约束的v.解放某人（尤指摆脱政治、法律或社会的束缚）( emancipate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States. 美国奴隶直到1863年才获得自由。
• Women are still struggling to be fully emancipated. 妇女仍在为彻底解放而斗争。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。