《绝望的主妇》精讲597

Hey, Edie. What's all this stuff¹ for?

嗨，Edie， 这些东西是用来干什么的？

Oh, hi! Don't tell anyone, but I'm planning a huge surprise for Karl.

哦，嗨！不要告诉别人，我正在为Karl准备一个大惊喜。

A surprise?

惊喜？

Yeah, I'm putting together an engagement² party tomorrow afternoon.

是的，我要在明天下午办一个订婚派对。

Oh, cool.

哦，酷。

But that's not the surprise. Actually, it's gonna be a surprise wedding.

但那不是惊喜。事实上，那会是一个惊喜的婚礼。我知道！

My Pilates teacher got ordained³ over the internet.

我在网上任命了牧师。

The, uh, Church of the Divine⁴ something or other, I'm not sure.

嗯，神圣的教堂或是别的什么，我也不知道。

Anyway it's all legal, and, well, just one more day before I make an honest man out of your daddy.

无论如何，这一切都是合法的，就在一天前我接受了你父亲的求婚。

Oh. You're so sweet. Thank you so much for your good wishes.

你真好，谢谢你的祝福。

Oh. No, Edie, wait.

哦，不，Edie，等等。

Um, no, it's just that, you know, I was married to Karl, and I used to try to surprise him, and he would always, always, always say 'No, Susan. Don't surprise me. I don't like it.'

嗯，只是...你知道，我曾经嫁给Karl，我过去……一直试图去给他惊喜，他总是，总是,总是会说……“不，Susan。不要给我惊喜，我不喜欢”。

Whatever. I'm doing it, so keep your trap shut.

不管怎样，我都要干，所以还是收起你那一套。

Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta go and buy a wedding dress.

现在如果你不介意的话，我要去买婚纱了。

Oh, and by the way, I'll be wearing white, so that'll be a surprise for everybody.

哦，顺便说一句，我会穿白色的婚纱，所以那将对所有人来说都是一个惊喜。

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 engagement   

n.订婚，婚约，约定，约会

参考例句：

• I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous engagement.星期一我不能见你，因为我有约在先。
• It was my mother's very own engagement ring.这正是我母亲自己的订婚戒指。

3 ordained   

v.任命（某人）为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 )；授予（某人）圣职；（上帝、法律等）命令；判定

参考例句：

• He was ordained in 1984. 他在一九八四年被任命为牧师。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was ordained priest. 他被任命为牧师。 来自辞典例句

4 divine   

adj.神的，上帝的，神圣的，如神的，非凡的

参考例句：

• Jesus is believed by Christians to have been divine.基督教徒们相信耶稣是神。
• The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.专制者声称自己是上天选定的统治工具。