【英语学习】绝望主妇第01季第06集Running to Stand Still.pdfVIP

Season 1, Episode 6: Running to Stand Still -MARY ALICE: Suburbia is a battleground, suburbia: [总称]郊区 battleground: 战地、战场 故事发生在郊区， an arena for all forms of domestic combat. arena: 竞技场 form: 形式、形状 domestic: 家庭的 combat: 争斗 讲的是各种类型的家庭斗争。 Husbands clash with wives, parents cross swords with children, husband: 丈夫 clash with:与…发生冲突 clash: 冲突 cross swords: 争斗 sword: 剑、刀 丈夫和妻子冷战，父母和子女不和， but the bloodiest battles often involve women and their mothers-in-law. bloody: 血腥的 battle: 战争 involve: 牵涉 mothers-in-law: 婆婆、岳母 而最激烈的战斗总是发生在，媳妇和婆婆之间。 The war for control of Carlos began the night he proposed, war: 战争 control: 控制，管理的权力 propose: （常指男子）求婚 争夺对 Carlos 的控制权战争，开始于他求婚之后。 and Gabrielle had been losing ground to Juanita ever since. lose: 失去 ground: 战场、场地 ever since: 从那时起（自那时以来） 从那以后 Gabrielle，再也不是一家之主了。 From the prenuptial agreement which she reluctantly signed, prenuptial: 结婚前的、婚礼前的 agreement: 协议 reluctantly: 不情愿地 sign: 签字 从她不情愿签署的第一个提前正式协， to the selection of wedding music she despised, selection: 选择 wedding: 婚礼 despised: 厌恶的 到选择那个她讨厌的婚礼音乐， the color of the house paint she hadn’t wanted ... paint: 油漆、粉刷 到她不喜欢的墙面颜色。 Gabrielle had su ered one defeat after another. su er: 遭受 defeat: 失败 one after another: 一个又一个的 Gabrielle 一次又一次的被挫败。 And now that Juanita suspected her daughter-in-law of having an a air, suspect: 怀疑 daughter-in-law: 儿媳妇 have an a air: （和…）通奸，（与某人）有不正当的 男女关系 a air: （尤指关系不长久的）风流韵事；（不正当的）恋爱事件；私通 现在新的主人之一开始，怀疑她的媳妇有外遇， it had became increasingly apparent that in this war... become: 变得 increasingly: 逐渐地、渐增地 apparent: 明显的 随着斗争的升级，这一点变得越来越明显。 -YOA LIN: Mrs. Solis, I’ll be at the market. market: 市场 Solis 夫人，我去一趟市场。 -MARY ALICE: ...no prisoners would be taken. prisoner: 囚犯 be taken: 被捉住 没有罪犯会愿意自投罗网。 -GABRIELLE: Thank you, Yao Lin.