文化面面觀  童話公主vs絕望主婦

思想火花  《絕望主婦》的宣傳語是“每個人都有一個骯臟的小秘密(Everyone has a little dirty laundry)”。

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Danielle: Why can't we have a normal soup?

Bree: Danielle, there is nothing abnormal about basil puree.

Danielle: Just once, can we have a soup that people all heard of, like French onion, or navy bean.

Bree: First of all, your father can't eat onions. He's deathly allergic. And I won't even dignify your navy bean suggestion. So, how's theosso buco?

Andrew: It's okay.

Bree: It's okay? Andrew, I spent three hours cooking this meal. How do you think it makes me feel when you say it's okay in that sullen tone?

Andrew: Who asked you to spend three hours on dinner? 

Bree: Excuse me?

Andrew: Tim Harper's mom gets home from work, pops open a can of pork and beans, and boom, they're eating. Everyone's happy.

Bree: You'd rather I serve pork and beans?

Danielle: Apologize now, I am begging you.

Andrew: I'm saying, do you always have to serve cuisine? Can't we ever just have food?

Bree: Are youdoing drugs?

Andrew: What?

Bree: Change in behavior is one of the warning signs and you have beenas fresh as paintfor the last six months. That would explain why you're always locked in the bathroom.

Danielle: Trust me, that is not what he is doing.

Andrew: Shut up. Mom, I'm not the one have a problem here, right? You're the one who is acting like she'srunning formayor of Stepford.

Bree: Rex. Seeing that you'rethe head of this household, I would really appreciate you saying something.

Rex: Pass the salt.

Mary Alice Young: Three days after my funeral, Lynette replaced her grief with a much more useful emotion. Indignation.

Lynette: Tom, this is my fifth message and you still haven't called me back. Well, you must be having a lot of fun on your business trip. I can only imagine. Well, guess what, the kids and I want to have some fun, too, so unless you call me back by noon, we are getting on a plane and joining you.

Boy: Mum.

Lynette: Not now, honey, Mommy's threatening Daddy. No. Where are you brothers?

Natalie Kline: Lynette Scavo!

Lynette:Crap! Hi, don't believe it!

Natalie Kline: Lynette! How long has it been?

Lynette: Years! How are you? How's the firm?

Natalie Kline: Good. Everyone misses you. We all say that if you hadn't quit, you'd berunning the placeby now. So, how'sdomestic life? Don't you just love being a mom?

Mary Alice Young: And there it was. The question that Lynette always dreaded.

Lynette: Well, to be honest...

Mary Alice Young: For those who asked it, only one answer was acceptable. So Lynette responded as she always did. She lied.

Lynette: It's the best job I've ever had.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. osso buco: An Italian dish made of veal shanks braised with olive oil, white wine, stock, onions, tomatoes, garlic, anchovies, carrots, celery and lemon peel. Traditionally, osso buco is garnished with gremolata and served accompanied by risotto. In Italian, osso buco means "pierced bone." 翻譯成中文就是“燉小牛膝”、“燜小牛腿肉”，是帶骨頭的。一般意大利餐館都有。

2. doing drugs

Do這個詞簡直可以說是英語中的萬能詞了，和不同的詞搭配、在不同的語境下有不同的意思。對白中的doing drugs就是“吸毒”的意思，再比如：

A rest will do you good.
休息一下對你有好處的。
Kate Blanchett did Elizabeth I in the film Elizabeth I.
凱特·布蘭切特在電影《伊麗莎白一世》中扮演伊麗莎白一世。
Who did the flowers?
誰插的花？

3. as fresh as paint 生氣勃勃的，精神飽滿的

通常吸毒的人在吸食毒品后都會表現的很有精氣神，這是毒品作用力的結果。而吸毒的人如果突然中止吸毒或是減少吸毒量，就會發生嚴重的戒斷反應及各種并發癥，常常會引起死亡，甚至會因痛苦難忍而自殺身亡。我們來看個例子：That boy looks as fresh as paint. 那個男孩看起來很有活力。