Gabrielle: Keep working! What were you thinking, showing up atthehospital?

　　John: I had to see if she was okay.

　　Gabrielle: You need to keep a low profile center now.

　　John: Look, you and I are finished. From now on, I"m stickingwithDanielle.

　　Gabrielle: Why would you say that?

　　John: I hate myself for what we did! Okay? I can"t sleep atnight!I"ve got to make a clean break.

　　Gabrielle: We weren"t driving the car. We didn"t chaseJuanitainto the street!

　　John: Well, she wouldn"t have been there if we weren"t havinganaffair.

　　Gabrielle: Oh, for God"s sakes, between you and Carlos! Listentome carefully, you didn"t do anything wrong.

　　John: That"s not what Father Crowley thinks.

　　Gabrielle: What?

　　John: I went to confession.

　　Gabrielle: Have you lost your mind? What did you tell him?

　　John: Everything.

　　Gabrielle: Including in the alley? Behind the truck stop?

　　John: Everything.

　　Gabrielle: Damn you!

　　Edie: Hello there!

　　Mr. Shaw: Good afternoon.

　　Edie: Ooh, well isn"t this just as pretty as a picture book!

　　Mr. Shaw: Well, the plan is to put in a small condo.

　　Edie: You want to make some money, or you want topussyfootaround?

　　Mr. Shaw: What do you suggest?

　　Edie: I"m thinking strip mall. I"ve run some numbers.

　　Mr. Shaw: Nice stationary.

　　Edie: Oh, it"s stolen.

　　Mr. Shaw: What do you mean?

　　Edie: After my house burned down, I was staying withthisneighbor, Martha Huber. That is, until the old troll threw meout.Anyway, I"d steal her stuff, she"d steal mine. Circle oflife.

　　Mr. Shaw: So this paper is hers?

　　Edie: Oh, God, yes.

　　Mike: What?

　　Susan: I just came over to say I"m sorry, and I"ll pay for allthedamage.

　　Mike: Don"t worry about it.

　　Susan: Well, so, in your mind, is the date off?

　　Mike: Well, you snooped around my house, and went throughmystuff. Uh, yeah, in my book, that"s pretty much a dealbreaker.

　　Susan: Hold on a minute, now. I started snooping around becauseIfound all that money by accident. And, and then, I found a gun.Areyou a drug dealer or something?

　　Mike: Is that what you think?

　　Susan: Well, I wouldn"t know because you never let me in.Youknow, there"s this whole part of your life that you keepcompletelywalled off.

　　Mike: I have a gun for protection, I keep cash foremergencies.I"m a good guy, Susan, and you should know that. I"m,I"m notobligated to share every little detail of my life withyou.

　　Susan: Well, every little detail is one thing. You know,weirdcreepy secrets, that"s another.

　　Mike: You know what, I don"t want to be with someone whodoesn"ttrust me.

　　Susan: Well, maybe we shouldn"t be dating.

　　Mike: Maybe we shouldn"t.

　　Susan: Do you mean that?

　　Mike: Yeah.

　　Susan: Well, I hope that, your, you know, little secret keepsyouwarm at night because you"re throwing something really greatawayto protect it!

妙语佳句，活学活用所谓“做人要厚道，行事要低调”，keep a low profile 就是“Stay out of publicnotice,avoid attracting attention to oneself.保持低调”。例如：

　　The government is trying to keep a low profile on this issue.

　　政府力图在这个问题上保持低姿态。

keep a low profile在跟活动有关的麻烦事过去之前，你不要抛头露面。

　　2. stick with

　　stick with 通常的意思是“坚持做……”，例如：

　　-Shall we change the plan? -No, we"ll stick with theoriginalone."

　　-我们变动一下计划好吗? -不行, 我们要按原计划行事。

　　Hang on, can we stick with that point about cubism?

　　等一等，我们可以继续谈谈关于立体主义的那个问题吗？

　　而在这个片断中，stick with 的意思是stay with， John的意思是“他将继续和Danielle谈恋爱”。

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I hate myself for what we did! Okay? I can"t sleepatnight! I"ve got to make a clean break.

　　3. make a clean break

　　本意是“突变（彻底的改变）”，这里的意思是“完全和Gabrielle 断绝关系”。例如：Finally, Adadecidesto make a clean break with her drunkard boyfriend.

　　4. pussyfoot around

　　意思是“犹豫，怀疑，观望”，例如：Stop pussyfooting around and say what youmean.别那么缩手缩脚的, 说说你到底是什么意思吧。

　　5. strip mall

　　A mercantile establishment consisting of a row of variousstoresand business and restaurants along a road or busy street;usuallyopening on a parking lot. 从阵容上看，有点类似我们的商业街。

　　6. snoop around

　　这里的意思是“偷偷窥探”，例如：The man has been snooping around outside myhousefor the whole day. 那个男人一整天都在窥视我家。

　　Snoop around 还有“巡逻”的意思，例如：

　　The house perfects often snoop around our campus atnight.学生纠察队经常夜间在校园里巡逻。

　　6. wall off

　　本意是“用墙隔开”，这里Susan的意思是“Mike 把生活的大部分都（用墙）保护起来，不让外人知道”，例如：Lindawallsoff her life to protect herself.

文化面面观Confession 忏悔——宗教的仪式，心灵的需要如何对待自己犯下的罪行，每个人有不同的看法。在这一集的结尾，Mary Alice 说到：There is a widelyreadbook that tells us everyone is a sinner. Of course, noteveryone whoreads this book feels guilt over the bad things thatthey do. Incontrast, there are those who assume more than theirshare of theblame. There are others, who sooth their conscienceswith small actsof kindness. Or by telling themselves their sinswere justified.Finally, there are the ones who simply vow to dobetter next time,and pray for forgiveness.任何做法不过是为了获得心灵上的安定。比较起来，改过和弥补也许是最好的了吧？

考考你将下面的句子译成英语。

　　1. Look, you and I are finished. From now on, I"m stickingwithDanielle.

　　2. Well, every little detail is one thing. You know, weirdcreepysecrets, that"s another.

Desperate Housewives1《绝望主妇》1（精讲之七）考考你参考答案安德鲁当然会行事冲动。他有理由生气。

　　2. Mrs. Stark, you handle this however you see fit.

　　斯达克夫人，您看怎么合适就怎么处理吧。

　　3. Well he better be good, because when I"m finished with you,youwon"t have a cent to your name!

　　他最好强一点，不然等我们离婚以后你将不名一文！

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