(We hear a doorbell ring. SUSAN runs to the door with a towel wrapped around her body.)
(doorbell: 门铃 ring: 响 towel: 浴巾 wrap: 包裹)
(我们听到门铃响。 Susan身上裹着一条浴巾，跑去开门。）
-Susan: I'm coming!
来了!
-Susan: Karl, what are you doing here? I asked you to come tomorrow.
Karl，你在这干什么? 我让你明天来。
-Karl: You said you wanted to talk. It sounded important.
sound: 听起来
你说你想谈谈，听上去很重要的样子。
-Susan: Tomorrow. I'm in a towel.
towel: 毛巾
明天! 我全身只裹着条浴巾。
-Karl: We were married 14 years. I know what's under there. Come on.
under: 在…下面 come on: 说吧
我们结婚14年了，我知道那下面有些什么，说吧。
-Susan: I'm not really ready for this. I was going to have a whole speech prepared.
be ready for: 准备好做… be gong to: 将要 have…prepared: 使...准备好，have加动词被动式：使(在)某方面出现某种状态 speech: 说话，演讲
我还没准备好。我本来是打算把想说的东西整个准备好的。
-Karl: Brandi and I have plans tomorrow. I suggest you wing it.
wing it: 即兴表演
Brandi和我明天有计划了。我建议你还是即兴发挥吧。
-Susan: um, okay. Here's the thing, Karl --
嗯，好吧。是这样的， Karl --
I was thinking about what happened in the driveway yesterday, and... I-I just don't want to --
think about: 想，考虑 driveway: 车道
我在想昨天在车道上发生的事情。我 - 我只是不想--
I don't want to live like that. I don't want to be that kind of person, and I just thought if the two of us, you know, if we had a nice, calm --
我不想那样子生活。我不想做那样的人，而且我想如果我们两个，你知道，如果我们能有一个愉快，冷静 –
-Susan: I need an apology, Karl.
apology: 道歉
我要你道歉，Karl。
-Karl: A what?
什么?
-Susan: An apology for the way you ended our marriage.
end: 结束 marriage: 婚姻
要你为这样终止我们婚姻而道歉。
You never took any responsibility for your behavior.
responsibility: 责任 behavior: 行为 take responsibility for: 负起对…的责任
你对于你的行为从来没有负责过。
-Karl: I don't know what to say, Susan. The heart wants what it wants.
我不知道该说什么，Susan。一切顺从心意。
-Susan: What does that mean?
什么意思?
-Karl: I fell in love.
fall in love: 陷入爱河
我陷入爱河了。
-Susan: While you were married to someone else.
be married to: 和...结婚
在你已经和其他人结婚的时候。
-Karl: The heart wants what it wants.
The heart wants what it wants: 我的心想要它想要的
一切顺从心意。
-Susan: Yeah, well, my heart wants to hurt you, but I can control myself.
hurt: 伤害 control: 控制
是啊，我心里想伤害你，但我能控制自己。
-Karl: I-I don't want to go back to that ugly place, really, and if you do, I suggest that you get some help.
go back to: 回去… ugly: 难看的 suggest: 建议
我 - 我真的不想再回到那种不愉快的境地。如果你想的话，我建议你寻求一些帮助。
-Susan: You know what? I don't need an apology. I don't need anything from you.
你知道么？我不需要一个道歉。我不想从你那儿得到任何东西。
-Karl: You're humiliating yourself.
humiliate: 使…丢脸，羞辱
你在羞辱你自己。
-Susan: No, you're the one who's been humiliated, Karl. Why don't you see that?
see: 看见，这里指明白，理解。
不，被羞辱的人是你，Karl。为什么你不明白呢?
You walked out on your family. People think you're scum, not me.
walk out on: 离开，抛弃 scum: 糟粕
你抛下了自己的妻女。人们会认为你是渣子，而不是我。
So worry about yourself. I'm okay with me. I can walk down the street and hold my head high.
worry about: 担心 walk down: 沿…走 hold head high: 扬起头
所以担心你自己吧，我可很好。我能昂首挺胸地走在街上。
（故事背景：Susan和Mike参加完Bree的聚会，一起往回走。聚会上Bree羞辱了Rex，大家特别尴尬。）
-Mike: You think we left too early?
你觉得我们离开得太早了吗?
-Susan: I was thinking we left too late.
我在想我们离开得太晚了。
-Mike: So is, uh, Rex gone for good?
for good: 永久 be gone for good: 永久的离开
那么，Rex是要永久离家了吗?
-Susan: I don't know. God, I hope not.
我不知道。天啊，我不希望这样。
I mean, they've always been wound a little tight, but I've never seen them like that. Then again, who am I to judge?
always: 一直 wound: wind的过去式 缠绕 a little: 有点 tight: 紧地 like that: 那样地 judge: 评判
他们的关系总是有点紧张但我从来没见过他们那样。不过话说回来，我哪有资格评论人家呢?
-Mike: You mean people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw soda cans?
原句是 people who live in glass houses should not throw stones: 自身有短，勿批他人，这里用soda can因为之前Susan向前夫扔了soda can, 意思与stone一样。
你的意思是处于类似境地的你不应当评论他人?
-Susan: Okay, you have got to know that I only get that angry around Karl.
get: 变得 that: 那么 around: 在…周围
你要知道我只是对Karl很恼火。
He just treated me so badly at the end. I haven't been able to get past it.
treat: 对待 badly: 糟糕地 at the end: 在末尾 be able to: 能，会 get: 使得 past: 过去
他最后那段时间对我太差了。我无法摆脱那种情绪。
-Mike: Well, maybe he did you a big favor.
maybe: 也许 favor: 帮忙
也许他帮了你一个大忙。
-Susan: What do you mean?
什么意思?
-Mike: Let's look at Karl as a starter marriage -- you know, boot camp. Preparing you for something better next time.
look at: 审视，看 starter marriage: 仅维持很短时间即告分离的第一次婚姻 boot camp: 新兵训练营 prepare for: 为…做准备 next time: 下次
让我们把Karl看作是婚姻的起步阶段 --就像，新兵训练营。使你对下一次婚姻有更好的准备。
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