【绝望的主妇】“我们没有买到演唱会的票。”

【句子】...the "Daily Tribune" is starting to sniff around this story.  【Desperate Housewives S02E10】 【发音】/ðə/ /ˈdeɪ.li/ /trɪˈb.juːn/ /ɪz/ /ˈstɑː(r).tɪŋ/ /tʊ/ /snɪf/ /əˈraʊnd/ /ðɪs/ /ˈstɔː.ri/【发音技巧】sniff around连读；around this不完全爆破；【翻译】《每日论坛报》已经开始嗅到这个新闻了。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们学习一下sniff around sth.这个表达的说法。这个短语中动词sniff本来的意思是：“嗅、闻”；所以sniff around sth. 的字面意思是：“像猎犬寻找线索一样，开始对某件事情或者秘密进行初步的调查、打探、搜集信息”；to investigate something or some place； eg: We don't want journalists sniffing around.我们不想让记者到处打探消息。 eg: The reporter came sniffing around for more details.记者们到处探听，企图找到更详细的情况。 eg: So do you think we should sniff around here for a bit longer?你觉得我们还有必要在这儿继续查吗？ eg: She is sniffing around, trying to find out about my personal life.她正在到处打探，试图了解我的私生活。 eg: Sarah's been sniffing around, lately - I think she's starting to suspect me.萨拉最近一直在到处打探——我觉得她开始怀疑我了。 eg: The Feds have been sniffing around for a while now.联邦调查局的人已经调查一段时间了。 eg: The guard caught them sniffing around in the room where the files are kept. 警卫抓到他们鬼鬼祟祟地探查存放文件的房间。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Several tech giants are sniffing around the startup, considering an acquisition.

【句子】And everyone learned that sometimes justice is served without saying a word.  【Desperate Housewives S02E10】 【发音】/ənd/ /ˈev.ri.wʌn/ /lɜː(r)nd/ /ðæt/ /ˈsʌm.taɪmz/ /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/ /ɪz/ /sɜː(r)vd/ /wɪˈðaʊt/ /ˈseɪ.ɪŋ/ /ə/ /wɜː(r)d/【发音技巧】And everyone连读；learned that不完全爆破；justice is连读；without saying不完全爆破；saying a连读；【翻译】众人这才明白，有时正义的伸张，无需言语。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们学习一下justice is served这个表达的说法。这个短语可以理解成：“正义得到伸张，制裁得以实现”，proper punishment or fair treatment is given by the legal system；eg: Yes! The villain got knocked out. Justice is served.太好了！反派被打倒了。正义得以伸张！ eg: It's the court's duty to serve justice. （主动语态）伸张正义是法院的职责。 eg: Justice will be served.  正义终将到来。 eg: Many people do not believe that justice has been served/done in his case.许多人认为，对他的判决并未彰显正义。 eg: Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done/served.我们将竭尽全力，确保正义得以伸张。 eg: We are relieved that no one was harmed and are committed to ensuring that justice is served.无人受伤，我们深感欣慰，我们致力于确保正义得以伸张。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】He spent years cheating his business partners, and now his company has collapsed and they've all left him. Justice is served, I'd say.

【句子】Have you had any luck finding George?  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/hæv/ /juː/ /hæd/ /ˈen.i/ /lʌk/ /ˈfaɪn.dɪŋ/ /dʒɔː(r)dʒ/【发音技巧】Have you类似连读的处理；had any连读；【翻译】你们成功找到乔治了吗？【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们来一起学习一下have luck doing sth.这个短语，它可以指：“成功地做了某事；在做某事时有好运”；在英文中我们也可以说have luck with sth.或者have luck with doing sth.，表示“在某个事物、领域或人方面有好运。” 下面我们来看一些相关的例句：eg: Have you had any luck with booking your flight?你订机票顺利吗？ eg: Did you have any luck finding your keys?你成功找到钥匙了吗？ eg: We had no luck getting tickets to the concert.我们没有买到演唱会的票。 eg: She had great luck selling her art online.她在网上卖艺术品很顺利。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Did you have any luck convincing them to change their minds? 

【句子】It's not always that easy to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/ɪts/ /nɒt/ /nɑːt/ /ˈɔːl.weɪz/ /ˈɑːl.weɪz/ /ðæt/ /ˈiː.zi/ /tʊ/ /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ /ðə/ /ɡʊd/ /ɡaɪz/ /frɒm/ /frɑːm/ /ðə/ /bæd/ /ɡaɪz/【发音技巧】not always连读+闪音；good guys失去爆破；bad guys失去爆破；【翻译】要把好人和坏人区分开来，并不总是那么容易。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们来一起学习一下distinguish someone/something from someone/something的用法；这个短语的意思是：“把某物和其他东西区分开；把某人和其他人区别开”；to show or understand a difference between two similar things or people； eg: The sisters look so similar that it's often difficult to distinguish one from the other.这对姐妹长得很相像，经常很难让人辨别出来。 eg: Could he distinguish right from wrong?他能分辨是非吗？ eg: There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms.音乐中有某种特质使其有别于所有其他艺术形式。 eg: His height distinguishes him from the other boys.他的身高使他在男孩中显得与众不同。 eg: I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese.有的时候，我会把西班牙语和葡萄牙语搞混。【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Each of the sculptures has facial traits that distinguish it from the others in the series.

【句子】So if you'll just be honest with me, I can forgive you.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/səʊ/ /ɪf/ /juːl/ /dʒʌst/ /biː/ /ˈɒn.ɪst/ /ˈɑː.nɪst/ /wɪð/ /miː/ /aɪ/ /kæn/ /fə(r)ˈɡɪv/ /juː/ 【发音技巧】if you类似连读的处理；just be失去爆破；honest with类似不完全爆破的处理；forgive you类似连读的处理；【翻译】所以你只要对我坦白，我就能原谅你。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们来一起学习一下be honest with sb. 这样一个短语的用法。可以理解成telling someone the truth，“对某个人坦诚、不隐瞒”； eg: Thank you for being so honest with me.谢谢你对我这么坦诚。 eg: He had been honest with her and she had tricked him!他一直对她很坦诚，但是她却欺骗了他！ eg: I don't think these people are being honest with me.我觉得这些人没跟我说实话。 eg: Before you can solve this problem, you need to be honest with each other about your feelings.在解决这个问题之前，你们需要彼此坦诚地说出你们的感受。 eg: He wasn't being honest with his family about his struggles at school.他并没有对家人坦诚告知他在学校遇到的困难。 eg: The teacher asked us to be honest with her if we didn't understand the lesson.老师要求我们，如果上课没听懂，要对她实话实说。 eg: She finally found the courage to be honest with him and said she just wanted to be friends.她终于鼓起勇气对他坦白，说只想做朋友。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】我决定对我最好的朋友坦白，告诉她她的新发型不好看。 

【句子】My men are at his house right now, and they've uncovered evidence that suggests Mr. Williams was responsible for your husband's death.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/maɪ/ /men/ /ɑː(r)/ /æt/ /hɪz/ /haʊs/ /raɪt/ /naʊ/ /ənd/ /ðeɪv/ /ʌnˈkʌv.ə(r)d/ /ˈev.ɪ.dəns/ /ðæt/ /səˈdʒests/ /ˈmɪs.tə(r)/ /ˈwɪljəmz/ /wəz/ /rɪˈspɒn.sə.bl/ /rɪˈspɑːn.səbl/ /fə(r)/ /jə(r)/ /ˈhʌz.bəndz/ /deθ/【发音技巧】men are连读；at his击穿+连读+闪音；right now不完全爆破；and they've不完全爆破；that suggests不完全爆破；【翻译】我手下的人正在他家里，他们发现了一些证据，表明威廉姆斯先生跟你丈夫的死有关。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们来一起学习一下be responsible for sth./sb./doing sth. 这样一个短语的用法。这个短语的用法比较多，可以指：to have control and authority over something or someone and the duty of taking care of it or them，“为某件事/某个人负责”； eg: Who's responsible for this mess?谁该为这个烂摊子负责？ eg: He was responsible for the accident.这起事故是他造成的。 eg: Paul is directly responsible for the efficient running of the office.保罗直接负责这间办公室的高效运转。                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              eg: Her department is responsible for overseeing the councils.她的部门负责监督委员会的工作。 eg: Mike is responsible for designing the entire project.迈克负责设计整个项目。 eg: Even where parents no longer live together, they each continue to be responsible for their children.即使是在父母不再共同生活的情况下，他们各自仍要继续对孩子们负责。 eg: He still felt responsible for her death.他仍觉得她的死是自己造成的。 在有些场景下，这个短语也可以指：being the cause of sth.，“是……的起因”；eg: The chemical is directly responsible for those deaths.这种化学品直接导致了那些死亡。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Cigarette smoking is responsible for about 90% of deaths from lung cancer.

【句子】Look, if you try to come between me and my husband, I will take you down.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/lʊk/ /ɪf/ /juː/ /traɪ/ /tʊ/ /kʌm/ /bɪˈtwiːn/ /miː/ /ənd/ /maɪ/ /ˈhʌz.bənd/ /aɪ/ /wɪl/ /teɪk/ /juː/ /daʊn/【发音技巧】if you连读；and my不完全爆破；【翻译】你要是想挑拨我和我丈夫的关系，我就让你吃不了兜着走。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们一起来学习一下come between (two or more people)的意思；这个短语其实我们之前在节目中也讲过，当时是在第1916期节目中，节目名字叫做“我感觉我和我的室友之间有隔阂，但是我又说不上来是什么。”大家可以点击一下超链接，跳转复习一下。这个短语在今天视频中的意思，可以理解成to cause problems for the romantic relationship or friendship of two or more people；或者可以理解成to interfere in someone else's romance; to break up a pair of lovers；所以就是“介入别人的关系之间；插足别人的恋爱关系，拆散一对情侣”这样的意思；这个短语常用于恋爱关系，有的时候友谊也可以；eg: Nothing can come between us.没有什么能离间我们的感情。 eg: I'd hate anything to come between us.我不希望任何事情影响我们的感情。 eg: He didn't want this to come between them.他不想让这件事坏了他们的关系。 eg: He never let work come between him and his family.他从来不会因为工作而忽略家庭。 eg: A misunderstanding came between the old friends.一场误会导致老朋友间产生了隔阂。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Jealousy is a dangerous emotion that can come between even the closest of siblings.

【句子】Some marriages are meant to be annulled.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/sʌm/ /ˈmær.ɪ.dʒɪz/ /ɑː(r)/ /ment/ /tʊ/ /biː/ /əˈnʌld/【发音技巧】meant to失去爆破；【翻译】有些婚姻注定是应当结束的。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们一起来学习一下be meant to be的意思；在今天视频中，be meant to be可以理解成“注定是；注定会；一定会……”这样的意思，强调某件事情是上天或者命运安排好的，相当于to be destined to happen； eg: I'm not surprised to hear that those two are engaged - it was meant to be.听说他们俩订婚，我一点都不意外，命中注定的一对儿。 eg: Even though we had some great moments together, we always ended up fighting. We just weren't meant to be.尽管我们有过美好的时光，但总是以争吵收场。我们注定不是一路人。 eg: You are meant to be the one to end this war.你是注定要结束这场战争的人。 eg: We are meant to be together.我们命中注定要在一起。 eg: She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.她想尽办法撮合他俩，但我想他们就是没这个缘分。 有的时候这个短语也可以指：to be generally considered to be sth.“被普遍认为是……，被公认为是……，以……著称；本应是……”；比如说看下面的例句：eg: This restaurant is meant to be the best in town.这家餐厅被公认为是镇上最好的。 eg: This exercise isn't meant to be difficult.这个练习的设计初衷并不难。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Is this movie meant to be a comedy? I don't think it's funny at all.

【句子】Carlos is a diamond in the rough, a flawed man to be sure, but someone who is desperately searching for something to believe in.  【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/ˈkɑː(r).ləʊs/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈdaɪ.mənd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /rʌf/ /ə/ /flɔːd/ /flɑːd/ /mæn/ /tʊ/ /biː/ /ʃɔː/ /ʃʊər/ /bət/ /ˈsʌm.wʌn/ /huː/ /ɪz/ /ˈdes.pər.ət.li/ /ˈsɜː(r).tʃɪŋ/ /fə(r)/ /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/ /tʊ/ /bɪˈliːv/ /ɪn/【发音技巧】Carlos is连读；is a连读；flawed man不完全爆破；but someone不完全爆破；desperately不完全爆破；believe in连读；【翻译】卡洛斯像一块有待打磨的钻石，他确实是有缺点，但是同时他也是一个拼命追求信仰的人。【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们一起来学习一下a diamond in the rough这个短语的意思，字面含义是：“有待打磨的钻石”；有点像中文里面的“有待雕琢的璞玉”，其实这个表达可以用来描述人，指的是“一个人本身很优秀，潜力巨大，但是外表看起来不起眼”；我们一起来看看对应的英文解释：a person or thing with exceptional qualities or characteristics that cannot be seen from the surface或者a person with great potential； eg: He may lack manners now, but he's a diamond in the rough. With some guidance, he'll shine.他现在可能缺乏礼貌，但实为璞玉一块，稍加引导，必将大放异彩。 eg: He's a diamond in the rough—a little hard to take at times, but very smart and helpful.他是一块待琢的璞玉，有的时候可能会有点难以相处，但是他非常聪明且乐于助人。 eg: I know this kid's a nobody, but I've watched him play over the past two years, and I think he's a real diamond in the rough—well worth a draft pick.我知道这小子现在没什么名气，但是我观察他打球两年了，我觉得他确实是一块待打磨的璞玉，绝对值得一个选秀名额。 有的时候这个短语也可以指一些具体的事物：eg: This old house is a diamond in the rough. It needs renovation, but the structure is solid.这栋老房子是块待雕琢的璞玉，需要翻新，但是它结构很坚固。 eg: All the issues are cosmetic, and it's in a great neighborhood. I really think this house could be a diamond in the rough.所有的问题都是表面上的，而且它处在一个很棒的社区，我真心觉得这个房子可能是块有待发掘的璞玉。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】The new employee initially seemed to lack confidence, but after seeing how hard he works, we realized that he's a diamond in the rough and is really a great asset to the company.

【句子】So it would really help our marriage if you just backed off for a while, okay?   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】 【发音】/səʊ/ /ɪt/ /wʊd/ /ˈrɪə.li/ /ˈriː.əli/ /help/ /aʊə(r)/ /ˈmær.ɪdʒ/ /ɪf/ /juː/ /dʒʌst/ /bækt/ /ɒf/ /ɑːf/ /fə(r)/ /ə/ /waɪl/ /əʊˈkeɪ/【发音技巧】it would类似不完全爆破的处理；help our连读；if you连读；just backed off失去爆破+连读；for a连读；【翻译】如果您能暂时保持一点距离，会对我们的婚姻很有帮助，好吗？【适用场合】在今天节目中，我们一起来学习一下back off的用法。其实这个短语，我们在之前的节目中也见过两次。第一次是在第729期节目中，当时那期节目的名字叫：“让步？不可能的。”，还有一期是在第1555期节目中，那期的节目名字叫做：“在这个产品上线之前，我们还有很多事情要做。”，大家可以点击一下这俩超链接跳转复习一下。back off在本期视频中，可以理解成“放弃；停止（指手画脚）”这样的意思；to stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves；eg: She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off.她开始批评我，后来突然停了下来。 eg: Just back off and let us do this on our own, will you?你别管了，让我们自己来处理这事好吗？ eg: Back off, Mom, I'm old enough to make my own decisions! 你别管了妈妈，我已经够年龄可以自己做决定了！ eg: Just back off and leave me alone, okay?你别管了，让我一个人待会儿行吗？ eg: Back off! I told you I'm not going to the dance, and that's it!离我远点/别说了！我说了不去舞会，就这样！ eg: You need to back off, buddy. I've told you I'm not interested.离我远点儿老兄，跟你说过了我不感兴趣。 【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Whenever anyone bothers me, I just tell them to back off.