“话”里“话”外

本文选自Kyle XY《神奇凯尔》，欢迎大家来此做客。
Declan: I hear you're anti-birthday.
Lori: Word travels fast.
Declan: My last birthday, my dad couldn't be bothered to be in town. So I raided the liquor cabinet in protest. At least you got blueberry pancakes.
Lori: Your favorite.
Declan: Parents like me. What can I say? Seriously, what's your deal?
Lori: I'm just feeling particularly friendless right now. Makes celebrating another year of life sort of bleak.
Declan: I'm your friend. Kind of, I think.
Lori: Yeah, after you duped me into losing my virginity.
Declan: I didn't dupe you ...
Lori: Pease-water, bridge. So what really happened to your head? Seems like whoever asks gets a different story.
Declan: I told you, I feel.
Lori: Before and after you fight with your day?
Declan: Can we drop this, please?
Lori: You know, my mom's a therapist. I mean, you could …
Declan: Trager, it's no big deal, seriously. No scandalous family drama, no horrible tales of abuse. Let it go. I'm fine.

重点讲解：
anti-birthday 反对生日
bleak adj. 无望的，令人沮丧的，荒凉的，索然无味的
dupe sb. Into doing sth. 诈骗，哄骗，欺骗
scandalous adj. 讲述丑闻的，可耻的，不可原谅的
Let it go. 不再多说，就到此为止。

汉语翻译

Declan: 听说你不喜欢过生日。
Lori: 消息传得真快。
Declan: 我上个生日时，我爸爸都不在镇上，所以我就拿酒柜出气作为抗议，至少你还有蓝莓馅饼。
Lori: 你的最爱。
Declan: 父母都喜欢我，我还能说什么呢？说真的，你怎么了？
Lori: 我就是觉得没有朋友了，所以庆祝生日比较惨淡。
Declan: 我是你的朋友，某种意义上说，我觉得。
Lori: 在你骗了我之后。
Declan: 我没有骗你……
Lori: 算了，已经过去了，你的头到底怎么回事？好像每次你回答得都不一样。
Declan: 我告诉你了，我跌倒了。
Lori: 在你和爸爸吵架前还是吵架后？
Declan: 我们能不能不说这个？
Lori: 你知道，我妈妈是心理治疗师，我是说，你可以……
Declan: Trager, 没什么大不了的，真的。不是你想的那种家庭丑闻，也没有虐待什么的。

常用句型：
1. What's going on here? 这里发生了什么？

2. Could you tell me something about it? 你能告诉我这方面的相关情况吗？

3. Could you tell me some more about it? 你能再告诉我一些这方面的情况吗？

4. I should be interested to know the fact. 我想知道事实。

5. I'd like to insist on getting to the bottom of the matter. 我就喜欢打破砂锅问到底。