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本文选自Ugly Betty《丑女贝蒂》，欢迎大家来此做客。
Henry: Wow. Never know anyone who's been blackmailed before. It's so All My Children which I used to watch with my mother, and I … I don't know why I just said that.
Daniel: Look, I'm sorry. I dumped all this on you. I guess I needed to talk to someone. There aren't many people here to do that with.
Henry: Yeah, I miss Betty, too.
Daniel: She warned me about screwing up. I know I was drunk, but I never thought Petra could be underage.
Henry: Sounds like you were set up.
Daniel: Doesn't change anything. Maybe I should face the consequences.
Henry: No, you have to get Alexis to put Petra on the cover.
Daniel: Look, I tried that.
Henry: Tell her what's going on, then she'll do it.
Daniel: Yeah, you don't know Alexis.
Henry: She is family. Has to count for something.

汉语翻译

Henry: 哇！我从没听说过谁被勒索过。这和小说All My Children太像了，我常常和我的老妈一起看，还有…… 不知道我为什么会说这些。
Daniel: 听着，我有点不好意思向你倾诉这一切，我想我需要找个人谈谈，能谈心的人这里并不多。
Henry: 是的，我也想念贝蒂。
Daniel: 她警告过我我会搞砸的。我知道我喝醉了，但我从来没想过佩特拉会未成年。
Henry: 听上去你是被陷害的。
Daniel: 这对事态发展没什么帮助。也许我应该承担后果。
Henry: 不，你要让亚历克斯把佩特拉放在封面。
Daniel: 听着，那方法我试过了。
Henry: 告诉她是怎么一回事，她会那样做的。
Daniel: 嗯，也许吧，你不了解亚历克斯。
Henry: 家人总要做点什么吧。

重点讲解：
dump: vt. 倾倒，丢弃，倾卸；堆放；倾销，抛售
screw up 拧紧；扭歪（脸）； <非正式> 把……搞糟
set up: 建立，创立，竖立；准备；安排；引起，产生；设计陷害
count for：有价值，有重要性

常用句型：
1. I'm too busy to take a breath. 我忙得连喘口气儿的功夫都没有。

2. How it's always the case? 怎么总是这样？

3. I hate to bring this up, but your child is making too much noise. 我真不愿意提这件事，不过您的孩子太吵了。

4. Still the same thing. 还是老样子。

5. It's a sin the footballl game is cancelled. 真可惜，足球赛取消了。