中英文本

90.The Best Counter Attack
90.最好的反击
"I got to get something off my chest，Wilbur!" Marge said, gearing up for a confrontation.
"我得把一件事说出来，威尔伯！"玛吉说，她准备做一些对抗。
"Oh, what's that?" Wiibur said as he took his coffee off the gas stove.
"啊，是什么事？"威尔伯边问边把咖啡从煤气炉上拿下来。
"I don't want you working at that gas station any more!
"我不想让你继续在那个加油站工作了！
You got off on the wrong foot there and they just don't appreciate you because of it!"
你在那里出师不利，正因为这样他们一点儿也不欣赏你！
"I got that all in order, Marge! They like me now! Really!
我已经把一切都摆平了，玛吉！他们现在喜欢我啦，是真的！

Now I got something I want to say as well.
我也有事情要说。
But I hope it won't get me in too much hot water!" Wilbur replied.
但我希望这件事不会使我有太多的麻烦！"威尔伯回答道。
"You've gained some weight lately and I'm a little concerned!"
"你最近有点儿发胖了，我有些担心！"
"Oh, you got that right that you're in hot water now!"
"噢，你说对了，你现在有麻烦了！"
Marge suddenly yelled back as she gathered her skirt together in her hands so that she wouldn't use them to strangle Wilbur.
玛吉突然吼道，她把裙子紧紧抓在手里，不然她会用手去掐威尔伯。
"How can you say that? Look at your own pot belly before you point out mine!"
"你怎么能说我胖呢？说我之前看看你自己那个肥大的肚子吧！ "
Wilbur frowned, allowing her to think that she had gained the upper hand.
威尔伯皱起了眉头，让她觉得她占了上风。
"I'm just saying that you shouldn't be putting on weight!
"我是说你不应该增加体重呀！
Neither should I! I'm sorry if that came across wrong!
我也不应该！如果我被理解错了，我向你道歉。
Let's gather up the threads before I go to work and try harder to eat better, okay?"
让我们在我去上班之前言归于好吧！以后尽量吃好一点，好吗？"
With his apology Wilbur gained some ground with Marge and she calmed down.
赔礼道歉之后威尔伯得到了玛吉的原谅，玛吉总算平静下来了。
Whew! He thought. Talking about weight always helped him change the subject.
哇！威尔伯想，只要说到体重总能帮他转移话题。
Nothing else worked as well.
别的什么都没有这么灵。
He had once tried to complain about the effects of genetic engineering on their morning tomatoes.
有一次他曾试着抱怨遗传工程学对他们早上吃的西红柿的影响。
But telling a woman she was getting fat was always enough to make her forget what she was really talking about!
但告诉一个女人她在发胖总是足以让她忘记她真正想说的事情！

重点讲解

1.gain ground 前进，有进展，越来越为人们所接受，越来越广泛流行
例句：Static analysis is continuing to gain ground.
静态分析也在不断发展中。
2.gain the upper hand 占上风，处于有利地位
例句：Male students inevitably gain the upper hand during the job hunt.
而男生们在找工作时必然会占上风。
3.gain weight 体重增加,发胖
例句：Someone with a slow metabolic rate can eat very little and still gain weight.
拥有缓慢的新陈代谢率的人可能吃得非常少，而仍旧增加重量。
4.gas station (汽车等的）加油站
例句：Therefore, while you are at the gas station, audio is being analyzed and recorded.
因此，您在加油站的时候，发出的声音将被记录和分析。
5.gather together 集合，聚集
例句：Every Monday morning, the senior managers gather together and pray about the business.
每周一早上，高级管理者们都会聚集在一起为生意而祷告。
6.gather up the threads 将分别处理后的各个部分加以综合，(被打断后）再继续下去
例句：I gathered up the threads of all the parts.
我把所有分开的部分都综合了起来。