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Desperate Housewives,《绝望的主妇》

A:Here you go. All signed.

甲:行了，都签好了。

B:You didn't even read it.

乙:合同你连读都没读。

A:Oh, no need. I'm up for anything. Although I did just get a manicure, so nothing that might chip a nail.

甲:哦，不需要，我什么苦都能吃。但我刚修过指甲，所以凡是要削指甲的都不行。

B:Mrs. Solis, let me tell you what I leam in the Israeli army. A group without commitment is a group that will fail. The women in my morning class are committed. I am starting to think that you are not tough enough.

乙:索利斯太太，让我告诉你我在以色列军队里学到了什么。没有承诺的队伍，必败无疑。我早班里的女学员都是发了誓的，我觉得你还不够坚强。

A:Not tough enough? Let me tell you something, Mr. Iraqi army guy.

甲:不够坚强？我跟你说，伊拉克大兵。

B:Israeli.

乙:是以色列。

A:Whatever. I used to be a model, and you don't know what war is until you've been in a dressing room with a bunch of size zeroes reaching for the last rice cake. I am plenty tough.

甲:管他呢。我曾是一名模特，不和一群只穿零号码衣服，只吃最后一块糕点的姑娘们同处一室，你不会知道什么是战争。我够坚强的了。

B:I'm not so sure.

乙:那可不一定。

A:Hey, I know some of those women in your exercise class. The most exercise they ever get is cutting a piece of cake.

甲:嘿，我认识你训练班的女学员，她们的训练无非是切蛋糕这么简单。

生活口语

How do you take care of your nails in daily life?

你平常如何保养指甲?

Oh, I actually never bother to have them taken care of.

噢，我其实都没花工夫打理过我的指甲。

重点讲解:

How do you usually maintain your nails?

How do you take care of your nails in daily life?

女人在一起最长谈论的话题估计就是美容和时尚了，询问对方“如何保养自己的指甲? ” 可以说：How do you usually maintain your nails?没錯，maintain 是有“保养”的意思，但是口语中更常用短语take care of。