大家好！从今天开始我会在此分享《绝望主妇》的文字笔记，有效的输入是建立在理解上的，不要把时间浪费在所谓的泛听，唯有沉下心来，慢慢啃，真正做到听得懂、能说！希望可以对大家有所帮助！好好体验英语语言文化的魅力。

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My name is Mary Alice Young

翻译：我的名字叫 Mary Alice Young

when you read this morning's paper

翻译：当你看到早上的报纸

paper：报纸、纸张、文章

you may come across an article about the unusual day I had last week

翻译：你可能会发现一篇文章是关于我在上周不正常的一天

come across: vt.碰到(遇到,无意中发现) ；article: n.文章； unusual: adj.不寻常的、罕见的

Normally, there's never anything newsworthy about my life, but that all changed last Thursday.

翻译：通常，我的生活绝没有任何新闻价值可言，但上周四的时候，一切都改变了。

normally：adv.正常地、通常;    newsworthy：adj. 有新闻价值的。

Of course everything seemed quite normal at first.

翻译：当然了，起初每件事看起来都很正常

seem：v.似乎；quite：adv.很、相当、完全。normal：正常的

I made breakfast for my family. I performed my chores. I completed my projects. I ran my errands.

翻译：我给家人准备了早餐，履行了家务，完成了手工，跑完了腿。

chore：n. 家务，杂活，perform chores, 做家务

errand：n. 使命，差事，run errands, 固定搭配短语，跑腿，打杂，办差事：

In truth, I spent the day as I spent every other day – quietly polishing the routine of my life until it gleamed with perfection.

翻译：事实上，那天我过得和平常一样，静静地打理着自己生活中的那些日常，直到感觉它尽善尽美。

quietly: adv. 悄悄地，默默地，安静地；

polish: v. 磨光，擦亮，使其完美；

routine: n. 常规，惯例，生活日常；

gleam with: 闪耀着…… 的光辉, 流露出…… 的表情或神色。

That’s why it was so astonishing when I decided to go to my hallway closet, and retrieve a revolver that had never been used.

翻译：那就是为什么当我决定去到玄关壁橱那儿，寻回一把从没被人用过的左轮手枪时，会如此让人震惊了。

astonishing: adj. 令人震惊的，让人惊讶的；decide:v.决定；hallway closet：过道的壁橱；retrieve: v. 取回，找回；revolver: n. 左轮手枪

My body was discovered by my neighbor, Mrs. Martha Huber, who'd been startled by a strange popping sound.

翻译：我的尸体是邻居玛莎·胡博太太发现的，她被一声奇怪的爆裂音吓了一跳。

startle: v. 使惊吓，使吓一跳、startled by sth：被什么东西吓了一跳； strange：adj。奇怪的；popping sound: 爆裂声，爆破音。

Her curiosity aroused. Mrs. Huber tried to think of a reason for dropping in on me unannounced.

翻译：她的好奇心随之而起，胡博太太试着想出了一个不请自来去拜访我的理由。

curiosity: n. 好奇心；arouse：v.    激起、引起（感情、态度）；reason：n. 理由；           drop in on sb: 顺便拜访某人；unannounced: adj. 突然的，未打招呼的。

After some initial hesitation, she decided to return the blender she had borrowed from me six months before.

翻译：在一阵最初的犹豫过后，她决定前来归还她六个月前从我这里借走的果汁机。

initial：adj.最初的、开始的；hesitation：n. 犹豫，犹疑不决；return：v.归还；    blender：n. 搅拌机； borrow：v.向...借

It's my neighbor. I think she's been shot. There's blood everywhere.

翻译：我的邻居，我觉得她像被枪杀了，到处都是血。

Yes, you've got to send an ambulance. You've got to send one right now.

翻译：是的，你们必须马上派辆救护车，必须现在马上就派！

have got to: 必须，不得不；ambulance: n. 救护车

And for a moment, Mrs. Huber stood motionless in her kitchen, grief-stricken by this senseless tragedy. But only for a moment.

翻译: 然后，有那么一刻，胡博太太静静地站在厨房里，因这场愚蠢惨剧的发生而陷入了深深的悲伤，但是，也仅仅只有片刻而已。

stand motionless：指一动不动，静静地站着；

grief-stricken: adj. 极度悲伤的，悲痛欲绝的，这个词一般用来形容对于失去亲朋好友的悲痛，比如：a grief-stricken mother：一位悲痛欲绝的母亲；

senseless: adj. 毫无意义的，无谓的，愚蠢的；tragedy：n.悲惨的事、灾难。

If there was one thing Mrs. Huber was known for, it was her ability to look on the bright side.

翻译：如果说胡博太太还有什么优点能为人称道，那就是她凡事都往好的方面看。

be known for：因…… 而出名，因…… 而众所周知

例：He is known for his competitiveness. 他以他的竞争力而闻名；

bright：adj.光明的、明亮的；ability：n.能力、本领

look on the bright side：凡事都往好处想。

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