1.I am not going over there.
我不去。
2.Yes, you are.
你要去。
3. No. I can deal with the humiliation of going around the neighborhood returning everything the boys stole, but please don’t make me apologize to that woman.
不。我能忍受去街坊邻居那归还孩子们偷来的东西的羞辱，但千万不要让我向那个女人道歉。
4. This is what it means to be a good neighbor, finding ways of getting along instead of, you know, hurling an egg at them.
这正是做一个好邻居该做的：想办法和睦相处而不是朝对方扔鸡蛋。
hurl at: 朝…用力投掷 hurl: 猛投; 猛掷
5.But why do I have to apologize?Why don’t we just go, now we’re even?And we'll start from scratch.
为什么我必须道歉呢?为什么不直接过去说哦，现在我们打平手了，然后从头开始？
start from scratch: 从头做起
6.Okay if the, uh, being a pleasant human being argument does not fly with you, we will try a self preservation, what if she wakes up in the middle of the night, the house is on fire, you don’t want her to call 911?
好吧，如果，嗯，做一个好人的观点不能说服你，那我们就从自我保护的角度看，万一她半夜醒来发现我们房子着火了呢?你不想要她打911吗？
human being 人类self preservation自我保护
7. If our house catches fire I guarantee you, she's the one that started it.
catch fire: 着火（表动作，be on fire 表状态） guarantee: 保证
如果我们的房子着火了，我向你保证，肯定是她放的火。
8. My point is, the day will come when we need her help and I don’t want her not to help us just because of some silly feud.
我的意思是总有有一天我们会需要她的帮助，我不想她仅仅是因为一些不和，而不愿意帮助我们。
feud: 不和，争执
9.Fine, I will do it.
10.Wow, thank you.
喔。谢谢。
11.You know whoever came up with the motto love thy neighbor clearly lived nowhere near Karen McCluskey.
那个想出这句“爱你的邻居”这句格言的人，他肯定不是CAROLYN McCLUSKEY的邻居。
whoever: 不管是谁 come up with: 提出，想出 motto: 箴言 thy: （古语）你的=your
12.Yes, well, on Valentine’s Day the only motto that really matters is, you know, love thy husband.
是啊，在情人节。唯一重要的一句格言就是，爱你的丈夫。
13. Really, I, I recall no such motto.
真的? 我可想不起有这样的格言。
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