Tom: Lynette? Honey, are you home?
勒奈特，親愛的，你在家嗎？
Lynette: (from behind him, by the windows) Three months?
3個月？
Tom: God, you... scared the hell out of me.
天啊，你把我膽都嚇破了。
Lynette: Were you ever going to tell me?
你有沒有打算告訴我？
Tom: I wanted to, but I kept putting it off. I knew how you'd react
我有想過，可是每次話到嘴邊卻難以啟齒，我就知道你會有什麼樣的反應。
Lynette: Congratulations. You read me like a book. Why would you hire that woman?
恭喜你，對我瞭如指掌。你為什麼要僱那個女人？
Tom: Technically Peterson found her. I just vouched for her.
嚴格說來是彼得森找他來的，我只是為她做擔保。
technically adv.技術上；學術上；嚴密地
vouch vt. 擔保；證明；傳出庭作證
Lynette: Tom!
Tom: Come on honey, I'm just helping her out. It's the least I can do. Look, she was devastated when I left her for you. I felt bad.
拜託，親愛的，我只是幫了她一把，這點小忙我還是得幫的 。當我為了你離開他時，她都崩潰了。 我良心不安。
Lynette: Do you still have feelings for her?
你是不是對她仍然有感覺？
Tom: (puts his hands up) Alright, I'm not talking to you.
行了，我不想跟你說了。
Lynette: Come on, you can tell me. You still care about her, don't you. Just a teeny-tiny little bit?
告訴我沒關係，你還在關心他嗎？哪怕只是一丁點兒。
teeny adj. 極小的；微小的
tiny adj. 極小的，微小的
teeny和tiny都可以單獨使用，都是小的意思。也可連起來使用
teeny-tiny ，而且還押韻，讀起來朗朗上口。little bit 都是一點兒的意思Tom: I was just trying to be a good guy. That's all.
我只是想做個好人，僅此而已。
Lynette: Well, you can't work with her.
你不能和她一起上班。
Tom: What do you want me to do? Quit?
那你要我怎麼做？辭職？
Lynette: Talk to Peterson, maybe he can get her transferred. Weren't you guys talking about setting something up in Belize?
和彼得森談談，也許他可以把他調走。你們不是打算在伯利茲城開拓市場嗎？
transfer v.(使) 轉移，搬遷; (使) 調動; 轉職; 轉學;
Tom: Honey,you're crazy.
寶貝，你瘋了。
Lynette: No. I'm serious. If she stays, I will haunt your office. I will bring you lunch everyday. I will bring the kids to visit. I will change diapers on your desk. Every birthday cake in the break room, every retirement party, I will be there. Watching her.
我是認真的。她不走，我就會經常去你辦公室的。每天送午飯，我會帶上孩子去看你，在你的辦公桌上換尿布，每個休息室裡的生日會，每個退休聚會，我都會參加，監視著她。
haunt vi.徘徊；出沒(像鬼魂一樣)
Tom: Well, I'd better get you a parking space. Because she's staying.
那我最後給你弄個停車位。因為她不會走的。
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