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S01E04 9





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Something like that.
I suppose I do owe you an apoIogy.

CarefuI. I wouIdn't want you
to strain yourself.

I shouIdn't have Iied
about your father.

You two are oId enough to handIe
the truth and I'm sorry.

Keep going.

I'm mad at you
for about 7,000 other things.

If you think I'll apoIogize for taking
you out of a strip cIub, you're wrong.

I consider it one of my finest moments.

Oh, Andrew.

I know you bIame me
for what's happening with your father,

but it's not entireIy my fauIt
and I need you to understand that.

I do.

I just...don't want him to Ieave.

Neither do I.

- Mom.
- Yeah?

When can I have my door back?

Three months.

Royal Oaks was the scene
of a hate crime today,

Jonathan Lisco, local gay activist
and part-time female impersonator,

was brutally attacked in his home,

Lisco speculated the attack
was in response to his efforts

to secure same-sex partner insurance
coverage from his employer,

Cliffside Cable,

Police are circulating
this sketch of the assailant,

The circumstances
speak for themselves,

I've taken a strong stance
with my company,

Is there something
you want to ask me?

No.

You took it, didn't you?

- Good evening, Mrs. Huber.
- It's my fauIt for not hiding the cup.

If you're capabIe of arson, you're
capabIe of breaking and entering.

I don't know what
you're taIking about.

I suppose you destroyed it.

Again, I don't know what
you're taIking about, but...yeah, I did.

I was going to keep your secret.
It's a shame you couIdn't trust me.

You're a piece of work.
Do you know that?

Oh, Susan, Iet's not be unpIeasant.

We can go back to the same friendIy
reIationship we've aIways had.

I will keep my Iawn Iooking nice.

And make sure my music
isn't pIayed too Ioud.

And if I get some of your maiI,
heck, I'll run it right over,

'cause that's what good neighbors do.

But from now on,
when I run into you on the street,

and I say, “Good morning, Mrs. Huber
or “How are you, Mrs. Huber?”

just know that inside

I am quietIy
but decidedIy hating your guts.

CarefuI, dear, Iet's not say things
we'll Iive to regret.

Good evening, Mrs. Huber.

He actually said
Mary AIice was crazy?

Not in so many words,
but everything PauI said

made it seem
like she was schizophrenic.

I think he's hiding something.
I know it.

But wait, what about the tape?
She did say her name was AngeIa.

Mary AIice was not crazy.

My father was a prosecutor and he aIways
said that the simpIest expIanation

was usually right.

Remember what the note said:
I know what you did. It makes me sick.

And I'm going to tell.

That's not something
someone writes to themseIves.

That's a message sent by an enemy.

So exactIy what is it
you hired me to do?

It's very simpIe really.

Someone sent that note to my wife
and I need to know who.

What type of person
would send such a note?

Was it an enemy? Of course,

But what kind? An acquaintance?

A stranger?

Or how about a neighbor
that lives a few feet away?


知识点

重点词汇
jonathan [ˈdʒɔnəθən] n. 乔纳森(男子名) { :4215}

guts [gʌts] n. 内脏;飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);狭道;贪食者(gut的复数) v. 取出…的内脏;毁坏…的内部;贪婪地吃(gut的第三人称单数) n. (Guts)人名;(德)古茨 n. (俚语)勇气;决心 { :4297}

circulating ['sɜ:kjʊleɪtɪŋ] v. 循环(circulate的ing形式);流通 adj. 循环的;流通的 { :4483}

speculated [ˈspekjuleitid] vi. 推测;投机;思索 vt. 推断 { :4809}

sketch [sketʃ] n. 素描;略图;梗概 vt. 画素描或速写 vi. 画素描或速写 n. (Sketch)人名;(英)斯凯奇 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4945}

acquaintance [əˈkweɪntəns] n. 熟人;相识;了解;知道 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl gre :5967}

heck [hek] n. 饲草架 int. 真见鬼(hell的委婉说法) n. (Heck)人名;(德)黑克;(葡、西、法)埃克;(英)赫克 { :6954}

brutally ['bru:təlɪ] adv. 残忍地;野蛮地;兽性地 { :10087}

arson [ˈɑ:sn] n. 纵火;纵火罪 n. (Arson)人名;(法)阿尔松 {gre :12326}

assailant [əˈseɪlənt] n. 攻击者 adj. 袭击的;攻击的 { :12730}


难点词汇
schizophrenic [ˌskɪtsəˈfrenɪk] n. 精神分裂症的患者 adj. 精神分裂症的 { :19523}

impersonator [ɪmˈpɜ:səneɪtə(r)] n. 演员;模拟艺人 { :22307}

cliffside [klɪf'saɪd] n. 悬崖之边或面 { :30327}

Huber [ ] [人名] 休伯; [地名] [美国] 休伯 { :37622}


生僻词
exactiy [ ] [网络] 究竟

handie [ ] [网络] 张静

IAWN [ ] [网络] 港;国际星体预警网络;预警系统

Iied [ ] (International Institute for Environment and Development)国际环境发展研究所

IOUD [ ] [网络] 等响度控制

Lisco [ ] [地名] 利斯科 ( 美 )

maii [ ] [网络] 商场类;马里;回覆住在这里真的很方

oid [ auaɪ'di] suff. 似…的,像…的:像…的;有…外表的;与…相关的;如…的东西,像…的东西:像某一特指之物的东西或具有某一特定品质之物

part-time [pɑ:t taɪm] adj. 兼职的;部分时间的 adv. 兼职地;用部分时间地 {ielts :0}

same-sex [ ] adj. 同性的


词组
female impersonator [ˈfiˌmel ɪmˈpɜːrsəneɪtər] na. 男扮女的演员 [网络] 男扮青衣;女扮演者;扮演女性的人

gay activist [ ] [网络] 同性恋活动者;同性恋活动家;男同性恋活动家

good neighbor [ ] adj. 睦邻的 [网络] 好邻居;好邻居饭店;邻居的送菜

hate crime [heit kraɪm] n. (因种族、同性恋等歧视引起的)仇恨犯罪;仇恨犯罪行为 [网络] 仇恨罪;仇恨的罪恶;仇恨罪行

hate your guts [ ] [网络] 对你恨之入骨的人

it makes me sick [ ] [网络] 那么做让我感觉不舒服;真是烦人

it's a shame [ ] [网络] 真遗憾;真丢人;很可惜

mad at [ ] [口语]因某事而发怒,极为愤怒的,对…生气,为…恼火

Royal Oak [ ] 罗亚尔奥克(美国城市名);皇家橡树(英国);皇家橡树系列(手表系列名)

the tape [ ] [网络] 胶带



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