Lynette:OK, Tom, I will swing by the dry cleaners after I hit the market. Um, I don't know, Porter has a dentist appointment at 4 o' clock, so the, um, car might have to wait until tomorrow.
好,湯姆,我去過市場以後會順便去趟乾洗店。我不清楚,波特約了4點鐘見牙醫。車得等到明天了。
swing by 順便拜訪某地/某
Lynette: Okay, I love you too. Bye bye.
我也愛你,再見。
Mrs McClusky: Hi there. I brought you some avocados. I have a tree out back but I don't like them and your family seems like the kind that would eat guacamole.
你好,我給你帶了些牛油果,我有顆牛油果樹可我喜歡牛油果,我想你們家可能喜歡牛油果沙拉醬。
Lynette: Um, Mrs McClusky, thank you, that is very nice.
麥克盧斯基夫人,你太好了,謝謝。
Mrs McClusky: So let's make up a batch.
那我們趕快動手來 做吧
Lynette: Now's not a good time. I'm on my way out and I have a ton of errands.
現在不方便,我正要出去還有好多事要做呢。
Mrs McClusky: Oh, that's great, because my cars on the fritz and I could hitch a ride. I need to drop by the pharmacy anyway.
那太好了,我的車送去修了,我正好打你的車,我要去藥房。
on the fritz 出故障,壞了
hitch a ride 搭便車,搭順風車
Lynette: No I can't. I'm sorry, but I have a lot of things to do.
我沒空,我很抱歉,我真的很忙。
Mrs McClusky: Well, maybe you could take me later, or I could drop by tomorrow.
那好吧,也許你可以晚些搭我,或者我明天再來。
Lynette: Mrs McClusky, I won't have any time tomorrow.
麥克盧斯基太太,我明天根本沒空。
Mrs McClusky: Oh, well, I find it interesting that you can't spend two minutes with me, but you have no trouble taking my Tiffany lamp.
真是有趣,我發現你和我多呆兩分鐘你都不願意,可你收下我的蒂芙尼燈可是毫不猶豫。
Lynette: Oh, for god's sake.
喔,天啊。
Lynette: Here, you should take this back. I don't have a place for it.
拿去,你把它拿回去,我沒地方放。
Mrs McClusky: But that was my gesture for saving my life.
可那是我對你救命之恩的回報。
Lynette: Yes, and it was a beautiful gesture. Really. But I-
是的,你這麼做真的很得體,但我真的......
Mrs McClusky: Save it, Lynette. I get the picture.
省省吧,勒納特,我明白。
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