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OFFICER: License and registration pls. （she is not licensed to write a priscription. these drugs are only available on~. ）Ma'am, u know why I pulled u over? （moves to the side of the road,and stop. just~here, I'll get out and walk the rest of the way） LYNETTE: I have a theory. OFFICER:ur kids are jumping up and down; they should be sitting,（fastening） wearing a seatbelt. LYNETTE: I yelled at them. They never listen to me, it's very frustrating. OFFICER: Well, u're gonna find a way to control them. After all, that's ur job. LYNETTE: You saying I'm a bad mother? OFFICER: Ma'am, you need to get back in your car please. LYNETTE: I have no help, my husband's always away on business. （every time, I'm ~,I always bring back some gifts for my little daughters） OFFICER: I'm gonna ask u to step back now. LYNETTE: My babysitter joined the witness relocation program. I haven't slept through the night （睡整觉）in 6 years. OFFICER: Ma'am..? LYNETTE: And for you to stand there, and judge me. OFFICER: Okay. I'm not gonna give u a ticket. I'm just gonna let u off （no punishment）with a warning. LYNETTE: I accept ur apology.
LYNETTE: Maybe it's just some sort of sick joke. （it just one ~when the company made us to work on the Valentine's day until 12 o'clock ） BREE: Well if it was a joke, it was in very poor taste. SUSAN: No, this was serious, I know it was. We gotta find out what was going on. LYNETTE: Let's say we do. （if）There's a chance we're not gonna like what we find. SUSAN: Well, isn't it worse to be in the dark, imagining she did all these horrible things? BREE: It's the age-old question（story/tradition）, isn't it? How much do we really wanna know about our neighbours? NARRATOR: Lynette Scavo brought fried chicken. Lynette had a great family recipe for fried chicken. NARRATOR: Of course, she didn't cook much as she was moving up the corporate ladder.（ Policies such as flexible and part-time working can be crucial（important） to women in ~. gaining new skills ,improving weaknesses and some self-promotion can be helpful for~) NARRATOR: But when her doctor announced Lynette was pregnant, her husband Tom had an idea. Why not quit ur job? Kids do much better with stay at home mums; it was so much less stressful. NARRATOR: But this was not the case. SHOPPER: Lynette Scavo? LYNETTE: Crap. Natalie Klein, I don't believe it! SHOPPER: Lynette! How long has it been? LYNETTE:Years! Uh, how are you, how's the firm? SHOPPER: Good, everyone misses you. LYNETTE: Yeah. SHOPPER: We all say, if u hadn't quit, u'd be running the place by now. LYNETTE: Yeah, well. SHOPPER: So?how's domestic life? Don't u just love being a mom? NARRATOR: And there it was - the question that Lynette always dreaded. （afraid） LYNETTE: Well, to be honest... NARRATOR: To those who asked it, only one answer was acceptable. So, Lynette responded as she always did - she lied. LYNETTE: It's the best job I've ever had. I'm gonna to make myself some warm milk, would u like sth to drink? anything but （except）apple wine Lynette: I used to run a company with 85 people and now I can't wrangle （fight）three small boys without doping （like have to put poison in, dope an animal）them. Talk about feeling like a failure. Bree: Lynette, you are a great mother. But let's face it, your kids are (smiles) a challenge. Lynette: (laughs) Thank you. That's the nicest way you could have said that. you know, the truth is, when they're not making me want to pull my hair out （≈exhaust）they're really, really sweet. I'm afraid that if I change the bad stuff, I'm going to change the good stuff. Bree: It's a tough call（decision）. TOM: A dinner party? LYNETTE: Yeah, it'll be fun. Bree's cooking, everyone's coming. TOM: u know what? I haven't even had a chance to unpack （remove sth from a box）yet, honey. I just, uh, I just need to chill out（relax） for the next few days. LYNETTE: Oh. Tom. There'll be liquor. And hors d'oeuvres. And grown-ups without children. And, and silverware. Remember silverware? pounding. I'm not ready for a dinner party. LYNETTE: I already got a sitter. TOM: Can you cancel her? Please? Look, let's just stay in tomorrow night. We can get a bottle of wine, and rent a video, and I just wanna hang out with my best gal. That's all. LYNETTE: I was looking so forward to a night out. TOM: I know, sweetie, I'm sorry, but I, I'm beat.（tired, I'm wiped out） I mean, do u remember what it's like to work a 60- hour week? Lynette: Your kids both went to Barcliff Academy, didn't they? Bree: （very proudly） Yes. Lynette: We need you to recommend Porter and Preston. We can't even get an interview. Bree: Oh,you want me to recommend the twins? Lynette:Yes, u can tell them how beautifully behaved (why can't that boy ~? did the children ~themselves at kindergarden?)the boys are. Bree: So you want me to lie? Lynette:Yeah. I thought that was understood. Bree: It's just that I'm very well respected at Barcliff, and my word won't be good there anymore. Lynette:Yes, but by the time they realise their mistake we'll be in. Lynette:You're not having any more kids. What do you care? Bree: Well,I had hoped someday to get my grandchildren into Barcliff. But I suppose that doesn't matter （it doesn't ~ whatever u wear, as long as u come）to u, does it? Lynette: It really doesn't. Headmaster: To be honest, Mr and Mrs Scavo, ur children's educational background is a bit more common than we would prefer, but Mrs Van Der Kamp mentioned they were identical twins? Lynette:Yes. Completely identical. u can't tell them apart. They're like bookends. Headmaster: We do strive for（try very hard） diversity here at Barcliff. Identical twins could make for （possible）an interesting addition.（ a secretary would be a useful~to our staff. I hear u are expecting a small ~to the family） Lynette: The boys are fascinating. They even have their own twin secret language, don't they,Tom? Tom: Yeah,yeah. It's pretty scary. Lynette: It's not really so much scary as （rather than, they were not islands~sands. it wasn't so much his appearance I like as his personality）highly developed. Tom: Yeah,they bark and growl at each other- Lynette:Sorry, Tom, Mr Lenz was trying to say something. Mr Lenz? Tom: Sorry. Go ahead, Mr. Lenz. Headmaster:I'd love to meet these twins of yours. I tell you what, I'm going to put them on our must-meet list.(put sth on the list.) Tom: Terrific. Lynette:Thank you so much. What is a must-meet list? Headmaster:We bring them in for observation. Lynette:Ooo-observation? Headmaster: Uh-huh.To see how they play with the other children, how they respond to authority.That sort of thing. (Fake smiles plastered all around for Tom and Lynette.) Tom: Great. Lynette:That's wonderful. Tom: A donation? Now Barcliff wants a donation. Lynette:Apparently we're in competition with one other family. A generous donation will ensure our kids beat them out. Tom: How generous? Lynette:Fifteen thousand. Tom: Pff! We don't have that! Lynette: And that's what I told them. Tom: So what do we do? Well, public school is out, unless we move to a new district. Lynette:We're not moving.（be doing将来时） Tom: Maybe it's time that we look into （≈research）home schooling? Lynette: I know you did not just say that. Tom: Honey,it's got its advantages. Kids who are home schooled do better in their later years. Lynette: They won't make it（succeed in doing） to their later years if I have to spend all day with them. Tom: Honey,sometimes u've just got to make the sacrifice. It's probably the best thing for the kids. Lynette:Why don't we just put them back in me and cook烘蛋糕them until they're civilised? Tom: u'd be cool with that? Tom: Honey, u've been reading up on （=look into=research ~his or her autobiography）home schooling? Lynette:Yeah. It gave me some good ideas. Well, one, anyway. Tom: Great!What have you got? Lynette:Well, u know how we both agree that one of us needs to stay home and parent the kids and one of us needs to go off and make a living. And then I suddenly remembered, when I was working I made a little more than you. Tom: What are you doing? Lynette: u tossed out （throw out a comment）that little Sacrifice comment a while ago and it occurred to me,I've made sacrifices over the past six years. I gave up my career! If another sacrifice has to be made, I think it's ur turn on the merry-go-round.不停重复的事情 Tom:L-L-Lynette? Lynette: So if I went back to work, then you could stay home and take care of the kids. Tom: I can't do that. The kids all day? I'd lose my mind! Lynette:Ah-ha! Tom: Hey,hey. (puts his hands up) Okay, I get it. Home schooling is out.（sth is acceptable） Ms. Truesdale: "I think this is going to be a great version of Little Red Riding Hood, and it is ur involvement that make the plays here at Barcliffe Academy so special. Thank u." （clapping） "And now, I would like to turn over （she ~ed the book over to look at the price. he ~ed the key over to me when he left the room）the next part of our meeting to our parent coordinator, the amazing Maisy Gibbons." Maisy: "Thank u, Ms. Truesdale. Now, before everyone leaves, we have new copies of the script up here. Tilda and Francis and I went to the rehearsal （practice for a play）yesterday, and we were a little troubled by the ending. Killing the wolf. It says the wrong message to our kids. And we believe that animals should only be euthanized as a last resort."（in case,to kill an animal for it's sick or old or for no one to take care of, polices are supposed to use guns only ~） （Lynette laughs.） Maisy: "Do you find something amusing?" Lynette: "I'm sorry, I thought you were kidding." Maisy: "No." Lynette: "Oh, okay." Maisy: "So in our version, the wolf is aggressive because he has a thorn in his paw. And the woodsman will take out the thorn, and send Mr. Wolf on his way." Lynette: "I'm sorry, aren't we doing Little Red Riding Hood?" Maisy: "Yes." Lynette: "So then u are aware that the wolf is a bad guy. He eats Little Red's grandma. If u let him go, he's just going to chow down on another defenseless old lady." Maisy: "I'm sorry, and you are?" Lynette: "I'm Lynette Scavo. My twins just joined. They're playing oak trees." Maisy: "Oh, of course. Lynette. Let's see, u are ... signed up to take tickets the night of the show, is that right?" Lynette: "Yeah." Maisy: "Well, with all due respect, let's leave the creative suggestions to the mothers who have assumed the heavy lifting, （leave sth to sb）shall we?" Lynette: "Sure. Whatever." Maisy: I'm sorry I'm late. As I'm sure you have all heard, Celia Bond broke her wrist playing tennis, which means we are now in desperate need of sb to do the costumes（historatal ~,Qing dynasty~）. I'm keeping my fingers crossed here. Are there any volunteers?" Lynette （standing up）: "I'll do it." Maisy: "Really, that's a ... do you know how to sew?" Lynette （sits down）: "Absolutely." Maisy: "Well, great, uh, thank you, Lynette!" （clapping） Lynette （stands up again）: "Okay. So, now that I'm going to do some, heavy lifting, I believe I have a right to talk about the changes made to the script?" （She pauses. Nobody says anything, so she rushes forward to stand next to Maisy and address （a formal speech is made in front of the audiences.） Lynette: "Um, ladies. We all grew up with Little Red Riding Hood, and we survived it, scary stuff and all, so I say, to hell with political correctness, let our kids experience this classic like it was meant to be enjoyed. Let's kill the damn wolf, and just put on the best show we can." （clapping） Maisy: "Thank u, Lynette, for that impassioned speech, but I believe that ship has sailed." Jordana: "No, it hasn't. We still have time to change the ending back." Ms. Truesdale: "And you know, Maisy, it is just a fairy tale - I don't think it will upset the children." Maisy: "Well, I think you are wrong." Lynette: "Well, that's what's so great about being in a democracy. Everyone is entitled to （has right to）their opinion. Also, everyone has a right to vote. S01E06 Maisy: "Ooh, Lynette. I couldn't help but notice, u forgot the coonskin on that hunter's coonskin cap." Lynette: "Oh, yeah, huh, it was a creative call. （decision）Look, I'm in the middle of a costume crisis, and if I don't take a few shortcuts,（a quicker or shorter way of getting to a place. I took a shortcut home to get there faster） I'll never finish." Maisy: "Well, Jordana Guist manages to get her work done. She runs the concessions, paints the sets, and still has time to take care of her three kids and a husband. Now, we can't have the students suffer just because u don't understand the concept of time management." Lynettte: "I hardly think the kids are going to suffer without a clump of fur on their heads." Maisy: "Okay, I'll make a creative call. We'll cut the oak trees. That forest is looking a little dense, anyway." Lynette: "My boys are the oak trees." Maisy: "Are they? Well, I wouldn't worry. We'll find sth for them to do back stage. That's where the real action is." Lynette: "I'll finish the costumes." Maisy: "Well, crisis averted."（prevent sth badly happen） S01E06 Lynette: "Okay, lady, that's it!" Maisy: "I beg your pardon?" Lynette: "Maisy, we have kids the same age, which means there are years ahead of （she has a difficult time ~her）us, having to deal with each other. So instead of playing all these petty （小肚鸡肠,破事unimportant, unkind to other people）games, why don't we put an end to this right now." Maisy: "What are u saying?" Lynette: "Let's take it outside." Maisy: "Let's take what outside?" Lynette: "ur sorry ass.你个怂货 We're throwing down." Maisy: "You are crazy!" Lynette: "Just being practical. Isn't it better to settle this once and for all, 一劳永逸一了百了rather than endure （suffer sth unpleasant）all this alpha mom crap破事儿 until our kids graduate? Hmmm? Come on! I'll even let u take the first shot."（a great shot by him） (There's a long pause.) Maisy: "I don't have time for this." (She walks away. Lynette calls after her.) Lynette: "Yeah, I didn't think so. Tom: "Wow, honey, look, this place looks spotless（~record/character/reputation）!" Lynette: 'Thanks." Tom: Listen, I have come up with this killer idea for the Spotless Scrub campaign." Lynette: "Great! u wanna run it by me?"（give advice） Tom: "No. I'm good. But, thanks." Lynette: "Okay." (She smiles and turns away.) Tom: "Well, that's the thing. u know how whenever I pitch（sell ur ideas to customers） in the boardroom at work, how Kennesey always tears my ideas down（they are going to tear the old hospital down and build an new one） in front of the partners?" Lynette: "Yeah?" Tom: "I invited the partners and their wives over so I could pitch to them here. And I thought we could make a formal dinner for six. We could sit, we could..." Lynette: "And when exactly would this formal dinner take place?" Tom: "Uh ... day after tomorrow!" Lynette: "Tom'' Tom: "Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know I know it's short notice." Lynette: "u think? How am I supposed to pull off（try to do. it's good for ur career,I'll put it off.） a formal dinner with no warning?"Tom: "I don't know. Bree Van de Kamp does this kind of thing all the time..."(Lynette stops what she's doing to stare at him.) Lynette: "What did you say?" Tom: "Well, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. That's - you know what, forget it. I'll call and I'll cancel. Don't worry about it." Lynette: "No, no. Let's, let's do it. Tom: "Really?" Lynette: "Yeah, it's good for ur career. I'll pull it off." Lynette: "I was just participating." Tom: "No, ur participation was supposed to be limited to making dinner, （I've been asked to limited my speech to ten minutes）not making my ideas look bad." Lynette: "Well, maybe you need better ideas. I'm sorry-I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." Tom: "No, no no no no. We both know that your career was going so much better than mine before we had kids. You never let me forget that." Lynette: "That is not fair!" Tom: "u are always competing with me, and judging by tonight, （judge by what he said, I think it's unlikely that he will support u ）you know what, u still are!" Lynette: "Tom, I am sorry about tonight. Truly, but these days, if I'm competing with anyone, it's the Bree Van de Kamps of the world with their spotless kitchens, and their perfect kids, who throw fabulous parties where nothing ever goes wrong（their marriage began to ~after they had their first child.）. I try so hard to keep up, but I can't." Tom: "Lynette, that's not my expectation." Lynette: "And when u work on a pitch, or u bring the partners over, I am reminded of a world I left behind where I was the winner, and people tried to keep up with me! I can't go back. I can't win where I am. I'm stuck in the middle, and it is really starting to get to（make u feel upset） me."（stuck at work） Tom: "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. For your information, I thought u threw an amazing dinner party tonight. I was thrilled! I don't know how u pulled it all together.（try so hard to accomplish）" (They look at each other.) Lynette: "Yeah, well." Tom: "And whether you believe it or not, everyone who knows you thinks that you are a great wife and mother." Lynette: "No, they don't." Tom: "Yes, they do - especially me." Lynette: "Thanks." |
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