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1. Carlos: "Well, there's this church group that helps out Catholic prisoners and they really, really stepped up for me."
Gabrielle: "Well, what did they do?"
Carlos: "They lobbied the Parole Board and it worked."
catholic:天主教的lobby:游说议员 Parole:有条件释放,假释
2. Addison: "Relax. This is a promotional item. Didn't cost me a dime."
Promotional:奖励的dime：<美>一角硬币
具体再来说一些吧，美国货币由美圆dollar和美分cent组成，one dollar等于100 cents.其纸币bill有一，二，五，十，二十，五十和一百美圆等面值；硬币（coin）有一美分（或a penny），五美分（或a nickel）,十美分（或a dime）和二十五美分（或a quarter）等。在数字钱加$表示美圆，如：$500表示五百美圆;在数字后加C表示美分，如:50C表示50美分
3. Lynette: "My demands are simple. I want you to be nicer."
Nina: "What?"
Lynette: "No more belittling, berating, rude sarcasm."
有三个单词需要认识，Belittle: 轻视，贬低，小看berate: 痛骂，严斥sarcasm: 挖苦，讽刺
4. Nina: "Well, good luck proving it. Oh! And on a completely unrelated topic, there's gonna be another round of firings coming down the pike. Ed's been after me to trim the fat."
Trim:修剪；整理；调整的意思，trim the fat这里是裁员的意思。
5. Susan: "My name's Susan. I was buying some horse feed when Mr. Prudy had an attack behind the counter. I gave him CPR and called nine-one-one."
CPR: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - basic life support.
6. Bree: "George, I know what you did to Dr. Goldfine. And I can see now just how sick you really are, so please just turn yourself in and that way you can get the help that you really need. George!"
turn yourself in :可以理解为自首
7. Gabrielle: "Oh, I get it. Sort of like, today's convict is tomorrow's convert."
Convict:犯罪convert:转变的，这里可以理解为无罪，与convict形成一组对比。
8. Gabrielle: "You are a hypocrite. The money you spent to buy your sports car could buy a mud hut for every peasant inEcuador."
Hypocrite: 伪君子
9. Nina: "You know what? I used to be nice. But our boss, I'm sorry, your boss is incompetent and selfish and has the attention span of a poodle. I mean, from day one, I have been the only one around here keeping this place from crumbling down around his stupid ears."
Incompetent: 没有能力的，不胜任的crumble:弄碎,粉碎,崩溃还有面包屑的意思。
10. 结束语Mary Alice Voiceover:"It's not always that easy to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. Sinners can surprise you.And the same is true for saints.Why do we try to define people as simply good or simply evil?Because no one wants to admit that compassion and cruelty can live side by side in one heart。And that anyone is capable of anything."
