聽美劇學(xué)英語紙牌屋 第一季 第14期:先驅(qū)報

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What am I looking at?

這是什么

The Williams register.

《威廉姆斯公報》

Williams? College.

哪個，那個大學(xué)

September '78.

78年9月

And why am I looking at it?

讓我看這個做什么

The editorial.

那篇社論

Not that interesting.

挺無聊的

Michael Kern went to Williams.

邁克爾·科恩曾在威廉姆斯念書

Check out the masthead.

看報頭

And then there's this.

還有這個

It's thin.

站不住

The guy's a unicorn. He pisses rainbows.

那家伙太討喜了，屎都是香的

You think we can get traction with this? I think you could.

你覺得這個能吸引眼球，你可以

Linda Vasquez is on the phone.

琳達·瓦斯奎茲的電話

Ah, I'm surprised it took her this long.

沒想到她這么久才打來

It's only 6 past 9:00.

才9點06分

Which means she read the Herald 3 hours ago

那她肯定三小時前就看過《先驅(qū)報》了

and spent the past 2 1/2 getting reamed by the president.

然后被總統(tǒng)罵了兩個半小時

Tell her I'm on my way.

跟她說我就來

You were supposed to keep Donald in line.

你本該看著唐納德的

You assured me that you

你向我保證

25 years he's been pushing this particular agenda.

他推動這項議程有25年了

We got between the mother bear and her cub.

他這就是護犢子

It's a setback. That's all.

只是個小挫折罷了

On our first day in office.

這是我們就職首日

Linda, I've worked with four presidents.

琳達，我為四位總統(tǒng)工作過

Setbacks are a dime a dozen with a bill of this size.

這么大的法案，挫折在所難免

Frank, if you can't control this

弗蘭克，你要是控制不住局面

I don't take well to being micromanaged, Linda.

我不喜歡被人死死盯著，琳達

You want to do my job for me and run the White House?

你是要一邊打理白宮，還干我的活兒嗎

Good luck. I won't stand in your way.

祝你好運，我絕不阻攔

Okay, Frank. Fine. This is yours now.

好吧，弗蘭克，這事你解決

If this thing can't make it to the floor in the first 100 days,

要是在一百天內(nèi)，法案不能進行投票

then I'll let you explain to the president

我就讓你去跟總統(tǒng)解釋

why he lied to the American people.

他怎么對美國人民失信了

I'm gonna get back to work.

我要回去干活了

Please do.

請便

Well, we really should be doing this on a Friday

這事真該放在周五

instead of a Wednesday.

而不是周三

If we do it on a Friday,

要是周五的話

people have the weekend Fine. We'll do it on Friday.

大家周末就能...好吧，那就周五

Is all the paperwork ready?

文件都弄好了嗎

Some of the more senior people are trickier.

部分老人比較棘手

There's severance.

需要離職金

But we shouldn't run into any legal issues.

應(yīng)該沒有什么法律問題吧

No, no. We use atwill employment contracts across the board.

不會的，我們簽的都是自由雇傭合同

Well, get started first thing Friday.

周五一來就著手這事

I want all of the exit interviews done by lunch.

午餐前搞定所有離職面談

Claire, I just can't help but think that this is a mistake.

克萊爾，我就是覺得這是個錯誤

We've discussed this already, Evelyn.

我們已經(jīng)談過這個問題了，伊芙琳

I know, I know, but I just have to say it

我知道，但出于良心

for the sake of my conscience.

我必須說出來

I think that you are dismantling

我覺得你在摧毀

what we have built over the past ten years,

我們過去十年建立的一切

and I

而我

and I think the way you're handling this is...

我覺得你的處理方式

is cruel.

很殘忍

It's not easy, Evelyn.

對我也不容易，伊芙琳

But it's necessary.

但我必須這么做

You have always asked me to be honest with you.

你一直讓我實話實說

It's how we work together.

這是我們共事的基礎(chǔ)

I disagree with something, I say it.

我有不同意見，就說出來

Well, I disagree 100%.

我對此完全不贊同

Please, Claire, don't do this.

求你，克萊爾，別這樣做

I respect your opinion, Evelyn,

我尊重你的意見，伊芙琳

and I appreciate you sharing it with me,

我也很感謝你愿意告訴我

but I'm not going to change my mind.

但我不會改變主意的

Friday, then.

周五

If that's what you want.

你說了算

This is major reform, a complete overhaul.

這是一項重大改革，全面改革

That would usually take months.

一般都要幾個月呢

Well, we only have days, not months.

我們只有幾天，沒有幾個月

But think about the process. We can't just change

但想想這個過程，我們不能隨便...

When I ask my colleagues, your bosses,

我詢問我的同事，你們的上司

who are the smartest minds in education,

教育界最聰明的人是誰

out of hundreds, we arrived at you

千挑萬選，選中了你們

the six of you in this room.

這間房里的六位

Now, I realize it is a difficult task,

我知道任務(wù)艱巨

but we have the opportunity to make history here.

但我們現(xiàn)在有機會創(chuàng)造歷史

And I want all of us to make it together.

我希望大家能齊心協(xié)力

So good luck. We're counting on you.

祝好運，靠你們了