【摩登家庭】“我要为自己辩解一下。”

【句子】Client’s waiting for us in my office. We’re already late. Let’s roll. 【Modern Family-S2E6】
【发音】['klaɪənts] ['weɪtɪŋ] [fɔ:(r)] [ʌs] [ɪn] [maɪ] [ˈɒf.ɪs]/[ˈɑː.fɪs] [wɪə(r)] [ɔːl'redi] [leɪt] [lets] [rəʊl]
【发音技巧】waiting美音浊化；for us连读；
【翻译】客户还在我办公室里等着呢，我们已经迟到了！赶紧走吧！
【适用场合】
1. Let’s roll.
roll 滚；卷；

Let's roll. / Let's get rolling.
It is used to tell another person or a group of people to start leaving a place or to start doing something.
①（口语）想开始做某事
eg: Come on! It's noon. Let's roll.
赶紧的，都中午了，我们快开始吧！

那猜测一下口语中
ready to roll 准备好了去滚？NO…
准备好了开始做某事
ready to start doing something:
eg: Everybody is here. We're ready to roll.
大家都到齐了！我们准备开始了！

②（口语）有的时候也可以指：我们走吧，我们撤吧！
Let's get out of here; let's get moving.
eg: I think I've had enough of this party. Let's roll, Sarah.
我觉得这个派对没啥意思了，咱们撤吧，Sarah。

eg: That's everything we need from the store. Let's roll!
商店里需要买的东西都买好了，咱们走吧！

2. But, uh, in my defense, I was told…
但是，我要为自己辩解一下，有人告诉我……
speak/say something in someone's defense
替某个人辩解/替某个人说话


eg: Several people spoke in my defense.
有一些人替我说话。

in my defense 也可以换成in self-defense
eg: In self-defense, I have to say that I only did what you asked me to do.
我要替自己辩解一下，我只做了你要求我做的事情。

也可以说in defense of my actions
为我自己的行为辩解一下

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
All I can say, in defense of my actions, is that I had little choice.