本文是经典爱情电影对白系列The Lake House(湖边小屋,又叫“触不到的恋人”)的第四段对白。
2006年的情人节,2月14日,Kate和妈妈在Daley广场见面,此时的她并不知道,马路的对面,Alex正凝望着她,多么想走近她……一阵刺耳的紧急刹车声,一场车祸就在眼前。而kate还不知道死在她怀里的这个男人正是Alex……
此时的Kate已经在芝加哥一家医院实习,但她是寂寞的。似乎每个人都是寂寞的,她母亲也是。母亲说:自从父亲逝去以后,对她来说,生活除了苦还是苦。但是她仍然保留了父亲生前最爱读的书,拿着这本书,好像父亲就在身边,翻开的还是那一页,读着的还是那段文字……
Kate:Sixty degrees on Valentine's Day. Can't be Chicago.
Kate's Mom:The TV says it's global warming. The icebergs start melting, water covers the Earth. Thank God we won't live to see it.
Kate:What's this?
Kate's Mom:That's nothing. It's one of your father's.
Kate:Dostoyevsky?
Kate's Mom:Oh, yeah. It's about a guy who breaks the neck of a poor woman with an axe and, so far, keeps wandering around regretting it. This is good.
Kate:Oh, yeah?
Kate's Mom:Yeah. Really good.
Kate's Mom:What are you thinking?
Kate:Nothing.
Kate's Mom:When your father passed away, it was hard. It still is hard. Holding his books, I feel like he's with me somehow knowing that he was once on the same pages, reading the same words.
passer-by:Oh, my God! Some body call an ambulance!
Kate:We need an ambulance at Daley Plaza. A man has been struck by a bus. Get an EMT crew here. Sir--
passer-by:Get out the street. Get on the sidewalk. On the sidewalk. Off the street. Get on the sidewalk! Get on the sidewalk!
注释:
1. Valentine's Day:情人节
2. global warming:全球变暖
3. Dostoyevsky:俄国作家托斯陀耶夫斯基。这里提到的书是《罪与罚》。
4. axe:n. 斧子
5. pass away:去世。在口语里,常用这个词组表达。
6. ambulance:救护车
7. EMT:Emergency Medical Technician 急诊医生