淋叁明治.
MR. NIKZAD: Excuse me, sir. Can you help me? Where is the Italian restaurant? 对不起先生, 您
能不能帮个忙? 请问义大利餐馆在哪?
BILL: It’s in the Italian Pavilion, over there. On the second floor. 就在那边的义大利馆里面. 在二
楼.
MR. NIKZAD: Thank you. 谢谢.
ALI: I can have an ice cream sandwich later, can’t I? 待会儿我可以吃冰淇淋叁明治吗?
BILL: Of course, you can. After lunch. 当然可以, 但要在吃过午餐以后.
ALI: My name’s Ali. 我的名字叫阿里.
MRS. NIKZAD: Come along, Ali. The man is busy. 过来, 阿里, 这位先生很忙.
BILL: That’s OK. Where are you from, Ali? 没关系, 阿里, 你从哪儿来的?
ALI: Iran. 伊朗.
BILL: Really? 真的吗?
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ALI: Yes. I can speak two languages. 嗯, 我会说两种语言.
BILL: Oh? Your English is very good. 哦? 你英文说得很好.
ALI: Yes. 嗯.
MR. NIKZAD: Come, Ali! The restaurant’s over here. 阿里,来, 餐馆就在这.
MRS. NIKZAD: Come along, Ali. Good-bye, sir. Thank you for your help. 快来, 阿里. 先生再见,
谢谢你的帮忙.
ALI: Bye-bye, ice cream man. 拜拜, 卖冰淇淋的先生.
BILL: Good-bye, Ali. See you after lunch. 阿里,再见, 午餐后再碰头.
WAITER: Here are your cocktails. 这是二位的? 尾酒.
MR. CRAWFORD: Thank you. 谢谢.
WAITER: The sherry? 雪利酒是哪一位的?
MRS. CRAWFORD: For me, thank you. 我的, 谢谢.
WAITER: And the martini is for you, sir? 这杯马丁尼该是先生的吧?
MR. CRAWFORD: Yes, thank you. 是的, 谢谢.
WAITER: May I take your order now? 二位要不要点菜?
MR. CRAWFORD: Please. 好的.
WAITER: The lobster is very good today. 今天的龙虾很不错.
MR. CRAWFORD: Dear? 亲爱的, 怎么样?
MRS. CRAWFORD: Oh, a fruit salad, please. 噢, 请给我一客水果沙拉.
WAITER: Certainly. And you, sir? 好的. 先生您呢?
MR. CRAWFORD: The lobster, and a salad, please. 请来个龙虾和沙拉.
WAITER: Thank you. Wine, sir? 好的, 先生要不要叫一点葡萄酒?
MR. CRAWFORD: Wine, dear? 亲爱的, 要不要酒?
MRS. CRAWFORD: No, not for me. 不, 我不要.
MR. CRAWFORD: No, thank you. 不要, 谢谢.
WAITER: Very good, sir. 好的, 先生.
PAULO: Hey, Joana. Why aren’t you ready? It’s almost 7 o’clock! 嗨, 琼娜! 你怎么还没准备好?
快七点了!
JOANA: I’m sorry, Paulo. I’m not going. I have to study. 对不起, 保罗. 我不去了, 我要念书.
PAULO: But you can study later. Don’t you want to go? 念书可以待会儿再念, 你不想去吗?
JOANA: No, not really. I don’t like dinner parties. 嗯, 我不太想去, 我不喜欢宴会.
PAULO: But what can I tell the Crawfords? 那么我怎么跟郭佛夫妇说呢?
JOANA: Tell them I’m sick. 告诉他们说我不舒服.
PAULO: But you aren’t sick. Come on, Joana. I don’t like to lie. 可是你没有不舒服呀! 拜托, 琼
娜, 我不喜欢撒谎.
JOANA: And I don’t like to go to dinner parties. 我不喜欢参加宴会.
PAULO: Come on, Joana. You can’t say “no” to the Crawfords. 琼娜帮个忙, 你不能拒绝郭佛家
人的邀请.
JOANA: My English is so bad, and they don’t speak Portuguese. 我的英文那么差, 而他们又不会
说葡萄牙文.
PAULO: Your English is fine. And you have a good accent. 你的英文很好, 而且你的发音很标准.
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JOANA: Do you really think so? 你真的这样认为吗?
PAULO: Yes, I do. And you can practice your English at the party. 是的, 我真的这样认为. 何况
你参加宴会, 又可以练习说英文.
JOANA: You’re so confident. 你倒很有信心.
PAULO: Then you’re coming? 这么说, 你是要去了.
JOANA: No, Paulo. I don’t want to go. 不, 保罗, 我还是不想去.
PAULO: Please, Joana. Do it for me. For my career.琼娜, 我求你, 就算是为我好了, 为了我的前途
JOANA: Who’s that? 是谁啊?
PAULO: He’s here. Please, Joana, for me. The door’s open! Come in! 他来了, 琼娜请帮我开开门.
门没锁, 请进!
MICHAEL: Hi, Paulo. 嗨, 保罗.
PAULO: Hello, Michael. Do you know my sister, Joana? 嗨, 迈克尔. 你认不认识我妹妹琼娜?
MICHAEL: No, I don’t. 不认识.
PAULO: Joana, I want you to meet Michael Crawford. He’s driving us to his parents’ party. 琼娜,
介绍一下, 这是迈克尔·郭佛. 他要载我们去参加他父母的宴会.
JOANA: How do you do? 你好.
MICHAEL: It’s a pleasure to meet you Joana. 琼娜, 很高兴认识.
PAULO: I’m ready, but Joana... 我已经准备好了, 但是琼娜她...
JOANA: Oh, Paulo. Just five more minutes. Sorry to keep you waiting. 噢, 保罗, 再五分钟就好了.
对不起, 让你等.
MICHAEL: Don’t apologize. I’m happy you’re coming. 不用道歉, 我很高兴你们来参加.
MR. CRAWFORD: Michael. 迈克尔.
MICHAEL: Yes, Dad. 爸爸, 什么事?
MR. CRAWFORD: We have to talk. 我们必须谈一谈.
MICHAEL: Oh? What about? 哦? 谈什么?
MR. CRAWFORD: The business, son. 谈有关公司的事.
MICHAEL: What about it? 公司怎么样?
MR. CRAWFORD: It’s growing. I want an assistant, and... 公司在扩大业务，我需要一个助手，而.
MICHAEL: And you want me. 而您需要我.
MR. CRAWFORD: Yes. I’m 57. Soon... 对, 我已经五十七岁了, 没多久...
MICHAEL: Dad. You know I’m an artist. 爸爸, 你知道我是个艺术家.
MR. CRAWFORD: I don’t understand. 我不瞭解.
MICHAEL: I know you don’t. 我知道你不瞭解.
MR. CRAWFORD: You’re 29. You’re intelligent. 你二十九岁, 又很有头脑.
MICHAEL: And I want to paint. 我要画画.
MR. CRAWFORD: That’s a hobby, not a career. 那是一种嗜好, 不是一种职业.
MICHAEL: What about Michelangelo or Picasso? Was it a hobby for them, too? 米开朗基罗跟毕
加索呢? 画画对他们来讲也是一种嗜好吗?
MR. CRAWFORD: No. Of course not. But... 不是, 当然不是, 可是...
MICHAEL: But what? Maybe I’m not Picasso. But I have to try. Give me a year. One more year. 可
是怎么样? 我固然不是毕加索, 可是我不能不试一试. 再给我一年的时间好了, 一年.
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FRIEND: Don’t cry, Laura. You don’t have to work there. 劳拉你不要哭, 你不一定要在那里工作.
LAURA: But I need the money! 可是我不能喝西北风! (可是我需要钱呀!)
FRIEND: Why don’t you look for a new job? 你为什么不找一份新的工作?
LAURA: Where? How? I don’t know my way around New York. I feel lost. 到哪里找? 怎么找?
我对纽约不熟, 我感到茫然.
FRIEND: What’s wrong with the job, Laura? What don’t you like about it? 劳拉, 那份工作哪里不
好? 你是哪一点不喜欢呢?
LAURA: My boss. I don’t understand him. 我的老板, 我不瞭解他.
FRIEND: What don’t you understand? 你哪一点不瞭解?
LAURA: I don’t think he’s human. 我觉得他不是人.
FRIEND: What do you mean? 我不懂?
LAURA: For him, business is everything. Business is his life. 对他来说, 生意就是一切, 生意就是
他的生命.
FRIEND: Oh, Laura. He can’t be so bad. 噢, 劳拉, 他不可能那么差劲.
LAURA: Oh, yes he is. He’s a machine. 他的确那么差劲. 他像机器一样.
LAURA: No friendly words, no smiles, no little compliments. Nothing. Just business. 从来不说一声
友善的话, 从来不微笑, 从来不称赞人家一下. 什么都没有, 就只有生意.
LAURA: He isn’t human. 他没有人性.
FRIEND: What about your work? You like it, don’t you? 你的工作怎么样? 你喜欢, 对不对?
LAURA: Yes, I do. And I know I’m a good secretary, but... 是的, 我喜欢. 而且我知道我是个好
秘书, 可是...
FRIEND: But what? 可是怎么样?
LAURA: To him, I am nothing. A machine. A late machine. I am not a machine. 我在他的眼里一文
不值, 是部机器. 一部过时的机器, 但我不是机器!
FRIEND: Why don’t you talk to him? 你为什么不和他说呢?
LAURA: Because he’s impossible. Leopards don’t change their spots. I have to look for a new job.
因为他不可理喻, 本性难移. 我必须找份新工作.
PAULO: What are you doing? 你在做什么?
JOANA: I’m writing a note to the Crawfords. I want to thank them for dinner. 我在写一封信给郭佛
家人, 以感谢他们的晚餐招待.
PAULO: Why don’t you call them? Here people always use the phone. 为什么不打电话? 这里的
人都是用电话的.
JOANA: Well, okay. 好吧.