《特别响,非常近》精讲 17沉默的悲伤,是爆发还是灭亡

On the worst day, my dad,

在那天 爸爸

left six messages on this answering machine.

在答录机上留了6条留言

No one else has ever heard them but me.

除了我 没人再听过这些留言

Especially not her.

她更没有

8:56The first message was at 8:56.

第一条留言是在上午

I was still waiting to be let into school.

学校还没开门

I was playing with Minch, wasting time.

我跟明奇一起玩着 消磨时间

Are you there? Hello?

你在家吗 喂

I just tried the office, but no one was picking up.

我打给你办公室 可没人接

Uh, listen, uh, something's happened.

出了点事

I'm okay.

但我还好

They're telling us to stay where we are.

他们让我们待在原地

The second message was at 9:12.

第二条是在上午9:12的时候

I was in class by then.

我那时已经进教室了

parallelogram.

平行四边形

Okay, so, you take the beautiful, magical¹ parallelogram,

把你手中那个美妙又神奇的平行四边形

and you'll cut it into two beautiful....

分割成两个漂亮的

It's me again.

还是我

Hello?

喂

Sorry, look, I was hoping you would be home.

抱歉 我希望你在家

I don't know if you heard about what happened,

不知你听说了没有

but I just wanted you to know that I'm okay.

不过我没事

Everything is fine.

都还好

We're still waiting to find out what we're supposed to do.

我们还在等指示

It's pretty chaotic².

挺乱的

Firemen are supposed to be coming. What?

消防员应该快来了 什么

The third message was at 9:58.

第三条是在9:58来的

A bunch³ of us were walking home with Minch's mom,

我们几个人正跟明奇的妈妈一起往家走

who said something was happening,

她说出事了

but didn't say what.

但没说什么事

I stopped at a deli at the

我去一家熟食店

corner of 92nd and Broadway to get a Juicy⁴ Juice.

就在百老汇街92号街角处 买了盒蔬果汁

I know I was there at

我知道那个时刻我在那里

that exact⁵ time because I saved the receipt⁶.

因为购物小票我没扔

It had the time on it.

上面就印着购物时间

1 magical   

adj.魔术的，有魔力的，不可思议的

参考例句：

• I used to believe my mother had magical powers.我以前一直相信我母亲有奇妙的魔力。
• The effect of the medicine on the sick man was magical.药对病人的效力是不可思议的。

2 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

3 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

4 juicy   

adj.多汁的

参考例句：

• The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.桃子的果肉甜而多汁。
• These pears are very juicy.这种梨含的水分很多。

5 exact   

adj.确切的，正确的；准确的，精确的；vt.强要，强求；急需，需要

参考例句：

• I need to know the exact size.我需要知道确切的尺寸。
• Do you know the exact date?你知道确切日期吗？

6 receipt   

n.收据，收条；收到，接到

参考例句：

• We are in receipt of your letter of the 10th.我们收到了您十日的来函。
• I asked for a receipt.我要一张收据。