《遇见你之前》精讲 29

Tell me something else

跟我再说点别的

Something that doesn't involve singing

不用唱歌的那种

About what?

关于什么

Anything

什么都行

When I was little

小时候

my mum got me a pair of glittery wellies

我妈给我买过一双亮闪闪的雨鞋

and I refused to take them off

我都不愿意把它们脱下来

I wore them in bed, in the bath

睡觉也穿着洗澡也穿着

all summer long

整个夏天都穿着

My favorite outfit¹ was the glittery boots and my bumblebee tights

我最喜欢的搭配就是我的闪闪雨鞋和大黄蜂连裤袜

Bumblebee tights?

大黄蜂连裤袜

Black and yellow stripes. Oh, dear God

黑黄条纹的 我的天哪

I just, I really really really liked having stripy legs

但是我真的非常非常喜欢条纹连裤袜

So, what happened to these gorgeous wellies and stripy tights?

那后来美丽的雨鞋和条纹连裤袜怎么样了

Ah! I outgrew² them

我长大了穿不下了

It broke my heart

心都碎了

And they don't make those tights anymore

而且这种连裤袜还停产了

Not for grown women anyway

反正成人的是没了

Strange that

真奇怪

Oh, you can mock

随你笑我

Didn't you ever love anything that much?

你就从来没有什么特别爱的东西吗

Yes

有的

Yes, I did

有过

1 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

2 outgrew   

长[发展] 得超过（某物）的范围( outgrow的过去式 )； 长[发展]得不能再要（某物）； 长得比…快； 生长速度超过

参考例句：

• She outgrew the company she worked for and found a better job somewhere else. 她进步很快，不再满足于她所在工作的公司，于是又在别处找到一份更好的工作。
• It'soon outgrew Carthage and became the largest city of the western world. 它很快取代了迦太基成为西方的第一大城市。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史